New Jersey's Senators Block Nomination Of O'Neill as Head of EPA Information Office

摘要

Sens.Frank Lautenberg(D-N.J.)and Robert Me-nendez(D-N.J.)placed holds on the nomination of Molly O'Neill to serve as head of the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Information in response to a Bush administration proposal to ease reporting requirements on toxic chemical releases,an aide to Lautenberg told BNA July 11.The New Jersey senators will hold up the nomination of O'Neill"until the administration backs off its proposal,period,"Alex Formuzis,a spokesman for Lautenberg,said.