Official U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visitor logs reviewed by Beyond Plastics show that 16 representatives of the plastics and fossil fuel industries — from such companies as ExxonMobil, Dow, LyondellBasell, and SABIC, as well as three representatives from the Plastics Industry Association — visited EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., over a two-day period on February 10 and 11, 2026. The visits come as the Trump administration has moved to weaken federal environmental rules, raising questions about corporate access to — and influence over — the nation's top environmental regulator.