EPA Names Chemical Company Lawyer To Waste Office's Deputy Slot

EPA has named Steven Cook, corporate counsel for one of the world's largest plastics and chemical companies, to be the deputy assistant administrator in the agency's waste office, making him the highest-ranking political official in the office even as a long-time confidante to Administrator Scott Pruitt continues to lead the office's high-profile Superfund reform effort. Cook, who served as in-house senior counsel for LyondellBasell, started as deputy assistant administrator for the Office of Land & Emergency Management (OLEM) Feb. 20,...