Entity DossierGovernment Body

Environmental Protection Agency

Tracked receipts exceed tracked giving by

$89,500

Federal agency responsible for environmental protection. Under Administrator Lee Zeldin (2025-), has pursued deregulatory agenda including rollbacks of emissions standards and PFAS rules.

Tracked direct giving

Tracked donations to candidate

$89,500

Connections

111

The Money Trail

How money flowed to Environmental Protection Agency

$300K

15 transactions across 3 counterparties

AMERICAN SECURITY PAC directed $250K to Environmental Protection Agency across 5 contributions. AMERICAN SECURITY PAC advocates for GENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (S.394).

Mar 2023pac→ GENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Inno… no recorded vote

Amazon PAC directed $35K to Environmental Protection Agency across 7 contributions. Amazon PAC advocates for GENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (S.394).

Aug 2024pac→ GENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Inno… no recorded vote

American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC) directed $15K to Environmental Protection Agency across 3 contributions. American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC) advocates for Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (H.R.8034).

Nov 2023pac→ Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (H… no recorded vote

$300K tracked across 3 counterparties·8 policy outcomes

Connected Government Contracts

Companies that Environmental Protection Agency holds stock in, is employed by, or receives donations from may also receive government contracts. The connections below show which companies have federal awards.

Received donations from

AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC

Received donations from affiliated PAC/entity

No contracts found

Received donations from

National Corn Growers Association (NCGA)

Received donations from affiliated PAC/entity

No contracts found

Received donations from

GROWTH ENERGY INC

Received donations from affiliated PAC/entity

No contracts found

Received donations from

American Bankers Association (ABA)

Received donations from affiliated PAC/entity

No contracts found

Stock disclosures from Senate EFD / House Financial Disclosures. Contract data from USASpending.gov. Connection does not imply wrongdoing.

Recent News

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Regulatory Capture Assessment

Regulatory capture occurs when a regulatory agency advances the interests of the industry it is meant to oversee. The indicators below track evidence of capture for this agency. According to the academic literature (Stigler 1971, Carpenter & Moss 2013), captured agencies exhibit declining enforcement, revolving door personnel pipelines, and rule-making that favors incumbents over public interest.

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Donations Received

Donor	Amount	Date	Cycle
AMERICAN SECURITY PAC	$50,000	Mar 9, 2023	2024
FRIENDS OF DAVE JOYCE	$10,000	Sep 29, 2023	2024
FREE STATE PAC	$5,000	Jul 19, 2024	2024
RESPONSIBILITY AND FREEDOM WORK PAC (RFWPAC)	$5,000	Jun 3, 2024	2024
Growth Energy PAC	$5,000	Sep 5, 2024	2024
American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC)	$5,000	Nov 28, 2023	2024
Amazon PAC	$5,000	Aug 12, 2024	2024
National Corn Growers Association PAC (Corn PAC)	$2,500	Sep 25, 2024	2024
JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESS	$2,000	Jul 8, 2024	2024

Relationships

Type	Connected To	Details	Source
issued_rule	No-Migration Variance From Land Disposal Restrictions for Clean Harbors Grassy Mountain, Utah	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Deadline Extensions	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Regulation of Fuels, Fuel Additives, and Regulated Blendstocks	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; South Carolina; Second Planning Period Regional Haze Plan	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Petition To Delist Hazardous Air Pollutant: 2-Butoxyethyl Benzoate (2-BEB)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Delegation of Authority to Louisiana	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Thiamethoxam; Pesticide Tolerances	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval: Arizona: Infrastructure Requirements for the 2012 Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standard	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	New Source Performance Standards; Delegation of Authority to Oklahoma	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Flupyradifurone; Pesticide Tolerance for Emergency Exemption	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	SpCas9 Protein; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Receipt of Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities-October 2025	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Receipt of Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities-August 2025	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Single Source VOC RACT Order for Hutchinson Sealing Systems	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Virginia; Amendment to the State Operating Permit for GP Big Island, LLC	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Moderate Attainment Plan Elements for the Allegan County, Berrien County, and Muskegon County Areas for the 2015 Ozone Standard	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; Plan Submittals for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	No-Migration Variance From Land Disposal Restrictions for Clean Harbors Lone Mountain, Oklahoma	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; California; San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department; Volatile Organic Compounds and Particulate Matter; Solvent Cleaning; Architectural Coatings; Incinerators, Burn-Off Ovens, and Crematories	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Carmeuse Lime, Inc. SO2	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; California; South Coast Air Quality Management District	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Arizona; Arizona Department of Environmental Quality; Stationary Source Permits; West Pinal County; PM10	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Disapproval; Ohio; E-Check Attestation Provisions	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; South Carolina; Second Planning Period Regional Haze Plan	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Tennessee; Second Period Regional Haze Plan	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Pesticide Tolerances; Implementing Registration Review Decisions for Certain Pesticides; Atrazine, et al.	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Azoxystrobin; Pesticide Tolerances	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Environmental Protection Agency Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR); Special Contracting Methods; Options; Contracts; Withdrawal	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
issued_rule	Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Extension of an Alternative Closure Requirement Deadline	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks, and Coke Oven Batteries; Rescission of Extension of Compliance Deadlines for Coke Oven Facilities	Repealed or rescinded the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Texas and Oklahoma; Texas Regional Haze Plans for the First and Second Implementation Periods and Five-Year Progress Report; Oklahoma Regional Haze Plan for the First Implementation Period	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review: Extension of Deadlines in Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Receipt of Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities-September 2025	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities Technology Review	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Air Plan Approval; Virginia; Repeal of Existing Stationary Source Regulations	Repealed or rescinded the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; New Source Review Permit Program State Plan Revision	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Montana; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Initial Notification Date Extension; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Reporting Emission Data, Emission Fees, and Process Information	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Emergency Episodes and Ambient Air Quality Standards	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Delegation of Authority to North Carolina and Forsyth County of the Federal Plan for Existing Landfills	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Emergency Episodes and Ambient Air Quality Standards	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Propyzamide; Extension of Tolerance for Emergency Exemption	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Review of National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Secondary Lead Smelting Technology Review; Reopening of Comment Period	Issued the rule.	Source
proposed_rule	EPA Power Plant Emissions Rule (Section 111)	EPA proposed rule: EPA Power Plant Emissions Rule (Section 111)	Source
issued_rule	Finding of Failure To Attain and Reclassification of Tribal Portions of the Greater Connecticut Ozone Nonattainment Area as Serious for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Rhode Island; Decommissioning of Stage II Vapor Recovery Systems	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Approval of the Clean Air Act, Section 112(l), Authority for Hazardous Air Pollutants; State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; Approval of the Clean Air Act Section 502, State Operating Permit Programs, State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Utah; Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah PM2.5 Redesignations to Attainment and Utah State Implementation Plan Revisions	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Maine; Chapter 140: Part 70 Air Emission License Regulation	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS; Michigan State Board Requirements	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS; Michigan State Board Requirements	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Minnesota; Metropolitan Council Wastewater Treatment Plant Title I PM10 SIP Revisions	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Approval and Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans (Negative Declarations) for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; District of Columbia	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Second Maintenance Plan for 2008 Ozone NAAQS	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; New York; Athens Generating Plant	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Operating Permit Program Approval; New Hampshire; Revised Definitions	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Determination of Attainment by the Attainment Date but for International Emissions for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Phoenix-Mesa Nonattainment Area, Arizona	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Minnesota; Exempt Source SIP Revision	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; Ozone Ambient Air Quality Standard and Adhesive and Sealants Regulation Revisions	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; South Carolina; Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill Area Maintenance Plan for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Glufosinate; Pesticide Tolerances	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Isocycloseram; Pesticide Tolerances	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; District of Columbia; Creation of Synthetic Minor Permit Program	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; California; Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District; Stationary Combustion Turbines	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department; Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaning	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Delaware; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plan for the Philadelphia Nonattainment Area	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; AK; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period; Extension of Comment Period	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Arkansas: Incorporation by Reference of Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Program	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Rhode Island; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan for the Second Implementation Period; Prong 4 (Visibility) for the 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Approval and Promulgation of Delegation of Authority for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Allegheny County; Delegation of Authority of the Federal Plan for Existing Sewage Sludge Incineration Units	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; Redesignation Request for the Allegheny County Area for the 2012 Annual Fine Particulate Matter Standard	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Updated Definition of “Waters of the United States”	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fluopyram; Pesticide Tolerances	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; AK, Fairbanks North Star Borough; 2006 24-Hour PM2.5 Serious Area and 189(d) Plan	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; 2014 and 2017 Periodic Emissions Inventory for 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; Redesignation of the Beaver County Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval of the Area's Maintenance Plan for the 2010 1-Hour Primary Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Colorado; Inspection and Maintenance Program Revision	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Montana: Infrastructure Requirements for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Revisions to Part 1 and 2 Rules	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; State of Kansas; Attainment Redesignation for 2008 Lead NAAQS and Associated Maintenance Plan	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Rhode Island; Amendments to Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Extension of Postponement of Effectiveness for Certain Provisions of Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Data Reporting and Recordkeeping Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Revision to Regulation	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; IA, Muscatine; 2010 1-Hour SO2 Maintenance Plan and Redesignation	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Ohio: Proposed Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Arizona; Yuma 2015 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Approval of Source-Specific Air Quality Implementation Plan; New York; Calpine JFK Energy Center	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Texas Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program; Class VI Primacy Application	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; New Jersey; Northern New Jersey and Southern New Jersey Counties' Second 10-Year Limited Maintenance Plan for the 2006 24-Hour PM2.5 Standard	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Vermont; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan for the Second Implementation Period	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the State Implementation Plan for New Source Review Permitting and General SIP Provisions	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	North Dakota: Approval of State Coal Combustion Residuals Permit Program	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; Extension of Transition Period for New Product Schedule Listing	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fluazinam; Pesticide Tolerances	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Various Fragrance Components in Pesticide Formulations; Exemption From the Requirement for a Tolerance	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Technical Amendments to the EPCRA Hazardous Chemical Inventory Reporting Requirements To Conform to the 2024 OSHA Hazard Communication Standard	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Approval of Clean Air Plans; San Joaquin Valley, California; Contingency Measures for 1997 Ozone Standards	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Castor Oil, Polymer With 2-Ethylhexanol, Maleic Anhydride and Soybean Oil, Sodium Salt in Pesticide Formulations: Tolerance Exemption	Issued the rule.	Source
Employs	Chris Wright	Secretary of Energy, influences EPA energy regulations	Source
Targeting	3M Company	3M subject to EPA enforcement on PFAS contamination	Source
Lobbied by	Dow	Dow lobbies EPA on chemical regulations	Source
Lobbied by	Monsanto (Bayer)	Monsanto lobbied EPA on Roundup/glyphosate regulation	Source
Lobbied by	DuPont de Nemours	DuPont lobbies EPA on PFAS and chemical regulations	Source
Lobbied by	AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL	ACC lobbies EPA on chemical safety regulations	Source
Lobbied by	CropLife America	CropLife lobbies EPA on pesticide approvals	Source
Affiliated with	BAKER HUGHES COMPANY	Baker Hughes was formerly a GE company (BHGE), now independent	Source
Overseen by	Senate Environment Committee	Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has jurisdiction over the Environmental Protection Agency	Editorial
Overseen by	House Energy and Commerce Committee	House Energy and Commerce Committee has jurisdiction over the Environmental Protection Agency	Editorial
Employs	Lee Zeldin	Lee Zeldin serves as EPA Administrator since February 2025	Editorial