EPA Announces New National Enforcement Policies

On March 12, 2025, EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance ("OECA") issued a memo outlining new national enforcement and compliance initiatives ("NECIs"). The memo states that it seeks to align EPA's enforcement priorities with President Trump's executive orders revoking prior executive orders on environmental justice and directing agencies to remove impediments to the development and use of domestic fossil fuel and other natural resources.

The memo also references EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin's "Powering the Great American Comeback" initiative consisting of five pillars:

1. Clean air, land, and water for every American;
2. Restore American energy dominance;
3. Permitting reform, cooperative federalism, and cross-agency partnership;