The Environmental Protection Agency is the United States federal agency responsible for setting and enforcing national standards for air and water quality, chemical safety and pollution control. It was created not by a single act of Congress but by President Richard Nixon's Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, which consolidated environmental functions scattered across several existing federal departments and agencies into one body; its first Administrator, William Ruckelshaus, was confirmed by the Senate on December 2, 1970, the date the agency treats as its founding.
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Founded YearDecember 2, 1970, the date of Administrator Ruckelshaus' Senate confirmation, is the date EPA's own history page treats as its founding. Founded Date HeadquartersWilliam Jefferson Clinton Federal Building, Washington, D.C., United States 2 Classification
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1. The Origins of EPA (EPA.gov)
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Administrator Ruckelshaus was confirmed by the Senate on December 2, 1970, which is the traditional date we use as the birth of the agency.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is the United States federal agency responsible for setting and enforcing national standards for air and water quality, chemical safety and pollution control.
View the Source 2. United States Environmental Protection Agency (Wikipedia)
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Headquarters of the EPA at the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building.
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