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-"V November 8, 2017 mtim' mmci Ahso NATURAL RFSOUROFS FiNARCE rOAAGA AELA'11D A S K OfUSM O SFCUFiiTY AAD OLAA-ANALLATA.:.. AFFAIRS Senator John Barrasso Chairman Committee on Environment and Public Works 410 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Senator Tom Carper Ranking Member Committee on Environment and Public Works 456 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington,: DC 20510 Dear Chairman Barrasso and Ranking Member Carper: 1am writing to recommend Andrew Wheeler to be the Deputy Administrator of the .Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Andrew was nominated for this position by President Trump on October 5, 2017, Andrew is a native of my home state of Ohio, and has experience in both the legislative and executive branches on energy and environment policy. He began his career at EPA and subsequently worked for Senator James fnhofe and my predecessor former Senator George Voinovich on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Andrew served as the Majority Staff Director, Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Andrew has continued his work on energy and environment policy as a Principal at Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting. Andrew received his MBA from George Mason University School of Management and his ID from Washington University School of .Law, and has been a keynote speaker before the American Bar Association. I trust that this information will be useful to von as you review Andrew's nomination. Please fee! free to follow up with me with any additional, questions. Sincerely, T 4 B 4 :.:4 av :. t SBv A ' : 0 l4 4 4 i W ' V - I ok. DC Rob Portman U.S. Senator T ? VY Y$Y Y Di ' -, - WaaiM;:. 'i-VUC :WA'-:y.:'6S :.MU; sivi.<w44mByuYYA Ci:.i:i v -i. :a;;>. O U 4 4 1 :4 4 p:,<:04!4 :>i;C -7v'-;6- 3 7 V:v: MY D c a v BCiV 4/4 Ma:4 Y.y;4 7W/foU: Diu'i fofffi i:1:.- .JF: Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00169679-00001