Senate confirms new head of EPA Solid Waste Office.On Dec. 17, the Senate confirmed Susan Bodine as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. Bodine will replace Thomas Dunne Thomas Dunne (10 March 1926 – 3 August 1990) was an Irish Fine Gael Party politician. and TD for Tipperary North from 1961–1977. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1957 general election, but at the 1961 election he defeated the Fianna Fáil TD Mary Ryan, and , who served as the acting assistant administrator since June 2004, when Marianne Horinko resigned the permanent position. Prior to her position at the EPA, Bodine was staff director and senior counsel for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. In this position, she and her staff were responsible for managing the committee's work on environmental matters such as the Clean Water Act and Superfund. She also worked as an associate at Covington & Burling Burling may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname Burling. If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this page, you may wish to add the given name(s) to that , a corporate law firm in Washington, D.C. Bodine's confirmation process was not without its challenges. Sen. Barbara Boxer Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. A member of the Democratic Party, Boxer was first elected to the U.S. (D-Calif.) refused to let the confirmation come to a vote unless EPA provided the Senate Environment and Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. Committee with information about the clean-up process and funding for 103 Superfund sites across the country. Once EPA agreed to provide Sen. Boxer this information by Jan. 31, she removed her procedural "hold" and allowed the confirmation process to proceed. Bodine has already pledged her support for cleaning up the worst Superfund sites across the country as quickly and efficiently as possible. She told the committee they could "count on [her] to be a fierce advocate for Superfund funding with the administration." |
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