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SEPA's West Board meets in Motherwell
Issued on 15 October 1997 - Ref W1001

The Board of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s (SEPA) West Region will meet in Motherwell on Friday 24 October 1997 at 10am. The venue will be North Lanarkshire Council Offices, Civic Centre, Motherwell ML1 1TW.

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 Lochgilphead.

The agenda for the Motherwell meeting will include: a report on the diversion and culverting of watercourses; an update on SEPA’s role in the forthcoming clean up of the Holy Loch; and the A74(M) with regard to Crown Immunity and the Control of Pollution Act. This is in addition to regular agenda items including the Director’s Report, Financial Report, and Environmental Licences Granted and Applications Received.

ENDS

Public Affairs contact

SEPA West Public Relations Officer - Alison Hay
Direct line 01355 574226
Fax 01355 57468
E-mail: ahay@sepa.org.uk

This is an open meeting, although certain items later on the agenda are confidential and will be heard in private. If you wish to send a representative or see the agenda in advance, please give Alison Hay a call on 01355 574226.

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.

SEPA Press Office contacts

Press Officer: Maggie Hamilton. Tel: 01786 457724
Head of Public Affairs: Monica Straughan. Tel: 01786 457723 Mobile 0421 942498

SEPA Head Office, Erskine Court, The Castle Business Park, STIRLING FK9 4TR
Tel: 01786 457700 Fax: 01786 448040

Contact SEPA Public Affairs at publicrelations@sepa.org.uk