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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])

ANSWER: Environmental Protection Agency [or EPA]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Mai HöglundClaremont BUCLA C5410
Sarah SilvermanClaremont CUCLA A56-5
Kevin HendargoUCSD AUCLA D59-5
Katherine MackUC IrvineUSC B68-5
Jas WangUCLA FUCLA E6810
Winston ZuoUC Santa BarbaraUCLA B9310
Delilah BrumerUCLA AClaremont C9810
Vivian FanClaremont AUCSD B9910
Vivienne RuemlerUSC BUC Irvine10110
Shreyansh SatapurthyUCLA DUCSD A10810

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Northern CaliforniaUS1100%0%77.00
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%43%88.71
Eastern Canada (1)US5100%20%90.40
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%33%101.78
FloridaUS1100%0%59.00
Great LakesUS12100%0%59.33
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%22%88.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS1292%8%72.18
MidwestUS9100%0%71.56
NorthUS1100%0%48.00
NortheastUS12100%25%77.42
PacificUS9100%0%79.56
South CentralUS4100%0%77.25
SoutheastUS13100%15%85.15
Upstate NYUS5100%0%72.00