Trump EPA Defends Appointees After Reversed Asbestos Rule Redo Plan

The Trump EPA is continuing to support two of its high-ranking appointees, general counsel Sean Donahue and chemicals appointee Lynn Dekleva, even though Administrator Lee Zeldin overturned their plan to rewrite the Biden-era TSCA ban on uses of chrysotile asbestos, forcing tougher scrutiny of some decisions. Dekleva, deputy assistant administrator in EPA’s chemicals office, “is a highly qualified, dedicated public servant, and is among the brightest minds in her field committed to upholding EPA’s mission of protecting human health and...