[CPEO-BIF] [Fwd: EPA Releases New Draft Voluntary Guidelines for Selecting Safe Locations for New Schools]

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

From: 	EPA Healthy School Environments <schools@epa.gov>


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EPA Releases New Draft Voluntary Guidelines for Selecting Safe Locations
for New Schools

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released new draft
voluntary guidelines to help communities protect the health of students
and staff when selecting new sites for schools.

The draft school siting guidelines are web-based and will be available
for public comment on an EPA contractor web site for 90 days.

To review the draft guidelines, click on the following link or enter it
into your browser: http://epaschoolsiting.icfi.com/
<http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/9426285:11728704723:m:1:1524640826:DFBA403FC9572DA1D0ED712ED6009A51>. 

Comments will be accepted until 4 pm EST on February 18, 2011.
Instructions for commenting are provided on the website.

To read the press release, get answers to the most Frequent Questions
about the draft school siting guidelines and obtain information on EPA
programs for existing schools, visit: http://www.epa.gov/schools
<http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/9426286:11728704723:m:1:1524640826:DFBA403FC9572DA1D0ED712ED6009A51>. 






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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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