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Utah Department of Environmental Quality

The mission of the Department of Environmental Quality is to
safeguard human health and quality of life by protecting and
enhancing the environment.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 14, 2002

Contact:
Dianne Nielson, Executive Director, (801) 536-4402

Department of Environmental Quality Changes Business Hours During Olympics

(Salt Lake City) - Beginning Feb. 8 through Feb. 24, 2002, the Utah Department of Environmental Quality's (DEQ) regular business hours will be modified in order to reduce traffic congestion during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

DEQ's regular business hours will be from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday, beginning Feb. 8 through Feb. 24. Public access to documents and services will be available during these hours. The purpose of this change is to assist in reducing the combined impacts of commuter traffic and Olympic-related traffic in Weber, Davis, Salt Lake and Utah counties.

This change includes all DEQ offices, which are: