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Director, Office of Technology Innovation Director, Office of Solid Waste

Director, Office of Emergency and Remedial
Response (Superfund)

Director, Office of Underground Storage
Tanks

Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Air and
Radiation

Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards

Director, Office of Program Management
Operations

Director, Office of Policy Analysis and
Review

Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs
Deputy Director, Office of Radiation and
Indoor Air

Deputy Director, Office of Mobile

Sources, Ann Arbor, MI

JOHN C. JONES

BOB PERCIASEPE DANA D. MINERVA JAMES GIATTINA MARK A. LUTTNER

CYNTHIA C. DOUGHERTY

MICHAEL B. Cook

TUDOR T. DAVIES TERRANCE R. WILLIAMS

ROBERT H. WAYLAND III

ELLIOTT P. LAWS

TIMOTHY FIELDS, JR.

JAMES MATHEWS

DEVEREAUX BARNES LAURIE J. MAY

DAVID SUTTON

BARBARA HOSTAGE

ULRIKE JOINER JAMES E. WOOLFORD

LINDA GARCZYNSKI JAMES L. MAKRIS

WALTER W. KOVALICK, JR. MICHAEL H. SHAPIRO STEPHEN D. LUFTIG

LISA C. LUND, Acting

MARY D. NICHOLS RICHARD D. WILSON

JOHN S. SEITZ

JERRY A. KURTWEG

ROBERT D. BRENNER

PAUL STOLPMAN
E. RAMONA TROVATO

MARGO T. OGE

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[For the Environmental Protection Agency statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 1]

The Environmental Protection Agency protects and enhances our environment today and for future generations to the fullest extent possible under the laws enacted by Congress. The Agency's mission is to control and abate pollution in the areas of air, water, solid waste, pesticides, radiation, and toxic substances. Its mandate is to mount an integrated, coordinated attack on environmental pollution in cooperation with State and local governments.

The Environmental Protection Agency
was established in the executive branch
as an independent agency pursuant to
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 (5)
U.S.C. app.), effective December 2,
1970. It was created to permit
coordinated and effective governmental
action on behalf of the environment. The
Agency is designed to serve as the
public's advocate for a livable
environment.

Activities

Air and Radiation The air activities of the Agency include:

-development of national programs, technical policies, and regulations for air pollution control;

-enforcement of standards;

-development of national standards for air quality, emission standards for new stationary and mobile sources, and emission standards for hazardous pollutants;

-technical direction, support, and evaluation of regional air activities; and -training in the field of air pollution control.

Related activities include technical assistance to States and agencies having radiation protection programs, including radon mitigation programs and a

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national surveillance and inspection program for measuring radiation levels in the environment.

For further information, call 202-260-7400.

Water The Agency's water quality activities represent a coordinated effort to restore the Nation's waters, including: -development of national programs, technical policies, and regulations for water pollution control and water supply;

-ground water protection;

-marine and estuarine protection; -enforcement of standards; -water quality standards and effluent guidelines development;

-technical direction, support, and evaluation of regional water activities; -development of programs for technical assistance and technology transfer; and

-training in the field of water quality. For further information, call 202-260-5700.

Solid Waste and Emergency Response The Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response provides policy, guidance, and direction for the Agency's hazardous waste and emergency response programs, including:

-development of policies, standards, and regulations for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal;

-national management of the Superfund toxic waste cleanup program; -development of guidelines for the emergency preparedness and "Community Right To Know" programs; -development of guidelines and standards for the land disposal of hazardous wastes and for underground storage tanks;

-analysis of technologies and methods for the recovery of useful energy from solid waste;

-economic impact assessment of RCRA and CERCLA regulations;

-coordination with the Department of Defense on base closure environmental issues; and

-technical assistance in the development, management, and operation of waste management activities, including technical assistance to Federal facilities.

For further information, call 202-260-4610.

Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances The Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances is responsible for: -developing national strategies for the control of toxic substances;

-directing the pesticides and toxic substances enforcement activities;

-developing criteria for assessing chemical substances, standards for test protocols for chemicals, rules and procedures for industry reporting, and regulations for the control of substances deemed to be hazardous to man or the environment; and

-evaluating and assessing the impact of existing chemicals, new chemicals, and chemicals with new uses to determine the hazard and, if needed, develop appropriate restrictions. Additional activities include:

-controlling and regulating pesticides and reducing their use to ensure human safety and protection of environmental quality;

-establishing tolerance levels for pesticides that occur in or on food; -monitoring pesticide residue levels in food, humans, and nontarget fish and wildlife and their environments; and

-investigating pesticide accidents. It also coordinates activities under its statutory responsibilities with other agencies for the assessment and control of toxic substances and pesticides. For further information, call 202-260-2902. Research and Development The Office of Research and Development is responsible for a national research program in pursuit of technological controls of all forms of pollution. It directly supervises the research activities of the Agency's national laboratories and gives technical policy direction to those laboratories that support the program responsibilities of the regional offices. Close coordination of the various research programs is designed to yield a synthesis of knowledge from the biological, physical, and social sciences. that can be interpreted in terms of total human and environmental needs.

General functions include

management of selected demonstration

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Sources of Information

Inquiries for information on the following subjects should be directed to the specified office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Contracts and Procurement Office of Acquisition Management. Phone, 202260-5020.

Employment Office of Human Resources and Organizational Services. Phone, 202-260-4467.

Freedom of Information Act Requests Freedom of Information Officer. Phone, 202-260-4048.

Reading Room Information
Management and Services Division.
Phone, 202-260-5914. Public Reading
Room-2430 Mall.

Telephone Directory Available for sale
by the Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC 20402.

For further information, contact the Office of Communications, Education and Public Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460 (phone, 202-260-7963); or write to the Public Information Office of the nearest regional office.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION

1801 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20507
Phone, 202-663-4900. TDD, 202-663-4494

Chairman

Executive Director

Executive Officer, Office of the Executive Secretariat

GILBERT F. Casellas MARIA BORREO FRANCES HART

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