United States Environmental Protection Agency

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency is a federal government agency responsible for protecting human health and the environment through regulation, enforcement, and environmental research in the United States.

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instanceOf environmental protection agency
federal agency of the United States government
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
collaboratesWith local governments
state environmental agencies
tribal governments
country United States of America
employerOf Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
enforces Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Oil Pollution Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Safe Drinking Water Act
Toxic Substances Control Act
foundedBy Richard Nixon
hasAbbreviation United States Environmental Protection Agency self-linksurface differs
surface form: U.S. EPA
headquartersBuilding William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
inception 1970-12-02
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
legalForm independent executive agency
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
logoImage Seal of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
missionStatement to protect human health and the environment
officialLanguage English
oversightOf National Ambient Air Quality Standards
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Superfund cleanup sites
brownfields redevelopment programs
parentOrganization Executive branch of the United States government
performsFunction development of environmental standards
environmental enforcement
environmental monitoring
environmental regulation
environmental research
grantmaking for environmental programs
public environmental education
risk assessment
publishes Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks
National Air Toxics Assessment
regulates air quality standards
greenhouse gas emissions
hazardous waste management
pesticide use
toxic substances
vehicle emissions
water quality standards
shortName United States Environmental Protection Agency self-linksurface differs
surface form: EPA
subOrganization Office of Air and Radiation
United States Environmental Protection Agency self-linksurface differs
surface form: Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention

Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Office of International and Tribal Affairs
Office of Land and Emergency Management
Office of Research and Development
United States Environmental Protection Agency self-linksurface differs
surface form: Office of Water

Office of Inspector General
surface form: Office of the Inspector General
website https://www.epa.gov

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Underground Injection Control program enforcedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
Public Law 96-510 administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
National Priorities List administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
National Priorities List establishedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
National Priorities List jurisdiction United States Environmental Protection Agency
National Priorities List monitoredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
NATA operatedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
NATA regulator United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery partOf United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery parentAgency United States Environmental Protection Agency
Superfund trust fund administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
Superfund trust fund overseenBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
Housatonic River managedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
OSMRE coordinatesWith United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Atmospheric Protection parentOrganization United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation partOf United States Environmental Protection Agency
Flint water crisis involvesOrganization United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Indian River Lagoon recognizedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings collaboratesWith United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: Environmental Protection Agency
Public Law 109-58 affectsAgency United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Mineral Resources cooperatesWith United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation collaboratesWith United States Environmental Protection Agency
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant regulatoryAgency United States Environmental Protection Agency
Title VI – Nuclear Matters associatedWithAgency United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: Environmental Protection Agency
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 relatedTo United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: Environmental Protection Agency
River Rouge monitoredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Chesapeake Bay Program hasPartner United States Environmental Protection Agency
Chesapeake Bay Program foundedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
Toxicology in the 21st Century program coordinatedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Houston petrochemical complex regulatedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Radiation Council replacedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Radiation Council functionsTransferredTo United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Water Quality Administration replacedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Water Quality Administration reorganizedInto United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: Office of Water Programs of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency partOf United States Environmental Protection Agency
Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency positionHeldInOrganization United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: Environmental Protection Agency
Nixon Reorganization Plan creating EPA createdAgency United States Environmental Protection Agency
Nixon Reorganization Plan creating EPA transferredProgram United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: National Air Pollution Control Administration
Office of Environmental Information, Environmental Protection Agency partOf United States Environmental Protection Agency
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control collaboratesWith United States Environmental Protection Agency
Assabet River monitoredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Westinghouse Savannah River Company regulator United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States nuclear energy program regulatedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works environmentalRegulationJurisdiction United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Pantex Plant regulator United States Environmental Protection Agency
Air Quality Program collaboratesWith United States Environmental Protection Agency
Waste Management Program collaboratesWith United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality collaboratesWith United States Environmental Protection Agency
Guam Environmental Protection Agency cooperatesWith United States Environmental Protection Agency
MDE collaboratesWith United States Environmental Protection Agency
this entity surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency