Nomination of Albert James Barnes To Be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

The President today announced his intention to nominate Albert James Barnes to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (General Counsel). This is a new position.

Since 1981 Mr. Barnes has been serving as General Counsel at the United States Department of Agriculture. Previously he was a partner in the law firm of Beverage, Fairbanks & Diamond in 1973-1981; assistant to the Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice in 1973; assistant to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970-1973; and trial attorney and special assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, at the Department of Justice in 1969-1970.

He graduated from Michigan State University (B.A., 1964) and Harvard Law School (I.D., 1967). He is married, has one child, and resides in Washington, D.C. He was born August 30, 1942, in Napoleon, Ohio.