President Bàrack Gbama has nominated lisa Jackson, a 16-year veteran of EPA, to head that agency under his new administration. The New Orleans native has degrees ia chemical engineering and a teputation ior working cooperatively with industry. NO STRANGER TO WASHINGTON. Jackson is no stranger to the capital, or EPA. She spent 16 years with the agency, initially at its Washington headquarters and later at its regional office in New York, During her EPA tenure, Jackson worked in the federal Superfcmdsite remediation program, developing hazardous waste cleanup regulations, overseeing hazardous waste cleanup projects throughout central New Jersey and directing multimillion-dollar cleanup operations. She later served as deputy director and acting director of the region's enforcement division.
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