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Resetting science advisory boards to expand opportunities for a diversity of scientific viewpoints free of potential conflicts of interest.

Restoring the guidance portal to ensure that regulatory and subregulatory standards are clear to affected entities.

Working with Assistant Administrators to implement major reforms in media offices.

Day One Executive Order. To initiate the review and reorganization, a Day

One executive order should be drafted for the incoming President with explicit

language requiring reconsideration of the agency’s structure with reference to

fulfilling its mission to create a better environmental tomorrow with clean air, safe

water, healthy soil, and thriving communities. The order should set up “pause and

review” teams to assess the following:

Major Rules and Guidance Materials. Identify existing rules to be stayed and reproposed and initiate rule development in appropriate media offices.

Pending Petitions. Grant new petitions for rule reconsideration and stays of rules.

Grants. Stop all grants to advocacy groups and review which potential federal investments will lead to tangible environmental improvements.

Legal Settlements. Reassess any “sue and settle” cases and develop a new policy to establish standard review and oversight, including public notification and participation.

Employee Review. Determine the opportunity to downsize by terminating the newest hires in low-value programs and identify relocation opportunities for Senior Executive Service (SES) positions.

Budget Review. Develop a tiered-down approach to cut costs, reduce the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) positions, and eliminate duplicative programs. EPA should not conduct any ongoing or planned activity for which there is not clear and current congressional authorization, and it should communicate this shift in the President’s first budget request.

Risk Management Policy. Revise guidance documents that control regulations such as the social cost of carbon; discount rates; timing of