**FILE** Gina McCarthy stands on stage in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 4, 2013, as President Obama announced he would nominate McCarthy to head the EPA. (Associated Press)
**FILE** Gina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator with the Environmental Protection Agency, speaks at a climate workshop sponsored by the Climate Center at Georgetown University in Washington on Feb. 21, 2013. (Associated Press)
**FILE** Gina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator with the Environmental Protection Agency, speaks at a climate workshop sponsored by the Climate Center at Georgetown University in Washington on Feb. 21, 2013. (Associated Press)
The EPA is among the government agencies planning to furlough some of its staffers as a result of the sequester cuts that went into effect March 1. EPA furloughs are planned through September. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
The EPA is among the government agencies planning to furlough some of its staffers as a result of the sequester cuts that went into effect March 1. EPA furloughs are planned through September. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
**FILE** Gina McCarthy stands on stage in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 4, 2013, as President Obama announced he would nominate McCarthy to head the EPA. (Associated Press)
**FILE** Gina McCarthy stands on stage in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 4, 2013, as President Obama announced he would nominate McCarthy to head the EPA. (Associated Press)
“This EPA mandate [on stormwater] would have been expensive, cumbersome and incredibly difficult to implement,” argued Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II. (Associated Press)
President Obama announces in the East Room of the White House in Washington March 4, 2013, he will nominate, Gina McCarthy to head the EPA; MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz for Energy Secretary; and Walmart Foundation President Sylvia Mathews Burwell to head the Budget Office. (Associated Press)
