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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Garrison, Jessica [jgarrison@balch.com] 3/18 /2 0 1 7 10:22:15 PM Haie, Michelle [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=cb99f5247ab8412fa017133839301fee-Hale, Miche] Fwd: THE HILL: Trump appointe Steps down at EPA Balch_Logo_17db8ea2-760c-49c3-b0ff-19f80bb6al79.jpg Sent from my iPhone [[image]] Jessica M. Garnison, Of Counsel, Bal ch & Bi ngham LLP 1901 Sixth Avenue North Sui te 1500 Bi rmi ngham, AL 35203-4642 t : L///////]|)fi[////////if: (205) 488-5669 e: jgarrison@balch.com w w w .bal c h .com<http://www.bal c h .com> Begin forwarded message: From: Jim Barnett <jbarnett@defi nerscorp.com<mai1t o :jbarnett@defi nerscorp.c o m Date: March 18, 2017 at 5:12:29 PM CDT T o : <jgarri son@bal c h .comcmai1t o :jgarrison@balch.c o m Subject: Fwd: THE HILL: Trump appoi ntee steps down at EPA lim Barnett Begin forwarded message: From: Andrea Woods <awoods@ameri carisingllc.com<mai1t o :awoods@ameri carisingllc.com Date: March 18, 2017 at 3:08:51 PM EDT T o : jbarnett@definerscorp.com<mai1t o :jbarnett@definerscorp.com> Subject: THE HILL: Trump appoi ntee steps down at EPA Trump appoi ntee steps down at EPA The Hill By Ti mothy Cama March 16, 2017 - 5:20PM http://thehi11.com/policy/energy-environment/324381-trump-appointee-steps-down-at-epa A member of the temporary poli ti cal team 1eadi ng the Envi ronmental Protecti on Agency (EPA) for the Trump admi ni strati on is resi gni n g . David Schnarechttp://thehi11.com/person/david-schnare> , an outspoken climate change doubter who was a frequent adversary of the EPA duri ng the Obama admi ni strati o n , told col 1eagues in a Wednesday emai1 that he has "been honored to have had the opportunity to serve the T rump admi ni strati o n , but I have completed as much as I am able." He told The Hill on Thursday that a number of factors 1ed to hi s resi gnati o n , incl udi ng that some agency employees want to undermine President Tr um p's agenda. "I w a s n 't forced o u t , and it w a s n 't in a ti f f ," he sai d . "I just w a s n 't in a posi ti on to achieve much a n y m o r e ." Schnare said the vast majority of career staff at the EPA, where he previously worked for decades, are dedi cated public servants, but there are a smal1 handful "who were defi nitely were antagoni sti c " to T rump and Admi ni strator Scott Prui ttchttp://thehi11.com/person/scott-prui t t > . "T h e y 're here for some other reason. T h e y 're here for a cause," he said. But Schnare emphasized that there were other reasons for him to 1eave 1ess than two months after Inauguration Day, includi ng that he has been worki ng 10- to 12-hour days and felt it was ti me to reti re. He sai d hi s deci si on to 1eave is "compl ex," and he would wri te about it in detai1 soon. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 3/4 ED 002061 00110329-00001 Greenwire first reporteckhttp://www.eenews.net/stories/1060051580> on Schnare's resignation Thursday. Some EPA staffers have made no secret of thei r opposition to Tr um p's and Pruitt's aggressive deregulatory agenda. Among other acti o n s , workers organized an unprecedented effort to 1obby the Senate agai nst Pruitt's confi rmation. The new admi ni strati on is seeki ng to undo a host of controversi al Obama rules on cli mate change, water pol1ution and more, in an effort to help regulated industries. Pruitt rejects the mai nstream science behind climate change and Trump has cal 1ed it a "hoax." Schnare had been named in December to T rump's transi ti on team for the EPA. After the inaugurati o n , he stayed on as part of the "beachhead team," a group of poli ti cal appoi ntees who are servi ng on a temporary basi s whi 1e posi ti ons are fi 11 ed . He worked most recently at the Energy & Envi ronmental Legal Insti tute, a free-market group. CONFIDENTIALITY: This email and any attachments may be confidential and/or privi 1eged and are therefore protected agai nst copyi n g , us e, di sclosure or di stri buti o n . If you are not the intended reci pi e n t , pi ease noti fy us immediately by replyi ng to the sender and double deleti ng thi s copy and the reply from your system. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 3/4 ED 002061 00110329-00002