With ex-Assistant Atty. Gen. Ruckelshaus as its 1st administrator, the EPA came into being under this Republican pres.
The 
investigations and hearings into EPA actions grew out of earlier, more ... 11, six 
months after Reagan ordered the EPA probe, the Justice Department said its 
investigation ... By year's end, former Assistant Administrator Lavelle was the only 
EPA... [DOC] [TLE] Just WOW!