[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 39 (Monday, October 3, 1994)]
[Page 1869]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Nomination for Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency

September 26, 1994

    The President announced today that he intends to nominate Fred 
Hansen to be the Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency.
    ``Through his accomplished State leadership, Fred Hansen brings real 
environmental expertise and commitment to this position,'' the President 
said. ``I am confident that his service at the E.P.A. will be marked by 
the same excellence and leadership he has shown in Oregon as a long-time 
environmental leader there.''

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