The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it is cutting the size of its workforce by at least 23% and closing its scientific research office as part of President Donald Trump's broad effort to downsize the federal government.
In January, the EPA had 16,155 employees, and after layoffs and employees taking financial incentives to leave or retire, it will have a workforce of 12,448, the agency said.
The restructuring will save the government $748.8 million, the EPA said.
It did not specify how many of the cuts were related to the planned elimination of its Office of Research and Development, which has about 1,500 employees.
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