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William Doyle Ruckelshaus (July 24, 1932 – November 27, 2019) was an American attorney and government official.. Ruckelshaus served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1966 to 1968, and was the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division from 1969 to 1970.
William Ruckelshaus, the first Administrator of the EPA On December 16, 1970, the first Administrator of the EPA, William Ruckelshaus , declared that the agency had "a broad responsibility for research, standard-setting, monitoring and enforcement with regard to five environmental hazards; air and water pollution, solid waste disposal ...
William Ruckelshaus: December 4, 1970: April 30, 1973: Richard Nixon (1969–1974) ... Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; General Counsel;
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. [2] President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order . [ 3 ]
They saw concern for our environment as a fad, and claimed that the instant enthusiasm of an activist generation would soon flow elsewhere,” said William D. Ruckelshaus, the EPA’s first ...
He succeeded William Ruckelshaus. He is a Republican. [2] ... Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 1985–1989 Succeeded by. William Reilly
PHOTO: Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., President and CEO, Hip Hop Caucus, speaks at a press conference outside of the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6, 2025 ...
Flowers and rock formations in Sarpy Basin, 1973, Boyd Norton Middletown dump meets the salt marsh, 1973, Hope Alexander. With support from the first EPA administrator, William Ruckelshaus, project director Gifford D. Hampshire contracted well-known photographers to work for the EPA on the project.