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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. [2] President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. [3]
Michael Stanley Regan [2] (born August 6, 1976) [3] is an American environmental regulator. He served as the 16th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President [Joe Biden] from 2021 to 2024. [4]
The CompTox Chemicals Dashboard is a freely accessible online database created and maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The database provides access to multiple types of data including physicochemical properties, environmental fate and transport, exposure, usage, in vivo toxicity, and in vitro bioassay.
The Office of Administration and Policy (OAP) recommends national policy on issues pertaining to enforcement and compliance. OAP provides a range of administrative support services which includes: human resources, labor relations, budget, finances, contracts, grants, records management and management of the compliance and enforcement information on the Agency's website.
This article lists subnational environmental agencies in the United States, by state.Agencies that are responsible for state-level regulating, monitoring, managing, and protecting environmental and public health concerns.
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On June 22, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Uhlmann to be an assistant EPA administrator. [1] [4] Hearings on his nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on September 15, 2021. The committee favorably reported his nomination on December 1, 2021.
The Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is an environmental assessment program operated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The IRIS program is focused on risk assessment , and not risk management (those decision processes involving analysis of regulatory, legal, social and economic considerations related to the risks being ...