Give states the lead and make the EPA a supporting partner
What the document says“EPA should build earnest relationships with state and local officials and assume a more supportive role”
The chapter says the agency should share resources and expertise with states, on the principle that the primary role in making environmental choices belongs to the people who live there. It lists this among six principles for restructuring the agency.
What the document actually says“EPA should build earnest relationships with state and local officials and assume a more supportive role”
The EPA should work closely with states and towns. It should help them rather than lead.
States also protect the environment. The book says they should lead. It says the EPA should help them instead of directing them.
Read against the documents indexed here on August 26, 2026, and nothing was found that answers this. Nothing among the candidates concerns the EPA's relationship with the states. They are orders on exporting the American artificial intelligence stack, on tariff rates, on quantum technology and on the White House Faith Office, plus one lawsuit against EPA whose docket record carries no text. Nothing indexed directs the agency to share resources and expertise with state and local officials or to take a supporting role. That is a record of a search, not a finding that nothing has happened: an act this site does not hold, or one that answers the proposal in words unlike its own, would not be caught by it.