The United States Environmental Protection Agency's own official history page, describing its creation under President Nixon's Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 and the December 2, 1970 Senate confirmation of its first Administrator, William Ruckelshaus, the date the agency treats as its founding.
Facts
PublisherUnited States Environmental Protection Agency
URLhttps://www.epa.gov/history/origins-epa
Source TypeGovernment agency
Reliability Tier1
Official agency history published by the subject agency itself; a primary institutional record. Connections
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This source names United States directly: "The United States Environmental Protection Agency's own official history page, describing its creation under President Nixon's Reorganization Plan No."
Source The Origins of EPA (EPA.gov)
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The Origins of EPA (EPA.gov)
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This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Institutions, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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