By Mike Scarcella

Feb 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the second-in-charge at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency earned at least $3.2 million in legal fees over the last year representing clients including Chevron, Ford and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, according to documents made public on Monday.

The filings for David Fotouhi of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, nominated to serve as deputy administrator of the EPA, were posted to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, which oversees the executive branch’s ethics program.

Gibson Dunn, Fotouhi's longtime law firm, employs more than 2,000 attorneys and is one of the largest and most profitable law firms in the United States. He served in EPA’s legal office during the first Trump administration before returning to the firm.

The Trump administration has vowed to roll back the Biden-era climate agenda, including EPA regulations to reduce carbon dioxide, methane and other emissions.

Fotouhi's nomination is pending before a U.S. Senate committee. Fotouhi and Gibson Dunn did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Financial statements are mandatory public filings for many high-level executive branch officials. The disclosures show income from the prior calendar year up to the date of the filing.

Fotouhi’s disclosure showed he provided legal services to other Gibson Dunn clients, including Sunoco, Boeing, CSX, Delta Air Lines, Kimberly-Clark and Lowe’s.

He also provided legal work to NEOM Company, a massive development project in the Saudi Arabian desert, according to the disclosure. The filings do not show the scope of Fotouhi's involvement.

Fotouhi said he would divest financial interests in Amazon, American Express, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley.

Trump’s EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, this month said the agency would seek to end Biden-era contracts to distribute $20 billion in grants to fund clean energy and transportation projects in disadvantaged communities.

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