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Media Availability Acting Department of the Interior Secretary Scarlett

Media Contact: Jeffrey McCracken, 916-978-5100, 04/14/2006 20:39

For Release: April 14, 2006

Acting Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett will speak at a news media availability event on Monday, April 17, 2006, at 2:15 p.m., at the terminal conference room of the Sacramento Executive Airport, located at 6151 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento.

The Acting Secretary will have toured the Joint State and Federal Operations Center and completed a briefing before taking an aerial tour of the levees and the Bureau of Reclamation's system.

Acting Secretary Scarlett assumed her title after Secretary Gale Norton's resignation on March 31. Scarlett, who previously served as Interior's Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, was sworn in as Deputy Secretary on November 22, 2005.

For additional information, please contact Reclamation's Public Affairs Office, at 916-978-5100.

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