William Doyle Ruckelshaus was an American attorney and government official.
Ruckelshaus sworn in as first EPA Administrator. The people in the photo from left to right are: President Richard M. Nixon, William Ruckelshaus, Jill Ruckelshaus, and Chief Justice Warren Burger.
Administrator Ruckelshaus on a tour of the Four Corners Air Quality Region by EPA airplane
Ruckelshaus speaks in 2010 at an EPA event celebrating the agency's 40th anniversary.
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is the head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and is thus responsible for enforcing the nation's Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, as well as numerous other environmental statutes. The administrator is nominated by the president of the United States and must be confirmed by a vote of the Senate.
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Image: Doug M. Costle official EPA portrait
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