EEI Ecology And Environment,

BUFFALO, N.Y., May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Highlights -- Ecology and Environment, Inc. (AMEX:EEI) has been awarded a multi-year regional contract to provide the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with technical support for the assessment and cleanup of the release into the environment of oil, petroleum and hazardous substances that pose a threat to the public in EPA's Region 9. The contract has a 2 year base period and 2 one and one-half year option periods. With all option years and access to an increased capacity pool to support the Agency in the event of an incident of national significance, the contract could total $64 million over 5 years. Details -- The contract dubbed "Start 9" for Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team covers the four state area of California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii and U.S. territories in the Pacific. The scope includes services for emergency response including elements of counter terrorism and spills of oil and chemical substances, domestic preparedness and prevention activities, site assessments and generally any support activity to prevent pollution or contaminant exposure to human health and welfare or to the environment. The contract will be serviced from the company's offices in San Francisco, CA, Oakland, CA, Long Beach, CA and Buffalo, NY headquarters. Ecology and Environment, Inc. is headquartered in Lancaster, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. Its common stock is listed on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol EEI. E & E can be located on the World Wide Web at http://www.ene.com/. DATASOURCE: Ecology and Environment, Inc. CONTACT: Larry Brickman for Ecology and Environment, +1-716-684-8060 Web site: http://www.ene.com/

Copyright