United States. Environmental Protection Agency

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in the executive branch as an independent agency pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, effective December 2, 1970. The EPA was created to permit coordinated and effective governmental action on behalf of the environment. The EPA endeavors to abate and control pollution systematically, by proper integration of a variety of research, monitoring, standard setting, and enforcement activities. As a complement to its other activities, EPA coordinates and supports research and anti-pollution activities by State and local governments, private and public groups, individuals, and educational institutions. The EPA also reinforces efforts among other Federal agencies with respect to the impact of their operations on the environment

and it is specifically charged with making public its written comments on environmental impact statements and with publishing its determinations when those hold that a proposal is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of public health or welfare or environmental quality. In all, EPA is designed to serve as the public's advocate for a livable environment.

From the description of Agency History Record. (National Archives Library). WorldCat record id: 145406133

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  • Agricultural conservation
  • Agricultural development projects
  • Air
  • Air
  • Air
  • Air quality
  • Air quality management
  • Air quality management stations
  • Automobiles
  • Automobiles
  • City managers
  • Coastal zone management
  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Construction contracts
  • Drinking water
  • Drinking water
  • Drinking water
  • Environmental impact statements
  • Environmental law
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Environmental permits
  • Environmental policy
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental protection
  • Environmental protection
  • Factory and trade waste
  • Fishes
  • Fish kills
  • Floodplain management
  • Floodplains
  • Freedom of information
  • Groundwater
  • Groundwater
  • Groundwater
  • Groundwater
  • Groundwater pollution
  • Hazardous substance
  • Hazardous substances
  • Hazardous wastes
  • Hazardous wastes
  • Hazardous waste sites
  • Hazardous waste sites
  • Industries
  • Interstate commerce
  • Land use
  • Land use
  • Land use
  • Land use, Urban
  • Marine pollution
  • Marine resources conservation
  • Water quality monitoring
  • Nuclear energy
  • Nuclear facilities
  • oxidizing agents
  • Personnel records
  • pesticide policy
  • Pesticides
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  • Pesticides
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  • Pesticides
  • Pesticides
  • Pesticides and wildlife
  • Plutonium
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  • Pollution
  • Pollution
  • Pollution
  • Public interest
  • Public relations
  • Public relations
  • Radiation
  • Radiation
  • Radiation
  • Radioactive waste disposal
  • Refuse and refuse disposal
  • Refuse and refuse disposal
  • Rivers
  • Rivers
  • Salvage (Waste, etc.)
  • Sewage
  • Sewage
  • Sewage
  • Sewage disposal
  • Sewage disposal plants
  • Sewage disposal plants
  • Sewage disposal plants
  • Soil conservation
  • Soil erosion
  • soil protection
  • Statistics
  • Stream conservation
  • Technology transfer
  • Toxins
  • Transportation
  • Uranium
  • Uranium
  • Uranium enrichment
  • Uranium mill tailings
  • Urbanization
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  • Water
  • Water
  • Water
  • Water
  • Water conservation
  • Water quality
  • Water quality management
  • Water quality management
  • Water quality measurement
  • water standards
  • Water-supply
  • Water treatment plants
  • Water,underground
  • Waterways
  • Wetland
  • Wild and scenic rivers
  • Air
  • Air
  • Automobiles
  • Drinking water
  • Drinking water
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Environmental protection
  • Groundwater
  • Groundwater
  • Groundwater
  • Hazardous wastes
  • Hazardous waste sites
  • Land use
  • Land use
  • Pesticides
  • Pesticides
  • Pesticides
  • Pesticides
  • Pesticides
  • Pesticides
  • Pollution
  • Pollution
  • Public relations
  • Radiation
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  • Refuse and refuse disposal
  • Rivers
  • Sewage
  • Sewage
  • Sewage disposal plants
  • Sewage disposal plants
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  • Water
  • Water
  • Water
  • Water quality management

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