<p>The White House announced on September 7<sup>th</sup> that President Donald J. Trump nominated William L. Wehrum, a Widener University Delaware Law School alumnus, to serve as Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation. According to <em>The Hill</em>, Mr. Wehrum&rsquo;s duties would include oversight of a massive portfolio concerned with air pollution, climate change, auto regulation and more.</p>
<p>Mr. Wehrum served from 2005 to 2007 as Acting Assistant Administrator for the Agency&rsquo;s Air and Radiation Office before leaving to work as a partner in the Washington, DC, law firm of Hunton &amp; Williams. Mr. Wehrum is the head of the Administrative Law Group at the law firm. In its press release, The White House reported that Mr. Wehrum&rsquo;s law practice &ldquo;focuses on air quality issues including regulatory development and related litigation, compliance counseling and enforcement defense, legislative advice, and permitting.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Mr. Wehrum is a 1986 graduate of Purdue University with a degree in chemical engineering and a 1993 graduate of the then Widener University School of Law where he earned a juris doctorate degree. He is a member of the District of Columbia bar.</p>
<p>If confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Wehrum would become one of the most powerful people at the 15,000-person Environmental Protection Agency behind Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.</p>