Nebraska's former environmental director has been appointed by President Donald Trump to head the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 7 office covering Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri, the agency announced Thursday.

Jim Macy retired in April after leading the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy for nine years. He had been appointed by then-Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts to lead the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in 2015.

In 2018, he also became interim director of the Nebraska Department of Energy and led the merger of the two state agencies to form the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy in 2019.

In announcing his appointment, EPA officials said Macy will lead the implementation of the president’s environmental agenda in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and nine tribal nations.

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