EPA staff: give us a contribution to get rid of Holmstead!

Talk about a send off! EPA staffers are having a party to bid farewell to Jeffrey Holmstead, the former (and future) industry lawyer who has spent more than four years trying to make EPA air pollution rules more favorable to industry.

After leaving office later this month, Holmstead is planning to tour the world for a year with his family. And it looks as if the EPA staffers are taking up a collection -- I guess just to make sure he goes away.

In an e-mail invitation, one party planner noted that "contributions appreciated" (see below).

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YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO JOIN US IN SAYING THANK YOU AND GOODBYE TO JEFF HOLMSTEAD, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF AIR &RADIATION AUGUST 18, 2005 3:00 PM U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ARIEL RIOS SOUTH BUILDING 3RD FLOOR – THE GREEN ROOM 1200 PENN. AVENUE, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460***********************************************************************************RSVP BY AUGUST 10, 2005
TO:Rhonda Robinson 202 564-7404 Benjamin Hengst 202 564-1495(EPA ARN 5406) (EPA ARN 5406)Mary Henigin 202 564-1663 Rebecca White 202564-5949(EPA ARN 5449) (EPA ARN 6520)Gina Costantino 202 343-9355 Ed Callahan 202343-9083(EPA 1310 L St. Rm. 325) (EPA 1310 L St. Rm. 1007)

Contributions Appreciated