Lloyd, who once appeared on the reality television show Secret Millionaire, said he metadministrator Andrew Adronikou several times last week to discuss a potential bid and gain access to the club's books.
It was not immediately clear if the assessment was what prompted the hastily arranged trip to Washington by Iraq civilian administrator L. Paul Bremer, who met Tuesday at the White House with President Bush and senior national security officials.
Lisa Jackson, who heads the EPA, has issued environmental-justice guidelines to the agency's offices, and Gwen Keyes Fleming, administrator for the EPA in the south-east, recently met Mr Bullard and other environmental-justice advocates.