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Paul DeFalco, Jr.
Biography
[EPA press release - September 16, 1971]
The appointment of two more Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrators was announced today by William D. Ruckelshaus, EPA Administrator.
They are:
Paul DeFalco, 47, Morago, California, Administrator for Region 9, with headquarters in San Francisco, California.
James L. Agee, 44, Seattle, Washington, Administrator for Region 10, with headquarters in Seattle.
Ruckelshaus said that DeFalco and Agee, who have been serving as Acting EPA Regional Administrators, have successfully launched EPA programs in their respective regions and have established good relationships with Sate and local groups.
Ruckelshaus said that the officials were chosen from a long list of well-qualified candidates.
DeFalco, who has a Bachelor of Science degree from Queens College in New York and a Master's degree in Sanitary Science from New York University, began his government service in 1948. After serving with State and Interstate water pollution control agencies, DeFalco joined the Federal water pollution control program in 1961.
He was Regional Director in San Francisco for the Department of the Interior's Federal Water Quality Administration, which became part of the new Environmental Protection Agency.
DeFalco received the Department of the Interior's Distinguished Service Award in 1970. He is a member of numerous professional societies. Mr. DeFalco and his wife, Ernestine, have three children.
The two new appointments raise to eight the number of EPA Regional Administrators announced so far. The other Regional Administrators previously named are Francis T. Mayo, Region 5, with headquarters in Chicago; John A. S. McGlennon, Region 1, with headquarters in Boston; Jerome H. Svore, Region 7, with headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri; Gerald M. Hansler, Region 2, headquartered in New York City; John A. Green, Region 8, with headquarters in Denver, and Jack E. Ravan, Region 4, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
EPA has 10 regional offices. Selection of the Administrators for Region 3, headquartered in Philadelphia and Region 6, which is headquartered in Dallas, will be completed shortly.