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” 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, but was overturned in 2024. This government agency plans to rescind a 2009 “endangerment 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, 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
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | TUH | Conv. % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | US | 1 | 100% | 0% | 77.00 |
| Southern California | US | 7 | 100% | 43% | 88.71 |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | 5 | 100% | 20% | 90.40 |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | 9 | 100% | 33% | 101.78 |
| Florida | US | 1 | 100% | 0% | 59.00 |
| Great Lakes | US | 12 | 100% | 0% | 59.33 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | 9 | 100% | 22% | 88.00 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | 12 | 92% | 8% | 72.18 |
| Midwest | US | 9 | 100% | 0% | 71.56 |
| North | US | 1 | 100% | 0% | 48.00 |
| Northeast | US | 12 | 100% | 25% | 77.42 |
| Pacific | US | 9 | 100% | 0% | 79.56 |
| South Central | US | 4 | 100% | 0% | 77.25 |
| Southeast | US | 13 | 100% | 15% | 85.15 |
| Upstate NY | US | 5 | 100% | 0% | 72.00 |