[CPEO-BIF] Bodine confirmed at OSWER

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New Assistant Administrator Confirmed for Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response 

U.S. EPA
Washington, D.C. - December 19, 2005

Susan P. Bodine will be the new assistant administrator for the Office
of Solid Waste and Emergency Response for the Environmental Protection
Agency. Bodine was nominated by President Bush on June 28, 2005 and was
confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 17, 2005. 

In this position, Bodine will be responsible for EPA's programs on
hazardous and solid waste management, hazardous waste cleanup including
RCRA corrective action, Superfund and federal facilities cleanup and
redevelopment, brownfields, oil spill prevention and response, chemical
accident prevention and preparedness, underground storage tanks, and
emergency response. Thomas P. Dunne, the Deputy AA for OSWER, had been
serving as the Acting AA since Bodine's nomination on June 28, 2005.

Bodine comes from the U.S. House of Representatives on the Water
Resources and Environment Subcommittee of the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure where she served as the staff director
and senior counsel. Prior to that, she served for six years as a counsel
to the subcommittee. Susan also worked for the law office of Covington
and Burling, where she specialized in environmental law. Bodine earned
an A.B. degree from Princeton University and her J.D. degree from
University of Pennsylvania School of Law.

EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson praised Bodine's background:
"Susan's years of experience on environmental issues will be an
excellent asset as the agency works to accelerate the pace of
environmental progress."

Bodine is expected to begin her new post in early January 2006. 

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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