State legislator will lead Northeast region

摘要

New York state Assemblyman Pete Lopez has been picked to head U.S. EPA's Region 2 office.rnIn an announcement today, EPA said the Republican state legislator will run EPA's New York-based office, which oversees the agency's operations in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.rnAn assemblyman since 2007, Lopez is a member of the Committee on Environmental Conservation and the TaskrnForce on Food, Farm and Nutrition Policy.