Former EPA Official Keehner Returns to Head Chemicals Office

Denise Keehner, a retired EPA official with experience in multiple agency offices that deal with chemicals, will direct the agency’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) effective April 10, according to an internal email read by Bloomberg Law.

Keehner, who will fill a vacant position, is currently the assistant secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment.

She retired from the Environmental Protection Agency in 2013 after 35 years of service in offices including OPPT, which oversees commercial chemicals, the Office of Pesticide Programs, the Office of Land and Emergency Management, and the Office of Water.

Michal Freedhoff, EPA ...