EPA Enforcement Chief Comes Under Fire

Date: May 2, 2002

Source: News Room

The Bush administration's choice for the chief of environmental enforcement for the EPA came under attack at a recent Senate hearing for not having enough job experience. Some Democrats have said John Suarez was unqualified to serve as head of the EPA's enforcement office because he has no experience in environmental law. Suarez spent three years as Commissioner for New Jersey's Division of Gambling Enforcement, and before that served seven years as an assistant U.S. attorney in New Jersey where he focused on white-collar crimes such as mail fraud. Suarez has said he would endorse voluntary compliance programs, a move that some environmentalists have greeted with disdain.

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