Kirsten Engel: “William Ruckelshaus was the first administrator of the EPA.”

“… not necessarily retrenching, but is actually fairly active in the environmental regulatory space and make some reflections on environmental. Where environmental federalism is headed. Okay, so we start with kind … William Ruckelshaus was the first administrator of the EPA. … of the role of EPA as an independent agency, according to Ruckelshaus, no obligation to promote agriculture or commerce, broad responsibility for research, standard setting, monitoring, enforcement with regard to the five environmental hazards of air and water pollution, solid waste disposal, radiation and pesticides.” (07:01–07:42)

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