Trump's pick for mining enforcement chief withdraws

摘要

President Trump's choice to lead the Interior Department's mining agency has withdrawn his nomination, blaming a process with no end in sight and confusion at the Office of Government Ethics. J. Steven Gardner, a Kentucky mining consultant, was nominated to become the next director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) in late 2017 but never got a hearing on Capitol Hill (Greenwire. Oct. 26,2017).