Former Officials Warn Trump Budget Plan May Stymie EPA Compliance

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Former top environmental officials in the Obama administration say President Donald Trump's proposed fiscal year 2018 budget for EPA is so draconian that it suggests the new administration does not understand the agency's obligations under environmental laws because it will not be able to meet those obligations. "You cannot have a policy that simply says EPA will not continue to do what the law and science demand. That is the essence of this" budget proposal, former Obama EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told a May 24 conference call. "There is no way that this is a back-to-basics type of budget, as it's been billed," she added. "This really is quite shocking to say the least and ... I'm really worried that is is such a bare-boned ... way to take out EPA and to replace it with, really where we were prior to the EPA being around."