EPA Career Staff Still Likely to Follow Tramp's Lead, Former Agency Officials Say

摘要

Career staff at the Environmental Protection Agency probably won't be the bulwark against large-scale regulatory repeal that environmental activists would prefer. The nearly 15,000 non-political employees do, however, play fundamental roles in the EPA rulemaking process, and a true regulatory overhaul would rely on their legwork, former employees told Bloomberg BNA. Many EPA staff members and activists fear that President-elect Donald Trump's administration will roll back eight years of aggressive regulatory action under President Barack Obama.