According to the two people who are familiar with this approach, the Environmental Protection Agency, a scientific research, execution of pollution, cleaning dangerous waste, scientific research that can be replaced by political appointment, and dangerous waste We plan to clean up and demotive the personnel department of the agency.
This movement will have more influence on the Trump administration on the aspect of the institution that was traditionally led by non -party experts who have served through the Republican and the Democratic government.
It will also make it easier for the Trump administration to bypass the parliament. These sections, which are officially supervised by the EPA, must be confirmed by the Senate, but new appointments can avoid the need for parliamentary approval and take on the role of the director of the agent.
“As a general practice and more common in the whole administration, EPA has updated its organization structure to match other federal agencies,” said Molly VaselioU, a spokesperson for EPA. Is stated in the statement.
The EPA has emerged as a lesson learned a lesson learned from the first term of Trump's inauguration. Mr. Trump's allies promised in the second phase of being ready to quickly dismantle the EPA, which played a central role in the Biden administration's strategy to fight climate change.
Trump has stocked a lawyer in the petroleum and chemical industry and a political appointment who has worked as a lobbyist. They include David Fotouhi, a candidate for the vice administrator who recently tried to ban asbestos. Aaron Szabo, both petroleum and chemical industry, which are expected to become air pollution regulatory authorities. Nancy Beck, a long -standing chemical industrial lobbyist who served as a senior adviser of EPA on chemical safety and pollution.
At the same time, there was an aggressive movement to exhaust the EPA labor. Recently, the Trump administration has warned that more than 1,100 distributors hired within the past year could be fired immediately.
Changes to senior managers to rank affect the four important areas of EPA. They are the scientific research department of the institution, the R & D Bureau. Execution and Compliance Bureau in charge of execution of the National Environmental Law. Director of cleaning at some of the most polluted land in Japan, land and emergency management bureau that responds to emergency situations in the environment. And a mission support office that not only manages human resources but also manages subsidies and contracts.
Until the Trump administration, the career employee had the status of the Deputy Prime Minister of the “major deputy assistant manager.” These career staff automatically became the actor of their category to lead it because the assistant managers introduced by the Senate were absent.
Last week, those who worked in these roles were notified from Trump officials that their job title would be changed. Two people who are familiar with the decision not allowed to talk about human resources issues in anonymous state.
The employees said that their salaries and benefits were not changed, but were said to be in effect as the relegation of the “Deputy Administrator”.
This change is expected to be valid this week. So far, political appointments have not been nominated as alternatives.
Many new changes in the EPA have been mapped in Project 2025. This is a conservative policy playbook that Trump has not read. They are calling for “reform -oriented” political appointments to lead almost all of the institutions, including science and execution functions.
It is not a precedent to establish a political appointment in the role that can execute the president's agenda without the approval of the Senate.
During the Biden administration, Joseph Gofman served as a major deputy assistant in the EPA office to supervise air pollution. He has maintained the job for three years and helped to write strict restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and automobiles. He was finally confirmed by the Senate in January 2024.
Critics say that the difference is that the EPA aircraft and the water office manage most of the federal regulations and reflect the priority of the President, but the Trump administration's movements were neutral. It was to inject a party in the segment.
David Urman, who led the EPA execution under the Biden administration, said, “When they are seen with all others, they are another unfortunate attack on public servants who have dedicated their careers to public health and environmental protection.” He talked about the movement.
