Steve Lingle , director of the Environmental Engineering Research Division of the National Center for Environmental Research, worked for the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service when it was swept into the Environmental Protection Agency.
People now understand the importance of safe food, clean air and clean water.
EPA has helped to build that awareness. Henry Longest, II , deputy associate administrator for research and development, says that the most significant work of his career was administering construction grants for the treatment and clean up of wastewater and hazardous waste under the Superfund program. It is somewhat natural to slip into a routine. Vigilance is needed to carry out existing environmental legislation and to continue to make progress. On the first Earth Day, Bob Knox , associate director of the Office of Environmental Justice, was training operators of wastewater plants to avoid air pollution.