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The second-ranking official at the Environmental Protection Agency submitted her resignation Thursday, a day before Administrator Christie Whitman leaves her job to return to New Jersey.
Linda Fisher, the deputy administrator, had been seen as a possible successor to Whitman, who took over the agency after serving as New Jersey governor. Fisher told President Bush in her resignation letter that she planned to step down July 11.
Like Whitman, Fisher wrote that she wanted to spend more time with her family. She called it “a rare privilege” to serve in the Bush administration, under Whitman’s leadership.
Fisher could not be reached for further comment.
