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Stephen L. Johnson), they must be confirmed by the Senate.
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1708:"Providing an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency"
1678:"Here's Who Is Leading Federal Agencies as Biden Nominees Await Confirmation"
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1324:List of deputy administrators
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760:Christine Todd Whitman
178:List of administrators
88:William D. Ruckelshaus
1481:Acting administrators
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280:– September 12, 1973
1178:– February 28, 2019
1109:– February 17, 2017
1017:– February 15, 2013
490:Anne Gorsuch Burford
1374:F. Henry Habicht II
1336:John R. Quarles Jr.
1186:– January 20, 2021
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162:Rank in the Cabinet
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1398:Peter D. Robertson
1380:Jonathan Z. Cannon
1203:Charlotte Bertrand
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