EPA Names Former Superfund Official To Key Position In Waste Office

The Obama EPA has named former agency Superfund official Elisabeth Feldt as the new associate administrator for the Office of Solid Waste & Emergency Response (OSWER), where Feldt will be working directly under OSWER Assistant Administrator Mathy Stanislaus. Feldt, who started in the position effective Nov. 16, has "over 25 years experience in the environmental area" among other qualifications, according to an EPA spokesman. Feldt -- who since 2000 had run a private environmental consulting firm -- began her EPA...