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Acting administrators come from within the EPA and usually hold an office that is subject to Senate confirmation before becoming the acting administrator. Linda Fisher and Stephen L. Johnson had served as Deputy Administrator when they became acting administrator. Marianne Lamont Horinko was an assistant administrator at the time. They are not ...
This is a list of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation. Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution and law of the United States , certain federal positions appointed by the president of the United States require confirmation ( advice and consent ) of the United States Senate .
[69] [70] [71] Then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a proposed rule to repeal the Clean Power Plan on that day. [72] New York's and Massachusetts’ attorneys general planned to sue the EPA over the repeal. [73] The EPA held a hearing, titled, "Proposal to Repeal the Clean Power Plan", on Nov. 28–29, 2017 in Charleston, West Virginia. [74]
Gunasekara has since become the EPA's chief of staff. The Obama rule led to what electric utilities say was an $18 billion cleanup of mercury and other toxins from the smokestacks of coal-fired ...
Andrew R. Wheeler (born December 23, 1964 [citation needed]) is an American attorney who served as the 15th administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2019 to 2021. [1] He served as the deputy administrator from April to July 2018, [2] and served as
President Obama appointed Gina McCarthy as EPA administrator in 2013. [32] In 2014, the EPA published its "Tier 3" standards for cars, trucks and other motor vehicles, which tightened air pollution emission requirements and lowered the sulfur content in gasoline. [80]
On March 4, 2013, President Obama announced he was nominating Gina McCarthy as EPA Administrator for his second term. [ 175 ] On May 9, 2013, all eight Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee boycotted the panel in order to deny a vote on Gina McCarthy's nomination to head the EPA. [ 220 ]
One of the top targets of industry groups and Trump is the EPA's clean vehicle rules, which aim to cut tailpipe emissions by 50% from 2026 levels by 2032 and encourage the shift to more electric ...