Janet Garvin McCabe is an American attorney and academic who serves as the deputy administrator of the

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since April 29, 2021.

Education

McCabe earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and Juris Doctor from

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Career

McCabe served as the air director of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management from 1999 to 2005 before joining the

in 2009 as principal deputy assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation. From July 2013 to January 2017, she served as acting assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation. After leaving government, McCabe became the director of the Environmental Resilience Institute at

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and a professor at the

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. On January 15, 2021, it was announced that McCabe would be Joe Biden's nominee for deputy administrator of the

. McCabe was confirmed by the

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on April 27, 2021, by a vote of 52–42. She was sworn in as Deputy Administrator on April 29, 2021.

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