Bill Wehrum, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official in charge of revi...
WASHINGTON - Bill Wehrum, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official in charge of revising power plant rules, revamping vehicle emission standards and biofuels, who was under scrutiny for ethics allegations, is stepping down June 30, the agency said on Wednesday.
Wheeler said while he knew Wehrum would eventually step down, the departure date “has still come too soon.” But he applauded Wehrum for finalizing last week the Affordable Clean Energy regulation, a replacement for the Obama administration’s signature climate regulation that targeted carbon emissions from power plants. The change, part of the Trump administration policy to slash regulations and raise production of fossil fuels, was a boost to coal-fired plants.
Democratic lawmakers had also launched an investigation about the Utility Air Regulatory Group, an organization of power companies with coal-fired plants in their fleets that sought to loosen emissions rules that Wehrum had previously represented.
She added that he wanted to leave after completing the ACE power plant rule and several permitting reforms, and that other rules that are in progress, such as the vehicle emission rewrite, “are in a really good position.”
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