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Date: April 9, 1998
 

EPA Administrator to Speak on the Future of Environmental Protection

Princeton, N.J. -- Fred Hansen, deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will give a lecture entitled "Beyond the Horizon: The Future of Environmental Protection" at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, April 16, at 4:30 p.m., in Robertson Hall, Bowl 6.

Hansen was appointed to the EPA in 1994. As the assistant to EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner, he assists in setting and communicating the national environmental agenda, in implementing and enforcing federal environmental laws, and in ensuring efficient management of the agency. Hansen focuses much of his attention on urban redevelopment, transportation, sustainable development, environmental education in higher learning, and state and federal cooperation, issues of great concern to him.

Before joining the EPA, Hansen was the director of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for more than 10 years. While managing the state’s environmental programs, Hansen became involved in the development of national environmental policy, working with several advisory groups, including the National Commission on Superfund, EPA’s Science Advisory Board, and the Air Implementation Task Force. As a member of the science advisory board, Hansen was one of the primary authors of Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and Strategies for Environmental Protection (1990) and Beyond the Horizon: Using Foresight to Protect the Environmental Future (1995).

Hansen has also served as the deputy state treasurer of Oregon. In Washington, D.C., he was executive officer of the Peace Corps and the deputy director for President Carter’s special project on federal cash management.

Hansen’s lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.