FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                         ENR
MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1995                              (202) 514-2008
                                               TDD (202) 514-1888


        IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY


     WASHINGTON, DC -- Eric Holder, United States Attorney for
the District of Columbia; Lois Schiffer, Assistant Attorney
General for Environment and Natural Resources; and Steven A.
Herman, Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance of the Environmental Protection Agency; will make a
major environmental crimes announcement involving a local site,
today at the United States Attorney's Office, 555 4th Street, NW,
5th Floor conference room, this morning at 11:30.


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