Eliminate stand-alone OECA; return enforcement to media offices
Mandate eliminates the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance as stand-alone, returns enforcement to air/water/land offices, and reframes enforcement as compliance-first rather than extrastatutory objectives—plus regional air enforcement needing OAR approval.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 13 (EPA) — Reorganization: return enforcement and compliance function to media offices and eliminate stand-alone Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance; use enforcement to ensure compliance, not achieve extrastatutory objectives; require regional air offices to get OAR approval before enforcement actions.
Undo plan
1) Keep independent enforcement office to avoid capture by program offices that write weak permits.
2) Restore compliance assistance without gutting penalty deterrence for serious violations.
3) Limit political pre-approval that chills regional cases.
4) Publish enforcement priorities tied to statutory programs.
5) Verify: inspection counts, penalty severity, and recidivism.