Letter of Support for David M. Uhlmann

A coalition of environmental groups and former EPA staff request the Senate's confirmation of David M. Uhlmann to lead EPA enforcement, citing a sharp decline in environmental law enforcement between 2018 and 2021.

• Environmental law enforcement at the USEPA declined significantly between 2018 and 2021 compared to the 2002-2017 average, with inspections, criminal investigations, civil cases, criminal charges, and cleanup funds all decreasing by approximately 50%.
• The decline in EPA enforcement is attributed to political indifference or hostility and budget cuts that reduced the enforcement workforce by more than 22% since President George W. Bush's second term.
• Specific performance metrics from 2018-2021 show a 46% drop in annual average civil inspections (from 18,755 to 10,110) and an 83% drop in criminal fines and restitutions (from 407 million to 70 million dollars).
• David Uhlmann, a Professor of Environmental Law at the University of Michigan and former Chief of the U.S. Department of Justice's Environmental Crimes Section (2000-2007), has received broad bipartisan support for his nomination.
• The nomination of David Uhlmann has been pending for over ten months, having been first nominated on June 23, 2021, and renominated on January 4, 2022.

APA

Earthjustice (2022). Letter of Support for David M. Uhlmann. https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/letter_of_support_david_uhlmann_epa_enforcement_nominee_5.4.2022.pdf

Chicago

Earthjustice. Letter of Support for David M. Uhlmann. 2022. https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/letter_of_support_david_uhlmann_epa_enforcement_nominee_5.4.2022.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{earthjustice2022letter, author = {{Earthjustice}}, title = {{Letter of Support for David M. Uhlmann}}, publisher = {Earthjustice}, year = {2022}, month = may, url = {https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/letter_of_support_david_uhlmann_epa_enforcement_nominee_5.4.2022.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }