author

Mandy M. Gunasekara

Mandy M. Gunasekara of Oxford, Mississippi, is a principal at Section VII Strategies, a Senior Policy Analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum, and Visiting Fellow in the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment at The Heritage Foundation. During the Trump Administration, Mandy served as the Chief of Staff at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as well as Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation. She previously served in numerous roles at the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, including as Majority Counsel for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee under Chairman Jim Inhofe. She received her BA from Mississippi College and her JD from the University of Mississippi School of Law.

Bylined chapters

• 13. Environmental Protection Agency

Major recommendations in those chapters

1. 13 · 421 Eliminate the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights Not started
2. 13 · 421 Eliminate the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance Not started
3. 13 · 422 Issue a Day One executive order reorganizing EPA with pause-and-review teams Day one Not started
4. 13 · 422 Stay and repropose existing major EPA rules and guidance Not started
5. 13 · 422 Downsize EPA by terminating newest hires in low-value programs Not started
6. 13 · 422 Cut EPA costs, FTEs, and duplicative programs via a tiered-down budget Not started
7. 13 · 425 Return the air standard-setting role to Congress Needs Congress Not started
8. 13 · 425 Update the 2009 endangerment finding on a deadline Not started
9. 13 · 426 Set greenhouse gas car standards under Department of Transportation leadership Not started
10. 13 · 426 Restrict California's Clean Air Act waiver to California-specific issues Not started
11. 13 · 429 Repeal and reissue WOTUS and CWA Section 401 regulations Not started
12. 13 · 429 Issue a WOTUS rule codifying the Rapanos definition of navigable waters Needs Congress Not started
13. 13 · 431 Revisit the CERCLA hazardous substance designation for PFAS Not started
14. 13 · 436 Eliminate the social cost of carbon and RCP 8.5 as regulatory inputs Day one Not started
15. 13 · 437 Eliminate unauthorized ORD programs including IRIS Not started
16. 13 · 439 Use the Congressional Review Act to disapprove EPA regulations Needs Congress Not started
17. 13 · 439 Repeal or reform the Global Change Research Act of 1990 Needs Congress Not started
18. 13 · 441 Redefine Environmental Justice and review EPA's Title VI authority Not started

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