"Bill Wehrum was just settling in as EPA's air chief last December when he returned to familiar turf: the offices of his former law firm for a speech to an audience that included a onetime client, according to newly released records.
His speech at the Washington offices of Hunton & Williams LLP addressed regulations affecting power plants and other stationary sources of air pollution, according to the entry in Wehrum's official work calendar.
Among those represented at the gathering: the Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG), which Wehrum had represented as a Hunton & Williams partner not long before.
While the event didn't cross any ethical boundaries, it typified the close ties Wehrum has maintained to industry players since rejoining EPA late last year, according to almost 600 pages of calendar entries released late yesterday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by E&E News."
