Nomination of Frederic Arnold Eidsness, Jr., To Be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

The President today announced his intention to nominate Frederic Arnold Eidsness, Jr., to be Assistant Administrator for Water Programs, Environmental Protection Agency.

Since December 1978, Mr. Eidsness has been vice president in charge of environmental management services with BMML, Inc. From 1975 to 1978, he was director, comprehensive planning, at Larimer-Weld Regional Council of Governments in Loveland, Colo. From 1970 to 1973, he was with the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, in Atlanta, Ga. From 1968 to 1970, he served in the United States Navy and in 1967 was air pollution control engineer with the County Health Department in Palm Beach, Fla.

Mr. Eidsness graduated in 1967 from Vanderbilt University with a degree in civil (sanitary) engineering and has attended the University of the Americas, Mexico City (1963), and the University of Madrid, Spain (1966).

Mr. Eidsness was born December 1, 1944, in Jacksonville, Fla., is married, and resides in Masonville, Colo.