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SHIMBERG APPOINTED EPA ASSOCIATE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
Release Date: 02/27/2002
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Note to Correspondents
FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27, 2002
SHIMBERG APPOINTED EPA ASSOCIATE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
Luke C. Hester 202-564-7818 / [email protected]
SHIMBERG APPOINTED EPA ASSOCIATE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
Luke C. Hester 202-564-7818 / [email protected]
Steven J. Shimberg, who has over 20 years experience dealing with environmental matters, including 18 years in federal service, has been appointed as EPA Associate Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
From 1997 to 2001, Shimberg was Vice-President, Federal and International Affairs, at the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, D.C., with responsibilities that included strategic planning for conservation advocacy and education programs and management of the Federation’s Washington office.
Shimberg, 49, served in key staff positions in the U.S. Senate from 1981 to 1997, including being Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Committee on Environment and Public Works and counsel to the late Senator John H. Chafee (R-RI). During that time, he was active in international treaty negotiations, including those leading to the Montreal Protocol on ozone depletion substances, and he played a central role in strengthening numerous environmental laws.
From 1978 to 1981, he was a prosecuting attorney in the Land and Natural Resources division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
A native of Jericho, N.Y., Shimberg is an alumnus of the State University of New York at Buffalo and the Duke University School of Law.
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