THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release December 21, 2000
PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES JAMES V. AIDALA AS ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR
PREVENTION, PESTICIDES, AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
President Clinton today announced the recess appointment of James V.
Aidala to serve as Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Mr. Aidala
was nominated to the Senate on March 7, 2000. This position is vital to
the EPA?s implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act designed to
provide a higher level of protection from pesticide residue in food.
Mr. James V. Aidala of Alexandria, Virginia, has been serving as
Associate Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic
Substances at EPA since 1993. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Aidala worked on the
Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources in the U.S.
House of Representatives where he was in charge of oversight of EPA
implementation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
and the Toxic Substances Control Act. From 1990 to 1991, Mr. Aidala was
the Director of Policy Development at the Wallace Institute for Alternative
Agriculture. From 1983 to 1991, Mr. Aidala was a Specialist in
Environmental Policy for the U.S. Library of Congress.
Mr. Aidala received his B.A. and M.A. in Sociology from Brown
University.
The Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) serves as the
principal advisor to the Administrator in matters pertaining to pollution
prevention, pesticides and toxic substances. In addition, the Assistant
Administrator has responsibility for establishing EPA strategies for
implementation and integration of the pollution prevention, pesticides, and
the toxic substances programs under applicable Federal statutes, including
implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act; developing and operating
EPA programs and policies for assessment and control of pesticides and
toxic substances; recommending policies and developing programs for
implementing the Pollution Prevention Act; developing recommendations for
EPA priorities for research; developing scientific, technical, economic,
and social data for the conduct of hazard assessments and evaluations in
support of pollution prevention, pesticides and toxic substances
activities.
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