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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 (10[1])agency, then led by Anne Gorsuch, (-5[1])created (10[1])deference to federal experts in interpreting unclear laws, (10[1])but was overturned in 2024. This government agency plans to rescind a 2009 “endangerment (10[1])finding” as (10[1])part of what Lee Zeldin has called (10[1])the US’s (10[3])“greatest day of deregulation,” including changing NAAQS regulations on PM 2.5. For 10 points, what Nixon-era (10[1])government agency is responsible for enforcing laws like the Clean Air Act? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Environmental Protection Agency [or EPA]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Margaret WithersGeorge Mason BPenn3910
Abhinav MadamanchiNYU BColumbia A45-5
Tanmay MirashiMaryland CMaryland A4610
Zaid AsifNYU AMaryland B5410
Vihaan JimPrincetonRutgers B6810
Jack MarguilesStony BrookJohns Hopkins7010
Matthew BucekGeorge Mason ARutgers A7710
Alex GrigoriadesLehigh ALehigh B7910
Aidan DrainNYU CRowan7910
Eli YoungVassar ARutgers D7910
Nico LottoVassar BGeorge Mason C9510
Mackenzie TottColumbia ANYU B1080
Neal TandonColumbia BRutgers C10810

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