Contacts:

Britta Wenzel, Save Barnegat Bay, 732-899-1124

Junior Romero, Food & Water Watch, 909-202-5961

Angie Delli Santi, NJ League of Conservation Voters, 609-575-0137

MEDIA ADVISORY: August 17 – Mantoloking

Elected Officials Join NJ Enviro Groups to Demand Fair Funding for EPA

Water, Air, Toxic Cleanup Programs Threatened by Proposed Fed Budget Cuts

MANTOLOKING, NJ – Elected officials, New Jersey environmental organizations, and concerned citizens will hold a press conference at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 17, to oppose the proposed cuts to the budgets of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department. They will call on the House of Representatives to reject the budget unless it contains full and fair funding for the agencies that protect our health and environment.

The event will be held at Mantoloking Bridge Park, the base of the bridge wiped out in a breech caused by Superstorm Sandy five years ago.

WHO: U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, 10^th District state Assemblyman David Wolfe, Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Stephen Reid, Brick Township Mayor John Ducey, Bay Head Mayor William Curtis, Lavallette Council President Anita Zalom, other elected officials, NJ environmental organizations, partners, friends

WHAT: Press conference to oppose proposed cuts to key federal environmental programs

WHEN: 11:00 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 17

WHERE:  Mantoloking Bridge County Park (Fishing Pier), 70 Herbert St., Brick, NJ 08723

VISUALS: Rebuilt bridge, breech on ocean side, children taking water samples

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