EPA was founded December 2, 1970, employs 17,000 people across the country & deals with United States environmental issues both domestically & abroad. President Richard Nixon proposed & Congress supported "a strong, independent agency." that viewed "the environment as a whole." The President's charge to the first EPA Administrator [a 38-year-old Assistant Attorney General named William Ruckelshaus] was to treat "air pollution, water pollution and solid wastes as different forms of a single problem." The main purpose of the reorganization giving birth to EPA was to introduce a "broad systems approach [that]...would give unique direction to our war on pollution." Ruckelshaus said that he & EPA were starting with "no obligation to promote commerce or agriculture." By promising to enforce "reasonable standards of air quality," Ruckelshaus positioned himself as the government advocate of environmental progress; not merely a mediator between industry & the public. In fact, he envisioned for EPA a crucial role in the "development of an environmental ethic" among businessmen & citizens alike. EPA employees work at: HQ in Washington, DC, 10 regional offices [Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Denver, San Francisco, & Seattle] & more than two dozen labs & field offices across the 50 states & 6 territories. EPA staff is highly educated, motivated & technically trained. More than half are engineers, scientists, & policy analysts. Many are also legal, public affairs, financial, information management & computer specialists. Only NASA staff hold more advance degrees than do EPA staff. EPA develops regulation & enforces [both civilly & criminally] statutes protecting human health & the environment. EPA promotes technical assistance & international coordination on environmental issues. EPA researches & sets standards for environmental programs & delegates those programs to states to assist in & perhaps one day take over EPA's mission.
View Top Employees from USEPAWebsite | http://www.epa.gov/ |
Employees | 4,296 (2,500 on RocketReach) |
Founded | 1970 |
Address | 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. USEPA Headquarters, Ariel Rios Building, Washington, District of Columbia 20005, US |
Phone | (202) 564-5700 |
Industry | Environmental Services, Government, Waste Regulation, Site Remediation, Protecting Human Health and the Environment, Air and Water Quality, Brownfields, Environmental Grants, EPAOrigin http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/epa/15c.htm, Radiation Protection, Environmental Radioactive Material Measurement |
Web Rank | 11428 |
Web Visits | 6 Million |
Keywords | Environmental Agency, Environmental Protection, Environmental Regulation, Environmental Enforcement |
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Jeffery Robichaud is the Director, Water Division of USEPA.
2,500 people are employed at USEPA.
USEPA is based in Washington, District of Columbia.