(1972) from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
“Working in close partnership with states, tribes, and local communities across the country, EPA is focused on PFAS reductions and protecting public health,” said EPA Regional Administrator Pete Lopez. EPA Region 2 Administrator Pete Lopez and Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Audrey Strauss announced that the United States has entered into a Consent Decree settling a civil lawsuit against a petroleum distributor in New York for operating underground storage tanks at twenty separate gas stations in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Pete Lopez has served as a member of the New York State Assembly since 2007 representing a seven county region including Mid-Hudson, Northern Catskills, Southern Tier, and Capital District.
The regional administrator serves as the administrator's principal representative in the region and is responsible for accomplishing the agency's national objectives.
It's official: Jane M. Kenny is the new Regional Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2.
Calendar for Peter D. Lopez, Administrator for Region 2 The Region 2 Administrator's calendar displays meetings with staff, stakeholders, elected officials, and others outside the Agency. The PFAS Action Plan outlines the processes and tools EPA is using to assess the PFAS risk and assist states, tribes and communities in addressing their unique situations. About CASD. As commissioner, Kenny also served as chair of the state's Brownfields Task Force and the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, which underJane M. Kenny, who was responsible for helping address critical environmental and community redevelopment issues in New Jersey, is named EPA's Region 2 administrator.You will also be kept current on how proven technologies such as respirators, safety management systems and gas detectors are being updated and enhanced to provide additional layers of safety.Sign up for EHS Today's latest e-newsletter: Safety Technology & AnalyticsIt's official: Jane M. Kenny is the new Regional Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2.
Regional Administrator; Region 2 laboratory; Region 2 Media Contacts; Follow us on Twitter; Visit us on Facebook; Read our "Greening the Apple" New York City blog; Region 2 Mailing Addresses. Kenny takes the EPA leadership position overseeing all federal environmental programs for a region covering New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of synthetic chemicals that have been in use since the 1940s. PFAS are found in a wide array of consumer and industrial products.
Region 2 Administrator … About CWD. ÂMr. About ORC. This office works to assure the most efficient and effective management of resources in order to accomplish regional objectives. Mugdan has served since 2008 as Director of the Emergency & Remedial Response Division for EPA Region 2, where he manages a staff of about 220 remedial project managers, on-scene coordinators, hydrologists, risk assessors and others. ÂMr. The announcement was made in an email from Acting Region 2 Administrator Catherine McCabe.
Kenny takes the EPA leadership position overseeing all federal environmental programs for a region covering New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PFAS manufacturing and processing facilities, facilities using PFAS in production of other products, airports, and military installations are some of the contributors of PFAS releases into the air, soil, and water. Last updated on January 20, 2017In 1998 Mr. Mugdan spent eight months on a detail as Director of Region 2's Division of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance, heading the Regionâs staff of about 150 field inspectors and technical enforcement personnel.Previously, Mr. Mugdan served from 2002-2008 as Director of the Division of Environmental Planning & Protection for EPA Region 2, where he headed a staff of about 180 engineers, scientists and planners responsible for the air, water, hazardous waste, environmental assessment and pollution prevention programs in the region. Catherine R. McCabe Catherine R. McCabe is the Deputy Regional Administrator of Region 2 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in New York City. Region 2 covers New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Â In 2006-2007, he served a one-year term as Section Chair, having served for the previous four years in the other officer positions â First and Second Vice-Chair, Treasurer and Secretary. WASHINGTON (September 28, 2017) –Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the appointment of Pete Lopez of New York to become Regional Administrator for Region 2.
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 The Division is responsible for implementing the âSuperfundâ hazardous waste site cleanup, emergency response and brownfields programs in the Region (which covers New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands). ÂMr. Today, EPA Region 2 highlighted efforts to help communities in the region address the exposure pathway risks from per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and the agency’s constructive engagement to manage the potential PFAS environmental impacts.
Mugdan has authored numerous articles on environmental law and regulation.