I have been EPA's regional counsel in Philadelphia for six years, and as that assignment is now ending it seems suitable for me to say a few words about a regional counsel's work.

Lawyers and managers get different training, and have different habits of mind. EPA attracts some of the best of both professions, and the occasional conflicts between them are correspondingly dramatic. The regional counsel, advisor to management and supervisor of the legal staff, is the point of contact between the two camps and their conflict is often the setting of his work. Once you see the battlefield, you know what the army surgeon does.