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Andrew Wheeler Nominated as EPA Deputy Administrator WASHINGTON (October 4, 2017) Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intention to nominate Andrew Wheeler as deputy administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Mr. Wheeler has spent his entire career working in environmental policy. In addition to spending four years at in EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, during the George H. Bush and Bill Clinton Administrations, he also spent many years serving on Capitol Hill. After serving as general counsel to U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), he served as staff director and chief counsel for two Senate Committees with vital roles in protecting human health and the environment: the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) and the U.S. Senate Subcommittee for Clean Air Wetlands and Nuclear Safety. Mr. Wheeler currently works as a principal at FaegreBD Consulting on federal regulatory and legislative environmental and energy issues. Andrew Wheeler also applied his environmental policy knowledge to the Trump Campaign, providing policy and communications support on environmental issues. His nomination is receiving high accolades from across the country: Former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman (l-CT): "Andrew was Republican staff director during part of the time I was on the Senate Environment Committee. We worked together on some issues and disagreed on others. He conducted himself in a fair and professional manner. I hope his nomination will receive similarly fair consideration by the Senate." 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523_00003151 -00001