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United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced on February 4th the federal agency’s priorities under the Trump Administration.
Administrator Zeldin entitled the agency’s initiative, “Power the Great American Comeback” (“Initiative”), whose goal is to:
…achieve the agency’s mission while energizing the greatness of the American economy.
The Initiative is described as consisting of five “pillars” that will “guide the EPA’s work over the first 100 days and beyond.
The pillars include:
- Pillar 1: Clean Air, Land, and Water for Every American.
- Pillar 2: Restore American Energy Dominance.
- Pillar 3: Permitting Reform, Cooperative Federalism, and Cross-Agency Partnership.
- Pillar 4: Make the United States the Artificial Intelligence Capital of the World.
- Pillar 5: Protecting and Bringing Back American Auto Jobs.
Administrator Zeldin served as a United States Congressman from 2015 to 2023 from New York’s First District. He graduated from the State University of New York at Albany and is also a graduate of Albany Law School.
A copy of the news release describing the Initiative can be found here.
