EPA's Revolving Door

• William Ruckelshaus, EPA Administrator 1971-73. Director of Weyerhaeuser, Monsanto, and other companies with severe environmental problems.
• Douglas Costle, EPA Administrator 1977-81. Chairman of Metcalf & Eddy, hazardous-waste consultants and Superfund contractor.
• Walter Barber, Acting EPA Administrator 1981. Vice-president of Chemical Waste Management, the country's largest hazardous-waste management company--and a subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc..
• William Ruckelshaus, EPA Administrator 1983-85. CEO of Browning-Ferris Inc., the country's second largest non-hazardous-waste-management company.
• Lee Thomas, EPA Administrator 1985-89. CEO of Law Environmental, hazardous-waste consultants and Superfund contractor.
• Alvin Alm, Deputy EPA Administrator. Senior vice-president of SAIC, Superfund contractor and major EPA contractor.
• Joan Z. Bernstein, EPA General Counsel. Vice-president of Chemical Waste Management.
• Christopher Beck, EPA Assistant Administrator for Hazardous Waste. Chairman and CEO of Air & Water Technologies, hazardous-waste consultants and Superfund contractor.
• Frank Moore, Chief legislative liaison for President Carter. Vice-president of Waste Management, Inc..
• Rita Lavelle, EPA Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response (sent to prison for perjury). Consultant to hazardous-waste management industry.
• Jack Ravan, EPA Regional Administrator in Atlanta. President of Rollins Environmental Services, the country's second largest hazardous-waste company.
• John Schramm, EPA Regional Administrator in Philadelphia. Director of government affairs in Waste Management, Inc.'s Washington office.
• Angus Macbeth, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Environmental Affairs in the Justice Department. Attorney representing Chemical Waste Management.
• James Range, On staff of Senate Environment and Public Works Committee; helped write hazardous-waste laws. Vice-president of Waste Management, Inc..
• Marcia Williams, Director, EPA Office of Solid Waste. Washington representative for Browning-Ferris, Inc..
• James Sanderson, Advisor to EPA Administrator Anne Gorsuch. Attorney representing Chemical Waste Management (held both positions simultaneously).
• Gary Dietrich, Director, EPA Office of Solid Waste. Vice-president of consulting firm that writes permit applications and does other consulting work for Waste Management, Inc..
• Brian Molloy, EPA enforcement attorney who helped write hazardous-waste regulations. Attorney representing Chemical Waste Management.
• Susan Vogt, EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances. Washington representative for Law Environmental.
• Richard Fortuna, Congressional legislative aide, helped write hazardous waste laws. Director and lobbyist for the Hazardous Waste Treatment Counsel, which represents most large hazardous-waste management firms.
• Jeff Miller, Head of EPA hazardous-waste enforcement task force. Attorney representing Chemical Waste Management.

Source

External links

• William Sanjour, "EPA's Revolving Door", William Sanjour's homepage, Accessed October 2006.
• Amanda Griscom, "The EPA's revolving door", Salon, April 30, 2004.