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Concerns are rising for residents living near coal ash ponds after Andrew Wheeler, the acting administrator of the EPA, rolled back regulations on the storage of the toxic waste. CNN's Sanjay Gupta reports.

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President Trump is picking Andrew Wheeler, a former lobbyist and senior Republican congressional staffer, to be the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) deputy administrator. The White House announced the nomination Thursday afternoon. Wheeler works at Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting, where his clients have included coal mining giant Murray Energy Corp. and uranium miner Energy Fuels Resources Inc. He was previously registered with Congress as a lobbyist, but removed his registration in August. “Andrew will bring extraordinary credentials to EPA that will greatly assist the Agency as we work to implement our agenda,” EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in a statement. Before that, he worked at the EPA’s toxics office. Pruitt is currently the only Senate-confirmed official at the EPA. Five other officials have been nominated and gone through hearings, but the full Senate has not voted on any of them. “I am pleased that President Trump has nominated Andrew Wheeler to serve as deputy administrator at the EPA.