2 officials exit EPA for private sector; Group criticizes departures in wake of changes to New Source Review.(News)

Waste News, September, 2003

Byline: Bruce Geiselman One week after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a major reform of the Clean Air Act that benefits industry, a high-level EPA air official is resigning to take a job with Southern Co., one of the nation's largest electric utilities. John Pemberton, chief of staff to the EPA's assistant administrator for air and radiation, will join Southern Co.

as a senior executive dealing primarily with Senate affairs, according to a company spokeswoman. The Natural Resources Defense Council criticized Pemberton's departure in the wake of what the environmental group refers to as the gutting of the Clean Air Act's New Source Review provision. The change makes it easier for utilities and industries to increase...

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