40 CFR 1.1
§ 1.1 Creation and authority.
Reorganization Plan 3 of 1970, established the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Executive branch as an independent Agency, effective December 2, 1970.
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40 CFR 1.3
§ 1.3 Purpose and functions.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency permits coordinated and effective governmental action to assure the protection of the environment by abating and controlling pollution on a systematic basis. Reorganization Plan 3 of 1970 transferred to EPA a variety of research, monitoring, standard setting, and enforcement act…
40 CFR 1.5
§ 1.5 Organization and general information.
(a) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's basic organization consists of Headquarters and 10 Regional Offices. EPA Headquarters in Washington, DC maintains overall planning, coordination and control of EPA programs. Regional Administrators head the Regional Offices and are responsible directly to the Administrator…
40 CFR 1.7
§ 1.7 Location of principal offices.
(a) The EPA Headquarters is in Washington, DC. The mailing address is 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. (b) The address of (and States served by) the EPA Regional Offices (see § 1.61) are: (1) Region I, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 5 Post Office Square—Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-3912. (Connec…
40 CFR 1.21
§ 1.21 General.
EPA Headquarters is comprised of: (a) The Office of the Administrator; (b) Two Associate Administrators and four staff offices which advise the Administrator on cross-cutting Agency headquarters and regional issues and conduct programs with respect to EPA's interface with other national and international governmental o…
40 CFR 1.23
§ 1.23 Office of the Administrator.
The Environmental Protection Agency is headed by an Administrator who is appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate. The Administrator is responsible to the President for providing overall supervision to the Agency, and is assisted by a Deputy Administrator also appointed by the President, by and…
40 CFR 1.25
§ 1.25 Staff offices.
(a) Office of Administrative Law Judges. The Office of Administrative Law Judges, under the supervision of the Chief Administrative Law Judge, is responsible for presiding over and conducting formal hearings, and issuance of initial decisions, if appropriate, in such proceedings. The Office provides supervision of the…
40 CFR 1.27
§ 1.27 Offices of the Associate Administrators.
(a) Office of International Activities. The Office of International Activities, under the supervision of an Associate Administrator, provides direction to and supervision of the activities, programs, and staff assigned to the Office of International Activities. All of the functions and responsibilities of the Associate…
40 CFR 1.29
§ 1.29 Office of Inspector General.
The Office of Inspector General assumes overall responsibility for audits and investigations relating to EPA programs and operations. The Office provides leadership and coordination and recommends policies for other Agency activities designed to promote economy and efficiency and to prevent and detect fraud and abuse i…
40 CFR 1.31
§ 1.31 Office of General Counsel.
The Office of General Counsel is under the supervision of the General Counsel who serves as the primary legal adviser to the Administrator. The office provides legal services to all organizational elements of the Agency with respect to all Agency programs and activities and also provides legal opinions, legal counsel,…
40 CFR 1.33
§ 1.33 Office of Administration and Resources Management.
The Office of Administration and Resources Management is under the supervision of the Assistance Administrator for Administration and Resources Management who provides services to all of the programs and activities of the Agency, except as may be specifically noted. In addition, the Assistant Administrator has primary…
40 CFR 1.35
§ 1.35 Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring.
The Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring, under the supervision of the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring, serves as the principal adviser to the Administrator in matters concerning enforcement and compliance; and provides the principal direction and review of civil enforcement…
40 CFR 1.37
§ 1.37 Office of External Affairs.
(a) Office of Federal Activities. The Office of Federal Activities is headed by a Director who reports to the Assistant Administrator for External Affairs and supervises all the functions of the Office. The Director acts as national program manager for five major programs that include: (1) The review of other agency en…
40 CFR 1.39
§ 1.39 Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation.
The Assistant Administrator for Policy, Planning and Evaluation services as principal adviser to the Administrator on Agency policy and planning issues and as such is responsible for supervision and management of the following: Policy analysis; standards and regulations; and management strategy and evaluation. The Assi…
40 CFR 1.41
§ 1.41 Office of Air and Radiation.
The Office of Air and Radiation is under supervision of the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation who serves as principal adviser to the Administrator in matters pertaining to air and radiation programs, and is responsible for the management of these EPA programs: Program policy development and evaluation; envi…
40 CFR 1.43
§ 1.43 Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
The Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), serves as the principal adviser to the Administrator in matters pertaining to assessment and regulation of pesticides and toxic substances and is responsible for managing the Agency's pesticides and toxic substances programs under…
40 CFR 1.45
§ 1.45 Office of Research and Development.
The Office of Research and Development is under the supervision of the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development who serves as the principal science adviser to the Administrator, and is responsible for the development, direction, and conduct of a national research, development and demonstration program in: P…
40 CFR 1.47
§ 1.47 Office of Land and Emergency Management.
The Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM), also referred to as the Office of Solid Waste, or the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, under the supervision of the Assistant Administrator for Land and Emergency Management, also referred to as the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Solid Waste, pr…
40 CFR 1.49
§ 1.49 Office of Water.
The Office of Water, under the supervision of the Assistant Administrator for Water who serves as the principal adviser to the Administrator in matters pertaining to water programs, is responsible for management of EPA's water programs. Functions of the Office include program policy development and evaluation; environm…
40 CFR 1.61
§ 1.61 Regional Offices.
Regional Administrators are responsible to the Administrator, within the boundaries of their Regions, for the execution of the Regional Programs of the Agency and such other responsibilities as may be assigned. They serve as the Administrator's prinicipal representatives in their Regions in contacts and relationships w…
40 CFR 2.100
§ 2.100 General provisions.
(a) General. This subpart contains the rules that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) follows in processing requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552. Information routinely provided to the public as part of a regular EPA activity may be provided to the public without…
40 CFR 2.101
§ 2.101 Where to file requests for records.
(a) Requesters must submit all requests for records from EPA under the FOIA in writing and by one of the following methods: (1) EPA's FOIA submission website, linked to at www.epa.gov/foia; (2) An electronic government submission website established pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(m), such as FOIA.gov; (3) U.S. Mail sent to t…
40 CFR 2.102
§ 2.102 Procedures for making requests.
(a) EPA employees may attempt in good faith to comply with oral requests for inspection or disclosure of EPA records that are publicly available under § 2.201(a) and (b), but such requests are not subject to the FOIA or this Part. (b)(1) Requesters must reasonably describe the records sought in sufficient detail to ena…
40 CFR 2.103
§ 2.103 Responsibility for responding to requests.
(a) In general. Upon receipt of a FOIA request under § 2.101(a), the National FOIA Office will assign the request to an appropriate office within the Agency for processing. To determine which records are within the scope of a request, an office will ordinarily include only those records in the Agency's possession as of…
40 CFR 2.104
§ 2.104 Responses to requests.
(a) Timing of response. (1) Consistent with 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(6)(A) and upon any request for records made pursuant to this subpart, EPA shall determine within 20 working days after receipt of any such request whether to comply with such request and shall immediately notify the person according to this section. (2) A requ…
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