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LePage: Maine DEP Commissioner To Leave Post In November

AUGUSTA, Maine - Republican Gov. Paul LePage says his environmental chief will be retiring. LePage says Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Paul Mercer will retire from state service Nov. 9.

Mercer has served as head of the department since January 2016. Deputy DEP Commissioner Melanie Loyzim will serve as acting commissioner.

LePage praised Mercer for protecting natural resources while working with businesses to grow Maine's economy.