Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency of the
United States
Incumbent
Scott Pruitt
since February 17, 2017
Inaugural holder William D. Ruckelshaus
Formation 1970
Website www.epa.gov

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is the head of the United States federal government's Environmental Protection Agency, 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. The office of Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency was created in 1970 in legislation that created the agency.

The EPA Administrator is customarily accorded Cabinet rank by the President and sits with the President, Vice President, and the 15 Cabinet Secretaries. Since the late 1980s, there has been a movement to make the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a Cabinet Secretary, thus making the EPA a 16th Cabinet department, dealing with environmental policy. The Administrator of the EPA is equivalent to the position of Minister of the Environment in other countries.

The current Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is Scott Pruitt, who succeeded acting administrator Catherine McCabe, on February 17, 2017.

List of Administrators

Officeholder Term President
Ruckelshaus, WilliamWilliam Ruckelshaus December 4, 1970 – April 30, 1973 Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon
Fri, RobertRobert Fri
Acting		 April 30, 1973 – September 12, 1973
Train, Russell E.Russell E. Train September 12, 1973 – January 20, 1977
Ford, GeraldGerald Ford
Quarles Jr., JohnJohn Quarles Jr.
Acting		 January 21, 1977 – March 6, 1977 Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter
Costle, Douglas M.Douglas M. Costle March 7, 1977 – January 20, 1981
Jellinek, SteveSteve Jellinek
Acting		 January 21, 1981 – January 25, 1981 Reagan, RonaldRonald Reagan
Barber Jr., WalterWalter Barber Jr.
Acting		 January 25, 1981 – May 19, 1981
Gorsuch Burford, AnneAnne Gorsuch Burford May 20, 1981 – March 9, 1983
Ruckelshaus, WilliamWilliam Ruckelshaus May 18, 1983 – January 4, 1985
Thomas, Lee M.Lee M. Thomas February 8, 1985 – January 20, 1989
Reilly, William K.William K. Reilly February 6, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Bush, George H. W.George H. W. Bush
Browner, CarolCarol Browner January 23, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Clinton, BillBill Clinton
Whitman, Christine ToddChristine Todd Whitman January 31, 2001 – June 27, 2003 Bush, George W.George W. Bush
Horinko, Marianne LamontMarianne Lamont Horinko
Acting		 July 14, 2003 – November 5, 2003
Leavitt, MikeMike Leavitt November 6, 2003 – January 26, 2005
Johnson, Stephen L.Stephen L. Johnson January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009
Jackson, Lisa P.Lisa P. Jackson January 23, 2009 – February 15, 2013 Obama, BarackBarack Obama
Perciasepe, BobBob Perciasepe
Acting		 February 15, 2013 – July 18, 2013
McCarthy, GinaGina McCarthy July 18, 2013 – January 20, 2017
McCabe, CatherineCatherine McCabe
Acting		 January 20, 2017 – February 17, 2017 Trump, DonaldDonald Trump
Pruitt, ScottScott Pruitt February 17, 2017 – present

Acting Administrators

Note that Acting Administrators usually assume the office in the interim period between the resignation of a previous Administrator and the confirmation of his or her successor, including during the transition period between two presidential administrations, before the successor has been nominated and confirmed. Acting Administrators come from within the EPA and usually hold an office that is subject to Senate confirmation before becoming the Acting Administrator. Linda Fisher and Stephen L. Johnson had served as Deputy Administrator when they became Acting Administrator. Marianne Lamont Horinko was an Assistant Administrator at the time. They are not subject to Senate confirmation to serve as the Acting Administrator, though to continue to serve as a full-fledged Administrator (as in the case of Lee M. Thomas or Stephen L. Johnson), they must be confirmed by the Senate.

Line of succession

The line of succession for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is as follows:[1]

  1. Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
  2. General Counsel
  3. Assistant Administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management
  4. Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
  5. Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation
  6. Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water
  7. Assistant Administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
  8. Chief Financial Officer
  9. Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development
  10. Assistant Administrator for the Office of International and Tribal Affairs
  11. Assistant Administrator for the Office of Administration and Resources Management
  12. Assistant Administrator for the Office of Environmental Information
  13. Regional Administrator, Region 7 (Kansas City, Kansas)
  14. Principal Deputy General Counsel
  15. Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
  16. Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 2 (New York, New York)
  17. Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 5 (Chicago, Illinois)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Providing an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency". Federal Register. 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
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