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Lee ZeldinRepublican

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency · United States · in this role since 2025

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Current role · Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency · United States

1 tracked promise

ActionOverWords Index tracks 1 promise by Lee Zeldin as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, United States: 1 compromise. The AOW Score (0 to 100, based on 1 tracked promise) is 60. It is listed below with its sources.

1 compromise

CompromiseEnergy & environment

Address PFAS ("forever chemicals") contamination and protect drinking water.

A genuinely mixed record. EPA announced a broad PFAS action plan in April 2025, kept the enforceable Biden-era limits on the two best-studied compounds (PFOA and PFOS), and later announced nearly $1 billion for small and rural water systems to address contamination. But the agency also proposed extending utility compliance deadlines from 2029 to 2031, rescinded limits on four other PFAS compounds entirely, terminated more than $15 million in PFAS research grants, and cut the Clean Water State Revolving Fund — the main mechanism for removing PFAS from drinking water — by 90% in its budget request. Zeldin has repeatedly requested delays in the court case over the Superfund liability designation he says he supports. Real action on some fronts, real rollback on others, by the agency’s own hand.

Earlier offices

U.S. House · New York 1st (2015–2023)

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How to read this page. Each status is ActionOverWords' assessment based on the sources listed. A listed promise needs sources from at least three distinct publishers, including at least one primary record. The AOW Score averages a person's tracked promises: Completed 100, Compromise 60, In progress 40, Stalled 15, Not started 0, Broken 0. Full methodology and the interactive tracker.