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

ANSWER: Environmental Protection Agency [or EPA]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Ritwik SharmaArizona State AWashington Steelhead2210
Vishnu SharmaTexasWashington Pink5210
Lola MaasWashington CohoAlberta B7310
Luke HoutzArizona State BWashington State7910
George MatsumuraWashington ChumAlberta A9010
Anya SrinivasanWashington AtlanticBoise State9510
Andy LiuBritish Columbia ABritish Columbia C9710
Henry Rutherford-BraunBritish Columbia BWashington Sockeye10010
Haylee WeisnerWashington MasuWashington Chinook10810

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