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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release April 24, 2000

PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES BRADLEY M. CAMPBELL AS U.S. COMMISSIONER TO THE

OHIO RIVER VALLEY WATER SANITATION COMMISSION

The President today announced his intent to appoint Bradley M. Campbell as U.S. Commissioner to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission.

Mr. Bradley Campbell, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was recently appointed as the Regional Administrator for Region III at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In this position, Mr. Campbell is responsible for environmental protection throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Prior to joining EPA, Mr. Campbell was the Associate Director of the Council on Environmental Quality at the White House, a position he held from 1995 to 1999. In this capacity, Mr. Campbell was responsible for all toxic and environmental protection matters for the Chair of the Council. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Campbell served as an Attorney-Advisor to the Policy, Legislation, and Special Litigation Section at the United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division. Mr. Campbell was also in private law practice at Rogovin, Huge & Schiller law firm; a Law Clerk for District Judge Thomas A. Flannery of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; and a Law Clerk for Circuit Judge Carl McGowan of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Mr. Campbell received a B.A. magna cum laude from Amherst College and a J.D. cum laude from University of Chicago.

The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission administers an interstate Compact among the States of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia with regard to the control of future pollution and abatement of existing pollution from the rivers, streams, and waters in the Ohio River Basin.

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