DALLAS (AP) — A Southern Methodist University educator has been selected by President Barack Obama to be a regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Al Armendariz will lead the region that includes Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and 66 tribal nations.
The agency, in a statement Thursday, said Armendariz is an SMU associate professor, teaching environmental and civil engineering.
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