The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) deadlocked 10-10 on April 7 on the nomination of Carlton Waterhouse to serve as assistant administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—but a motion by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) could still send it to the Senate floor. Waterhouse—a law professor and international expert on environmental law and environmental justice—was re-nominated for the position this year by President Joe Biden, following a 2021 nomination that stalled. Senators also deadlocked 10-10 in the December EPW meeting that considered Waterhouse’s nomination. But a Senate rule allowed the nominations of Waterhouse and other Biden nominees to be returned to the president in January 2022. Biden sent back Waterhouse’s nomination to the Senate, which re-referred it to the EPW committee. The Office of Land and Emergency Management handles EPA’s waste and emergency response programs, including cleanups of hazardous …