Honorable Mitch McConnell and U.S. Senate 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Sent via fax to (202) 224-2499 February 6, 2017 Subject: Concerns about Scott Pruitt’s qualifications to serve as EPA Administrator Dear Senator McConnell and the U.S. Senate, We write as former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to share our concerns about Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s qualifications to serve as the next EPA Administrator in light of his record in Oklahoma. Our perspective is not partisan. Having served under both Republican and Democratic presidents, we recognize each new Administration’s right to pursue different policies within the parameters of existing law and to ask Congress to change the laws that protect public health and the environment as it sees fit. However, every EPA Administrator has a fundamental obligation to act in the public’s interest based on current law and the best available science. Mr. Pruitt’s record raises serious questions about whose interests he has served to date and whether he agrees with the longstanding tenets of U.S. environmental law. Our nation has made tremendous progress in ensuring that every American has clean air to breathe, clean water to drink and uncontaminated land on which to live, work and play. Anyone who visits Beijing is reminded of what some cities in the U.S. once looked like before we went to work as a people to combat pollution. Much of EPA’s work involves preserving those gains, which should not be taken for granted. There are also emerging new threats as well as serious gaps in our environmental safety net, as the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, painfully demonstrates. Our environmental laws are based on a partnership that requires EPA to set national standards and gives states latitude when implementing them so long as certain minimum criteria are satisfied. This approach recognizes that Americans have an equal right to clean air and water, no matter where they live, and allows states to compete for business without having to sacrifice public health or environmental quality. Our environmental laws include provisions directing EPA to allow for a “margin of safety” when assessing risks, which is intended to limit exposure to pollutants when it is reasonable to expect they may harm the public health, even when all the scientific evidence is not yet in. For example, EPA’s first Administrator, Bill Ruckelshaus, chose to limit the amount of lead in gasoline before all doubt about its harmfulness to public health was erased. His action spared much of the harm that some countries still face as result of the devastating effects of lead ` on human health. Similarly, early action to reduce exposure to fine particle pollution helped avoid thousands of premature deaths from heart and lung disease. The magnitude and severity of those risks did not become apparent until much later. Mr. Pruitt’s record and public statements strongly suggest that he does not share the vision or agree with the underlying principles of our environmental laws. Mr. Pruitt has shown no interest in enforcing environmental laws, a critically important function for EPA. While serving as Oklahoma’s top law enforcement officer, Mr. Pruitt issued more than 50 press releases celebrating lawsuits to overturn EPA standards to limit mercury emissions from power plants, reduce smog levels in cities and regional haze in parks, clean up the Chesapeake Bay and control greenhouse gas emissions. In contrast, none of Mr. Pruitt’s many press releases refer to any action he has taken to enforce environmental laws or to actually reduce pollution. This track record likely reflects his disturbing decision to close the environmental enforcement unit in his office while establishing a new litigation team to challenge EPA and other federal agencies. He has claimed credit for an agreement to protect the Illinois River that did little more than confirm phosphorus limits established much earlier, while delaying their enforcement another three years. In a similar vein, Mr. Pruitt has gone to disturbing lengths to advance the views and interests of business. For example, he signed and sent a letter as Oklahoma Attorney General criticizing EPA estimates of emissions from oil and gas wells, without disclosing that it had been drafted in its entirety by Devon Energy. He filed suit on behalf of Oklahoma to block a California law requiring humane treatment of poultry. The federal court dismissed the case after finding that the lawsuit was brought not to benefit the citizens of Oklahoma but a handful of large egg producers perfectly capable of representing their own interests. To mount his challenge to EPA’s rule to reduce carbon pollution from power plants, he took the unusual step of accepting free help from a private law firm. By contrast, there is little or no evidence of Mr. Pruitt taking initiative to protect and advance public health and environmental protection in his state. Mr. Pruitt’s office has apparently acknowledged 3,000 emails and other documents reflecting communications with certain oil and gas companies, but has yet to make any of these available in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed more than two years ago. Contrary to the cooperative federalism that he promotes, Mr. Pruitt has suggested that EPA should refrain from trying to control pollution that crosses state lines. For example, he intervened to support a Farm Bureau lawsuit that would have overturned a cooperative agreement between five states and EPA to clean up the Chesapeake Bay (the court rejected the challenge). When asked how a state can protect its citizens from pollution that originates outside its borders, Mr. Pruitt said in his Senate testimony that states should resolve these disputes on their own, with EPA providing “informational” support once an agreement is reached. But the 1972 Clean Water Act directs EPA to review state water quality plans, require any improvements needed to make waters “fishable and swimmable,” and to review and approve plans to limit pollutant loads to protect water quality. EPA’s power to set standards and limit pollution that crosses state lines is exactly what ensures every American clean air and water, and gives states the incentive to negotiate and resolve transboundary disputes. 2 ` We are most concerned about Mr. Pruitt’s reluctance to accept and act on the strong scientific consensus on climate change. Our country’s own National Research Council, the principal operating arm of the National Academies of Science and Engineering, concluded in a 2010 report requested by Congress that human activity is altering the climate to an extent that poses grave risks to Americans’ health and welfare. More recent scientific data and analyses have only confirmed the Council’s conclusion and added to the urgency of addressing the problem. Despite this and other authoritative warnings about the dangers of climate change, Mr. Pruitt persists in pointing to uncertainty about the precise extent of humanity’s contribution to the problem as a basis for resisting taking any regulatory action to help solve it. At his Senate confirmation hearing, he stated that that “science tells us that the climate is changing, and that human activity in some manner impacts that change. The ability to measure with precision the degree and extent of that impact, and what to do about it, are subject to continuing debate and dialogue, and well it should be.” This is a familiar dodge– emphasizing uncertainty about the precise amount of humanity’s contribution while ignoring the broad scientific consensus that human activities are largely responsible for dangerous warming of our planet and that action is urgently needed before it is too late. Mr. Pruitt’s indulgence in this dodge raises the fundamental question of whether he agrees with the precautionary principle reflected in our nation’s environmental statutes. Faithful execution of our environmental laws requires effectively combating climate change to minimize its potentially catastrophic impacts before it is too late. The American people have been served by EPA Administrators, Republicans and Democrats, who have embraced their responsibility to protect public health and the environment. Different administrators have come to different conclusions about how best to apply the law in view of the science, and many of their decisions have been challenged in court, sometimes successfully, for either going too far or not far enough. But in the large majority of cases it was evident to us that they put the public’s welfare ahead of private interests. Scott Pruitt has not demonstrated this same commitment. Thank you for considering our views. (All signatories are former EPA employees) Bernadine Abbott, Library Director Dan Abrams, Special Advisor, Office of the Administrator Allan Abramson, Director, Pollution Prevention Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Nancy Adams, Director, Decontamination and Consequence Management Division, National Homeland Security Research Center 3 ` Richard Albright, Director, Office of Environmental Cleanup Jonell Allamano, Unit Manager, Infrastructure & Operations Frederick Allen, Counselor, Office of Strategic Environmental Policy, Office of Policy Nancy Allinson, Management Analyst, Human Resources Development Marc Alston, Colorado Watershed Coordinator Steven W. Anderson, Regional Judicial Officer A. Roger Anzzolin, Office of Water Michael Ardito, Environmental Protection Specialist Paul Arell, Manager, Corrective Action Unit - Solid and Hazardous Waste Program Jo Ann Asami, Attorney Bob Axelrad, Senior Policy Advisor Kathleen L. Ayala, Environmental Protection Specialist Christopher M. Ayala, Personal Property Manager John Bachmann, Associate Director for Science and Policy, Air Office William S. Baker, Air Senior Policy Advisor Daiva Balkus, Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Management, Office of Administrator Loretta Barsamian, Deputy Assistant Regional Administrator Janice Bartel, Brownfield Project Manager Jeuli Bartenstein, Director of Human Capital and Planning, Office of Administration and Resources Management Dale Bates, Environmental Scientist Katherine Baylor, Hydrogeologist Judy Beck, Lake Michigan Program Manager, Great Lakes National Program Office Nancy Beck, Executive Assistant to the Regional Administrator Bonnie Bellow, Public Affairs Director Richard Bennett, Director, Office of Financial Management - Reporting & Analysis Staff Division Carol Berns, Associate Regional Counsel 4 ` Charmaine Berry, Environmental Engineer Kent Berry, Director, Air Quality Management Division Carlo Bertani, (No position provided) Brenda Bettencourt, Laboratory Director Corinne Blanco, Staff Director, Office of Water Bob Blanco, Director, Office of Water - Drinking Water Implementation Division Kathleen Blinebury, Regional Grants Management Officer Celia Bloomfield, Environmental Protection Specialists Tom Bloomfield, Attorney, Office of Regional Counsel Vickie Boothe, Environmental Engineer Laura Tom Bose, Section Chief, Water Division Steven Branoff, Air Permit Engineer Joann Brennan McKee, Deputy Director, Division of Environmental Planning and Protection Timothy Brincefield, Senior Policy Advisor - Office of Environmental Cleanup John Brink, Chief of the Pollution Prevention and Toxics Unit Theodore G. Brna, Ph.D., PE, (No position provided) Nancy Brown, Management Analyst, Office of Compliance and Enforcement James D. Brusslan, Assistant Regional Counsel Bruce Buckheit, Director, Air Enforcement Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Marjorie Buckholtz, Director, office of innovation, partnerships and communication, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Laura Buluc Polansky, National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellow Thomas Burns, Chief, Solid & Hazardous Waste Program - Program Management Unit Helga Butler, Branch Chief, Office of Air and Radiation - Indoor Air Division Joan Cabreza, Senior Wetland Scientist, Wetlands David Calkins, Regional Chief of Air Programs Kathleen Callahan, Deputy Regional Administrator Carol Campbell, Assistant Regional Administrator, Ecosystem Protection and Remediation 5 ` Dorothy Canter, Ph.D., Science Advisor for Bioterrorism Issues, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Leslie Carothers, Deputy Regional Administrator Carl Castillo, Attorney, Legal Enforcement Division Nick Ceto, Environmental Scientist Jane Chadbourne, Director, Human Resources Program Isabel Chamberlain, Chemist JoAnn K. Chase, Former Director, American Indian Environmental Office Colburn Cherney, Associate General Counsel for Water David Chin, Environmental Engineer Pat Cirone, Supervisor, Office of Environmental Assessment - Risk Evaluation Unit Milton Clark, Ph.D., Senior Health and Science Advisor Kerrigan Clough, Deputy Regional Administrator William Clugston, Computer Specialist Lori Cohen, Associate Director, Office of Environmental Cleanup Shelley Cohen, Team Lead, EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program Keith Cohon, Assistant Regional Counsel JoAnn Cola, Environmental Engineer David Collins, Analyst Kathleen Collins, Water Quality Standards Coordinator, Office of Water Kris Colt, Pollution Prevention and Materials Management Supervisor David Cooper, Community Involvement Coordinator Gail Cooper, Senior Attorney, Office of Regional Counsel John Cooper, Water Section Chief, Office of Regional Counsel Paul Cough, Director, Oceans & Coastal Protection Division Carol Cowgill, Attorney, Office of General Counsel David Cowgill, Great Lakes National Program Office Chief, Technical Assistance and Analysis Branch Beth Craig, Director, Climate Protection Partnership Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs 6 ` Janet Crawford, Manager, Air Enforcement Thomas Crisp, Research Scientist John Cross, Resource Conservation and Recovery Patrick Crotty, Chief, Drinking Water Branch Lora Culver, Office of Land and Emergency Management Shannon Cunniff, Team Leader, Water & Energy; Federal Agency Liaison Division Gregory Dana, Mobile Sources Lee Daneker, (No position provided) Barbara DAngelo, Deputy Division Director L.A. Darnell, (No position provided) Jim Darr, Chemist, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (2013); EPA 1976 -- 2013 Kathryn Davidson, Deputy Director, Office of Management Programs Dana Davoli, Toxicologist, Office of Environmental Assessment Susan Dax, (No position provided) Christopher Dege, Tribal Waste Team Leader, Office of Solid Waste Stephen Delaney, Photographer Bo Delp, Assistant Press Secretary, Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education Richard Denney, Associate General Counsel Rebecca Derr, Lead Team Leader Diane Dettling, On Scene Coordinator Jane Diamond, (No position provided) Elyse DiBiagio-Wood, Senior Attorney, Office of Enforcement, Water Division W. Fred Dimmick, Deputy Director, Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division Gwen DiPietro, Environmental Protection Specialist James Dougherty, Section Chief, Office of Enforcement & Compliance Monitoring Scott Downey, Manager, Air Enforcement and Data Management Unit James Dunn, Environmental Engineer Eleanor Dwight, Public Affairs Specialist, Office of Communication and Public Involvement 7 ` Veronica Eady, Assistant Regional Counsel Alan Eckert, Associate General Counsel, Air and Radiation Law Office, Office of General Counsel Sheila Eckman, Project Manager Pat Ecklund, Chief, NPDES Permitting Program Judith Enck, Regional Administrator Kenneth Eng, Chief, Air Compliance Branch David Farrel, Federal Activities Manager Fraser D. Felter, Congressional/State Liaison Penelope Fenner-Crisp, Senior Science Advisor-Office of Pesticide Programs Roger C. Field, Associate Regional Counsel Gerald Filbin, Environmental Protection Specialist - Climate Adaptation Staff/ Office of Policy Charles Findley, Deputy Regional Administrator Daniel Fiorino, Office of Policy Charles F. Flood, Computer programmer (1976-81) Deborah Flood, Section Chief, Office of Compliance and Enforcement Gregory Foote, Assistant General Counsel, Office of Air and Radiation Jeff Fowley, Office of Regional Counsel Jennifer Fox, Environmental Engineer Elaine Francis, National Program Director for Toxics & Pesticides Research Neil Frank, Senior Scientist, OAQPS/OAR (1970-2016) Anita Frankel, Manager, Oil and Gas Team Jonathan Freedman, Ecologist, Sediment Management Program Rebecca Fried, Director of Speechwriting Lisa Friedman, Associate General Counsel, Air and Radiation Law Office, Office of General Counsel Robert Friedrich, Deputy Associate General Counsel, Office of General Counsel Kent Fuller, Chief, Environmental Planning, Great Lakes National Program Office Jack Gakstatter, Ph.D., Chief, Surface Water Branch 8 ` Roy Gamse, Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy Deborah Garber, Section Chief, Office of Regional Counsel Charlie Garlow, Attorney, Air Enforcement Mike Gearheard, Director, Office of Water and Watersheds Marius Gedgaudas, Chief, Air Programs Branch - SIP and Permits Section Elliott Gilberg, Director, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement Michael D. Gill, Office of Research and Development, Superfund and Technology Liaison Marcia Ginley, Enforcement Attorney, Air Enforcement Division Gail Ginsberg, Regional Counsel Eric Ginsburg, Senior Policy Advisor (1977-2013) Therese Gioia, Environmental Scientist William Glasser, Environmental Scientist Gerald Gleason, Attorney, Office of General Counsel Pat Godsil, Deputy Director, Hazardous Waste Management Division Aron A. Golberg, Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel Jessie Goldfarb, Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring, and Senior Enforcement Attorney Lisa Gollin Evans, Associate Regional Counsel Jessica Gordon, Attorney-Advisor Judy Graham, Associate Director for Health, NERL, ORD Jill Grant, Attorney, Office of General Counsel Lois Green, Environmental Scientist, Superfund Enforcement Mary E. Greene, Associate Regional Counsel Alisa Greene MacAvoy, Watersheds Section Chief, Water Division Roger Grimes, Assistant Regional Counsel Terry Grogan, Branch Chief Wayne Grotheer, Section Chief, Superfund Site Enforcement Jim Grove, Regional Enforcement Coordinator Michael Gruber, Director, Planning and Information Division, Office of Solid Waste 9 ` Leslie Guinan, Assistant Regional Counsel Debra Gutenson, Regulatory Impact Analyst Lisa Haage, Section Chief, Office of Regional Counsel and Superfund Program Julie Hagensen, Assistant Regional Administrator James Hahnenberg, Geologist/Project Manager Robert Hall, Chief, Air Pollution Technology Branch, Air Pollution Prevention & Control Division, Office of Research & Development John Hamill, Project Manager, Superfund John Hannon, Assistant General Counsel, Air and Radiation Law Office, Office of General Counsel James Hanson, Emergency Response Nancy Harney, Federal Facilities Superfund Project Manager Jeff Hart, Manager, Office of Inspector General, and Acting Comptroller and Director, Fiscal Management & Planning Gil Haselberger, Special Asst. to the Regional Administrator George Hays, Associate Regional Counsel Melissa Heath, Associate Regional Counsel Jeff Herring, Environmental Scientist Jonathan Herrmann, Director, National Homeland Security Research Center Marion R. Herz, Former Chief Of Staff, Office of Compliance, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Jack Hidinger, Director of State Programs Christian Hill, Environmental Scientist Pam Hill, Deputy Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel Mary Holland, Program Analyst, Boston Regional Office David P. Howekamp, Director, Air Division Cinnat Howett, Senior Attorney, Water Enforcement Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Ann Hunder-Pirtle, Deputy Director of Speechwriting Peter Jackson, Life Scientist 10 ` Deborah Janik, Regional Comptroller Neal Johnson, Program Analyst, Office of the Comptroller - Budget Division Michael Johnston, Director, Regional Environmental Laboratory Sandy Johnston Fells, Congressional Liaison Timothy Jones, Environmental Protection Specialist Beverly Kahn, Program Analyst, Technical and Management Services Henry Kahn, Statistician, NCEA, ORD Marilyn Katz, Associate Branch Chief, Coastal Management Branch/Oceans and Coastal Protection Division/Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds/Office of Water Lester Kaufman, Manager, Underground Storage Tanks Program, Waste Management Division Sylvia Kawabata, Manager, Site Assessment and Brownfields Unit, Office of Environmental Cleanup Robert Kayser, Environmental Protection Specialist Stephen Keach, Program Analyst Sharon L. Kercher, Acting Deputy Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Enforcement, Compliance, and Environmental Justice Jim Ketchum-Colwill, Office of Air and Radiation Nancy Ketchum-Colwill, Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel Ashley King, Director, Methane to Markets Monica Kirk, Assistant Regional Counsel Glenn Kistner, Environmental Scientist Kent Kitchingman, Regional Quality Assurance Officer Shira Kol, Special Assistant to the Administrator, Special Assistant to the Director of OPA Jill Korte, Environmental Engineer, Drinking Water Office Debra J. Kovacs, Team Leader, Pesticides Program Ron Kreizenbeck, Deputy Regional Administrator Catherine Kuhlman, Associate Director Water Division Richard Kuhlman, Associate General Counsel, Alternative Dispute Resolution Law Office Michael Kulik, Director of the Office of Public Affairs 11 ` Marilyn Kuray, Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel John La Padula, Deputy Director, Emergency and Remedial Response Division Nathan Lau, Associate Director, Communities and Ecosystems Division Karen Laughlin, Senior Policy Advisor /Environmental Protection Specialist Angela Leith, Policy Analyst Suzette Leith, Office of Regional Counsel Bruce J. Lery, Water Quality Management Rose Lew, Environmental Scientist Lori Lewis, Regional Facilitator Clare Lindsay, Senior Policy Advisor, ORCR, Ted Linnert, Public Affairs Specialist Barbara J. Lither, Office of Regional Counsel Montel Livingston, (No position provided) LeRoy Loiselle, NPDES Compliance Manager Judy Lubow, Senior Attorney, Mobile Source Enforcement Branch Terry Lukas, Associate Regional Counsel Lisa Lund, Former Director, Office of Compliance, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Ann Lyons, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel Gay MacGregor, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Transportation and Air Quality Barbara H. Maco, International Liaison to NORTHCOM Eric Males, Executive Secretary, Science Advisory Board Sylvia Malm, Team Leader, Drinking Water Protection Division, Office of Ground Water & Drinking Water Sally Marquis, Manager Debora Martin, Air/Water Coordinator, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watershed Nancy Marvel, Regional Counsel Marita Mayer, Temporary Attorney, Air Division Frances McChesney, Attorney in OECM 12 ` Jim McCormick, Air & Toxic Division Director Keven McDermott, Unit Manager Danna McDonald, Communications Officer Nora McGee, Assistant Regional Administrator Daniel McGovern, Regional Administrator Barbara McLeod, Senior Special Assistant to the Administrator Robert McManus, Director, Oceans Division, Office of International Activities Pam McMichael, Human Resource Officer Patricia Meaney, Director of Site Remediation and Restoration Bruce Means, National Manager for Remedy Decisions and Policy, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technolgy Innovation Mechele Merkel, Attorney, Office of Enforcement Sharon Metcalf, Office of Regional Counsel Phil Millam, Director; Air, Superfund, and Water programs Kimberly Mills, Environmental Scientist David Mobley, Deputy Director, Atmospheric Modeling and Analysis Division, ORD Lawrence Molloy, Environmental Engineer, Strategic Planning & Management Division, Office of Policy, Planning & Evaluation Katie Montague Perry, Attorney Advisor, Offices of Congressional & Legislative Affairs, Enforcement, and Homeland Security Frank Montarelli, Senior Communications Advisor Jane S. Moore, Deputy Director, Office of Wastewater Management James C. Morant, Senior Advisor, International Organizations Program, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Robert Morcock, Supervisory Biologist Michelle Moustakas, Environmental Engineer, Water Division James Mullins, Section Chief William E. Muno, Director, Superfund Division Linda Murray, Special Assistant to Director, Health Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs 13 ` Carl Myers, Deputy Director, AWPD, OWOW, Office of Water Sharon Nickels, Project Officer, Superfund Emergency Response Program Barbara Niebauer, Budget Analyst Norman Niedergang, Assistant Regional Administrator Armina Nolan, IASSC West Manager Anne Norton Miller, Director, Office of Federal Activities Marilyn Null, Community Involvement Specialist, Office of Federal Facility Enforcement Ann Nutt, Associate Regional Counsel and Deputy Branch Chief for Air, Toxics, Water and General Law, Office of Regional Counsel Elizabeth Obenshain, Regional Criminal Enforcement Counsel Terry Oda, Manager Water Quality Standards and NPDES Permit Office Clarice Olson, Environmental Scientist and Environmental Protection Specialist Donald Olson, Senior Environmental Scientist, Office of Water Enforcement Karen O'Regan, Environmental Protection Specialist Peter Ornstein, Deputy Regional Counsel Paul Stephen Osborne, National Ground Water Expert Richard Ossias, Associate General Counsel for Air and Radiation David Ouderkirk, Superfund/US Navy, Bridges to Friendship Project Ronald Outen, Branch Chief Deborah Overeynder, Clean Lakes Coordinator, Water Division Barbara Pace, Attorney Advisor, Office of General Counsel Deborah Palmer Ramsing, (No position provided) Steve Pardieck, Regional Drinking Water Branch Chief Patrick Parenteau, Regional Counsel Jeanne Pascal, NW District Debarment Counsel, EPA Suspension and Debarment Division Dorothy Patton, Director, Office of Science Policy/Office of Research & Development Vickie Patton, Office of General Counsel, Attorney Chester Pauls, Project Officer, Office of Drinking Water George Pavlou, Deputy Regional Administrator 14 ` Sharon Payne, Human Resources in office of policy Chris Peak, Assistant Regional Counsel Bill Pedersen, Associate General Counsel for Air and Radiation Donna Perla, Designated Federal Officer; Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee Daniel Phalen, Environmental Protection Specialist John Philbrook, Assistant Chief, Air and Waste Management Division - Air Branch Ervin Pickell, Attorney Advisor, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance - Fuels Enforcement Thomas Pike, Regional Brownfields Coordinator Joseph Piotrowski, Chair, Coordinating Committee, Mississippi River Basin Hypoxia Task Force Steve Platt, (No position provided) Lisa Plevin, Regional Chief of Staff Annette Poliwka, Environmental Protection Specialist, Environmental Justice Team Barry Pollock, Environmental Engineer, Drinking Water Office Jeffrey Potent, Team Lead for Corporate Partnerships in the Office of Water Keri N. Powell, Senior Clean Air Act Attorney Christine Powers, Program Analyst Office of Water Ann Prezyna, Deputy Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel Lynda Priddy, Environmental Scientist Frank Princiotta, Director, Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division Liz Purchia, Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Public Affairs Ernest Rachal, Facilities, Space Management S. Trivikrama Rao, Former Director of the Atmospheric Modeling and Analysis Division, Office of Research and Development Rishi Reddi, Attorney Walter Redmon, Biologist, Water Division Carl Reeverts, Water Project Manager Diane Regas, Director, Office of Wetlands Oceans and Watersheds Cindy Reynolds, Director, Air Toxics Technical Enforcement Program 15 ` Harvey Richmond, Senior Environmental Analyst, Office of Air Quality Standards and Planning Paul Riederer, Deputy Assistant Regional Administrator for Policy and Management William Riley, Director, Office of Environmental Assessment Sylvia Ritzky, Environmental Protection Specialist Carr Robert, Attorney Catherine Roberts, Congressional Liaison Officer Kevin Rochlin, Superfund Remedial Project Manager Karen Rodriguez, Habitat and Species Focus Area Lead Janet Rosati, Remedial Project Manager, Superfund Division Carey S. Rosemarin, Assistant Regional Counsel Emily Roth, Environmental Scientist, RCRA and CERCLA Helen Rueda, TMDL Project Manager Sara Russell, Grants Management Officer Jane Russo, Superfund Community Relations Coordinator Mario Salazar, Environmental Engineer in the Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Underground Injection Control Program Betsy Salter, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Wetlands, Oceans & Watersheds Hedy Salter, Superfund On-Scene-Coordinator Mary Sanderson, Supervisory Environmental Engineer Diane Sanelli, Unit Chief, Water Program Joe Santarella, Assistant Regional Counsel and Enforcement Attorney Noel Saunders, Regional Records Manager and FOIA Coordinator, Superfund Program Eric Schaeffer, Director, Office of Civil Enforcement, OECA Tiffany Schauer, Special Assistant to the Director of Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Grechen Schmidt, Civil Investigator Sara Schneeberg, Assistant General Counsel, Office of Air and Radiation Law Rita Schoeny, Senior Science Advisor, Office of Science Policy, Office of Research and Development 16 ` Ingrid Schulze, Health Statistician Suzanne Schwartz, Deputy Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, Office of Water Judi Schwarz, Policy Specialist, CERCLA Program Scott Schwenk, Ecological Science Coordinator, Risk Assessment Forum Karen Schwinn, Associate Director, Water Division Sara J. Segal, Federal Facilities Coordinator Kathy Setian, Superfund Project Manager, Environmental Engineer Sally Seymour, Public Affairs Director Mike Shields, Senior Manager, Office of Federal Facilities Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance Audrey V. Shileikis, Watershed Coordinator James Sickles, Regional Superfund Project Manager Ellen Siegler, Senior Attorney, Office of General Counsel L. Keith Silva, Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator John Silvasi, Environmental Engineer, Office of Air and Radiation Meg Silver, Associate Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel Sam Silverman, Deputy Director, Office of Environmental Stewardship Steven Silverman, Attorney Advisor, Office of General Counsel Benjamin Smith, Associate Director, Toxic Release Inventory Program Jeffrey B. Smith, National Expert on Oil & Gas Field Operations, Office of Water Linda Smith, Deputy Director, Office if Environmental Justice Randy Smith, Director, Office of Environmental Cleanup and Office of Water Timothy J Smith, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Gregory Snyder, Associate Director, Federal Facilities Enforcement Office, Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance Tom Speicher, Regional Counsel Ellen Spitalnik, Attorney Advisor and Special Assistant, Immediate Office of Oswer AA Christopher Sproul, Assistant Regional Counsel 17 ` Jonah Staller, Associate Regional Counsel David Standley, Director- Water Division Daniel Steinborn, Senior Grants Management Specialist in the Puget Sound Program Doreen Sterling, Director of the Information Exchange and Services Division, Office of Environmental Information Frederick F. Stiehl, Director, Enforcement Planning, Targeting and Data Management Division, Office of Compliance Lauren Stiller Rikleen, Attorney, Office of Regional Counsel Michael Strieby, Environmental Scientist Wanda Taunton, Deputy Assistant Regional Administrator for Ecosystem Protection and Remediation Jeffrey Telander, Environmental Engineer Katharine Teter, Senior Enforcement Attorney, Legal Enforcement Division Bonnie Thie, Office of Water, Division of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Director of Policy and Communications Dick Thiel, Branch Chief, Drinking Water Vicki Thomas, Program Manager, GLNPO William Thurston, Chief, Drinking Water Office John Tielsch, Associate Regional Counsel Gary Timm, Senior Technical Advisor, Office of Science Coordination and Policy Ida Tolliver, Environmental Education Coordinator Bella Tonkonogy, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Air and Radiation, 2006-2011 Barbara Toole O'Neil, Environmental Engineer Steven Torok, EPA Senior Representative Alaska Operations Office Anne Treash, Office of Water Stephen Tuber, Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Partnerships and Regulatory Assistance Gaylene Vasaturo, Associate Regional Counsel, Office of General Counsel Kathleen Veit, Associate Director- Air, Waste, and Toxics Winona Victery, Senior Science Policy Adviser, Policy and Management Division 18 ` Dale Vodehnal, Remedial Program Manager, Superfund Susan Vogt Moore, Acting Assistant Administrator/Deputy Assistant Administrator - Office of Pesticides and Toxics Craig Vogt, Deputy Director, Office of Wetlands - Oceans and Coastal Protection Division Evelyn Wachtel, Coordinator, U.S.-Mexico Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Program Elizabeth Waddell, Environmental Scientist Barbara Wagner, EPA Librarian Barbara Wagner, NEIC Library Director Dave Wann, Office of External Affairs and Office of Pollution Prevention Micheline Ward, Performance Improvement Consultant Susan Wayland, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Pesticides & Toxics Lydia Wegman, Director, Health and Environmental Impacts Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Stephen Weil, Chief, Land Disposal Restrictions Branch Dov Weitman, Chief, Nonpoint Source Control Branch, Office of Water Dale Wells, Technical Advisor, Air Program Branch Lorien Wendt, IT Specialist Raymond Werner, Chief, Air Programs Branch Peter Westlin, Environmental Engineer, OAR, OAQPS William Whelan, Technical Information Manager Kerry Whitford, (No position provided) William D. Wick, Branch Chief, Waste Branch, Office of Regional Counsel Susan Wickwire, Chief, Energy Supply & Industry Branch, Office of Air and Radiation Deanna M. Wieman, Deputy Director, Cross Media Division Betty Wiese, Manager, Office of Enforcement - Air and RCRA Enforcement Wes Wilson, Environmental Engineer Cathy Winer, Attorney, Office of General Counsel John Wise, Deputy Regional Administrator Martha Wolf, Continuity of Operations Advisor 19 ` Anna Wolgast, Deputy General Counsel, Office of General Counsel Judith Wong, Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Technical and Management Services Philip Wong, Unit Manager, Office of Compliance and Enforcement George Wyeth, Senior Attorney, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Deborah Yamamoto, Unit Manager, Office of Environmental Cleanup Kelcey Yarbrough Land, Technical Enforcement Program Director Roger Yates, Environmental Engineer Thomas G. Yocom, National Wetlands Expert Marion Yoder, Assistant Regional Counsel Nancy Yoshikawa, Environmental Scientist Marvin Young, State Program Manager, Drinking Water Office Patricia N.N. Young, Office of Pacific Islands Eric Yunker, Remedial Project Manager, Superfund Division Howard Zar, Senior Environmental Scientist Martin Zeleznik, Water Division/Superfund Division Al Zemsky, Senior External Advisor Mike Zimmerman, On-Scene Coordinator, Ecosystem and Remediation Division Robert Zucker, Network Manager 20