18/03/2005 - Members of
the public will have their chance to see and
hear decisions on some of the country’s most
important environmental issues when the Board
of the Environment Agency meets in Exeter
next week.
The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March
23 from 10.30am until 4.00pm in the Hunters
Suite at the Loop Conference Centre, Bittern
Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter. The
public is invited to attend the meeting as
observers.
There is a special opportunity between 9.30am
and 10.15am, before the full Board meeting
begins, when members of the public can ask
questions and raise issues about the day’s
agenda (copy attached) with the Environment
Agency’s chairman Sir John Harman and chief
executive Barbara Young.
Anyone who would like to take part in the
question and answer session should contact
Brian Rayner at brian.rayner@environment-agency.gov.uk
or telephone 0207 863 8725.
"This is an excellent local opportunity
for anyone who is interested to see and hear
the Environment Agency national Board at work
and we look forward to welcoming the public
to our meeting," said Martin Booth, Environment
Agency regional director for the south west
region.
The agenda and papers for the Board meeting
are on the Environment Agency website at www.environment-agency.gov.uk/board
