President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency charged with overseeing mine safety will have to balance a push to deregulate the industry and cut the federal workforce while maintaining guaranteed protections for workers.
Wayne Palmer, who served as principal deputy assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health during Trump’s first term, was nominated to lead the US Mine Safety and Health Administration. Palmer would return to MSHA after working as an executive at the Essential Minerals Association, a trade association for the industrial minerals industry.
If confirmed by the Senate, Palmer would play a significant role in ...
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