10/29/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/29/2024 15:30
October 29, 2024
Tim Futrelle, Mayor of Boone, N.C.
Mary Penny Kelley, Secretary, N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
Jennifer Greene, Health Director/CEO, AppHealthCare
WHAT:Press briefing and Q&A on coordinated federal, state and local effort to sampleand restore drinking water in Western North Carolina
WHEN:Thursday, Oct. 31 at 11:30 a.m. ET WHERE:Boone, N.C. (address will be shared upon RSVP)*** Credentialed media who wish to participate should sign up no later than 3:00 p.m. EST, Wed, Oct. 30, 2024 at: https://www.epa.gov/ga/forms/epa-region-4-event-rsvp-form. Registered participants are asked to not share the mobile lab address; the public cannot bring samples directly to the lab for testing - rather, they must coordinate with the local health department to submit samples for testing. More information on how the public can get their water tested is available here.
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