Bush Administration Officials Discuss Initiatives to Reduce America's Dependence on Foreign Oil

Washington, D.C. - April 9, 2007; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Steve Johnson will be joined by Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator Nicole Nason to discuss EPA's finalized Renewable Fuel Standard, increasing the use of alternative fuels and modernizing CAFE standards for cars.

*WHO:
Stephen Johnson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 
Samuel Bodman, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy 

Nicole Nason, Administrator, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration 

*WHAT:
Press conference on EPA's finalized Renewable Fuel Standard, increasing
the use of alternative fuels and modernizing CAFE standards for cars. 

*WHEN:*Tuesday, April 10, 2007 2 p.m. EDT 

*WHERE:* 
EPA Headquarters, Ariel Rios South Building 
The Green Room, 3rd floor 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. 
 

 

NOTE: Reporters attending need to bring credentials and register for the event. Please have a photo identification card from a news organization with your name and title, White House or Congressional identification. TV cameras should arrive no later than 1:15 p.m. and print media no later than 1:45 p.m. To register for this event, please send an email to: wilkins.andrew@epa.gov.

Members of the media who cannot attend the event and would like to listen to the press conference please dial in at: 1-800-811-6040. The conference ID number is 5235347.