QUESTIONS:
1. There is currently much speculation over who will head up the Environmental Protection Agency. Who was the first head of EPA?
2. What President signed the law that created the Environmental Protection Agency?
3. Idaho GOP Gov. Dirk Kempthorne has been mentioned as a prospective EPA administrator. Who was the last governor of a state to head the EPA?
4. How many governorships will be decided by voters in ’04?
5. How many governors up for election in ’04 have decided not to run again?
ANSWERS:
1. William D. Ruckelshaus, who headed EPA from 1970-72.
2. Richard Nixon.
3. Republican Gov. Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey, who headed EPA from 2001 until earlier this year.
4. Eleven: Delaware, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington State, and West Virginia)
5. One-Democrat Gary Locke of Washington State. Democratic Gov. Frank O’Bannon of Indiana will have completed two consecutive terms and by law cannot seek a third term in a row.
