EIP’s Schaeffer To Retire, Driving Leadership Change At Enforcement Group

Eric Schaeffer, a former EPA civil enforcement chief, is poised to retire May 25 as executive director of the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), the enforcement-focused group he founded in 2002 after leaving the agency due to concerns about the Bush administration’s policies undercutting enforcement of the new source review (NSR) program. “I’d say only that while I haven’t lost my passion for the work we do, I’ve had more than my share of opportunities and it’s time to give someone...