The next quarterly Midland/Saginaw/Bay City (Tri-Cities) Dioxin Community Meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 6, in Lecture Theater G160 at Delta College, 1961 Delta Road, University Center.

The meeting is open to the public and will run from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Staff from the Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Community Health, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will present information and respond to questions on the status of actions to address dioxin contamination in Midland, the Tittabawassee River, the Saginaw River, and Saginaw Bay.

The DEQ and other government officials will be available one-half hour before the meeting and one-half hour after the formal portion of the meeting at open house stations for individual discussion with the public. Maps and other handout materials will be available for viewing and discussion.

The meeting agenda will be posted to the DEQ Web site prior to the community meeting at http://www.michigan.gov/deqdioxin and may be accessed by clicking on the "DEQ/Dow Community Involvement" Quick Link in the right navigation column. The date for the next quarterly community meeting has not yet been scheduled.

A meeting location map for Delta College is available at: http://www3.delta.edu/maps/deltamaps/Map%20sheet%20w_legend%20(print).pdf.

Editor's note: DEQ news releases are available on the department's Internet home page at www.michigan.gov/deq.

"Protecting Michigan's Environment, Ensuring Michigan's Future"

Revised April 27, 2009 by Pat Watson