Dow Chemical Lawyer Eager to Set EPA Policy, Colleagues Say

Peter C. Wright, the Dow Chemical Co. lawyer President Donald Trump hopes to nominate to head EPA’s Superfund and waste office, is eager to set policy, his colleagues say.

“Peter’s always been interested in the policy aspects of environmental law, and having an opportunity to expand more into that type of policy implementation I think would be a natural fit,” John Milner, chairman of the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, told Bloomberg Environment.

Wright had been appointed the section’s co-chair of strategic planning, a forward-looking position, Milner said.

But few details about Wright’s vision for the Environmental ...