After Silva's Exit, EPA Turns To Former Activist As Acting Water Office Chief

Peter Silva, who has led EPA's water office since the start of the Obama administration, is resigning from the agency, leaving it to his deputy, former EPA enforcement official and environmental activist Nancy Stoner, to lead the office in an acting capacity as it crafts a host of major rulemakings. While an agency spokesman did not know when or whether the administration would nominate a permanent replacement for Silva, federal hiring law could keep Stoner in the slot through most...