Nomination of Herbert Tate To Be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

The President today announced his intention to nominate Herbert Tate, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring. He would succeed James J. Strock.

Since 1986 Mr. Tate has served as Essex County prosecutor in Newark, NJ. Prior to this he served as a private practitioner, 1985 - 1986, and as an associate attorney with the law firm of Carella, Byrne, Bain & Gilfillan, P.A., in Roseland, NJ, 1983 - 1985.

Mr. Tate graduated from Wesleyan University (B.A., 1974) and Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 1978). He was born February 22, 1953, in Karachi, Pakistan. Mr. Tate resides in West Orange, NJ.