EPA's Revolving Door
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- William Ruckelshaus, EPA Administrator 1971-73. Director of Weyerhaeuser, Monsanto, and other companies with severe environmental problems.
- Douglas Costle, EPA Administrator 1977-81. Chairman of Metcalf & Eddy, hazardous-waste consultants and Superfund contractor.
- Walter Barber, Acting EPA Administrator 1981. Vice-president of Chemical Waste Management, the country's largest hazardous-waste management company--and a subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc..
- William Ruckelshaus, EPA Administrator 1983-85. CEO of Browning-Ferris Inc., the country's second largest non-hazardous-waste-management company.
- Lee Thomas, EPA Administrator 1985-89. CEO of Law Environmental, hazardous-waste consultants and Superfund contractor.
- Alvin Alm, Deputy EPA Administrator. Senior vice-president of SAIC, Superfund contractor and major EPA contractor.
- Joan Z. Bernstein, EPA General Counsel. Vice-president of Chemical Waste Management.
- Christopher Beck, EPA Assistant Administrator for Hazardous Waste. Chairman and CEO of Air & Water Technologies, hazardous-waste consultants and Superfund contractor.
- Frank Moore, Chief legislative liaison for President Carter. Vice-president of Waste Management, Inc..
- Rita Lavelle, EPA Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response (sent to prison for perjury). Consultant to hazardous-waste management industry.
- Jack Ravan, EPA Regional Administrator in Atlanta. President of Rollins Environmental Services, the country's second largest hazardous-waste company.
- John Schramm, EPA Regional Administrator in Philadelphia. Director of government affairs in Waste Management, Inc.'s Washington office.
- Angus Macbeth, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Environmental Affairs in the Justice Department. Attorney representing Chemical Waste Management.
- James Range, On staff of Senate Environment and Public Works Committee; helped write hazardous-waste laws. Vice-president of Waste Management, Inc..
- Marcia Williams, Director, EPA Office of Solid Waste. Washington representative for Browning-Ferris, Inc..
- James Sanderson, Advisor to EPA Administrator Anne Gorsuch. Attorney representing Chemical Waste Management (held both positions simultaneously).
- Gary Dietrich, Director, EPA Office of Solid Waste. Vice-president of consulting firm that writes permit applications and does other consulting work for Waste Management, Inc..
- Brian Molloy, EPA enforcement attorney who helped write hazardous-waste regulations. Attorney representing Chemical Waste Management.
- Susan Vogt, EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances. Washington representative for Law Environmental.
- Richard Fortuna, Congressional legislative aide, helped write hazardous waste laws. Director and lobbyist for the Hazardous Waste Treatment Counsel, which represents most large hazardous-waste management firms.
- Jeff Miller, Head of EPA hazardous-waste enforcement task force. Attorney representing Chemical Waste Management.
External links
- William Sanjour, "EPA's Revolving Door", William Sanjour's homepage, Accessed October 2006.
- Amanda Griscom, "The EPA's revolving door", Salon, April 30, 2004.
