EPA Plans To ‘Terminate’ COVID-19 Enforcement Flexibility Policy ‘Soon’

Correction Appended EPA in the near future will “terminate” its controversial policy granting industry broad discretion from meeting compliance obligations under environmental regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic, says a top agency enforcement official who adds that EPA might still offer similar discretion for future unforeseen circumstances. Speaking on a conference call hosted by the conservative non-profit Federalist Society June 22, John Irving, EPA deputy assistant administrator with the agency’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), said, “We will...