Dan Opalski
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U.S. EPA, Region 10
Regional Administrator's Office, RA-140
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Seattle, WA 98101
Dan Opalski,
Acting Deputy Regional Administrator
Acting Deputy Regional Administrator (DRA)
Dan is currently the Acting Deputy Regional Administrator for EPA Region 10. Before serving as DRA, Dan was Director of the Region 10 Office of Environmental Cleanup, responsible for direction and management of CERCLA (Superfund) clean-up work and the Brownfields program throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska. His responsibilities encompassed regional programs under the Oil Pollution Act and portions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, as well as planning, prevention, and response efforts as part of Homeland Security.
In previous positions with the EPA, Dan has served as Region 10's Oregon Operations Office Director, engaging in a full spectrum of environmental programs and issues from Superfund to animal feeding operations to salmon recovery. While in EPA Region 9 (San Francisco), he was responsible for facilitating cleanup and reuse of closing military bases. His experience includes addressing contaminated sites to make land available for airports, seaports, family housing, college campuses, and homeless assistance shelters. He has worked with parties ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies; federal, state and local governments agencies and elected officials; tribal governments; and non-governmental advocacy groups and associations.
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