The Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") is "taking a fresh look" at its authority to prioritize environmental justice.[1] This includes the EPA's "affirmative authority".
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) senses something fishy going on at the Environmental Protection Agency just a week into the Biden administration. It appears that EPA Principal Deputy General Counsel Melissa Hoffer asked the DOJ to place a hold on EPA-related litigation via a letter on January 21. In a letter of her own to the EPA Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office Comptroller General, Blackburn is calling for an investigation into Hoffer s potential ethics violations.
One day into the job, EPA’s new leadership is already running afoul of the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Today I referred EPA official Melissa Hoffer to EPA IG and GAO to investigate potential violations of ethics rules and the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. pic.twitter.com/asJokPFYCS Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) January 25, 2021