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Round 11: Tossup 9

A former employee of this government agency, Brent Efron, compared this agency’s work to “throwing gold bars off the edge” (10[1])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, (10[1])created (10[1])deference to federal experts in interpreting (10[1])unclear laws, (10[2])but was overturned in 2024. (10[1])This government agency plans to rescind a 2009 “endangerment finding” (10[1])as part of (10[1])what Lee Zeldin has called (10[1])the US’s (10[1])“greatest day of deregulation,” including changing NAAQS (10[1])regulations on PM 2.5. For 10 points, what Nixon-era government agency is responsible for enforcing laws like the Clean Air Act? ■END■

ANSWER: Environmental Protection Agency [or EPA]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Andrew HarmsMichigan State AMichigan A1910
Brady HaganOhio State BOhio State A4510
Daniel HuangMichigan CMichigan State B4610
Zac StaplerPittsburghLouisville D5210
Orion BreyLouisville ACWRU A5410
Wyatt JohnsonCWRU BMichigan B5410
Matthew StallCWRU DLouisville B5910
Nishad JoshiKentuckyCWRU C6910
Venkat DasWVU BLouisville C7210
Eric CameronMichigan State CMichigan State D7710
Sewanth PaudelOhio State CMichigan D7910
Agatha DahleWVU AOhio State D8610

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