Round 10: Tossup 9

A former employee of this government agency, Brent Efron, compared this agency’s work to “throwing gold bars off the edge” on a Tinder date in a clip since used to justify investigations of it. A 1980s ruling supporting this government agency, then led by Anne Gorsuch, created deference to federal experts in interpreting unclear laws, (10[1])but was (-5[1])overturned in 2024. (-5[1])This government agency plans to rescind a 2009 “endangerment (10[1]-5[1])finding” as part of what Lee Zeldin has called the US’s “greatest day of deregulation,” including changing NAAQS regulations on PM 2.5. For 10 points, (10[1])what Nixon-era government agency is (10[1])responsible (10[1])for enforcing (10[1])laws like the Clean Air Act? ■END■ (10[1])

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