UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460 AGENCY OFFIC IAL BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE $300 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENO EPA-335 A Environmental News Daitch (202) 755-0344 FOR RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1974 EPA CREATES OCEANS DIVISION, NAMES ROBERT J. MCMANUS AS ITS DIRECTOR The Environmental Protection Agency has created a new Oceans Division within its Office of International Activities to coor- dinate programs relating to internal ocean affairs and marine pollution, EPA Administrator Russell E. Train announced today. Robert J. McManus has been appointed Director of the new unit. Both actions are effective immediately. "We feel that heightened interest by all nations in the ^problems of marine pollution, combined with recent legislation and future conventions on this subject, make this a logical move," said Fitzhugh Green, Associate Administrator in charge of Inter- national Activities. "Mr. McManus' background and experience make him especially qualified to direct this important function within EPA," he declared. Green noted that among recent actions the 1954 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil was sweepingly amended in 1973, subject to future ratification. (more) Return this sheet if you do NOT wish to receive this materia! ~» or if change of address is needed D (indicate change, including zip code). EPA FORM 1510-1 (REV. 8-72) *-367 ------- -2- In addition, the Senate has given its advice and consent to a treaty to prevent marine pollution by ocean dumping, which was negotiated in London in 1972. At the suggestion of Administrator Train, a new Marine Environment Protection Committee has been recently established by the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations. A U.S.- U.S.S.R. environmental agreement including cooperation in the study of oceans also was signed last year. Green pointed out that the Third United Nations Conference on Law of the Sea will be held in Caracas next June, and will deal with curtailing ocean pollution. McManus has served in the Office of the General Counsel at EPA since 1971, first as a special assistant to the Deputy General Counsel and later in the Water Quality Division, specializing in marine pollution matters. He was a member of the U.S. delegation to the conferences that produced the ocean dumping treaty and the 1973 amendments to the oil pollution treaty. Born in New York City August 22, 1940, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy, received an A.B. from Yale in 1961 and an LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1968 where he also was a member of the Board of Editors of the Yale Law Journal. He served as a Naval officer from 1961-65. A member of the District of Columbia Bar since 1968, he was an associate in the law firm of Surrey, Karasik, Greene and Hill in Washington, D.C. for three years until joining EPA. He is married to the former Laurie Pouzzner and they are parents of a son, John D. McManus. The family lives in Washing- ton, D.C. # # # ------- |