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[[Image:EPA Logo.gif|right|thumb|164px|{{#ifexist:Template:EPA Logo.gif/credit|{{EPA Logo.gif/credit}}<br/>|}}The official seal of the the U.S. EPA.<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/history/org/origins/seal.htm The EPA Seal]</ref>]] | |||
[[Image:EPA Building.jpg|right|thumb|300px|{{#ifexist:Template:EPA Building.jpg/credit|{{EPA Building.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}EPA Building in Washington, DC<ref>[http://riverfall.blogspot.com/2007/06/washington-dc-day-3.html The EPA Building]</ref>]] | |||
The '''United States Environmental Protection Agency''' ('''EPA''' or '''U.S. EPA''') is an independent agency of the [[Government of the United States of America]] created by an act of [[Congress]] in 1970 and is part of the executive branch of the government.<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/history/publications/origins5.htm Origins of the EPA: An Environmental Revolution]]</ref><ref>[http://www.epa.gov/history/publications/origins6.htm Origins of the EPA: An Agency For The Environment]]</ref> The primary mission of the EPA is to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment (air, water and land) of the nation.<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/history/ EPA History Home]</ref> | |||
The EPA was established to combine into a single agency many of the existing federal government activities of research and development, monitoring, setting of standards, compliance and enforcement related to protection of the environment. | |||
==Organization of the EPA== | |||
The EPA has a number of departments or divisions as well as ten regional offices:<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/epahome/organization.htm EPA Organizational Structure]</ref> | |||
* Administrator and Deputy Administrator | |||
** Office of the Chief Financial Officer | |||
** Office of the General Counsel | |||
** Office of the Inspector General | |||
* Assistant Administrator for '''''Administration and Resources Management''''' | |||
* Assistant Administrator for '''''Enforcement and Compliance Assurance''''' | |||
* Assistant Administrator for '''''International Affairs''''' | |||
* Assistant Administrator for '''''Environmental Information''''' | |||
* Assistant Administrator for '''''Air and Radiation''''' | |||
* Assistant Administrator for '''''Water''''' | |||
* Assistant Administrator for '''''Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances''''' | |||
* Assistant Administrator for '''''Research and Development''''' | |||
* Assistant Administrator for '''Solid Waste and Energency Response''''' | |||
* Regional offices | |||
** Region 1 (Boston) Serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont & 10 Tribal Nations | |||
** Region 2 (New York) Serving New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and 7 Tribal Nations | |||
** Region 3 (Philadelphia) Serving Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia | |||
** Region 4 (Atlanta) Serving Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and 6 Tribes | |||
** Region 5 (Chicago) Serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and 35 Tribes | |||
** Region 6 (Dallas) Serving Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas and 65 Tribes | |||
** Region 7 (Kansas City) Serving Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and 9 Tribal Nations | |||
** Region 8 (Denver) Serving Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 27 Tribal Nations | |||
** Region 9 (San Francisco) Serving Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands, and Tribal Nations | |||
** Region 10 (Seattle) Serving Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Native Tribes | |||
==Major laws administered by the EPA== | |||
The EPA administers over a dozen major environmental laws including:<ref>[http://www.eoearth.org/article/Environmental_Protection_Agency,_United_States Environmental Protection Agency, United States] Ralph Stuart, Peter Saundry and Sidney Draggan (Contributing Authors); Richard Reibstein (Topic Editor). 2008. "Environmental Protection Agency, United States." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth December 6, 2007; Last revised January 9, 2008; Retrieved January 28, 2008].</ref> | |||
* Clean Air Act | |||
* Clean Water Act | |||
* Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, also known as Superfund) and Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) | |||
* Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act | |||
* Federal Insecticide, Fungicide & Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) | |||
* National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) | |||
* Oil Pollution Act of 1990 | |||
* Safe Drinking Water Act | |||
* Solid Waste Disposal Act and Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) | |||
* Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
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Revision as of 02:05, 29 January 2008
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or U.S. EPA) is an independent agency of the Government of the United States of America created by an act of Congress in 1970 and is part of the executive branch of the government.[3][4] The primary mission of the EPA is to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment (air, water and land) of the nation.[5]
The EPA was established to combine into a single agency many of the existing federal government activities of research and development, monitoring, setting of standards, compliance and enforcement related to protection of the environment.
Organization of the EPA
The EPA has a number of departments or divisions as well as ten regional offices:[6]
- Administrator and Deputy Administrator
- Office of the Chief Financial Officer
- Office of the General Counsel
- Office of the Inspector General
- Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources Management
- Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
- Assistant Administrator for International Affairs
- Assistant Administrator for Environmental Information
- Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation
- Assistant Administrator for Water
- Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
- Assistant Administrator for Research and Development
- Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Energency Response
- Regional offices
- Region 1 (Boston) Serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont & 10 Tribal Nations
- Region 2 (New York) Serving New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and 7 Tribal Nations
- Region 3 (Philadelphia) Serving Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia
- Region 4 (Atlanta) Serving Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and 6 Tribes
- Region 5 (Chicago) Serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and 35 Tribes
- Region 6 (Dallas) Serving Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas and 65 Tribes
- Region 7 (Kansas City) Serving Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and 9 Tribal Nations
- Region 8 (Denver) Serving Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 27 Tribal Nations
- Region 9 (San Francisco) Serving Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands, and Tribal Nations
- Region 10 (Seattle) Serving Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Native Tribes
Major laws administered by the EPA
The EPA administers over a dozen major environmental laws including:[7]
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, also known as Superfund) and Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)
- Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide & Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Oil Pollution Act of 1990
- Safe Drinking Water Act
- Solid Waste Disposal Act and Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
References
- ↑ The EPA Seal
- ↑ The EPA Building
- ↑ Origins of the EPA: An Environmental Revolution]
- ↑ Origins of the EPA: An Agency For The Environment]
- ↑ EPA History Home
- ↑ EPA Organizational Structure
- ↑ Environmental Protection Agency, United States Ralph Stuart, Peter Saundry and Sidney Draggan (Contributing Authors); Richard Reibstein (Topic Editor). 2008. "Environmental Protection Agency, United States." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth December 6, 2007; Last revised January 9, 2008; Retrieved January 28, 2008].