The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fired nearly 400 employees after a directive from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The EPA told The Hill in a written statement that it has “terminated” 388 probationary employees — meaning workers who started working at the agency within the past year.

EPA has fired hundreds of its employees, many of whom are just starting their careers at the agency, as the Trump administration pares down the federal workforce. The staffers let go by EPA were on “probationary” status,