Environmental Protection Agency

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001

Phone, 202-260-2090. Internet, www.epa.gov.

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman

Deputy Administrator Linda J. Fisher

Associate Administrator for Joseph J. Martyak, Communications, Acting

Education, and Media Relations

Associate Administrator for Edward E. Krenik

Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations

Associate Administrator for Thomas J. Gibson

Policy, Economics, and Innovation

Staff Offices:

Chief Judge, Office of Susan L. Biro

Administrative Law Judges

Director, Executive Secretariat William H. Meagher

Director, Office of Children's E. Ramona Trovato

Health Protection

Director, Office of Civil Rights Karen D. Higginbotham, Acting

Director, Office of Cooperative Gordon I. Schisler, Environmental Management Acting

Director, Office of Executive Diane N. Bazzle

Support

Director, Office of Small and Jeanette L. Brown

Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Director, Science Advisory Board Donald G. Barnes

Lead Environmental Appeals Ronald L. McCallum

Judge, Environmental Appeals Board

Program Offices:

Assistant Administrator for Morris X. Winn

Administration and Resources Management

Assistant Administrator for Air Jeffrey R. Holmstead

and Radiation

Assistant Administrator for Sylvia K. Lowrance, Enforcement and Acting

Compliance Assurance

Assistant Administrator for Kimberly T. Nelson

Environmental Information

Assistant Administrator for Judith E. Ayres

International Activities

Assistant Administrator for Stephen L. Johnson

Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances

Assistant Administrator for Henry L. Longest II, Research and Development Acting

Assistant Administrator for Marianne L. Horinko

Solid Waste and Emergency Response

Assistant Administrator for G. Tracy Mehan III

Water

Chief Financial Officer Linda M. Combs

General Counsel Robert E. Fabricant

Inspector General Nikki L. Tinsley

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The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment--air, water, and land--

upon which life depends.

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:

--developing national programs, policies, regulations, and standards for air quality, emission...