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...Ruckelshaus faces hard choices on the environment
...turnaround is in large part the work of the EPA's new administrator, William Ruckelshaus. Highly respected as the EPA'S first head (1970-73), Ruckelshaus was recalled from private life in May to salvage what is now the Government's largest regulatory agency. He has replaced numerous political second-raters and former industry lobbyists hired by his predecessor, Anne Burford, with experienced Government operators. He has restored morale among EPA employees and pleased the White House by getting the agency off the nightly news. Says William Drayton, a top EPA official in the Carter Administration...
...sharp contrast to the closed-door management style of his predecessor, Burford, Ruckelshaus announced that he would operate the EPA in a "fishbowl." He has done so, right down to making public his daily appointment book. Known for his integrity (he resigned as Nixon's Deputy Attorney General in 1973 rather than fire the Watergate special prosecutor), Ruckelshaus, 51, is a veteran of Government hotspots, including a stint as acting director of the FBI in 1973. Easygoing and open, he consults widely within the agency before making decisions, walking through the departments and sharing brown-bag lunches with lower...
...Ruckelshaus has not changed EPA policy completely, but incrementally and without fanfare. Among his most significant actions...
...hope this confusion is cleared up in the months to come and that the Congressional environmental concern continues. There is no inherent contradiction between what the Administration wants and a healthy environment. Only the Administration's method in making a healthy environment should be different. Ruckelshaus has a key note in having an impact on environmental issues. So far he has not need her positions to full advantage. Paul W. Green