Date 19 May 1997
SEPA'S WEST BOARD MEETS
IN EAST KILBRIDE
The Board of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s (SEPA) West Region will meet in East Kilbride on Friday May 23rd at 10am. The venue will be West Region HQ, Rivers House, Murray Road, East Kilbride.
The Board’s custom is to meet in different locations within the Region, to give Board members an opportunity to become familiar with the Region and to provide an opportunity for local people to attend the meetings. The previous meeting was held in Ayr.
The agenda for the East Kilbride meeting will include: a summary report of SEPA’s role in relation to the culverting of watercourses; finance report; and ‘The New Contaminated Land Regime and its Practical Implications for SEPA’ - a presentation by Calum MacDonald, Divisional Manager North.
ENDS
This is an open meeting. Both press and public are welcome to attend. Coffee will be available from 9.30am
SEPA BOARD MEMBERSHIP: WEST REGION
Brian Fitzgerald (Chairman), Paisley. Civil engineer and Vice Chairman of CBI Scotland. Chairman, Environment Committee, CBI Scotland.
Dr Patricia Bradley, Glasgow. Regional Officer with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Mr Donald Campbell, Isle of Tiree, Argyll. Depute Head Teacher with Argyll & Bute council. Chairman of the Scottish Crofters Union, Tiree branch. Member of BBC Scotland’s Gaelic Advisory Committee.
Mr Stuart Cannon, Kilmelford, Argyll. Fish farmer and member of the former Clyde River Purification Board. Chairman of Kilmelford and Kilninver Community Council.
Professor John Davenport, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae. Environmental Scientist, Director of the University of London’s Marine Biological Station, Millport. Member of the Scottish Association for Marine Science.
Mr Derek Elder, Glasgow. Assistant Director, Scotland, of the Confederation of British Industry. Member of the West of Scotland Environment Business Forum.
Professor Desmond Hammerton, OBE, Glasgow. Retired biologist. Director of the former Clyde River Purification Board. Member of the Advisory Board of the Graduate School of Environmental Studies, University of Strathclyde.
Councillor William Hendry, Glasgow. Councillor with East Dunbartonshire Council.
Councillor James McCabe, Motherwell. Councillor with North Lanarkshire Council. Member of the National Environment Forum.
Councillor Dugald McDonald, Lanark. Councillor with South Lanarkshire Council. Justice of the Peace. Trustee (Emeritus), New Lanark Conservation.
Councillor Mrs Rita Miller, Ayr. Councillor with South Ayrshire Council. Vice-convenor Community Protection & Support Services Committee.
Mr Ken Morin, Glasgow. Managing Director of Shanks & McEwan (Northern). Scottish Regional Chairman of Environmental Services Association.
Mr James Riach, Prestwick, Ayrshire. Former Chief Environmental Health Officer with the former Kilmarnock and Loudon District Council.
Mr Jeremy Sainsbury, Dalry, Castle Douglas. Estate Manager and a member of the National Farmers Union of Scotland. Member of the Distribution Code Review Panel (Scotland). On the Scottish Committee of Association of Electricity Producers.
Councillor Donald Urquhart, Dumfries. Planning and Engineering Consultant. Councillor with Dumfries & Galloway Council. Chairman of Commercial Services Committee.
Mr Charles Wilson, Wemyss Bay. Business and Engineering Consultant with experience in the management of power stations.
Public Affairs contact
SEPA West Public Relations Officer - Alison Hay
Direct line 01355 574226
Fax 01355 264323
More information from SEPA Public Affairs at publicrelations@sepa.org.uk
Monica Straughan Tel: 01786 457723. Mobile: 0421 942498
Maggie Hamilton Tel: 01786 452724. Mobile: 0370 686073
If you have a query relating to SEPA and its work please contact info@sepa.org.uk
Updated: 12 December 1997
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