On March 12, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a memorandum announcing significant revisions to the agency’s enforcement policies, entitled “Implementing National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives Consistently with Executive Orders and Agency Priorities.” The memo directs EPA’s civil and criminal enforcement staffs, revising existing Biden-era policies (which I last wrote about HERE) to conform with President Trump’s executive orders (EOs) and policy statements by new EPA administrator Zeldin. The remainder of this note summarizes this new direction.
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EPA realigns enforcement policies to match new administration
Posted by Jon Elliott on Fri, May 09, 2025
Tags: EHS, EPA, NECI, Trump Administration, Environmental Justice rollback, Air toxics enforcement, EPA enforcement, NECI policy changes, Trump Executive Orders