FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 20, 1998

98-081

Contact: Jani Gilbert, Public Information Officer, 509) 456-4464; pager, (509) 622-1289

Department of Ecology Director Tom Fitzsimmons to be in Spokane

SPOKANE, WA - Department of Ecology Director Tom Fitzsimmons will be in Spokane on Friday, May 22, 1998, to announce the agency’s decision about the future of burning grass-seed fields in Washington state.

Fitzsimmons will meet with news media at 11 a.m. at Ecology’s eastern regional office, 4601 N. Monroe St., in Spokane (corner of Monroe and Wellesley).