U.S. EPA Region 5 Update 

You are invited to join us to hear Robert Kaplan provide an update on US EPA Region 5 at the May 24th Environmental Breakfast. Robert (Bob) A. Kaplan is Acting Regional Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 5 office in Chicago.

Prior to assuming leadership of the region, Bob was Deputy Regional Administrator. He assisted the Regional Administrator and supervised the day-to-day operations of the Region’s staff. He was formerly the Regional Counsel, supervising a staff of about 125 responsible for civil and criminal enforcement actions under all federal environmental statutes in the six-state region. He also advised the Regional Administrator, Deputy Regional Administrator and the Region’s various program offices and service organizations on environmental law, government ethics, contracts, grants, employment and labor law, tribal law, and information law.
 
Before coming to Region 5, Bob directed the Special Litigation and Projects Division in EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance in Washington, D.C. Before joining EPA, he served as the senior counsel for the environmental enforcement section at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.