Summit Midstream Partners, LP announced that Zachary "Zak" Covar, former Commissioner of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, has joined Summit Midstream as Vice President in charge of Summit's Health, Safety, Environmental and Regulatory affairs. Covar, who will be based at Summit's corporate headquarters in The Woodlands, Texas, assumes primary responsibility for developing, implementing and evaluating Summit's health, safety and environmental policies and procedures for complying with applicable state and federal regulations. He will report to Brock Degeyter, Summit's General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.