Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)

Digital permitting, emissions and water-data APIs, remote sensing for enforcement triage, and grant dashboards that show environmental outcomes.

States, small businesses, communities, and permit applicants face complex learning costs; plain-language guidance and shared data can reduce burden without weakening standards.

EPA overlaps with Interior, USDA, Army Corps, DOE, NOAA, and states. Shared permitting records reduce repetitive review while preserving each legal standard.

Do not cut monitoring, science, or enforcement capacity and call it streamlining; polluted communities pay the shifted cost.

Make EPA faster by making evidence reusable: digital permits, risk-based inspections, transparent cleanup milestones, and grant reporting tied to measured air, water, and toxic-risk outcomes.