"The task force was previously led by Albert Kelly, a longtime friend of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt."

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named a former chemical industry attorney to lead its Superfund Task Force in charge of improving and expediting cleanup of some of the country’s most polluted sites.

Steven Cook has worked for the EPA for three months as deputy assistant administrator in the EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management, the office in charge of the agency’s emergency response and waste programs. Before coming to the EPA, Cook worked for more than two decades as senior corporate counsel at LyondellBasell, which describes itself as “one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world.”

In his new job as head of the Superfund program, Cook will be responsible for overseeing the cleanup of sites polluted by his former employer."

Natasha Geiling reports for Think Progress May 29, 2018. [2]