EPA Announces Next Phase of Organizational Improvements to Better Fulfill Statutory Obligations to Deliver Clean Air, Land, and Water to All Americans, Modernize Mission Support

July 17, 2025 

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EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov)

WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the next phase of organizational improvements at the agency to better fulfill statutory obligations and provide clean air, water, and land for all Americans and modernize mission support. These workforce changes impact the Office of Mission Support, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, and Office of Land and Emergency Management. 

“These structural changes reinforce EPA’s unwavering commitment to fulfill its statutory obligations and uphold fiscal responsibility. By partnering our operations and mission support services, we can deliver results for American communities while remaining good stewards of taxpayer dollars,” said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.  

This action is the latest part of EPA’s comprehensive reorganization efforts to address agency inefficiencies by delivering organizational improvements to personnel structure that directly benefit the American people and improve EPA’s ability to fulfill its core mission while powering the Great American Comeback. 

The new Office of Finance and Administration creates a streamlined, one-stop-shop for all financial and administrative operations. This will create new efficiencies and improve coordination of EPA's facilities and other critical assets nationwide, acquisition activities (contracts), grants management, human capital, information technology, and information management activities. It will also improve communication within the agency, Congressional committees and staff, and other government organizations that conduct oversight or assessments. This will help ensure the agency is being a good steward of tax dollars. 

Changes to the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance will better address pollution problems that impact American communities by re-aligning enforcement with the law to deliver economic prosperity and ensure compliance with agency regulations. 

Updates to the Office of Land and Emergency Management will better equip the agency to swiftly and efficiently fulfill statutory obligations like preventing contamination, cleaning up and returning land to productive use, and responding to emergencies. 

Phase One of EPA’s reorganization efforts established a first-of-its-kind Office of State Air Partnerships within the Office of Air and Radiation, implemented changes to the Office of Water to better align regulatory actions with the science that underpins it, created the Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions, and added support to the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention to work on the backlog of new chemicals and pesticides, among many other improvements.