With respect to any matter assigned to ENRD in which the EPA is a party, the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, and such staff as he/she may specifically designate in writing, are authorized to exercise the functions and responsibilities undertaken by the Attorney General in the Memorandum of Understanding dated June 15, 1977, between the Department and the EPA (42 Fed. Reg. 48,942, (Sept. 21, 1977)) and all such litigation must be conducted in accordance with ENRD Directive No. 2024-02, Part I.E.

[Updated August 2024]