{"id":961,"date":"2019-11-25T20:58:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T20:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosen-testing.senate.gov\/2019\/11\/25\/rosen-sends-letter-to-epa-demanding-answers-on-las-vegas-office-closure\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T20:24:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T20:24:08","slug":"rosen-sends-letter-to-epa-demanding-answers-on-las-vegas-office-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2019\/11\/25\/rosen-sends-letter-to-epa-demanding-answers-on-las-vegas-office-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosen Sends Letter to EPA Demanding Answers on Las Vegas Office Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>LAS VEGAS, NV<\/strong> \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following a recent announcement that it would end operations at its Las Vegas Finance Center (LVFC) on March 21, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am troubled by the EPA\u2019s decision to close the Las Vegas Finance Center, particularly given that Congress has not appropriated funds for the EPA to consolidate or close any of its regional offices,\u201d <strong>wrote Senator Rosen.<\/strong> \u201cMoreover, neither the Las Vegas Finance Center\u2019s employees nor Congress have been appropriately consulted or informed of the EPA\u2019s decision-making process. It also has come to my attention that the EPA has not answered the majority of questions from current LVFC staff surrounding the proposed closure. Therefore, I respectfully request that you provide me with written answers to the following questions: 1.What is the EPA\u2019s intent and purpose for consolidating the Las Vegas Finance Center? 2. Who approved this consolidation? 3. Why is the Agency circumventing Congress\u2019s reprogramming and reorganizing requirements that prevent it from consolidating the Center? 4. Has the EPA approved the use of internal appropriations for the Center\u2019s consolidation? &nbsp;5. If the costs of operations was a factor in proposing closure, was LVFC management given the opportunity to prepare a plan that would decrease costs and manpower, allowing the office to continue operations? 6. Why was the Nevada Congressional Delegation not consulted in advance of the EPA\u2019s announcement? Did the EPA consult with other local stakeholders or impacted communities before making its decision to close a facility where 16 Nevadans work?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full text of the letter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/sites\/default\/files\/2019-11\/Rosen letter to EPA on Las Vegas Finance Center office closure.pdf\/\">aqu\u00ed<\/a> and below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear Administrator Wheeler,<\/p>\n<p>I write to express my concerns with the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) recent announcement that it would end operations at its Las Vegas Finance Center (LVFC) on March 21, 2020. This proposed closure would jeopardize the job security and livelihoods of 16 dedicated Nevada employees, as well as their families and local communities. The misguided decision to shutter this well-performing facility follows two other Las Vegas EPA office closures in 2017 and 2018, &nbsp;affecting approximately 70 career EPA employees in Southern Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, the EPA\u2019s Las Vegas Finance Center fulfills funding and monitors payments for critical EPA grants across the nation, including in Nevada. The 16 employees at this office &#8211; some of whom have worked and lived in Las Vegas for over thirty years &#8211; serve the Agency\u2019s mission to protect human health and the environment by tracking and conducting diligent review of taxpayer resources and ensuring that the EPA\u2019s finances are well managed and responsibly utilized.<\/p>\n<p>I am troubled by the EPA\u2019s decision to close the Las Vegas Finance Center, particularly given that Congress has not appropriated funds for the EPA to consolidate or close any of its regional offices. Moreover, neither the Las Vegas Finance Center\u2019s employees nor Congress have been appropriately consulted or informed of the EPA\u2019s decision-making process. It also has come to my attention that the EPA has not answered the majority of questions from current LVFC staff surrounding the proposed closure. Therefore, I respectfully request that you provide me with written answers to the following questions:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n1. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; What is the EPA\u2019s intent and purpose for consolidating the Las Vegas Finance Center?&nbsp;<br \/>\n2. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Who approved this consolidation?<br \/>\n3. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Why is the Agency circumventing Congress\u2019s reprogramming and reorganizing requirements that prevent it from consolidating the Center?<br \/>\n4. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Has the EPA approved the use of internal appropriations for the Center\u2019s consolidation?&nbsp;<br \/>\n5. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; If the costs of operations was a factor in proposing closure, was LVFC management given the opportunity to prepare a plan that would decrease costs and manpower, allowing the office to continue operations?<br \/>\n6. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Why was the Nevada Congressional Delegation not consulted in advance of the EPA\u2019s announcement? Did the EPA consult with other local stakeholders or impacted communities before making its decision to close a facility where 16 Nevadans work?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to your swift response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS, NV \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following a recent announcement that it would end operations at its Las Vegas Finance Center (LVFC) on March 21, 2020. \u201cI am troubled by the EPA\u2019s decision to close the Las Vegas Finance Center, particularly given [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press_release","tag-environment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rosen Sends Letter to EPA Demanding Answers on Las Vegas Office Closure - 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