Heritage Foundation's
Project 2025

Chapter 13 - Environmental Protection Agency

• Restructure EPA to reflect principles of cooperative federalism and limited government
• Return environmental justice function to the Administrator's Office
• Eliminate the standalone Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance
• Relocate regional offices for better accessibility and cost savings
• Restructure Office of International and Tribal Affairs
• Eliminate Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education as a standalone entity
• Relocate Office of Children's Health Protection and Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• Review grants program to ensure funds go to tangible environmental improvements
• Reset science advisory boards for more diverse viewpoints
• Restore the guidance portal
• Implement major reforms in media offices
• Issue a Day One executive order to initiate agency review and reorganization
• Assemble and deploy a new political appointee team
• Reform Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) to focus on limiting criteria and hazardous air pollutants
• Implement cross-cutting reforms across all OAR offices
• Revise National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and related programs
• Remove or revise climate change-related programs and regulations
• Reform mobile source regulations
• Reform air permitting processes
• Revise regulations under Clean Air Act Sections 111 and 112
• Update radiation standards
• Restructure OAR personnel and budget
• Reform Office of Water (OW) policies and regulations
• Establish new policies for water-related regulations
• Restructure Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM)
• Reform Superfund and RCRA programs
• Revise Risk Management Program
• Restructure OLEM personnel and budget
• Reform Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) policies
• Revise chemical and pesticide evaluation and regulation processes
• Reform Office of Research and Development (ORD) and related science activities
• Implement science policy reforms
• Elevate American Indian Office (AIO) to a standalone Assistant Administrator office
• Reform Office of General Counsel (OGC) policies and structure
• Establish policy of legally speaking with one voice across EPA
• Review Environmental Justice and Title VI authority
• Reform Office of Mission Support (OMS), particularly grant programs
• Reform Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)
• Review and streamline travel and reimbursement policies
• Reorganize OCFO personnel structure