DOJ Rescinds Nine Trump Environmental Policies

On February 4, 2021, in accordance with President Biden's Executive Order 13,990 (Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis), DOJ directed its ENRD Section and Deputy Section Chiefs to withdraw nine environmental policies that were put in place by the Trump Administration.  The February 4^th memorandum identifies the following nine withdrawn policies:

1. "Enforcement Principles and Priorities," January 14, 2021;
2. "Additional Recommendations on Enforcement Discretion," January 14, 2021;
3. "Guidance Regarding Newly Promulgated Rule Restricting Third-Party Payments, 28 C.F.R. § 50.28," January 13, 2021;
4. "Equitable Mitigation in Civil Environmental Enforcement Cases," January 12, 2021;