The federal government agency that regulates pollution to the air, water, and land.
The federal agency responsible for the regulation of hazardous waste and for the administration of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA). Click here for U.S. EPA's RCRA web site.
MS = An agency in the executive branch which endeavors to abate and control pollution in the areas of air, water, solid waste, noise, radiation, and toxic substances. AN = add UNITED STATES (NIM); research support by this agency is checked as OTHER US GOVT SUP; DF: EPA CATALOG: use NAF entry UI = D014484
The agency that has the lead role at the Kalamazoo River Superfund Site.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is charged with protecting the environment and the health and safety of people by establishing standards for the use of many naturally-occurring and man-made compounds and resources. As a part of this effort, the agency is charged with regulating drinking water quality in the United States. They accomplish this through investigating the possible health effects of many naturally-occurring and man-made compounds and regulating those which are shown to impact human health or the environment. For water systems, these regulations are developed as part of the Code of Federal Regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act and its amendments. In Arizona, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality functions as the local agency responsible for ensuring all water utilities comply with these regulations.
Federal regulatory agency that adopts regulations that are general guidelines for the disposal of dredge-and-fill material.
The EPA is a cabinet-level federal regulatory agency that leads the nation’s environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts.
See (United States) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). [See Appendix E-2 for a more complete description of the organizational structure of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Created in 1970 to facilitate effective governmental coordination of actions that occur on behalf of the environment. The agency's mission is to safeguard the health and welfare of the American people by protecting the environment and improving environmental quality. EPA is responsible for implementing most of the federal laws relating to protection of water and air quality.
The federal agency charged with setting policy and guidelines, and carrying out legal mandates for the protection of national interests in environmental resources.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or sometimes USEPA) is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and with safeguarding the natural environment: air, water, and land. The EPA began operation on December 2, 1970, when it was established by President Richard Nixon. It is led by its Administrator, who is appointed by the President of the United States.
