Acting EPA, DOJ Officials See Compliance Assistance Boost Under Trump

May 19, 2017
Acting EPA and Justice Department (DOJ) officials say they expect the Trump administration to bolster compliance assistance programs and cooperation with states as it scales back federal environmental enforcement efforts, though with both departments lacking political leadership it is unclear what concrete steps they will take to meet that goal. Speaking at a May 18 American Bar Association (ABA) panel on environmental enforcement in Washington, D.C., the acting heads of EPA's compliance office and DOJ's environment division both predicted that...


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