Jeff Holmstead

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Holmstead, who served as assistant administrator for air and radiation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during President Bush's first term, now heads the Environmental Strategies Group at Bracewell & Giuliani. This group advises a variety of companies and business groups on major environmental and energy development challenges, both domestically and globally. Holmstead headed EPA's Office of Air and Radiation from 2001 through 2005. During his tenure, he was the architect of several of EPA's most important initiatives, including the clean air interstate rule, the clean air diesel rule, the mercury rule for power plants, and the reform of the new source review program. He also oversaw the development of the Bush Administration's clear skies legislation and key parts of its global climate change initiative. Prior to his appointment at EPA, Holmstead was a partner in the environmental group of Latham & Watkins, an international law firm he joined in 1993. Between 1989 and 1993, he served as associate counsel President George H.W. Bush, where his primary focus was environmental law and policy. In this capacity, he was involved in the passage of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and the key steps taken to implement that Act. From 1987 to 1988, he served as a law clerk to Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.