[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 4 (Monday, January 31, 1994)]
[Page 160]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Appointment of Region I Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency

January 27, 1994

    The President today appointed former Massachusetts secretary of 
environmental affairs John P. DeVillars to be the Environmental 
Protection Agency's Region I Administrator.
    ``I have worked with and respected John DeVillars for nearly a 
decade,'' said the President. ``I am proud that he is bringing his 
considerable energy and talent to protecting the very special 
environment of New England.''

Note: A biography of the appointee was made available by the Office of 
the Press Secretary.