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REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE: 13th Public Meeting of The Mississippi River and Gul
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Gia Grier
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Dec 13, 2006 20:01 PST
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Online Registration Now Available for the (January 11, 2007) 13th Public
Meeting of The Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient
Task Force!
Online registration for the 13th Public Meeting of The Mississippi River
and Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force is now available at the
meeting Web site:
http://www.tetratech-ffx.com/tfmeeting13/. (Note that a detailed agenda
will be available on Web site soon.)
There is no registration fee for the meeting, and attendees are
responsible for making their own hotel reservations.
A hotel room block has been established at the Sheraton Crystal City
Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Below is contact information for the
hotel, room reservation information, room rates, and information on
ground transportation. This information is also available on the meeting
Web site:
http://www.tetratech-ffx.com/tfmeeting13/.
Location:
Sheraton Crystal City Hotel
1800 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
(703) 486-1111
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?prop
ertyID=741
Reservation Number:
1-888-627-8209
Block name: "Hypoxia Task Force"
Please note that the hotel room block for this meeting will close after
Friday, December 22, 2006, so please make your reservations as soon as
you can.
Room Rates:
$182 per night (single)
$182 per night (double)
Note: this rate does not include 10.25% tax.
Ground Transportation:
Airports
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is approximately 10 minutes
from the hotel; Dulles International Airport is approximately 1 hour
from the hotel.
Arriving by Hotel Shuttle
The hotel offers a free shuttle that transports guests between the
Ronald Reagan National Airport every half hour on the hour, between 6:00
AM and 11:00 PM. To call for the shuttle, pick up the Sheraton phone
located on the baggage claim level.
Arriving by WMATA Metrorail
WMATA transit map: http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/systemmap.cfm
From Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
The hotel is easily accessible by Metro from Ronald Reagan Washington
National Airport via the airport's on-site Metrorail station (yellow and
blue lines). The hotel is near the Crystal City Metrorail station
(yellow and blue lines). The fare between the National Airport (Ronald
Reagan) Metrorail station and the Crystal City Metrorail station is
$1.35 one way. Once you exit the Crystal City Metrorail station, turn
right (onto 18th Street), and the hotel is half a block up the street.
From Dulles International Airport
The closest Metrorail station to Dulles International is the West Falls
Church Metrorail station (orange line). The airport offers a Washington
Flyer Coach Service that serves as a shuttle between the airport and the
Metrorail station. Purchase a ticket (one-way: $8.00 or round-trip:
$16.00) at the Washington Flyer Coach ticket counter (located at
Arrivals Door #4 in the Main Terminal). Travelers will board the Coach
from this location also. The buses depart approximately every 30 minutes
but please listen for announcements for exact bus departure times.
Once at the West Falls Church Metrorail station, take the orange line
toward New Carrollton to the Rosslyn Metrorail station where you
transfer to the blue line toward Franconia-Springfield.
The hotel is located near the Crystal City Metrorail station. The fare
between the West Falls Church Metrorail station and the Crystal City
Metrorail station is $1.85 one-way. Once you exit the Crystal City
Metrorail station, turn right (onto 18th Street), and the hotel is half
a block up the street. Once you exit the Crystal City Metrorail station,
turn right (onto 18th Street), and the hotel is half a block up the
street.
Arriving by Taxi Cab
The average taxi cab fare from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
to the hotel is $10. Fares from Dulles International Airport can range
from $65 to $80.
Contact information:
For more information, please contact Katie Flahive
(flahive-@epa.gov), (202) 566-1206, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, or Gia Grier (gia.g-@tetratech-ffx.com), (410) 356-8993,
Tetra Tech, Inc., or visit the meeting Web site:
http://www.tetratech-ffx.com/tfmeeting13/.
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