Lee Zeldin visits Nevada on 50-state tour

Lee Zeldin said on September 1 that he was in Nevada as part of a 50-state tour for the Environmental Protection Agency, using the visit to promote the Trump administration’s regulatory and economic agenda. In a post on X, the EPA administrator said officials were advancing the agency’s “Great American Comeback” package and shared photos from the state. The post tagged Nevada Republican officials and EPA staff, according to the social post cited in the source briefing. EPA materials show Nevada has already been a recurring stop on Zeldin’s travel schedule this year as he has tied site visits to permitting, energy, water and redevelopment issues. ### What was Zeldin doing in Nevada on September 1? Lee Zeldin said on September 1 that the Nevada stop was part of a 50-state swing and framed it as a push for jobs and regulatory reform, according to the X post referenced in the source briefing. The post said officials were advancing the “Great American Comeback” agenda package and included photos from the trip. EPA has used similar language in other state visits this year. (epa.gov) A July 10 EPA release on Zeldin’s Ohio trip said he was advancing pillars of the agency’s “Powering the Great American Comeback Initiative” while meeting manufacturers, energy executives and state officials. ### What is the “Powering the Great American Comeback” plan? The EPA announced the “Powering the Great American Comeback” initiative on February 4, 2025, describing it as the framework for the agency’s work “over the first 100 days and beyond.” The plan includes five pillars, among them clean air, land and water, energy dominance, permitting reform and cross-agency partnership, according to the agency’s release. (epa.gov) Zeldin said in that February 2025 announcement that businesses should be able to invest in the United States without “years-long, uncertain, and costly permitting processes.” The same release said the initiative was meant to pair EPA’s statutory mission with economic growth under President Donald Trump and Zeldin. (epa.gov) ### Why does Nevada keep showing up on Zeldin’s itinerary? EPA said on April 22 that Zeldin had already completed a three-day, six-stop Nevada swing earlier this year. That trip included visits to Symphony Park, described by EPA as Las Vegas’s largest brownfields site, Switch Data Centers, a Chamber of Commerce roundtable, the America First Center brownfields site in Henderson, and Las Vegas Wash with the Southern Nevada Water Authority. (epa.gov) The April release shows the issues Zeldin has emphasized in Nevada: redevelopment of contaminated land, data-center growth, food-waste programs, business permitting concerns and water management tied to Lake Mead. EPA said the Las Vegas Wash discussion focused on water quality and water levels, while the Switch visit included discussion of water reuse technologies and data-center expansion. (epa.gov) ### How does this fit with Zeldin’s broader travel strategy? EPA said after Zeldin’s first year in office that he had fulfilled a pledge to visit all 50 states after his January 29, 2025 Senate confirmation. Agency materials described the travel as a way to hear directly from communities and inform EPA policy decisions. (epa.gov) A July 2026 EPA release on Ohio shows how the agency has paired those trips with specific policy messages. In Ohio, Zeldin promoted PFAS disposal guidance, domestic manufacturing and what the EPA called “deregulatory, pro-growth policies,” while appearing with Senator Jon Husted, Congressman Dave Taylor and Ohio EPA Director John Logue. (content.govdelivery.com) ### What comes next after the Nevada stop? EPA releases indicate Zeldin’s state visits are typically followed by agency write-ups, local media coverage and additional posts on his X account. The clearest public roadmap remains the February 4, 2025 “Powering the Great American Comeback” framework and subsequent EPA state-trip releases, which the agency has used to document stops in Nevada, Ohio and other states. (epa.gov 1) (epa.gov 2)