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The line of succession for the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is as follows: [4] Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; General Counsel; Assistant Administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management; Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
The Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 (Pub. L. 112–166 (text)), signed into law on August 10, 2012, eliminates the requirement of Senate approval for 163 positions, allowing the president alone to appoint persons to these positions: [7] Parts of the act went into effect immediately, while other parts took effect ...
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 ]
President Donald Trump's administration will begin rolling back Obama-era environmental regulations in an 'aggressive way' as soon as next week.
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]
Scott Pruitt plans to sign a declaration by Sunday that the Obama administration’s vehicle efficiency rules are "not appropriate" and must be revised. EPA poised to reject Obama vehicle fuel ...
The Environmental Protection Agency can only act pursuant to statutes—the laws passed by Congress. Appropriations statutes authorize how much money the agency can spend each year to carry out the approved statutes. The agency has the power to issue regulations. A regulation interprets a statute, and EPA applies its regulations to various ...
The Clean Power Plan was an Obama administration policy aimed at combating climate change that was first proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June 2014. [1] The final version of the plan was unveiled by President Barack Obama on August 3, 2015. [ 2 ]