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

ANSWER: Environmental Protection Agency [or EPA]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Jack PirosIllinois OrangeIllinois Champaign4910
Trenton BurgessIndiana APurdue C5010
Davis JohnsonPurdue AIllinois Blue5610
Ethan SkolnickWashU GrolarsChicago A5910
Mica OestreichIllinois CanadaChicago B5910
Colette GiezentannerWashU GrizzlersPurdue B8210
Luke BromleyIndiana BPurdue D9010
Samarth MajmudarIllinois UrbanaWilliam Woods University A9610
Austin TranRose-Hulman AIowa A10310

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