EPA Tradeoff: No link

1. Our plan actually dedicates enough funding and manpower to the EPA to complete our
mandate rather than draining EPAs resources
2. It’s not a zero sum game – expansion is possible.
Owen 18 – Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Scholarly Publications who teaches courses in environmental, water, land use, energy, and
administrative law. (Dave; Published: September 2018; “Environmental Law: Little Streams and Legal Transformations”; The Judge’s Book, Volume 2, Article 11;
Accessed: July 12, 2021; https://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=judgesbook)//CYang

The third lesson is broader, encompassing the meaning of stream protections for the larger history of environmental law. Many contemporary accounts of that history portray environmental law as a stagnant field dominated by
zero-sum conflicts, with passive, sclerotic, and sometimes captured agencies stuck between the warring environmental and industry camps. Key elements of the stream protection story are intriguingly inconsistent with these
narratives. This is decidedly not a story of stagnation; environmental protection has expanded, dramatically, and is becoming more sophisticated. Nor is it simply a story of heavily politicized policymaking – through the politics of
stream protection are intense – or of captured agencies. Many changes in protection emanated from relatively conservative regions of the country, often through agency-led policy innovations, and major
developments occurred under Republican presidential administrations. Nor, finally, is it
simply a story of zero-sum conflict.
While the scope of regulatory protections has expanded, federal agencies used techniques like general
permitting and compensatory mitigation to make their expansions more palatable for regulated entities. They also drew
upon the growing experience of regulators, regulated entities, mitigation bankers, and consulting firms, to make
regulation more efficient even as its scope has grown.

EPA Tradeoff: No Internal Link --- Climate Change

3. No Internal Link: Emission regulations are already here and they aren’t
working
Reese Oxner, 20, (Reese Oxner, 12-28-2020, 6-22-2021, NPR.org, <
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/28/950863508/u-s-implementing-1st-ever-airplane-emission-rules-
critics-say-theyre-ineffective > Blucas
The U.S. is regulating greenhouse gas emissions from commercial aircraft for the first time. But critics are saying the rules will be ineffective. The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday the rules are being finalized after first
being made public in July. The rules — modeled after international standards — require aircraft manufacturers to use fuel-efficient engines that release less heat-trapping carbon dioxide. They require all new aircraft sold to

commercial airlines to meet the requirements by 2028. The EPA acknowledges many already do. EPA is not projecting emissions reductions as a result of
the rules, according to Reuters. The agency also does not believe the rules "will cause manufacturers to make
technical improvements to their airplanes that would not have occurred" already. The rules, when proposed,
helped the U.S. avoid a lawsuit that would have compelled the government to regulate aircraft emissions anyway, according to the New York

Times. Commercial aircraft make up about 3% of the country's overall greenhouse gas emissions , and before the

reduction in travel caused by the pandemic their share was growing. Unlike other industries, aircraft emissions have not been regulated until now. Airlines for America, an industry advocacy group, applauded the new standards in July when they were first proposed. Nancy Young,
environmental affairs vice president, said in a statement the rules are "good for our industry, for our country and for the world." Boeing, one of the world's largest manufacturers of commercial aircraft, said the rules would be a "major step forward for protecting the environment and

supporting sustainable growth of commercial aviation and the United States economy." Environmentalists say the move largely maintains the status quo — doing nothing in the fight against climate change. And 11 U.S. states agreed. They urged the Environmental Protection Agency in October to strengthen the

emissions standards, saying they would do little — if anything — to reduce overall emissions.
Environmental Defense Fund international counsel Annie Petsonk called it a "do-nothing rule." "This rule is especially
infuriating because there are effective ways for the aviation industry to modernize and decarbonize ,"
said Liz Jones, an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity's Climate Law Institute, in a statement Monday. "What we desperately need are technology-forcing standards to get the industry on track." Jones called for President-
elect Joe Biden to implement stricter environmental aviation regulations when his administration takes office. "This is another industry handout," Jones said, "from an administration that's hell-bent on hamstringing efforts to tackle
the climate crisis and maintain a livable planet."
 Solvency

1. There isn't a lack of staff, and the EPA is already hiring

Lee, Bloomberg Law, 20
(Stephen, 11-17-20, Bloomberg Law, “Help Wanted at EPA, But Swift Hiring Remains a Question Mark”,
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/help-wanted-at-epa-but-swift-hiring-remains-a-question-mark,
Accessed 7-15-21, MLiao)
No Lack of Candidates
NRDC’s McCarthy and Kelly said they’re confident the incoming Biden administration won’t be at a loss for candidates. “All sorts of experienced individuals that were deeply disheartened by
the Trump EPA—I think they will come flocking back to do responsible work,” said Kelly, now vice president of government relations at Ceres, a nonprofit founded by investors and
environmentalists. The Biden team should also prioritize minority hiring, said Ruth Greenspan Bell, a former managing attorney at the EPA’s Office of General Counsel who started in the Carter
administration and served through the Clinton administration. The website for potential political posts within the Biden administration includes questions about gender and race. “If you don’t
have those perspectives, you miss a lot,” said Bell, now a public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. “When you have more people at the table with different
perspectives, the research shows that you come up with more creative, interesting, and effective answers.” Some Already Hiring EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has spoken often about

the need to hire new staff, as well as the challenges the agency faces in recruiting and retaining a qualified workforce. In some cases, the agency is already moving
to bring more people on board. For example, the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
recently hired 18 scientists to support the implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act in
Research Triangle Park, N.C., and is trying to fill more than 50 positions at its Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics, according to an agency spokesman. Nevertheless, Trump’s fiscal 2021 budget request to Congress asked to pare staffing even further, to 12,610. Once new people are hired, the coronavirus pandemic that has kept workers at home could paradoxically make it easier to quickly build
relationships with career staff, because “everyone is so used to working from home now,” said Kevin Minoli, who worked at the EPA from 2000 to 2018. Establishing personal relationships between the new political leadership and the rank and file is one of the least-appreciated parts of a
transition, said Minoli, now a partner at Alston & Bird LLP. “Everybody’s new; everybody is going to be measuring everybody up for a while,” he said. “So the team that comes in, in that first 100 days, the most important thing they can do is build that relationship and trust, and get the
workforce on their side.” [Note: NRDC = National Resources Defense Council, McCarthy = Gina McCarthy, led the EPA under Barack Obama, Kelly = Anne Kelly, former special assistant to EPA Region 1 under Bill Clinton. MLiao]

2. There is no shortage of workers and positions are filling rapidly

“It’s a Good Jobs Shortage: The Real Reason so Many Workers Are Quitting.” Center for American
Progress, 7 Dec. 2021, www.americanprogress.org/article/its-a-good-jobs-shortage-the-real-reason-so-
many-workers-are-quitting/.
Despite concerns about a shortage of workers, employment is growing quickly, especially
relative to previous recessions. Since January 2021, 5.9 million jobs have been added, but the
economy has still only regained about 83 percent of the jobs lost during the initial stages of
the pandemic.
 A2 Harmful to the environment

1. Talks about Ex situ for soil

2. Bioremediation is completely safe
US EPA “A Citizen’s Guide to Bioremediation, What Is Bioremediation?” , 2012
www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-04/documents/a_citizens_guide_to_bioremediation.pdf. Accessed
31 Aug. 2021.
Bioremediation relies on microbes that live naturally in soil and groundwater . These microbes
pose no threat to people at the site or in the community. Microbes added to the site for
bioaugmentation typically die off once contamination and the conditions needed for
bioremediation are gone. The chemicals added to stimulate bioremediation are safe. For
example, the nutrients added to make microbes grow are commonly used on lawns and
gardens, and only enough nutrients to promote bioremediation are added . To ensure that the
treatment is working and to measure progress, samples of soil and groundwater are tested
regularly.

Bioremediation is effective in cold weather.

Sharma 21, Indu. “Bioremediation Techniques for Polluted Environment: Concept, Advantages, Limitations,
and Prospects.” Trace Metals in the Environment - New Approaches and Recent Advances, 7 Jan. 2021,
www.intechopen.com/chapters/70661, 10.5772/intechopen.90453. Accessed 15 Jan. 2022.

Microorganisms play an important role on nutritional chains that are important part of the biological balance in life.
Bioremediation involves the removal of the contaminated materials with the help of
bacteria, fungi, algae and yeast. Microbes can grow at below zero temperature as well as
extreme heat in the presence of hazardous compounds or any waste stream. The two
characters of microbes are adaptability and biological system made them suitable for remediation process [2]. Carbon is the main
requirement for microbial activity. Bioremediation process was carried out by microbial consortium in different environments. These
microorganisms comprise Achromobacter, Arthrobacter, Alcaligenes, Bacillus, Corynebacterium, Pseudomonas, Flavobacterium,
Mycobacterium, Nitrosomonas, Xanthobacter, etc. [3].

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