I am a recently retired state environmental protection lawyer (almost 40 yrs)   who specialized in enforcement, regulatory analyses, and investigations of complex cases (big dumping cases are unusual now, but there is a LOT of fraud out there, and if there no 'cop on the beat' it will increase.) I worked very closely with the EPA on a number of initiatives and cases. (Love you guys) To say they were battered and beaten under Trump is an understatement (Scott Pruitt- pathetic shill for the oil lobby- and a total clown) .Many blue states, however got a LOT done while EPA was fighting for its life.My advice (worth all you are paying) to EPA:- partner much more closely with the more progressive states - take our ideas and analyses and our playbooks - and USE  them. (stop rewriting and reinventing  the wheel).- do a LOT more audits (we live in a world of "self- certification", it is an honor system that only works if there's a 'cop on the beat" (many regulated entities just drop the ball  - or flat out lie))  - get rid of some of the multiple crusts of  "review" (!) that is the hobgoblin of agencies in general and EPA in particular.  Again love you guys. Good luck and move fast.

I am a recently retired state environmental protection lawyer (almost 40 yrs)   who specialized in enforcement, regulatory analyses, and investigations of complex cases (big dumping cases are unusual now, but there is a LOT of fraud out there, and if there no 'cop on the beat' it will increase.) I worked very closely with the EPA on a number of initiatives and cases. (Love you guys) To say they were battered and beaten under Trump is an understatement (Scott Pruitt- pathetic shill for the oil lobby- and a total clown) .Many blue states, however got a LOT done while EPA was fighting for its life.My advice (worth all you are paying) to EPA:- partner much more closely with the more progressive states - take our ideas and analyses and our playbooks - and USE  them. (stop rewriting and reinventing  the wheel).- do a LOT more audits (we live in a world of "self- certification", it is an honor system that only works if there's a 'cop on the beat" (many regulated entities just drop the ball  - or flat out lie))  - get rid of some of the multiple crusts of  "review" (!) that is the hobgoblin of agencies in general and EPA in particular.  Again love you guys. Good luck and move fast.

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