EPA Restructuring Aims to Boost Efficiency and Deliver Environmental Protections under Zeldin's Leadership
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EPA Restructuring Aims to Boost Efficiency and Deliver Environmental Protections under Zeldin's Leadership
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The restructuring initiative includes slashing the number of offices and reassigning staff throughout the EPA. Zeldin emphasized that these changes are intended to make the agency more efficient and exceptional while advancing what he calls "Powering the Great American Comeback."
In an opinion piece published in Newsweek, Zeldin criticized the previous administration, noting that EPA headquarters attendance peaked at just over one-third occupancy last year, while agency spending had increased dramatically from around $8 billion to more than $63 billion. He also pointed out regulatory delays, including hundreds of new chemicals remaining in limbo beyond statutory review timelines, along with more than 12,000 pesticide reviews and 685 State Implementation Plans to improve air quality.
This organizational overhaul follows Zeldin's announcement of what the EPA called "100 Monumental Actions" taken during the first 100 days of the Trump administration. The agency released a list detailing these environmental actions implemented since January 20, which they claim advance the agency's core mission of protecting human health and the environment.
In another significant development, on April 28, 2025, Zeldin outlined major agency actions to address Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) contamination. This initiative includes designating an agency lead for PFAS, creating effluent limitations guidelines to prevent these "forever chemicals" from entering drinking water systems, and working with Congress and industry to establish a liability framework that ensures polluters pay while protecting passive receivers.
Earlier, on March 12, 2025, Zeldin announced what the EPA described as "the biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history," comprising 31 actions aimed at advancing President Trump's executive orders. Zeldin characterized this as "the most momentous day in the history of the EPA" and stated they were "driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion to drive down cost of living for American families, unleash American energy, bring auto jobs back to the U.S. and more."
Zeldin has repeatedly emphasized that the ideal EPA workforce should be "not one more or less than what we need to fulfill our statutory obligations." However, environmental advocates like Abigail Dillen, president of Earthjustice, have expressed concerns that Zeldin will "take a sledgehammer to EPA's most recent lifesaving regulations, putting politics over science and endangering our communities."