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Mike Flynn (Environmental Protection Agency)

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Mike Flynn
Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Acting
In office
January 20, 2017 – April 3, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byStan Meiburg (Acting)
Succeeded byAndrew Wheeler

Mike Flynn is an American government official who served as the Acting Deputy Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency from 2017-2018.[1]

Career

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Flynn joined the Environmental Protection agency in 1980 and served in a variety of positions including as the agency's Associate Deputy Administrator before being appointed deputy administrator. Flynn announced that he would retire in 2018.[2] Andrew Wheeler was confirmed as Deputy Administrator of the EPA on April 12, 2018, replacing Flynn.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "EPA Deputy Administrator". October 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Top EPA official Mike Flynn announces plans to retire in April". Washington Examiner. February 22, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  3. ^ Senate confirms a former coal lobbyist as Scott Pruitt’s second-in-command at EPA, Washington Post, Steven Mufson, Brady Dennis & Dino Grandoni, April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.