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NEWS ADVISORY

NCR 2000 EXERCISE ACTIVITY SCHEDULED

WASHINGTON, D.C. - News media interested in covering activities in the Prince George's County, Maryland area, related to NCR 2000, the domestic counterterrorism exercise announced here in April, should report to the Largo Town Center in the parking lot in front of the closed Hechinger's on Monday, May 22, 2000 at 8:00 a.m. to receive credentials required for covering the exercise and information about the logistics of the exercise in the Prince George's County area. Media interested in attending NCR 2000 activities must be escorted to events from this location.

What: Media check-in for NCR 2000 counterterrorism exercise

Where: Largo Town Center

Parking Lot in Front of Hechinger's

(495 south to 214 east, Central Avenue, follow signs for Harry Truman Drive, right on Largo Center Drive, turn into Largo Town Center Parking Lot, there is a Shopper's Food Warehouse and a McDonald's in the same complex.)

When: 8:00 a.m., Monday, May 22, 2000

NCR 2000, short for National Capital Region 2000, consists of previously planned exercises and will complement the TOPOFF activities occurring in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Denver, Colorado, and involve an undisclosed type of simulated mass destruction weapon. TOPOFF, a Congressionally mandated counterterrorism exercise is being conducted by the Department of Justice and FEMA with the participation of other federal agencies.

There will be no release of any actual weapons or agents at any location during the national exercise.

Note: This is a "no notice" exercise as responders and other participating officials do not know the actual date/time of the start of the exercise or specific incident locations. Therefore, this information may not be released or used in any news stories.

For additional information on NCR 2000 in the DC Metropolitan area contact:

National contacts:

Gina Talamona, DOJ, 202-514-2007

Mary Margaret Walker, FEMA, 202-646-3892

Denver contacts:

Chris Watney, DOJ, cell, 202-353-5232

Don Jacks, FEMA , cell, 202-236-1403

Local: Sheriff Pat J. Sullivan, Jr. 303-734-5101

Tommy Grier, Colorado Office of Emergency Management 303-273-1622

Portsmouth contacts:

Doug Johnson, DOJ, cell, 202-353-5610 or pager 888-582-6750

Mike Beeman, FEMA, cell, 917-678-1162

Local: Jim Van Dongen, New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management,

office, 603-271-2231, cell, 603-419-9057, pager, 603-639-6902

NCR 2000 contacts:

Gretchen Michael, DOJ, 202-514-2007 or 202-514-5000

Charles Miller, DOJ, 202-514-5000

Pete Gulotta, FBI, pager, 888-773-4033

Phil Clark, FEMA, 800-759-8888 pin# 1255342

Mark Brady, P.G. County Fire & EMS, pager, 301-499-8215 pin# 2069

Chauncy Bowers, P.G. County Fire & EMS, pager, 301-499-8215 pin# 2071

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