Nixon Reorganization Plan creating EPA

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The Nixon Reorganization Plan creating the EPA was a 1970 executive reorganization initiative that consolidated various federal environmental responsibilities into the newly formed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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instanceOf United States federal reorganization plan
environmental policy initiative
executive branch reorganization
announcedIn Special Message to the Congress on Environmental Quality
announcementDate 1970-07-09
approvedBy United States Congress
archivedAt National Archives and Records Administration
branchOfGovernment executive branch of the United States government
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdAgency United States Environmental Protection Agency
createdPosition Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Cabinet-level)
surface form: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
dateProposed 1970-07-09
documentType presidential reorganization plan
firstAdministrator William D. Ruckelshaus
focusArea air pollution control
pesticide regulation
radiation protection
solid waste management
water pollution control
hasOfficialName Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970
historicalContext United States environmental movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s
implementedBy Office of Management and Budget
legalBasis Reorganization Act of 1949
opposedBy some members of Congress
policyDomain environmental protection
public health
proposedBy Richard Nixon
proposedByOffice President of the United States
purpose to consolidate federal environmental responsibilities into a single agency
relatedEvent first Earth Day
relatedEventDate 1970-04-22
resultedIn centralization of federal environmental regulation
signedBy Richard Nixon
tookEffectOn 1970-12-02
transferredFunctionFrom United States Atomic Energy Commission
surface form: Atomic Energy Commission

Council on Environmental Quality
surface form: Council on Environmental Quality (certain functions)

United States Department of Agriculture
surface form: Department of Agriculture

United States Department of Health and Human Services
surface form: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

United States Department of the Interior
surface form: Department of the Interior

Federal Radiation Council
transferredProgram Center for Devices and Radiological Health
surface form: Bureau of Radiological Health (certain functions)

Bureau of Solid Waste Management
Bureau of Water Hygiene
Federal Water Quality Administration
United States Environmental Protection Agency
surface form: National Air Pollution Control Administration

Pesticides regulatory functions of the Department of Agriculture
Radiation protection functions of the Federal Radiation Council

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Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 alsoKnownAs Nixon Reorganization Plan creating EPA