"EPA chief Andrew Wheeler has promised not to weigh in on the Pebble mine proposal and toxic waste site cleanups connected to his former lobbying clients after media scrutiny.

The Pebble move, Wheeler announced in an updated recusal statement, will apply to "any associated litigation, settlement agreement and permitting" and last "for the duration of my EPA tenure."

The Superfund recusal promise, on the other hand, will last only until April 20, 2020 — the second anniversary of Wheeler's tenure in the Trump administration — and hasn't broadened the scope of sites Wheeler will avoid, according to a spreadsheet provided by EPA."

Dylan Brown and Corbin Hiar report for Greenwire March 26, 2019. [2]