Regan Repeals Pruitt’s Controversial Memo Barring ‘Sue-And-Settle’ Practice

EPA Administrator Michael Regan has revoked a controversial Trump-era memo barring so-called “sue-and-settle” practices and replaced it with a series of new measures aimed at encouraging public awareness of proposed settlements and allowing for public comment on such plans. Regan signed a March 18 memo , titled “Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements to Resolve Environmental Claims Against the Agency,” that revokes the 2017 memo signed by then-EPA chief Scott Pruitt, charging it “contained inaccurate characterizations of the agency’s settlement practices...