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Carol M. Browner

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Former administrator of the EPA.

Biography

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Carol Browner page on 2 December 2020, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Carol Martha Browner is an American lawyer, environmentalist, and businesswoman, who served as director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011. Browner previously served as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the Clinton administration from 1993 to 2001. She currently works as a Senior Counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group, a global business strategy firm.

Browner grew up in Florida and graduated from the University of Florida and the University of Florida College of Law. After working for the Florida House of Representatives, she was employed by Citizen Action in Washington, D.C. She became a legislative assistant for Senators Lawton Chiles and Al Gore. Browner then headed the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation from 1991 to 1993, where she turned it into one of the most active departments in the state government.

She was the longest-serving administrator in the history of the EPA, staying through both terms of the Clinton presidency. During her tenure, she reorganized the agency's enforcement structure and oversaw two new programs designed to create flexible partnerships with industry as an alternative to traditional regulation. She started a successful program to deal with contaminated lands in urban areas. She took the lead within the administration in defending existing environmental laws and budgets, and was the driving force behind a stringent tightening of air quality standards that led to a prolonged political and legal battle.

Afterward, Browner became a founding member of the Albright Group and Albright Capital Management in 2001. She also served on a number of boards of directors and committees dealing with environmental issues. Her director role in the Obama administration was sometimes informally referred to as the "Energy Czar" or "Climate Czar". Her efforts towards getting comprehensive climate and energy legislation passed in Congress came to no avail, but she assumed a prominent role in the federal government's response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill during 2010. She left her position in 2011 and the job itself was abolished shortly thereafter. Following that she rejoined the merged Albright Stonebridge Group, continued being active in several boards of environmental organizations, joined the boards of some energy- and agriculture-related companies, and became an advocate for nuclear energy in response to the dangers of global warming.

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
6 January 1994	Revisions to Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Calculations Pursuant to the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1993	Federal Register: EPA (Carol Browner)
24 January 1994	Federal Highway Funding Assistance Limitations and Emissions Offset Requirements; Illinois	Federal Register: EPA (Carol Browner)
24 January 1994	Federal Highway Funding Assistance Limitations and Emissions Offset Requirements; Indiana	Federal Register: EPA (Carol Browner)
24 January 1994	Imposition of Statewide Sanctions on California Under Clean Air Act Section 110(m) for Failure to Submit a Complete SIP Revision for an Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program	Federal Register: EPA (Carol Browner)
8 February 1994	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Category: Gasoline Distribution (Stage I), Proposed Rule	Federal Register: EPA (Carol Browner)
24 March 1994	Air Pollution Control: Amendments To Regulations Governing the Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles	Federal Register: EPA (Carol Browner)
6 April 1994	Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles and New Motor Vehicle Engines; Refueling Emission Regulations for Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks; Final Rule	Federal Register: EPA (Carol Browner)
26 April 1994	Proposed Rulemaking on Ozone Transport Commission; Emission Vehicle Program for the Northeast Ozone Transport Region	Federal Register: EPA (Carol Browner)
3 May 1994	Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Individual Foreign Refinery Baseline Requirements for Reformulated Gasoline	Federal Register: EPA (Carol Browner)
27 June 1994	Fuels and Fuel Additives Registration Regulations; Final Rule	Federal Register: EPA (Carol M. Browner)
1 July 1994	Short Test Emission Regulations for 1996 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks and Revised Performance Warranty Regulations, and Revisions to Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Calculations Pursuant to the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1993; Correction	Federal Register: EPA (Carol M. Browner)
14 July 1994	Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives; Fuel Quality Regulations for Highway Diesel Fuel Sold in 1993 and Later Calendar Years; Interim Final Rule	Federal Register: EPA (Carol M. Browner)
2 August 1994	Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Renewable Oxygenate Requirement for Reformulated Gasoline EPA's regulations for reformulated gasoline based on the Clean Air Act, as amended, requires that gasoline sold in certain areas be reformulated to achieve the greatest possible reductions in vehicle emissions of toxic and ozone-forming compounds.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
3 August 1994	Fuel Economy Test Procedures Alternative-Fueled Automobile CAFE Incentives and Fuel Economy Labeling Requirements; Final Rule The Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988 includes 1993 model year and later alternative-fueled automobiles (passenger automobiles and light trucks) in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy program on a favorable basis to encourage the manufacture of these vehicles.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
21 September 1994	Standards for Emissions From Natural Gas-Fueled, and Liquefied Petroleum Gas-Fueled Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Engines, and Certification Procedures for Aftermarket Conversions; Final Rule Today's rule provides emission standards and test procedures for the certification of new natural gas-fueled, and liquefied petroleum gas-fueled light-duty vehicles, light-duty trucks, heavy-duty engines and vehicles, and motorcycles.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
22 September 1994	Clean Air Act: Ozone Transport Commission: Low Emission Vehicle Program for Northeast Ozone Transport Region; Proposed Rule EPA is proposing to find that reduction of new motor vehicle emissions through OTC LEV or LEV-equivalent program is necessary to mitigate the effects of pollution transport and to bring nonattainment areas in the OTR into attainment and to avoid interference with maintenance.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
30 September 1994	Emission Standards for Clean-Fuel Vehicles and Engines, Requirements for Clean-Fuel Vehicle Conversions, and California Pilot Test Program; Final Rule The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments require the establishment of two clean-fuel vehicle programs: a Clean Fuel Fleet Program and a California Pilot Test Program.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
11 October 1994	Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources: Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations Analysis of data submitted after this proposal showed that the best demonstrated prime coating system and prime coat materials could not consistently meet the proposed revised standard.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
24 October 1994	Notice of Data Availability Concerning Supplemental Rulemaking on Ozone Transport Commission; Emission Vehicle Program for the Northeast Ozone Transport Region Pursuant to section 184 of the Clean Air Act, the Northeast Ozone Transport Commission recommended that EPA require all state members of the OTC to adopt an Ozone Transport Commission Low Emission Vehicle program.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
1 November 1994	Fuels and Fuel Additives: Deposit Control Gasoline Additives; Final Rule The proposal included a detergent additive certification program based on deposit control performance testing and standards.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
25 November 1994	OMB Approval Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Fuels and Fuel Additives Registration EPA will continue to present OMB control numbers in a consolidated table format to be codified in 40 CFR Part 9 of the Agency's regulations, and in each CFR volume containing EPA regulations.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
14 December 1994	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories: Gasoline Distribution (Stage I) The final rule provided in this document is a national emission standard(s) for hazardous air pollutants for bulk gasoline terminals and pipeline breakout stations pursuant to section 112 of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
11 January 1995	Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Extension of the Reformulated Gasoline Program to Moderate Ozone Nonattainment Areas in Wisconsin Under section 211(k)(6) of the Clean Air Act, the Administrator of EPA shall apply the prohibition against the sale of gasoline that has not been controlled under EPA's reformulated gasoline regulations in an ozone nonattainment area upon the application of the governor of the state in which the nonattainment area is located.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
23 January 1995	Stage II Comparability Study for the Northeast Ozone Transport Region--Announcement of Completion of Study and Notice of Availability States in the OTR may use this document to determine what alternative measures can provide comparable emissions reductions to Stage II for their areas.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
24 January 1995	Low Emission Vehicle Program for the Northeast Ozone Transport Region; Final Rule This will assist OTR states in their efforts to reduce ozone pollution to the level necessary to protect public health.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
1 February 1995	Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline EPA is withdrawing certain portions of the direct final rule, because adverse or critical comments were received by the Agency, or an opportunity to submit such comments at a public hearing was requested for those specific portions.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
7 February 1995	Proposed Regulations for Revisions to the Federal Test Procedure for Emissions From Motor Vehicles	Federal Register Notice ( PDF) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
23 March 1995	Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles and New Motor Vehicle Engines: Regulations Requiring On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) Systems—Acceptance of Revised California OBD II Requirements; OBD Relief for Alternative Fueled Vehicles; and Revisions for Consistency Between Federal OBD and California OBD II This direct final rulemaking revises requirements associated with onboard diagnostic (OBD) systems.	Federal Register Notice ( PDF) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
25 April 1995	OMB Approval Number Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives Today's amendment updates the table to accurately display those information requirements promulgated under the Interim Requirements for Deposit Control Gasoline Additives Final Rule.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
25 April 1995	OMB Approval Number Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives Today's amendment updates the table to accurately display those information requirements promulgated under the Regulations of Fuels and Fuel Additives, Fuel Quality Regulations for Highway Diesel Fuel Sold in 1993 and Later Calendar Years.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
2 May 1995	Motor Vehicle Air Conditioners and Protection of Stratospheric Ozone EPA published a final rule in the Federal Register establishing the standards and requirements regarding the servicing of motor vehicle air conditioners and restrictions on the sale of small containers of class I or class II substances pursuant to section 609 of the Clean Air Act as amended.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
3 May 1995	Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline Withdrawal of Reformulated Gasoline Program Extension in Wisconsin The Clean Air Act, as amended, directs the Administrator of EPA to apply the prohibition against the sale of conventional gasoline under EPA's reformulated gasoline regulations in an ozone nonattainment area upon the application of the governor of the state in which the nonattainment area is located.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
14 June 1995	Request for Opt-Out of the Reformulated Gasoline Program: Jefferson County, Albany and Buffalo, New York; Twenty-Eight Counties in Pennsylvania; and Hancock and Waldo Counties in Maine, General Procedures for Future Opt-Outs and Extension of Stay This is based on requests from the Governors of New York, Pennsylvania and Maine that these areas opt out of this federal program.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
30 June 1995	Control of Air Pollution From New and In-Use Motor Vehicles and New and In-Use Motor Vehicle Engines; Technical Amendments to the Test Procedures for Methanol-Fueled Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Engines and Petroleum-Fueled Motor Vehicles; Final Rule This rule changes the test procedures previously promulgated for methanol-fueled vehicles.	Federal Register Notice ( PDF) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
2 August 1995	Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles and New Motor Vehicle Engines: Regulations Requiring On-Board Diagnostic Systems--Revision to Requirements for Storage of Engine Conditions Associated With Extinguishing a Malfunction Indicator Light Changes are being made to the provisions associated with extinguishing an illuminated malfunction indicator light.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
4 August 1995	Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Administrative Stay of Certain Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline The Environmental Protection Agency is issuing a three-month administrative stay of certain portions of the anti-dumping regulations for conventional gasoline (gasoline not certified as reformulated gasoline) which were promulgated in December 1993.	Federal Register Notice ( PDF) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
4 August 1995	Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency promulgated antidumping regulations for conventional gasoline (gasoline not certified as reformulated gasoline).	Federal Register Notice ( PDF) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
9 August 1995	Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles and New Motor Vehicle Engines; Regulations Requiring Availability of Information for Use of On-Board Diagnostic Systems and Emission-Related Repairs on 1994 and later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks This final rule establishes requirements for the availability of emission-related service information for all light-duty vehicles and light-duty trucks beginning with the 1994 model year.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carol M. Browner
7 March 1996	Advertisement by Ethyl Corporation	Carol M. Browner
13 May 1996	World Conference on International Fuel Quality	Carol M. Browner
4 February 1998	Advanced Vehicle Technologies Event	Carol M. Browner
10 February 1998	Technical Amendments to Minor Amendments to Inspection/Maintenance Program Requirements; Correction of Effective Date Under Congressional Review Act (CRA)	Federal Register: EPA (Carol Browner)
11 March 1998	Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles and New Motor Vehicle Engines; Increase of the Vehicle Mass for 3-Wheeled Motorcycles	Federal Register: EPA (Carol Browner)
26 March 1998	Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements for 1993 and Earlier Model Year Urban Buses; Additional Update of Post-Rebuild Emission Levels in 1998	Federal Register: EPA (Carol Browner)
25 September 1998	World Fuels Conference	Carol M. Browner
22 July 1999	BP/Amoco Luncheon Announcement Atlanta, GA	Carol M. Browner
20 March 2000	Fuel Additive MTBE	Carol M. Browner