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UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT FOR COMPLETION BY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ROOM 410 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON, DC 20510 INFORMATION REQUESTED OF PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES In order to assist the Committee in its consideration of nominations, each nominee is requested to complete the attached Statement for completion by Presidential Nominees. The Statement is intended to be publicly available. In the event that a nominee asks that a specific answer be kept confidential, he or she should notify the Chairman and Ranking Member. The original and forty (40) copies of the requested information should be made available to the Honorable John Barrasso, Chairman, Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510 (Attn: Matt Leggett) as soon as possible. Name of Nominee: William L. Wehrum, Jr. Position to which nominated: Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Date of Nomination: Business Name: Hunton & Williams LLP Business Address: 2200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00157775-00001 UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT FOR COMPLETION BY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES City, State & Zip: Washington, DC 20037 Business E-mail: wwehrum@hunton.com Business Phone: 202-955-1637 Full Legal Name: William Ludwig Wehrum, Jr. Date of birth: Ex. 6 State of residency: Delaware Education: Institution Widener University School of Law Purdue University Dates Attended 1991-1993 1982-1986 Degrees Received JD BS Chem. Engr. Dates of Degrees December 1993 May 1986 Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00157775-00002 UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT FOR COMPLETION BY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES Employment Record List all positions held since college, including the title and description of job, name of employer, location, and dates. If you were terminated involuntarily from any position(s), please note the circumstances. Attach additional pages if necessary. Position Title Employer Partner Hunton & Williams LLP Acting Assistant Administrator, OAR Counsel to the Assistant Administrator, OAR Associate U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Latham & Watkins Associate Swidler & Berlin Chtd. BF3 Production Team Leader Supervisor, HS&E Environmental Engineer Allied Signal Inc. Allied Signal Inc. Allied Signal Inc. Address 2200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20037 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20460 Dates Sept. 2007 to present 2005 to 2007 Terminate d (Y/N) N/A N 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 2001 to N Washington, DC 20460 2005 555 11th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 3000 K Street, NW Washington, DC Philadelphia Pike Wilmington, DE Philadelphia Pike Wilmington, DE Morristown, NJ 1998 to N 2001 1994 to N 1998 1993 to N 1994 1988 to N 1993 1986 to N 1988 Honors and Awards: List significant scholarships, fellowships, honorary degrees, military medals, honorary society memberships, and any other special recognition for outstanding service or achievement. Attach additional pages if necessary. Date Honor/Award Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00157775-00003 None UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT FOR COMPLETION BY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES Memberships: List significant memberships and offices held in professional, fraternal, business, scholarly, civic, _____ charitable and other organizations. Attach additional pages if necessary.__________ Organization None Office held (if any) Dates Qualifications: State fully your qualifications to serve in the position to which you have been nominated. I am an expert in air quality law, regulations, and policy. I have practiced law at various firms for a total of about 17 years. My practice has been almost exclusively focused on Clean Air Act matters. I have been involved in countless regulatory development efforts. I also have litigated numerous administrative law cases, primarily in the DC Circuit. I have counseled numerous clients on compliance and enforcement matters related to Clean Air Act requirements. Perhaps most importantly, I previously served for two years as the Acting Assistant Administrator for OAR at the US Environmental Protection Agency. As a result, I have a deep understanding of the position for which I have been nominated. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00157775-00004 UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT FOR COMPLETION BY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES Future employment relationships: 1. Indicate whether you will sever all connections with your present employer, business firm, association or organization if you are confirmed by the Senate. X Yes. ____No. If not, please explain: 2. As far as can be foreseen, state whether you have any plans after completing government service to resume employment, affiliation or practice with your current or any previous employer, business firm, association or organization. X Yes. If so, please explain: I have no agreement with Hunton & Williams with regard to possible future employment with the firm. But, it is a fine firm and I would hope to be considered for readmission to the partnership in the future. No. 3. Has anybody made a commitment to you for a job after you leave government? Yes. If so, please explain: X No. 4. (a) If you have been appointed for a fixed term, do you expect to serve the full term? N/A Yes. No. (b) If you have been appointed for an indefinite term, do you have any known limitations on your willingness or ability to serve for the foreseeable future? Yes. If so, please explain: Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00157775-00005 UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT FOR COMPLETION BY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES X No (c) If you have previously held any Schedule C or other appointive position in the Executive branch, irrespective of whether the position required Congressional confirmation, please state the circumstances of your departure and its timing. I was a political appointee at the US Environmental Protection Agency from 2001 to 2007. I voluntarily resigned my position in 2007. Financial Statement: Note: The Office of Government Ethics will provide the Committee with a copy of your Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure Report (SF-278). 1. List sources, amounts and dates of all anticipated receipts from deferred income arrangements, stock options, uncompleted contracts and other future benefits which you expect to derive from previous business relationships, professional services and firm memberships or from former employers, clients, and customers. Amounts should be indicated by the categories established for reporting income on Form SF-278, Schedule A. None. 2. Are any assets pledged? ____Yes. If so, please explain: X No 3. Are you currently a party to any legal action? ____Yes. If so, please explain: X No 4. Have you filed a Federal income tax return for each of the last 10 years? If not, please explain the circumstances. X Yes Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00157775-00006 UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT FOR COMPLETION BY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES No. If not, please explain: 5. Has the Internal Revenue Service ever audited your Federal tax return? ____Yes. If so, what resulted from the audit? X No Potential conflicts of interest: 1. Describe any financial or deferred compensation agreements or other continuing of interest: dealings with business associates, clients or customers who will be affected by policies which you will influence in the position to which you have been nominated. None. 2. List any investments, obligations, liabilities, or other relationships which might involve potential conflicts of interest, or the appearance of conflicts of interest, with the position to which you have been nominated. I have represented numerous clients on litigation, regulatory, and policy matters before the US Environmental Protection Agency. I will work with the EPA Designated Agency Ethics Official to identify potential conflicts that would require my recusal if confirmed as AA for OAR. 3. Describe any business relationship, dealing or financial transaction (other than taxpaying) which you have had during the last 10 years with the Federal Government, whether for yourself or relatives, on behalf of a client, or acting as an agent, that might in any way constitute or result in a possible conflict of interest, or an appearance of conflict of interest, with the position to which you have been nominated. None. 4. Explain how you will resolve any potential conflict of interest, or appearance of a conflict of interest, that may be disclosed by your responses to the above items. I will work with the EPA Designated Agency Ethics Official to identify potential conflicts that would require my recusal if confirmed as AA for OAR. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00157775-00007 UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT FOR COMPLETION BY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES 5. Explain how you will comply with conflict of interest laws and regulations applicable to the position for which you have been nominated. Attach a statement from the appropriate agency official indicating what those laws and regulations are and how you will comply with them. For this purpose, you may utilize a statement by the relevant agency Ethics Officer. I will work with the EPA Designated Agency Ethics Official to identify potential conflicts that would require my recusal if confirmed as AA for OAR. Attached is a statement from the EPA Designated Agency Ethics Official identifying applicable laws and regulations and explaining how I will comply with them. Political affiliation and activities: List all memberships and offices held in, or financial contributions (in excess of $1,000), and services rendered to any political party or election committee during the last 10 years. Membership/Office/Political Party None. Dates Amount (if applicable) Published writings: List the titles, publishers and dates of any books, articles, or reports you have written. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00157775-00008 UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT FOR COMPLETION BY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES (Please list first any publications and/or speeches that involve environmental or related matters.) Op Ed: The Animas River disaster in Colorado is looking worse and worse for the Environmental Protection Agency. Wall Street Journal. Sept. 10, 2015. Additional Matters: 1. If there is any additional information which you believe may be pertinent to the Members of the Committee in reaching their decisions, you may include that here. None. 2. Do you agree to appear before all Congressional Committees which seek your testimony? X Yes ____ No. If not, please explain: 3. Having completed this form, are there any additional questions which you believe the Committee should ask of future nominees? ___ Yes. If so, please explain: X No AFFIDAVIT I4) 1 -v 6u ) ss, being duly sworn, hereby states that he/she has read and signed the foregoing Statement for Completion by Presidential Nominees including the Financial Statement and that the information provided therein is, to the best of his/her knowledge and belief, current, accurate, and complete. Subscribed and sworn before me this day of , 20 1?. 1 < : ^ E**. \ Notary Public ^ -* 1 3 - $ 1 - 1 7 / - r f * ...... ' * Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA CommissionExpiresOctobr31,2017 Tier 1 ED 002061 00157775-00009