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US EPA Opens Door to Waivers for Coronavirus, but Observers Downplay Impact

April 9, 2020 / by

Zack Hale, Ellie Potter, and Jacob Holzman /

S&P Global Market Intelligence

EPN members Cynthia Giles former Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and Stan Meiburg former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting Deputy Administrator, were quoted in this article regarding the impacts of EPA waivers being issued to polluters. 

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