EPA Assistant Administrator Ben Grumblies to Participate in Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center Designation for the North Carolina Aquariums

Business Wire, Jan 12, 2005

ATLANTA -- Ben Grumbles, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator for Water, will participate in a ceremony to designate the North Carolina Aquariums as the United States' 18th Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center on Thursday, January, 13, 2005. This prestigious national designation will be presented to the Aquarium by Grumbles and P. Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, U.S. Department of Interior. The Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center network connects with more than 20 million people each year, educating them about the function and value of coastal resources. The North Carolina Aquariums worked closely with Coastal America to receive the official designation.

WHO: EPA Assistant Administrator Ben Grumbles, Department of Interior Assistant Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Congressman Mike McIntyre and NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Bill Ross

WHAT: Ceremony to designate the North Carolina Aquariums as a Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center

WHEN: Thursday, January 13, 2005

10:00 a.m.

WHERE: NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher

(15 miles south of Wilmington on U.S. 421, just beyond Kure Beach and north of the Fort Fisher ferry terminal)