United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. 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. The order establishing the EPA was ratified by committee hearings in the House and Senate.The agency is led by its administrator, who is appointed by the president and approved by the Senate. The current administrator is Michael S. Regan. The EPA is not a Cabinet department, but the administrator is normally given cabinet rank. The EPA has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.. There are regional offices for each of the agency's ten regions, as well as 27 laboratories around the country.
The agency conducts environmental assessment, research, and education. It has the responsibility of maintaining and enforcing national standards under a variety of environmental laws, in consultation with state, tribal, and local governments. EPA enforcement powers include fines, sanctions, and other measures.
It delegates some permitting, monitoring, and enforcement responsibility to U.S. states and the federally recognized tribes. The agency also works with industries and all levels of government in a wide variety of voluntary pollution prevention programs and energy conservation efforts.
The agency's budgeted employee level in 2023 is 16,204.1 full-time equivalent (FTE). More than half of EPA's employees are engineers, scientists, and environmental protection specialists; other employees include legal, public affairs, financial, and information technologists.
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281by Gabrieli, J., Vallelonga, P., Cozzi, G., Gabrielli, P., Gambaro, A., Sigl, M., Decet, F., Schwikowski, M., Gggeler, H., Boutron, C., Cescon, P., Barbante, C.Contributors: “...Environmental Protection Agency of Veneto (ARPAV)...”
Published in Environmental Science & Technology (2010)
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282by Gabrieli, J., Vallelonga, P., Cozzi, G., Gabrielli, P., Gambaro, A., Sigl, M., Decet, F., Schwikowski, M., Gggeler, H., Boutron, C., Cescon, P., Barbante, C.Contributors: “...Environmental Protection Agency of Veneto (ARPAV)...”
Published in Environmental Science & Technology (2010)
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283by Gabrieli, J., Vallelonga, P., Cozzi, G., Gabrielli, P., Gambaro, A., Sigl, M., Decet, F., Schwikowski, M., Gggeler, H., Boutron, C., Cescon, P., Barbante, C.Contributors: “...Environmental Protection Agency of Veneto (ARPAV)...”
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284by Gabrieli, J., Vallelonga, P., Cozzi, G., Gabrielli, P., Gambaro, A., Sigl, M., Decet, F., Schwikowski, M., Gggeler, H., Boutron, C., Cescon, P., Barbante, C.Contributors: “...Environmental Protection Agency of Veneto (ARPAV)...”
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285by van Beest, Floris, M., Schmidt, Niels Martin, Stewart, Lærke, Hansen, Lars, H., Michelsen, Anders, Mosbacher, Jesper, Gilbert, Hugo, Le Roux, Gaël, Hansson, Sophia, V.Contributors: “...Danish Environmental Protection Agency (J.nr. 2019-7208)...”
Published in Science of The Total Environment (2023)
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286by van Beest, Floris, M., Schmidt, Niels Martin, Stewart, Lærke, Hansen, Lars, H., Michelsen, Anders, Mosbacher, Jesper, Gilbert, Hugo, Le Roux, Gaël, Hansson, Sophia, V.Contributors: “...Danish Environmental Protection Agency (J.nr. 2019-7208)...”
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287by van Beest, Floris, M., Schmidt, Niels Martin, Stewart, Lærke, Hansen, Lars, H., Michelsen, Anders, Mosbacher, Jesper, Gilbert, Hugo, Le Roux, Gaël, Hansson, Sophia, V.Contributors: “...Danish Environmental Protection Agency (J.nr. 2019-7208)...”
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288by van Beest, Floris, M., Schmidt, Niels Martin, Stewart, Lærke, Hansen, Lars, H., Michelsen, Anders, Mosbacher, Jesper, Gilbert, Hugo, Le Roux, Gaël, Hansson, Sophia, V.Contributors: “...Danish Environmental Protection Agency (J.nr. 2019-7208)...”
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289by van Beest, Floris, M., Schmidt, Niels Martin, Stewart, Lærke, Hansen, Lars, H., Michelsen, Anders, Mosbacher, Jesper, Gilbert, Hugo, Le Roux, Gaël, Hansson, Sophia, V.Contributors: “...Danish Environmental Protection Agency (J.nr. 2019-7208)...”
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290Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 April 2010 – 31 May 2010by Andrée, K., Axtner, Jan, Bagley, M.J., Barlow, E.J., Beebee, T.J.C., Bennetzen, Jeffrey L., Bermingham, Eldredge, Boisselier-Dubayle, M.C., Bozarth, Christine A., Brooks, Christopher P., Brown, R.P., Catanese, Gaetano, Cavers, S., Ceron-Souza, Ivania, Chak, Solomon T.C., Chan, M.N., Charles-Dominique, P., Chen, C.Y., Chen, J.D., Chinchilla, Leah, Da Silva, Denis, Dafreville, Stéphanie, Daunt, F., Delatte, H., Dorge, T., Duncan, J.D., Durand, J.D., Duvernell, D., Estep, Matt, Fan, Sigang, Fattahi, R., Flores Villela, Oscar, Fong, Yokking, Freville, H., Funes, Victoria, Gallardo-Escarate, C., Ganeshaiah, K.N., Ghaffari, M.R., Girod, C., Gomez-Moliner, B.J., Gonzalez-Porter, Gracia P., Gosa, A., Govers, F., Guérin, Fabien, Guindo, Diarah, Hailer, Frank, Hayer, P.A., Hoelmer, Kim A., Hofmann, S., HONG, YANContributors: “...United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...”
Published in Molecular Ecology Resources (2010)
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291Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 April 2010 – 31 May 2010by Andrée, K., Axtner, Jan, Bagley, M.J., Barlow, E.J., Beebee, T.J.C., Bennetzen, Jeffrey L., Bermingham, Eldredge, Boisselier-Dubayle, M.C., Bozarth, Christine A., Brooks, Christopher P., Brown, R.P., Catanese, Gaetano, Cavers, S., Ceron-Souza, Ivania, Chak, Solomon T.C., Chan, M.N., Charles-Dominique, P., Chen, C.Y., Chen, J.D., Chinchilla, Leah, da Silva, Denis, Dafreville, Stéphanie, Daunt, F., Delatte, H., Dorge, T., Duncan, J.D., Durand, J.D., Duvernell, D., Estep, Matt, Fan, Sigang, Fattahi, R., Flores Villela, Oscar, Fong, Yokking, Freville, H., Funes, Victoria, Gallardo-Escarate, C., Ganeshaiah, K.N., Ghaffari, M.R., Girod, C., Gomez-Moliner, B.J., Gonzalez-Porter, Gracia P., Gosa, A., Govers, F., Guérin, Fabien, Guindo, Diarah, Hailer, Frank, Hayer, P.A., Hoelmer, Kim A., Hofmann, S., Hong, YanContributors: “...United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...”
Published in Molecular Ecology Resources (2010)
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292by Lakkala, Kaisa, Kujanpää, Jukka, Brogniez, Colette, HENRIOT, Nicolas, Arola, Antti, Aun, Margit, Auriol, Frédérique, Bais, Alkiviadis, Bernhard, Germar, De Bock, Veerle, Catalfamo, Maxime, Deroo, Christine, Diémoz, Henri, Egli, Luca, Forestier, Jean-Baptiste, Fountoulakis, Ilias, Garane, Katerina, Garcia, Rosa, Gröbner, Julian, Hassinen, Seppo, Heikkilä, Anu, Henderson, Stuart, Hülsen, Gregor, Johnsen, Bjørn, Kalakoski, Niilo, Karanikolas, Angelos, Karppinen, Tomi, Lamy, Kevin, León-Luis, Sergio, Lindfors, Anders, Metzger, Jean-Marc, Minvielle, Fanny, Muskatel, Harel, Portafaix, Thierry, Redondas, Alberto, Sanchez, Ricardo, Siani, Anna, Svendby, Tove, Tamminen, JohannaContributors: “...Aosta Valley Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA)...”
Published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (2020)
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293by Lakkala, Kaisa, Kujanpää, Jukka, Brogniez, Colette, Henriot, Nicolas, Arola, Antti, Aun, Margit, Auriol, Frédérique, Bais, Alkiviadis, Bernhard, Germar, de Bock, Veerle, Catalfamo, Maxime, Deroo, Christine, Diémoz, Henri, Egli, Luca, Forestier, Jean-Baptiste, Fountoulakis, Ilias, Garane, Katerina, Garcia, Rosa, Gröbner, Julian, Hassinen, Seppo, Heikkilä, Anu, Henderson, Stuart, Hülsen, Gregor, Johnsen, Bjørn, Kalakoski, Niilo, Karanikolas, Angelos, Karppinen, Tomi, Lamy, Kevin, León-Luis, Sergio, Lindfors, Anders, Metzger, Jean-Marc, Minvielle, Fanny, Muskatel, Harel, Portafaix, Thierry, Redondas, Alberto, Sanchez, Ricardo, Siani, Anna, Svendby, Tove, Tamminen, JohannaContributors: “...Aosta Valley Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA)...”
Published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (2020)
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294by Brett, Natalie, Law, Kathy S., Arnold, Stephen, Barret, Brice, Dieudonné, Elsa, Fochesatto, Gilberto, Gilliam, Robert, Onishi, Tatsuo, Bekki, Slimane, Schmale, Julia, Pohorsky, Roman, Baccarini, Andrea, d'Anna, Barbara, Temime-Roussel, Brice, Decesari, Stefano, Pappaccogli, Gianluca, Donateo, Antonio, Scoto, Federico, Cesler-Maloney, Meeta, Huff, DeannaContributors: “...US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...”
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295by Brett, Natalie, Law, Kathy S., Arnold, Stephen, Barret, Brice, Dieudonné, Elsa, Fochesatto, Gilberto, Gilliam, Robert, Onishi, Tatsuo, Bekki, Slimane, Schmale, Julia, Pohorsky, Roman, Baccarini, Andrea, d'Anna, Barbara, Temime-Roussel, Brice, Decesari, Stefano, Pappaccogli, Gianluca, Donateo, Antonio, Scoto, Federico, Cesler-Maloney, Meeta, Huff, DeannaContributors: “...US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...”
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296by Lakkala, Kaisa, Kujanpää, Jukka, Brogniez, Colette, Henriot, Nicolas, Arola, Antti, Aun, Margit, Auriol, Frédérique, Bais, Alkiviadis, F, Bernhard, Germar, de Bock, Veerle, Catalfamo, Maxime, Deroo, Christine, Diémoz, Henri, Egli, Luca, Forestier, Jean-Baptiste, Fountoulakis, Ilias, Garane, Katerina, Garcia, Rosa, Delia, Gröbner, Julian, Hassinen, Seppo, Heikkilä, Anu, Henderson, Stuart, Hülsen, Gregor, Johnsen, Bjørn, Kalakoski, Niilo, Karanikolas, Angelos, Karppinen, Tomi, Lamy, Kevin, León-Luis, Sergio, F, Lindfors, Anders, V, Metzger, Jean-Marc, Minvielle, Fanny, Muskatel, Harel, B, Portafaix, Thierry, Redondas, Alberto, Sanchez, Ricardo, Siani, Anna, Maria, Svendby, Tove, Tamminen, JohannaContributors: “...Aosta Valley Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA)...”
Published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (2020)
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297by Kellerer-Pirklbauer, Andreas, Bodin, Xavier, Delaloye, Reynald, Lambiel, Christophe, Gärtner-Roer, Isabelle, Bonnefoy-Demongeot, Mylène, Carturan, Luca, Damm, Bodo, Eulenstein, Julia, Fischer, Andrea, Hartl, Lea, Ikeda, Atsushi, Kaufmann, Viktor, Krainer, Karl, Matsuoka, Norikazu, Morra Di Cella, Umberto, Noetzli, Jeannette, Seppi, Roberto, Scapozza, Cristian, Schoeneich, Philippe, Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin, Thibert, Emmanuel, Zumiani, MatteoContributors: “...Aosta Valley Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA)...”
Published in Environmental Research Letters (2024)
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298by Brett, Natalie, Law, Kathy S., Arnold, Stephen, Barret, Brice, Dieudonné, Elsa, Fochesatto, Gilberto, Gilliam, Robert, Onishi, Tatsuo, Bekki, Slimane, Schmale, Julia, Pohorsky, Roman, Baccarini, Andrea, d'Anna, Barbara, Temime-Roussel, Brice, Decesari, Stefano, Pappaccogli, Gianluca, Donateo, Antonio, Scoto, Federico, Cesler-Maloney, Meeta, Huff, DeannaContributors: “...US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...”
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299by Brett, Natalie, Law, Kathy S., Arnold, Stephen, Barret, Brice, Dieudonné, Elsa, Fochesatto, Gilberto, Gilliam, Robert, Onishi, Tatsuo, Bekki, Slimane, Schmale, Julia, Pohorsky, Roman, Baccarini, Andrea, d'Anna, Barbara, Temime-Roussel, Brice, Decesari, Stefano, Pappaccogli, Gianluca, Donateo, Antonio, Scoto, Federico, Cesler-Maloney, Meeta, Huff, DeannaContributors: “...US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...”
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300by Brett, Natalie, Law, Kathy S., Arnold, Stephen, Barret, Brice, Dieudonné, Elsa, Fochesatto, Gilberto, Gilliam, Robert, Onishi, Tatsuo, Bekki, Slimane, Schmale, Julia, Pohorsky, Roman, Baccarini, Andrea, d'Anna, Barbara, Temime-Roussel, Brice, Decesari, Stefano, Pappaccogli, Gianluca, Donateo, Antonio, Scoto, Federico, Cesler-Maloney, Meeta, Huff, DeannaContributors: “...US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...”
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