A big part of President Donald Trump's plans to make America great again is a substantial reduction of the regulatory burden that hampers choice, innovation, and prosperity for American businesses and consumers.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is fully on board with that plan, as evidenced by his recent launch of the "biggest" deregulatory action in the agency's history, according to Breitbart.

That includes the rollback or elimination of 31 EPA regulations that constrained domestic energy production, imposed additional costs on American families, or pitted states against each other instead of encouraging cooperation.

EPA to repeal or rollback 31 costly and burdensome regulations

In a Wednesday news release, the EPA's Zeldin announced "31 historic actions" the agency would take that he believed would signify the "greatest and most consequential day of deregulation in U.S. history," and were aligned with President Trump's agenda to "unleash American energy, lower cost of living for Americans, revitalize the American auto industry, restore the rule of law, and give power back to states to make their own decisions."

"Today is the greatest day of deregulation our nation has seen," Zeldin said in a statement. "We are driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion to drive down cost of living for American families, unleash American energy, bring auto jobs back to the U.S., and more."

"Alongside President Trump, we are living up to our promises to unleash American energy, lower costs for Americans, revitalize the American auto industry, and work hand-in-hand with our state partners to advance our shared mission," he added.

Zeldin speaks on EPA deregulation

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart, Administrator Zeldin said of the deregulatory effort's impact, "Undoubtedly, we’re going to be able to create jobs, including inside the American auto sector," and further stated, "We will bring down the cost of living. It’s going to be easier to heat your home, to purchase a vehicle, to operate a business."

"A lot of Americans struggling to make ends meet want common sense back into the federal government, and we’re going to do our part at the EPA," he continued. "So that’s why we made this announcement. It’s a lot of regulatory actions impacting the energy space. We want to make it easier for people to be able to access choice."

"President Trump talks about clean, beautiful coal, and what we’re doing on Wednesday is going to save the coal industry," Zeldin said. "I’ve been told that we’re going after the holy grail of the climate change religion, and I would just say this: that we can protect the environment and grow the economy."

"It’s not a binary choice," he added. "We don’t have to just choose one. The Trump administration chooses both."

Trump is serious about deregulation

President Trump has issued several executive orders since taking office that are at least tangentially related to his goal of relieving the regulatory burden imposed on American businesses and consumers, but arguably none more so than one titled "Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation."

That order directed all department and agency heads to find and eliminate at least 10 existing regulations for each new regulation promulgated and further insisted that the total net costs for any new regulations had to be "significantly less than zero," with some exceptions.

Per the White House, that 10-to-1 deregulation initiative follows and builds upon the success of deregulatory efforts in his first term, when he had similarly called for the elimination of two existing rules for each new regulation but in actuality achieved a deregulation ratio that was more than five to one.

The White House also claimed instant estimated savings of $180 billion for the American people, or around $2,100 per each family of four, from whatever deregulation had already occurred earlier this month, though there is still a ways to go as it was also estimated that the Biden-Harris administration added more than $1.8 trillion in new regulatory costs over four years, or around an additional $21,000 in costs for the average family of four.