News Release: Interior Secretary Jewell Lauds President’s Intent to Nominate Estevan López to Serve as Commissioner of Bureau of Reclamation
From the U.S. Department of the Interior:
“Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today [March 6] praised President Obama’s intent to nominate Estevan López, a professional engineer with over two decades of experience in water resource management, to serve as Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation — the largest wholesale water supplier and second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States. The U.S. Senate confirmed former Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor to serve as the Deputy Secretary of the Interior on February 27, 2014. …
“Estevan R. López is currently the Director of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, a position he has held since 2003. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. López served as County Manager of Santa Fe County.”
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