United States Management and
Environmental Protection Organization Division
Agency
&EPA 1100 - Organization and
Functions Manual
1983 Edition
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ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS
OCT I 4 1983
OONTtMTS OF CHAPTERS
CHAPTER CHAPTER
TITLES NUMBERS
ORGANIZATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 1
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 2
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 3
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR ENFORCEMENT AND
COMPLIANCE MONITORING 4
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR ADMINISTRATION
AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. 5
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR POLICY, PLANNING
AND EVALUATION 6
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 7
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 8
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 9
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR WVTER 10
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR SOLID WASTE
AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE 11
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR AIR AND RADIATION 12
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR PESTICIDES
AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES 13
REGIONAL OFFICES 14
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OCT I A 1933
CHAPTER 1 - ORGANIZATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
1. GENERAL. The Environnental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in the
executive branch as an independent agency pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 3
of 1970, effective December 2, 1970. The EPA was created to permit coordinated
and effective governmental action on behalf of the environment; The EPA
endeavors to abate and control pollution systematically, by proper integration
of a variety of research, monitoring, standard setting, and enforcement acti-
vities. As a complement to its other activities, EPA coordinates and supports
research and anti-pollution activities by State and local governments, private
and public groups, individuals, and educational institutions. The EPA also
reinforces efforts among other Federal agencies with respect to the iitpact of
their operations on the environment, and it is specifically charged with
making public its written comments on environmental impact statements and
with publishing its determinations when those hold that a proposal is unsatis-
factory from the standpoint of public health or welfare or environmental
quality. In all, EPA is designed to serve as the public's advocate for a
livable environment.
2. ADMINISTRATOR. The Office of the Administrator provides the overall
supervision to the Agency. The Administrator is responsible to the President,
and is assisted by the Deputy Administrator and staff offices including:
Administrative Law Judges, Civil Rights, Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization and Science Advisory Board. In addition, the Administrator is
assisted by Associate Administrators for International Activities and for
Regional Operations.
3. GENERAL COUNSEL. The Office of General Counsel, under the supervision
of the General Counsel, provides legal service to all of the organizational
elements of the Agency with respect to all programs and activities of the
Agency; provides legal opinions, legal counsel, and litigation support;
and assists in the formulation and administration of the Agency's policies and
programs as legal adviser.
4. ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING. The Office of the Assistant Adminis-
trator for Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring serves as the primary adviser
to the Administrator in matters concerning enforcement and compliance monitoring;
provides the principal direction and review of civil enforcement activities
for air, water, waste, pesticides, toxic substances and radiation. The Office
manages a national criminal enforcement program; ensures coordination of
media office administrative compliance programs, and civil and criminal enforce-
ment activities; and provides technical expertise for enforcement activities,
through the National Enforcement Investigations Center to Headquarters, Regions
and States.
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5. ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. The Office of the Assistant
Administrator for Administration and Resources Management has primary re-
sponsibility for policy and procedures governing resources management,
personnel and administrative services, organization and raanagenent analysis,
information management, automated data processing systems and procurement
through contracts and grants. In performance of the above functions and
responsibilities, the Assistant Administrator represents the Administrator
in communications with the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Person-
nel Management, General Accounting Office, General Services Administration,
Department of Treasury, and other Federal agencies prescribing requirements
for the conduct of Government budget, fiscal, management, and administrative
activities.
6. POLICY, PLANNING AND EVALUATION. The Office of the Assistant Administrator
for Policy, Planning and Evaluation serves as the Agency's focal point for
oversight and coordination of all policy, program guidance and evaluation
functions. The primary areas of responsibility include: policy and economic
analysis; legislative analysis and development; standards and regulations;
and evaluation activities.
7. EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. The Office of the Assistant Administrator for External
Affairs provides policy direction and support to officials Agencywide for the
functional areas of public information and press services; congressional
liaison; intergovernmental liaison; and interaction with other Federal agencies;
and preparation, review, and clearances of proposed legislation and reports on
legislation. In addition, the Office provides audiovisual support to all
Headquarters offices.
8. INSPECTOR GENERAL. The Office of Inspector General is responsible for
audits and investigations relating to programs and operations of EPA; provides
leadership and coordination and recommends policies for Agency activities to
promote economy and efficiency and to prevent and detect fraud and abuse; and
informs Agency senior management and the Congress of serious problems, abuses
and deficiencies relating to EPA programs and operations, and of the necessity
for and progress of corrective action.
9. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. The Office of the Assistant Administrator
for Research and Development is responsible for a national research program
in pursuit of technological controls of all forms of pollution. It directly
supervises the research activities of EPA's national laboratories and gives
technical policy direction to those laboratories which support the program
responsibilities of EPA's Regional Offices. Close coordination of the various
research programs is designed to yield a synthesis of knowledge from the
biological, physical, and social sciences which can be interpreted in terms of
total human and environmental needs. General functions include managing select-
ed demonstration programs; planning for Agency environmental quality monitoring
programs; managing the Agency's Quality Assurance program; coordinating Agency
monitoring efforts with those of other Federal agencies, the States, and
other public bodies; and disseminating Agency research, development, and demon-
stration results.
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10. WATER. The Off ice of the Assistant Administrator for Water is responsible
for the EPA's water quality activities which represents a coordinated effort to
restore the Nation's waters. The functions of this program include development
of national programs, technical policies, and regulations for water pollution
control and water supply; water quality standards and effluent guidelines
development; technical direction, support, and evaluation of Regional water
activities; enforcement of standards; development of programs for technical
assistance and technology transfer; and provision of training in the field of
water quality.
11. SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. The Office of the Assistant Admini-
strator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response provides Agancywide policy,
guidance, and direction for the Agency's solid waste and emergency response pro-
grams. This Office's responsibilities includes development of guidelines and
standards for the land disposal of hazardous wastes; technical assistance in
the development, managenent, and operation of solid waste management activities;
analyses on the recovery of useful energy from solid waste; development and
implenentation of a program to respond to hazardous waste sites and spills
(some oil spills included); and the enforcement of applicable laws and regula-
tions,
12. AIR AND RADIATION. The Office of the Assistant Administrator for Air and
Radiation is responsible for the air activities of the Agency which include
development of national programs, technical policies, and regulations for air
pollution control; development of national standards for air quality, emission
standards for new stationary sources, and emission standards for hazardous
pollutants; technical direction, support and evaluation of Regional air activi-
ties; enforcement of standards; and provision of training in the field of air
pollution control. Related activities include technical assistance to States
and agencies having radiation protection programs and a national surveillance
and inspection program for measuring radiation levels in the environment.
13. PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES. The Office of the Assistant Administrator
for Pesticides and Toxic Substances is responsible fors development of national
strategies for the control of toxic substances; criteria for assessing chemical
substances, standards for test protocols for chemicals; rules and procedures
for industry reporting and regulations for the control of substances deemed to
be hazardous to man or the environment; enforcement of standards; and evaluat-
ing and assessing the impact of new chemicals and chemicals with new uses to
determine the hazard and, if needed, develop appropriate restrictions. It coor-
dinates activities under the Toxic Substances Control Act with other agencies
for the assessment and control of toxic substances. Additional activities
include control and regulation of pesticides and reduction in their use to
assure human safety and protection of environmental quality; establishment of
tolerance levels for pesticides which occur in or on food; monitoring of pesti-
cide residue levels in food, humans, and nontarget fish and wildlife and their
environments; and investigation of pesticide accidents.
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14. REGIONAL OFFICES. EPA's 10 Regional Offices represent the Agency's
conmitnent to the development of strong local programs for pollution abatement.
The Regional Administrators are the Agency's principal representatives in the
Regions in contacts and relationships with Federal, State, interstate and
local agencies, industry, academic institutions, and other public and private
groups. They are responsible for accomplishing within their Regions the
national program objectives established by the Agency. They develop, propose,
and implement an approved Regional program for comprehensive and integrated
environmental protection activities.
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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PI
ION AGENCY
STAFF OFFICES
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES
CIVIL RIGHTS
SMALL & OISADVANTAGED
BUSINESS UTILIZATION
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY
ADMINISTRATOR
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ASSISTANT
ADMINISTRATOR FOR
ADMINISTRATION AND
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
OFFICE OF THE
COMPTROLLER
OFFICE OF
ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF
INFO. RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
OFFICE OF
ADMINISTRATION
CINCINNATI, OH
OFFICE OF
ADMINISTRATION
RTP. NC
ASSISTANT
ADMINISTRATOR FOR
ENFORCEMENT AND
COMPLIANCE
MONITORING
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GENERAL
COUNSEL
ASSISTANT
ADMINISTRATOR FOR
WATER
OFFICE OF WATER
ENFORCEMENT
AND PERMITS
OFFICE OF WATER
REGULATIONS
AND STANDARDS
OFFICE OF WATER
PROGRAM
OPERATIONS
OFFICE OF
DRINKING WATER
ASSISTANT
ADMINISTRATOR FOR
SOLID WASTE AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
OFFICE OF
SOLID WASTE
OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY AND
REMEDIAL RESPONSE
OFFICE OF
WASTE PROGRAMS
ENFORCEMENT
1 ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR
FOR INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR
FOR REGIONAL OPERATIONS
ASSISTANT
ADMINISTRATOR FOR
POLICY, PLANNING
AND EVALUATION
OFFICE OF
POLICY ANALYSIS
OFFICE OF
STANDARDS
AND REGULATIONS
OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS AND
EVALUATION
ASSISTANT
ADMINISTRATOR FOR
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
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OFFICE OF INTER-
GOVERNMENTAL
LIAISON
OFFICE OF
CONGRESSIONAL
LIAISON
OFFICE OF
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
OFFICE OF
FEDERAL
ACTIVITIES
ASSISTANT
ADMINISTRATOR FOR
AIR AND RADIATION
OFFICE OF AIR
QUALITY PLANNING
AND STANDARDS
OFFICE OF
MOBILE SOURCES
OFFICE OF
RADIATION
PROGRAMS
ASSISTANT
ADMINISTRATOR FOR
PESTICIDES AND
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
M
OFFICE OF
PESTICIDE
PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
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MB
OFFICE OF
AUDIT
OFFICE OF
INVESTIGATIONS
OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT AND
TECHNICAL
ASSESSMENT
ASSISTANT
ADMINISTRATOR FOR
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE OF MONITOR-
ING SYSTEMS AND
QUALITY ASSURANCE
OFFICE OF
ENV. ENGINEERING
AND TECHNOLOGY
OFFICE OF
ENV. PROCESSES &
EFFECTS RESEARCH
OFFICE OF
HEALTH RESEARCH
REGION I
BOSTON
REGION III
PHILADELPHIA
REGION VI
DALLAS
REGION VII
KANSAS CITY
REGION VIII
DENVER
1 REGION IX
SAN FRANCISCO
REGION X
SEATTLE
OCI ! 4 1983
Date
William D. Ruckekhaus
Administrator
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CHAPTER 2 - OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
1. OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator is responsible to the
President for the supervision and direction of the programs and activities of
the Agency.
a. Deputy Administrator. The Deputy Administrator assists the Admin-
istrator in the discharge of his/her duties and responsibilities and serves
as Acting Administrator in the absence of the Administrator.
b. Assistants and Special Assistants to the Administrator. There shall
be certain Assistants and Special Assistants to the Administrator the number
to be determined by the Administrator, who shall be considered members of the
Administrator's personal staff to accomplish such assignments and tasks as the
Administrator may deem appropriate.
c. Executive Management Support Staff. The Executive Management Support
Staff, under the supervision of a Staff Director, provides the Administrator;
the Deputy Administrator; their Assistants and Special Assistants; the Associate
.Administrators and their staffs; and the Staff Offices with administrative,
financial management and budget support. This includes the preparation of
budget documents, operating plans and supporting justifications for all
resource decisions; preparation of organization and personnel materials;
preparation and tracking of payroll, travel and procurenent actions; and
facilities, space and property support.
2. OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES. The Office of Administrative Law
Judges, under the supervision of the Chief Administrative Law Judge presides
over and conducts formal hearings in accordance with Section 556 and 557 of
Title 5 of the United States Code (formerly the Administrative Procedures
Act), and issues initial decisions, if appropriate, in such proceedings.
Supervises the Administrative Law Judges located in certain Agency regional
offices who operate as a component of the Office of Administrative Law Jirlges.
Provides the Agency Hearing Clerk.
3. OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. The Office of Civil Rights, under the supervision
of the Director, serves as the principal adviser to the Administrator with
respect to EPA's internal and external equal opportunity and civil rights
program and policies and the impact of Agency programs on minorities and
women. All of the functions and responsibilities of the Director are Agency-
wide and apply to the provision of leadership, services, and advice with
respect to all of the programs and activities of the Agency. Provides program
policy guidance for and evaluates activities required to carry out the Agency's
responsibilities to assure equal opportunity and prohibit discrimination in
employment in EPA in accordance with applicable Civil Rights Acts, Executive
Orders, and implementing directives. Serves as Director, Equal Opportunity
with functions and responsibilities as set forth in the Office of Personnel
Management's Equal Opportunity Regulations (Part 713) and implementing EPA
directives. Ensures the implementation of the Agency's Special Emphasis programs
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the purposes of which are to address the concerns, needs, and aspirations
of wonen and Hispanics. In accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, and other legislation, assures that recipients of EPA finanacial
assistance do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin,
sex, age or physical handicap. Serves as Agency Title VI Coordinator pursuant
to the Act, Executive Order 11764, and regulations of the Department of Justice.
Provides program policy guidance for and evaluates activities required to carry
out the Agency's responsibilities regarding enforcement of the Davis-Bacon Act,
the Contract Work Hours Standards and Safety Act, and the Copeland Anti-Kickback
Act. Serves as Fair Housing Officer with functions and responsibilities as set
forth in the Department of Housing and Urban Development directives pursuant to
Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Provides Agency focal point for
liaison with the Departments of Justice, Comneroe, Labor, Housing and Urban
Development, Education, the Office of Personnel Management, the Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission, and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on matters
within his/her areas of responsibility. Ensures the exercise of Agency respon-
sibilities regarding enforcement of Title IX of the Education Act Amendments
of 1972, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex. Provides for technical
program policy direction, advice and guidance in the performance of Agency
Regional and field activities in the Office's areas of responsibility.
a. EEO Staff. The Equal Employment Opportunity Staff, under the
supervision of an Associate Director:
(a) Manages the Agency Affirmative Action Program designed to promote
equal opportunity in every aspect of Agency personnel policies and practices
in the employment, development, advancement and treatment of its employees
pursuant to the requirements of P.L. 92-261, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Act of 1972, and applicable Office of Personnel Management and Agency direc-
tives. Recommends to the Director, Office of Civil Rights (OCR), Agencywide
policies, plans, and objectives for and coordinates, monitors, and evaluates
the Agency's Affirmative Action Program.
(b) Manages the Agency Federal Women's Program pursuant to Executive
Order 11375 (October 13, 1967), and based on Office of Personnel Management
regulations as set forth in FPM Letter 713.8. Recommends to the Director, OCR,
Agencywide policies, plans, and objectives for and coordinates, monitors, and
evaluates the Agency's Federal Women's Program.
(c) Manages the Agency's Hispanic Employment Program based on Office
of Personnel Management regulations generally as set forth in FPM Letters
713.18 and 713.41. Recommends to the Director, OCR, Agencywide policies,
plans, objectives for and coordinates, monitors, and evaluates the Hispanic
Employment Program.
(d) Manages the Agency Discrimination Complaints Program pursuant to
Executive Order 11478; Section 717, Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended by the
Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972; Section 15, Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967, as amended; Section 501, Rehabilitation Act of 1973;
and Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations. Recommends to the Director, OCR,
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Agencyvd.de policies and procedures relative to discrimination complaints
including the selection and training of BED counselors, counseling procedures,
investigation of complaints, adjudication, review of EEDC decisions and
issuance of final Agency decisions,, Administers, on an Agencywide basis, the
counseling and investigations programs and maintains a monitoring and
evaluation program,,
bo External Compliance Programs Staff , The External Compliance Programs
Staff, under the supervision of an Associate Director, develops policies and
procedures for and ensures the implementation of the Agencywide programs that
assure compliance by Agency grantees and contractors with provisions of
applicable laws, Executive Orders, regulations, and policies relating to non-
discrimination, equal opportunity; and contract labor provisions on projects
and under contracts wholly or partially funded by the Agency,, Coverage of
external compliance responsibilities involves? assurance that there is no
discrimination on account of race, color, or national origin in the provision
of services or benefits under any program or activity receiving Agency financial
assistance (Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964); assurance that there is
no discrimination on account of age (Age Discrimination Act of 1975), sex
(Section 13 of the 1972 Amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
and Title IX of the Education Act Amendments of 1972), or physical handicap
(Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973) in programs receiving Agency
financial assistance; assurance that there is proper payment of wages to
laborers and mechanics on Agency funded construction projects (Davis-Bacon
and related Acts); surveillance of work, hour, and pay provisions under the
Contract Work Hours Standards and Safety Act; enforcement of the Cope land
Anti-Kickback Act; assurance that all Agency programs and activities are
conducted in compliance with the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1968
(Title VTII - Fair Housing) „ In connection with the above, prepares reports
required by the Departments of Justice, Education, Housing and Urban Develop-
nent, and Labor for administration of these programs., Develops procedures and
provides for investigations of complaints of violations of such laws, Coor-
dinates with Federal, State, and local officials, as appropriate. Serves as
Agency liaison with the Department of Labor for all contract compliance acti-
vities affecting the Agency,, Provides a focal point in the Office of Civil
Rights for assessing civil rights impact of Agency policies, regulations, and
programs on minorities and women. Provides technical assistance and direction
to counterpart activities in the Agency's Regional and field offices,
Co Area Equal Employment Opportunity Offices, The Area Equal Employment
Opportunity Offices located at RTP, Cincinnati and Las Vegas are responsible for
all matters relating to the Civil Rights Programs at those locations and other
field installations as assigned. Each Office provides advice, assistance
and guidance to managers and staffs at the various locations on matters relating
to the equal employment opportunity programs and policies. Represents the
Director, Office of Civil Rights, in matters and activities relating to nondis-
crimination and equal opportunity in employment for employees and applicants
for employment; develops and maintains an effective Federal Women's Program and
Hispanic Employment Program; coordinates the compilation of and prepares the
Affirmative Action Plan for RTP, Cincinnati and Las Vegas and other assigned
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installations; ensures the provision of BED counselor services; provides
for pronpt investigation of allegations of general or specific discrimination;
represents the Director, Office of Civil Rights, in relations with other
Government agencies and with concerned nongovernnental organizations in
areas of concern; maintains close working relationships with management at
the various installations and their servicing personnel offices. Provides
liaison for minority firms interested in obtaining business through EPA.
4. OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION. The Office of
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for developing policy and procedures implenenting the
functions and duties under Sections 8 and 15 of the Small Business Act as
amended by P.L. 95-507 (October 24, 1978)« Develops policies and procedures
implementing the provisions of Executive Order 11625 of October 13, 1971,
"Prescribing Additional Arrangements for Developing and Coordinating a National
Program for Minority Business Enterprise." Furnishes information and assistance
to components for the Agency's field offices responsible for carrying out
related activities. Develops and implements a program in accordance with
Executive Order 12138 (May 1979) to provide the maximum utilization of women-
owned business enterprises in all aspects of EPA contract work. Develops, in
collaboration with the Director, Procurement and Contracts Managenent Division,
Office of Administration and Resources Management, and other appropriate EPA
officials, programs to stimulate and improve the involvement of small business,
minority business, labor surplus areas and women-owned business enterprises
in the overall EPA procurement process. Monitors and evaluates Agency per-
formance in achieving EPA goals and objectives in the above areas. Recommends
the assignment of EPA technical advisors to assist designated Procurement
Center Representatives of the Small Business Administration in their duties
relating to Sections 8 to 15 of the Small Business Act as attended. Represents
EPA at hearings, interagency meetings, conferences and other appropriate
forums on matters related to the advancement of the above cited business
enterprises on EPA's Federal Contracting Program.
Is responsible for assuring EPA's implementation of the President's Urban
Policy to establish goals for minority participation in contracts funded under
Federal grants. In this regard, develops policies and regulations for and
evaluates activities required to conceptualize, establish, and administer the
Agency's Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Program in connection with
construction grants and other grants.
Coordinates with the Office of Water Program Operations, Office of Water, on
MBE activities for construction grants. Serves as the Deputy Administrator's
alternate on the Interagency Council for Minority Business Enterprise and
therefore provides for review, monitoring and evaluation of the Agency's MBE
Programs. Develops policy and guidance to EPA Regional Offices in assuring
that minority architectural and engineering consultants are given a fair
opportunity to participate in Agency construction grant projects (Attachment 0,
Procurement Standards, of OMB Circular No. A-102, Uniform Administrative
Requirements for Grants-in-Aid to State and Local Governments, dated August
24, 1977). Develops policy and guidance for implementation of Executive Order
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12138 (May 1979) assuring maximum participation of women-owned business
enterprises in contracts funded under EPA grants.
5. SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD. The Science Advisory Board, under the supervision
of a Staff Director, provide expert and independent advice to the Administrator
on issues relating to the scientific and technical problems facing the Agency,
the strategies devised to meet these problems, the technical programs to solve
problems, and the priorities among these. It advises on broad scientific,
technical, and policy matters; assesses the results of specific research efforts;
assists in identifying emerging environmental problems; and advises the Adminis-
trator on the cohesiveness and currency of the Agency's scientific programs.
6. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES. The Office of International Activities,
under the supervision of an Associate Administrator, provides direction to and
supervision of the activities, programs, and staff assigned to the Office of
International Activities. All of the functions and responsibilities of the
Associate Administrator are Agencywide, and apply to all international activi-
ties of the Agency. Develops policies and procedures for the direction of the
Agency's international programs and activities, subject to U.S. foreign policy,
and assures that adequate program, scientific, and legal inputs are provided.
Conducts continuing evaluations of the Agency's international activities and
makes appropriate recommendations to the Administrator. Advises the Adminis-
trator and principal officials of the Agency on the progress and effect of
foreign and international programs and issues. Serves as the Administrator's
representative in contacts with the Department of State and other Federal
agencies concerned with international affairs. Negotiates arrangements or
understandings relating to international cooperation with foreign organizations.
Coordinates Agency international contacts and commititents; serves as the
focal point for responding to requests for information relating to EPA inter-
national activities; and provides an initial point of contact for all foreign
visitors. Maintains liaison with all relevant international organizations and
provides representation where appropriate. Establishes Agency policy, and
approves annual plans and nodif ications thereof for travel abroad and attendance
at international conferences and events. Provides administrative support
for the general activities of the Executive Secretary of the U.S. side of the
US-USSR/PRC agreements on environmental protection and of the U.S. Coordinator
for the NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society. Supervises these
programs with respect to activities which are completely within the purview
of EPA.
a. Functions Staff. The Functions Staff, under the supervision of a
Director, coordinates EPA activities and maintains liaison with all relevant
international and multilateral organizations either directly or through their
appropriate agencies or institutions. Provides representation where appropriate.
Assures that EPA representatives to the various international organizations are
thoroughly cognizant of the goals of EPA participation in such organizations
and the foreign policy considerations of the Department of State. Disseminates
information resulting from participation in these activities to appropriate
officials. Maintains liaison with non-governmental organizations having inter-
national environmental interests. Assures that non-governmental organizations
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are thoroughly cognizant of the goals of EPA. Advises and assists appropriate
Headquarters and field activities concerned with ocean affairs and narine pol-
lution. Reviews proposed international conventions, agreements, regulations,
policies, and procedures in order to identify deficiencies or inconsistencies.
b. Area Staff. The Area Staff, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for the direction and evaluation of all international bilateral
activities undertaken by EPA, including Canada and Mexico, and assists
appropriate Headquarters and Regional Offices in developing, negotiating, and
inplenenting specific bilateral arrangements between EPA and foreign govern-
ments. Maintains a knowledge of overall Agency activities and objectives on
a country-by-country basis for the purpose of facilitating relations and
developing policy recommendations. Provides direction to the development and
implementation of EPA's Scientific Activities Overseas Program. Reviews and
evaluates the merits of proposed international projects.
7. OFFICE OF REGIONAL OPERATIONS. The Office of Regional Operations, under the
supervision of an Associate Administrator, reports directly to the Administrator
and Deputy Administrator. The Office serves as the primary communications link
between the Administrator/Deputy Administrator and the Regional Administrators.
It provides a Headquarters focus for ensuring the involvement of Regions, or
consideration of Regional views and needs, in all aspects of the Agency's work.
The Office is responsible for assuring Regional participation in Agency deci-
sion-^making processes, assessing the impact of Headquarters actions on Regional
operations, and acting as ombudsman to resolve Regional problems on behalf of
the Administrator. The Associate Administrator coordinates Regional issues,
organizes Regional Administrator meetings and work groups; and coordinates
Regional responses to specific issues. In addition, the Office is responsible
for working with the Regional Offices to further the consistent application of
national program policies by reinforcing existing administrative, procedural,
and program policy mechanisms as well as through initiation of reviews of
significant Regional issues of interest to the Administrator. It continually
monitors responsiveness and compliance with established policies and technical
needs through formal and informal contact and free dialogue. Intitiates and
conducts on-site field visits to study, analyze, and resolve problems of
Regional, sectional, and national scale.
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1TRATOR
ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR
FOR
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR
FOR
REGIONAL OPERATIONS
ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR
Executive
Management
Support Staff
1
Office of Small and
Disadvantaged
Business Utilization
1
Science Advisory
Board
1
Office of
Administrative
Law Judges
I
Office of
Civil Rights
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CHAPTER 3 - OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
1. OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL. The General Counsel serves as the primary legal
adviser to the Administrator; provides legal service to all of the organiza-
tional elements of the Agency with respect to all programs and activities of
the Agency; provides legal opinions, legal counsel, and litigation support;
and assists in the formulation and administration of the Agency's policies
and programs as legal adviser. In addition, the General Counsel has supervisory
responsibilities regarding the Regional Counsels, such as: having the lead
for selecting Regional Counsels and their staffs (with Regional Administrators'
concurrence); reviewing and rating Regional Counsels' performance (in consulta-
tion with the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring
and with Regional Administrator concurrence); and having the lead in establish-
ing rating and promotion criteria for Regional Counsel attorneys. The Deputy
General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel for Regional Coordination assist
the General Counsel in carrying out the duties of the Office of General Counsel.
a. Management Operations Staff. The Management Operations Staff, under
the supervision of a Staff Director, is responsible for the internal program,
and financial planning, personnel and administrative operations of the Office
of General Counsel.
b. tfater Division. The Water Division, under the supervision of an
Associate General Counsel, provides legal counsel, opinions, litigation support,
and services with respect to the Agency's water, drinking water, and ocean
dumping programs and activities.
c. Air and Radiation Division. The Air and Radiation Division, under
the supervision of an Associate General Counsel, provides legal counsel,
opinions, litigation support, and services with respect to the Agency's air
and radiation programs and activities.
d. Solid Waste and Emergency Response Division. The Solid Waste and
Emergency Response Division, under the supervision of an Associate General
Counsel, provides legal counsel, opinions, litigation support, and services
with respect to the Agency's solid waste and emergency response programs
and activities.
e. Pesticides and Toxic Substances Division. The Pesticides and Toxic
Substances Division, under the supervision of an Associate Gsneral Counsel,
provides legal counsel, opinions, litigation support, and services with respect
to the Agency's pesticides and toxic substances program and activities.
f. Grants, Contracts, and General Law Division. The Grants, Contracts,
and General Law Division, under the supervision of an Associate General Counsel,
provides legal counsel, opinion, litigation support, and services with respect
to (1) making financial assistance awards, (2) information law matters,
(3) entering into contracts for procurement and construction, and (4) general
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law natters' including personnel, labor relations, appropriations, claims,
patents, governnent ethics, and civil rights.
g. Inspector General Division. The Inspector General Division, under the
supervision of an Associate General Counsel, provides legal counsel, opinions,
litigation support, and other legal services to the Inspector General to carry
out the responsibilities of the Inspector General Act.
h. Board of Assistance Appeals. The Board of Assistance Appeals, under
the supervision of a Chief, hears and renders final Agency decisions on disputes
arising under Agency financial assistance agreements.
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GENERAL COUNSEL
DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSELS
Water Division
Solid Waste and
Emergency
Response Division
Grants, Contracts
and General
Law Division
Inspector
General
Division
Regional
Administrators
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Management
Operations
Staff
Air and
Radiation Division
Pesticides and
loxic Substances
Division
Board of
Assistance
Appeals
Regional Counsels
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CHAPTER 4 - OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FDR ENFORCEMENT
AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FDR ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE
MONITORING. The Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Monitor-
ing serves as the principal adviser to the Administrator in matters concerning
enforcement and compliance; provides the principal direction and review of
civil enforcement activities for air, water, waste, pesticides, toxics, and
radiation. This Assistant Administrator shall review the efforts of each
Assistant and Regional Administrator to assure that EPA develops and conducts
a strong and consistent enforcement and compliance program. The Office manages
a national criminal enforcement program; ensures coordination of media office
administrative compliance programs, and civil and criminal enforcement activi-
ties; and provides technical expertise for enforcement activities, through
the National Enforcement Investigations Center to Headquarters, Regions, and
States.
The Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring serves
as National Program Manager for the Agency's enforcement and compliance effort,
and as such, performs the following:
0 Provides a focal point at Headquarters for comprehensive oversight of
EPA's total enforcement and compliance effort, to include:
- Establishing Agencywide priorities and criteria for the program
Assistant Administrators to observe in developing their media specific compli-
ance strategies;
- Reviewing the above compliance strategies for consistency with the
priorities and criteria;
- On behalf of the Deputy Administrator, resolving any differences
between the proposed compliance strategies and the established priorities and
criteria (with final appeal to the Deputy Administrator);
- Establishing performance measures (compliance indicators), as a
component of the Agency's Management Accountability System for all enforcement
and compliance activities, to measure successful performance by Program Assis-
tant and Regional Administrators in achieving and enforcing compliance;
- Establishing target performance levels for appropriate performance
measures with the Program Assistant and Regional Administrators as part of the
Agency's Management Accountability System process;
- Reviewing performance against established targets by Program Assistant
and Regional Administrators on a quarterly basis, analyzing data collected
through the Agency's Management Accountability System process and preparing
performance highlights;
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- Presenting a quarterly compliance report to the Administrator/Dep-
uty Administrator as part of the quarterly Management Accountability System
presentations; and
- On behalf of the Deputy Administrator, conducting necessary audits
and evaluations of accomplishment reporting and enforcement case development
work to assure integrity of the system and correct inadequate performance;
0 Develops national policies and procedures in connection with legal and
other general compliance and enforcement issues;
0 Represents the Agency in explaining EPA compliance and enforcement
activities to the Congress, other executive agencies, and the public;
0 Manages the Agency's case docket to encourage that the Regions and the DOJ
to actively develop and resolve enforcement cases in a manner supporting national
policy;
0 Selects on a national basis for expeditious processing and upper manage-
ment attention those cases which would be most advantageous to the Agency as
precedents in newly-developing areas of the law;
0 Reviews for quality and sufficiency of legal and factual development
those cases which, because of national or precedential significance, are referred
to Headquarters from the Regions prior to referral to DOJ;
0 Reviews and approves settlements of cases to ensure consistancy with
national policy and adequacy of accomplishment;
0 Participates in or directs management of cases with national or prece-
dential significance (e.g., the love Canal cases, or multi-regional cases);
0 Develops and implements training programs for Regional attorneys and
support personnel on case development, policy implementation, standard record-
keeping techniques, etc.;
0 Reviews for enforcement significance and comments upon proposed regula-
tions, policies, procedures, legislation and other matters developed by the
program offices; and
0 Reviews and comments upon various program office activities related to
compliance and enforcement efforts of the Agency and States with delegated or
authorized programs, including significant or precedential administrative
orders prior to issuance; State applications for authorization to administer
and enforce programs under the various statutes and reports from those States
of compliance activities; and precedential draft permits for large or unique
facilities.
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a. Office of Enforcement Policy. The Office of Enforcement Policy, under
the supervision of a Director, develops and implements consistent cross-media
legal and enforcement polices and strategies; directs the Office of Enforcement
and Compliance Monitoring's (OECM) rulemaking activities and coordinates OECM
review of rulemaking activities of other Agency offices; develops and implements
OECM's accountability and evaluation measures; and serves as the principal OECM
liaison with Congressional oversight committees. In addition, the Office is
responsible for the following functions:
(1) Serves as focal point for developing multi-media and media-specific
enforcement policies and strategies; evaluates the effectiveness of overall
enforcement polices and participates in the development of enforcement strate-
gies; and coordinates the development of media-specific enforcement policies,
ensuring the Appropriate involvement of all affected offices and assuming the
lead in drafting such policies on an as-needed basis.
(2) Performs strategic planning and policy analysis functions. Per-
iodically participates in evaluation of the activities of OECM, program offices,
State and Department of Justice enforcement programs as they relate to overall
Agency strategy.
(3) Performs an overall coordination role among OECM offices as wall as
aitDng Headquarters, the Regions, Department of Justice, State and local govern-
ments and the various regulated industry sectors.
(4) leads work on producing Office reports, legislation, and automated
case docket system, and other projects which are general in nature and do not
pertain to a specific statute.
b. Office of Management Operations. The Office of Management Operations,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for the internal program
planning and administrative operations of OECM and is responsible for the
following functions:
(1) Advises and assists the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and
Compliance Monitoring and components of the Office in all matters relating to
management support and budget development and execution, including the exercise
of responsibility for program planning, budget preparation and execution,
resource analysis and control, and workyear control.
(2) Maintains commitment registers and prepares financial and workyear
utilization reports and special resource analyses to adjust operating and
future year budgets; and develops budget estimates and coordinates the development
of workload models and resource distributions.
(3) Serves as a point of liaison and coordination with the Office of
Administration and Resources Management in securing and providing administrative
and financial management services and support for the Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Monitoring.
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(4) Participates in the conduct of management audits/overviews of
Headquarters and Regional Offices and coordinates the development of the OECM
portions of annual Agency guidance.
(5) Prepares OMB and Congressional budget justifications, and prepares
the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring for OMB
and Congressional budget hearings.
c. National Enforcement Investigations Center, Denver, Colorado. The
National Enforcement Investigations Center (NEIC), under the supervision of a
Director, serves as the principal source of technical expertise and point of
coordination for complex technical investigations and support having national
impact on EPA and State regulatory programs for air, water, toxics, pesticides,
radiation, and solid waste pollution control. In coordination with the Assistant
Administrator for OECM, Regional Offices, and other EPA program directors and
their staffs, the Canter plans, develops, and provides technical evidence,
information and interpretation for case preparations in all program areas.
NEIC provides technical support for criminal investigations conducted on a
national basis; and in conjunction with the Director, Criminal Enforcement
Division, the Center provides training in technical aspects of criminal case
development. The NEIC provides expertise and guidance to the Office of
Enforcement Policy for the development of multi-madia strategies; and national
expertise to Headquarters and Regional Offices of EPA and the Department of
Justice in evaluating a broad range of waste disposal and emission problems,
monitoring technology, and remedial programs not normally available in Regional
staffs.
d. Criminal Enforcement Division. The Criminal Enforcement Division (CED),
under the supervision of a Director, provides expertise and guidance to the
Assistant Administrator for OECM on all matters pertaining to criminal enforce-
ment of violations of environmental regulations and statutes. The Division
oversees the recruitment of experienced criminal investigators to staff Area
Offices and the National Investigations Center. The Division exercises
personnel management responsibilities over all Agency investigators during the
conduct of criminal case development under EPA's environmental statutes.
CED establishes national criminal enforcement priorities and targeting strategy,
in consultation with the program offices, and, in conjunction with the Office
of Enforcement Policy, prepares policy guidance and uniform national standards
and procedures for criminal investigations and enforcement activity. The
Division develops, reviews and approves training programs for EPA's criminal
investigators and related personnel; supervises the investigative activity
of all Area Offices and reviews criminal cases prepared in Area Offices for
prosecutive merit; and provides recommendations to the Assistant Administra-
tor for OECM on referral of cases to the Department of Justice for litigation.
The Division reviews civil referrals considered to be potentially appropriate
for criminal action, analyzes proposed legislation and reviews proposed regula-
tory programs. CED is responsible for liaison with the Department of Justice
to coordinate prosecutorial support for criminal enforcement activities; and
serves as a contact for other EPA officials and interested parties outside EPA
in responding to requests for policy and program information. The Division
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coordinates the Agency's joint investigations with the FBI; and coordinates
criminal investigations with the EPA Office of Inspector General, as appropriate.
e0 Air Enforcement Division. The Air Enforcement Division (AED), under the
supervision of a Director, provides the principal direction and review of
civil enforcement activities for Air and Radiation and makes recommendations
to the Assistant &3ministrator for OECM on referrals to DOJ under the Clean
Air Act. The Division initiates and conducts reviews of selected civil enforce-
ment litigation referrals from Regional and media program offices and assures
consistency of individual cases with procedural requirements and policy. In
conjunction with the Regional Counsel or Assistant Administrator, as appropriate,
and the Department of Justice, AED prepares overall litigation strategies and
reviews all settlements for consistency with national policy and adequacy of
result. In selected cases, the Division participates in and/or manages the
conduct of negotiations, preparation of litigation documents and settlement
agreements, and development and presentation of the Government's case in court.
In addition, the Division provides legal counsel to media program offices with
regard.to case development, administrative actions, and compliance activities.
AED develops, with the Office of Enforcement Policy, all air civil enforcement
strategic planning and policy issues that are mediaspecif ic and provides
specialized expertise. The Division identifies the need for new or revised
strategies, policies or procedures and participates in and/or develops the
implementing guidance. AED assumes a lead role in media-specific policy issues
as agreed to with the Office of Enforcement Policy. The Division participates
in regulation development and review on matters relating to air enforcement.
AED is also responsible for reviewing air-related Congressional responses,
legislative initiatives, and State regulatory and enforcement activities.
f „ Waste Enforcment Division. The Waste Enforcement Division, under the
supervision of a Director, provides the principal direction and review of civil
enforcement activities for waste and makes recommendations to the Assistant
Administrator for OECM on referrals to DOJ, under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act (CERICA). The Division initiates and conducts reviews
of potential civil enforcement litigation referrals from Regional and media
program offices, assures the quality of litigation reports prepared, and assures
consistency of individual cases with procedural requirements and policy. In
conjunction with the Regional Counsel or Assistant Administrator, as appropriate,
and the Department of Justice, the Division prepares overall litigation strate-
gies and reviews all settlements for consistency with national policy and
adequacy of result. The Division participates in and/or manages the conduct
of negotiations, preparation of litigation documents and settlement agreements,
and development and presentation of the Government's case in court. In addition,
the Division provides legal counsel to media program offices with regard to case
development, administrative actions, and compliance. The Division develops
with the Office of Enforcement Policy, all waste civil enforcement strategic
planning and policy issues that are media-specific and provides specialized
expertise. The Division identifies the need for new or revised strategies,
policies, or procedures and participates in or develops the implementing guidance.
The Division assumes a lead role in media-specific policy issues as agreed to
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with the Office of Enforcement Policy,, The Division participates in regulation
development and review on matters relating to waste enforcement. The Division
is also responsible for reviewing waste-related Congressional responses, legis-
lative initiatives, and State regulatory and enforcement activities.
g. Pesticides and Toxic Substances Enforcement Division. The Pesticides
and Toxic Substances Enforcement Division (PTSED), under the supervision of a
Director, provides the principal direction and review of civil enforcement
activities for pesticides and toxic substances and makes recommendations to
the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring on refer-
rals to DQJ, under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The Division initiates
and conducts reviews of potential civil enforcement litigation referrals from
Regional and nedia program offices, assures the quality of litigation reports
prepared, and assures consistency of individual cases with procedural require-
ments and policy. In conjunction with the Regional Counsel or Assistant
Administrator, as appropriate, and the Department of Justice, PTSED prepares
overall litigation strategies and reviews all settlements for consistency with
national policy and adequacy of result., In selected cases, the Division
participates in and/or manages the conduct of negotiations, preparation of
litigation documents and settlement agreements, and development and presentation
of the Government's case in court. In addition, the Division provides legal
counsel to media program offices with regard to case development, administrative
actions, and compliance activities. PTSED develops with the Office of Enforce-
itent Policy, all pesticides and toxic substances civil enforcement strategic
planning and policy issues that are media-specific and provides specialized
expertise. The Division identifies the need for new or revised strategies,
policies, or procedures and participates in or develops the implementing
guidance. PTSED assumes a lead role in media-specific policy issues as
agreed to with the Office of Enforcement Policy. The Division participates
in regulation development and review on matters relating to pesticides and
toxic substances enforcement. The Division is also responsible for reviewing
pesticides and toxic substances-related Congressional responses, legislative
initiatives, and State regulatory and enforcement activities.
h0 Water Enforcement Division. The water Enforcement Division, under the
supervision of a Director, provides the principal direction and review of civil
enforcement activities for water and makes recommendations to the Assistant
Administrator for OECM on referrals to DOJ, under the Clean Water Act and Safe
Drinking Water Act. The Division initiates and conducts reviews of potential
civil enforcement litigation referrals from Regional and media program offices,
and assures consistency of individual cases with procedural requirements and
policy. In conjunction with the Regional Counsel or Assistant Administrator,
as appropriate, and the Department of Justice, prepares overall litigation
strategies and reviews all settlements for consistency with national policy and
adequacy of result. In selected cases, the Division participates in and/or
manages the conduct of negotiations, preparation of litigation documents and
settlement agreements, and development and presentation of the Dovernments's
case in court. In addition, the Division provides legal counsel to media pro-
gram offices with regard to case development, administrative actions, and
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ccnpliance monitoring activities. The Division develops, with the Office of
Enforcement Policy, all water civil enforcenent strategic planning and policy
issuss that are media-specific and provides specialized expertise. It identi-
fies the need for new or revised strategies, policies, or procedures and
participates in and/or develops the implementing guidance. The Division assumes
a lead role in media-specific policy issues as agreed to with the Office of
Enforcement Policy. The Division participates in regulation development and
review on matters relating to water enforcement. The Division is also respon-
sible for reviewing water-related Congressional responses, legislative initia-
tives, and State regulatory and enforcement activities.
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Office of
Enforcement Policy
Office of
Management Operations
OFFICE OF
ENFORCEMENT AND
COMPLIANCE MONITORING
National Enforcement
Investigations Center
Denver/ CO
Air
Enforcement
Division
Waste
Enforcement
Division
Criminal
Enforcement
Division
Pesticides and Toxic
Substances Enforcement
Division
Water
Enforcement
Division
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CHAPTER 5 - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT. The functions and responsibilities assigned to the Assistant
Administrator for Administration and Resources Management reflect services
provided to all of the programs and activities of the Agency, except as may
be specifically noted. In addition, this Assistant Administrator has primary
responsibility Agencywide for policy and procedures governing the functional
areas outlined below. The major functions of the Office include resources
management and systems (including budget and financial management), personnel
services, occupational health and safety, administrative services, organization
and management analysis and systems development, information management and
services, automated data processing systems and procurement through contracts
and grants. This Office is the primary point of contact and manages
agencywide internal controls, audit resolution and followup, and governmentwide
management improvement initiatives.
In the performance of the above functions and responsibilities, the Assistant
Administrator for Administration and Resources Management represents the
Administrator in communications with the Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Personnel Management, General Accounting Office, General Services
Administration, Department of the Treasury, and other Federal agencies pre-
scribing requirements for the conduct of Government budget, fiscal management
and administrative activities.
Program Operations Support Staff. The Program Operations Support Staff,
under the supervision of a Staff Director, provides centralized budget execution
and fund control and reporting services for the Office of Administration and
Resources Management (OARM). The Staff secures and provides administrative
and financial management services for the Immediate Office of the Assistant
Administrator (AA) and performs other activities at the request of the
Assistant Administrator, Deputy Assistant Administrator and immediate staff.
2. OFFICES OF ADMINISTRATION - CINCINNATI, OHIO AND RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK,
NORTH CAROLINA. The Offices of Administration at Cincinnati, Ohio and Research
Triangle Park, North Carolina, each under the supervision of a Director, pro-
vide and administer personnel, procurement, safety and security, property and
supply, printing, distribution, facilities, and other administrative service
programs at these and other specified geographic locations.
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3. OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER. The Office of the Comptroller, under the super-
vision of the Comptroller, is responsible for Agencywide budget, resources
management and financial management functions, including program analysis and
planning; budget formulation, preparation and execution; funding allotments
and allocations; and developing and maintaining accounting systems, fiscal
controls, and systems for payroll and disbursements. The Assistant Administra-
tor's resource systems responsibilities are administered by this Office.
a. Budget Division. The Budget Division, under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for the following:
(1) Designs and oversees the budget management process from issue
formulation to execution. Prepares EPA budget requests, appeals and materials
for Congressional hearings as well as special requests. Provides manuals,
forms, tables and schedules in support of the annual budget process;
(2) Prepares an annual analytic agenda defining the major policy and
resource issues facing the Agency. Conducts studies of these issues and trans-
lates them into independent recommendations to the Assistant Administrator for
Administration and Resources Management (AA-OARM) and the Administrator;
(3) Develops the Agency's budget guidance. Facilitates program policy
input to the budget process from Regional Administrators. Provides analytic
and staff support for all aspects of AA-OARM's resources management responsi-
bilities, leads analytic teams on major cross-cutting issues and critiques
program office issue analyses;
(4) Maintains principal OARM liaison with the Office of Management
and Budget regarding program planning matters. Coordinates the development of
the Agency's Congressional budget justification and testimony for the appropria-
tions process and monitors the progress of estimates through the Congressional
phase. Assists and provides staff support to Congressional conmittees;
(5) Reviews and analyzes enabling legislation, including proposed
standards and regulations, to develop cost estimates for new and changing
program initiatives;
(6) Assists program and Regional Offices in the formulation, review and
modification of workload analysis models;
(7) Coordinates development, review and approval of annual operating
plans. Conducts periodic budget execution reviews of Headquarters and Regional
components so as to provide recommendations on resources targets for the
budget process;
(8) Develops the Agency's operating year guidance in conjunction with
other offices in EPA.
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(9) Formulates and disseminates a wide range of budget policy deter-
minations to support budget implementation and planning needs;
(10) Collects data, conducts certain resource analyses and completes
a wide variety of status reports on the budget required by program and budget
officers in EPA, OMB and the Congress. Is responsible for object class analy-
ses to determine resources utilization and need. Performs on-site resource
utilization audits. Maintains the Agency's Regional and Headquarters output-
tracking/accountability system as a compatible component of other Agency
information systems.
(11) Is responsible for all funds management, including the issuing
of allowances and apportionments and the carrying out of reprogrammings.
Maintains an allocation, control and reporting system for all personnel and
financial resources;
(12) Within overall technical guidance prescribed by the Office of
Information Resources Management, provides ADP systems support to monitor budget
trends and generate the numerous reports required to support the budget control,
formulation and review functions; and
(13) Provides all resource data, analyses and reports which are
required or requested by Agency officials, other Federal agencies, OMB, and
the Congress.
b. Financial Management Division. The Financial Management Division,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for the Agency financial
management program. Develops fiscal policies and procedures; develops and
implements financial information systems; directs the overall Agency financial
reporting operations; and develops Agencywide accounting and fiscal services.
Specifically, this involves:
(1) Providing accounting and fiscal services through accounting
operations offices in Cincinnati, Durham, Denver, and Headquarters while
coordinating and providing general direction for all other Agency accounting
operations;
(2) Developing and testing improved accounting operations for Agency use;
(3) Providing payroll and related accounting services for the Agency;
(4) Developing and coordinating the utilization of non-EPA financial
services;
(5) Maintaining liaison with the General Accounting Office (GAO), the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Treasury Department on matters
involving fiscal operations and systems;
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(6) Developing Agency accounting systems that will achieve GAO approval;
(7) Representing EPA in achieving consistency in application of GAO and
OMB financial management guidelines and policies;
(8) Assigning account numbers to the various Agency allowance holders;
(9) Maintaining and operating the Agency financial information systems,
and preparing and distributing or submitting Agency financial reports and assuring
that all accounting systems support the Administrator's Accountability System,
within overall technical guidance prescribed by the Office of Information
Resources Management;
(10) Developing fiscal policies and procedures established through
regulations, the Agency directives system, or other instructions; and
(11) Providing accounting and fiscal consultation to Agency components
as needed.
c. Resource Systems Staff. The Resource Systems Staff, under the super-
vision of a Staff Director, provides the Agency focal point for interaction
with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the General Accounting
Office (GAO) and provides Agencywide analytical services for resource issues.
Specifically, this includes:
(1) Providing the Assistant Administrator's liaison with the GAO;
(2) Managing an effective audit resolution and followup system in
cooperation with the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, the Office
of the Inspector General and other offices as appropriate;
(3) Representing EPA in its implementation of the Federal Managers'
Financial Integrity Act, including its systems for internal control;
(4) Representing EPA with respect to GAO-proposed governmentwide
management improvement initiatives; and
(5) Representing EPA in its implementation of the Reform '88 and other
resource related Executive Branch management improvement programs.
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4« OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION. The Office of Administration, under the super-
vision of a Director, is responsible for the development and conduct of programs
for personnel policies, procedures and operations; organization and management
systems, control, and services; facilities, property and space management;
personnel and property security; policies, procedures, and operations related to
procurement through grants, contracts, and interagency agreements; and occupa-
tional health and safety;
a a Personnel Management Division« The Personnel Management Division,
(PMD) under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for planning,
developing, implementing and administering Agency personnel programs in support
of the Agency's mission and function,. The complete range of personnel programs
includess (1) workforce planning; (2) recruitment and employment activities;
(3) performance management; (4) position management and classification;
(5) employee development and training; (6) compensation administration;
(7) labor-management relations; (8) employee relations and benefits; (9) equal
employment opportunity and special emphasis programs; (10) executive resource
management and compensation; (11) personnel management information and reporting
systems with overall technical guidance prescribed by the Office of Information
Resources Management; and (12) a progam designed to measure the effectiveness
of Agency personnel management programs in terms of achievement of results,
and efficiency and economy of operation. The Director of Personnel directs
the Personnel Management Division in its role of providing advice, assistance
and support to EPA managers and supervisors in carrying out their personnel
management responsibilities in all areas.
b. Management and Organization Division. The Management and Organization
Division, under the supervision of a Director, develops and promotes on an
Agencywide basis improved principles, standards, policies, and procedures
governing overall organization and management systems. Controls the Agency's
directives management system. Conducts and provides for the conduct of manage-
ment studies, cost-effectiveness reviews, and technical assistance in management
review methodology. Provides organization analysis, design, and review, and
controls the overall organization approval process. Provides analyses of
functions and delegations of authority. Develops and administers, with the
cooperation of other OARM organizations, an Agency management review program
designed to measure the effectiveness of management processes within the Agency.
Provides in-house management consulting services to senior program and staff
officials. Administers the Agency forms analysis, design and management
program. Is responsible for managing and controlling the Agency's advisory
committees in support of scientific and technical activities carried out by
EPA program Assistant Administrators „
c. Facilities and Support Services Division. The Facilities and Support
Services Division, under the supervision of a Director, develops, conducts and
coordinates Agency programs relating to facility construction, acquisition,
design and layout, repairs and improvements, and preventive maintenance and
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operations; property and supply management; printing, distribution, and other
general services; assures adequate physical protection of Agency equipment,
buildings, and personnel; and is responsible for Headquarters safety inspections,
and transportation management.
d. Grants Administration Division. The Grants Administration Division,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for the development and
dissemination of policy and regulations for all assistance (grants and
cooperative agreements). Develops and assures implementation of guidelines,
regulations and procedures for the processing and awarding of all grants,
including consolidated grants. Coordinates the review of grant applications
with the Contracts Management Division with respect to those applications
which have elements common to both grants and contracts. Specifically, the
Division:
(1) Provides continuing monitoring, analysis, evaluation and reporting
on grant program activities; conducts ongoing monitoring and evaluation of all
grant program procedures and develops new and improved techniques and methods
for processing and administering grants. Develops and maintains the Agency's
Grants Information and Control System (GICS) including milestones to track
grant progress after award within overall technical guidance prescribed by
the Office of Information Resources Management, and provides grants information
to key Agency officials, other agencies, Congress, and the public;
(2) Determines the need for and recommends or reviews proposed
legislation, regulations, and directives involving grants;
(3) Maintains liaison with Federal, State, and local agencies and
grantees to assure that the grant system provides pronpt, effective, and
efficient service to grantees;
(4) Serves as the focal point for Agency participation in Presidential
or interagency efforts of the Office of Management and Budget to improve the
Federal assistance system, including activities under the Office of Management
and Budget Circulars, and activities of the Federal Regional Councils and the
Federal Executive Boards;
(5) Provides training and technical assistance to components of the
Agency's field establishment responsible for carrying out related activities; and
(6) Performs administrative management functions for all applications
and awards for all Headquarters-administered grant programs.
e. Procurement and Contracts Management Division. The Procurement and
Contracts Management Division, under the supervision of a Director, develops,
conducts, and coordinates the Agency contracts management program, including
the provision of advisory financial analysis of grant applications. Develops
Agency procurement policies and regulations for implementation of the Federal
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Procurement Regulations. Conducts Headquarters programs for contract placement,
modification, post-award administration, and termination, including advertising,
location of sources, negotiation, award, in-process monitoring and termination
settlement. Provides technical guidance to all field contracting operations
and conducts a contracts management technical review and internal evaluation
program. Provides cost and price analysis services to Headquarters and field
contracting operations. Coordinates action on contract proposals with the
Grants Administration Division with respect to those proposals which have
common elements of both grants and contracts. Represents the Agency on
contracts management matters with other Federal agencies and industry.
f. Occupational Health and Safety Staff. The Occupational Health and
Safety Staff, under the supervision of a Staff Director, is responsible for the
development and conduct of comprehensive occupational health and safety programs.
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5. OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, The Office of Information
Resources Management (OIRM), under the supervision of a Director, provides for
an information resource management program (IRM) consistent with the provisions
of P.L. 96-511., The Office establishes policy, goals and objectives for imple-
mentation of IRM; develops annual and long-range plans and budgets for IRM
functions and activities; and promotes IRM concepts throughout the Agency.
The Office coordinates IRM activities; plans, develops and operates information
systems and services in support of the Agency's management and administrative
functions, and the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response and other
Agency programs and functions as required. The Office oversees the performance
of these activities when carried out by other Agency components. The Office
performs liaison for interagency sharing of information and coordinates IRM
activities with OMB and GSA. The Office ensures compliance with requirements
of P.Lo 96-511 and other Federal laws, regulations, and guidelines relative to
IRM; and chairs the Agency's IRM Steering Committee. The Office develops
Agency policies and standards; and administers or oversees Agency prograns for
library systems and services, internal records management, and the automated
collection, processing, storage, retrieval and transmission of data by or for
Agency components and programs„ The Office plans and manages, or approves, the
acquisition of all information technology, systems and services by or for Agency
components and programs, including those systems and services acquired by grant-
ees and contractors using Agency funds. The Office manages or at its discretion,
oversees the operation of all Agency computers and telecomnunications hardware
and facilities. The Office reviews and evaluates information systems and serv-
ices services, including office automation,which are operated by other Agency
components; sets standards for and approves the selection of Agency personnel
who are responsible for the technical management of these activities. The Office
is responsible for establishing and/or applying telecommunications and Federal
information processing standards. The Office coordinates its performance of
these functions and activities with the Agency's information collection policies
and budgets managed by the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation.
a. Data Processing Division. The Data Processing Division (DPD),
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for the management of
information processing resources, including telecommunications in EPA. The
DPD plans for and acquires or approves all general purpose and scientific
computers, associated operating systems, and telecommunications facilities
required to meet the needs of EPA programs and Regions. The DPD operates and
maintains all general purpose conputers and local area networks at Headquarters
and Research Triangle Park. The DPD provides the Agency with telecommunications
capability to meet Agency needs. The DPD develops architectural strategies
and procures advanced systems, support equipment, and processing technology
to meet Agencywide requirements. Specifically DPDs
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(1) Prepares the Agency's computing resources plan which includes
equipment, software, and telecommunications systems required to support Agency
requirements.
(2) Develops policy, methods, and guidelines; operates and maintains
general purpose software; and enforces standards which apply to all Agency
coitputing activities.
(3) Operates centralized data processing facilities in Headquarters
and Research Triangle Park; and develops and maintains general purpose software,
facilities including operating systems, general use software such as data base
management software and utilities.
(4) Provides technical direction and oversight of the data processing
facilities in the Cincinnati, Regional Offices, and laboratories.
(5) Operates and maintains the timeshare accounting and chargeback
ADP systems.
(6) Manages the testing and acceptance of computing equipment,
associated operating systems and data transmission equipment and services.
(7) Develops technical specifications, acquires, and provides the
technical management of standard Agency wrd processing, ADP equipment contracts
and general use, and non-EPA timeshare service procurements.
(8) Plans for appropriate national telecommunication services to
meet Agency needs and operates and maintains the national telecommunications
network; reviews needs for local area network and ccodinates planning with
other offices, both internal and external; and assures participation in OMB/GSA
long-range telecommunications plans.
(9) Provides for data and facility security; implements and maintains
access to central computer files; and establishes and implements guidelines for
security of data on office and personal computers.
(10) Manages the Agency distributed processing program including
providing operating system support, technical assistance and resource planning
for distributed sites.
(11) Plans and manages the acquisition of information processing
resources including equipment, software and telecommunications required to
meet the general ADP processing requirements of the Agency.
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(12) Assesses and develops plans and guidelines for the application
of new information technology in EPA; including operating systems softwarei
telecommunications, peripheral devices, graphics, videodisks, COM micrographics,
and other information handling technology.
(13) Provides central data base administration. Establishes policy
and procedures governing central data base usage and maintains the central
data base environment.
(14) Plans, develops and delivers training and other support services
to EPA managers and staff as required to ensure their cost-effective access to
and use of EPA computing and teleccnmunications resources and to ADP professionals
as required to ensure effective performance and career development.
b. Information Systems Division. The Information Systems Division (ISO),
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for developing, enhancing,
operating, and maintaining automated information systems to meet the common
needs of EPA programs. Develops automated information systems which serve
program offices, taking a direct role when systems cross functional, geographic,
media, or technical lines, and an approval role when program offices have both
the desire and resources for developing their own systems. Specifically, the
ISO is responsible for the Agency's administrative and resource management ADP
systems, integrated office systems in support of EPA programs, the Facilities
Number System, Superfund systems, Hazardous Waste systems, and the Chemical
Information System. The ISO serves as the principal point of contact for
Headquarters and Regional Offices desiring ADP system development and office
automation services. Specifically, the ISDs
(1) Develops policies and long-term applications systems development
plans.
(2) Assists client offices in preparing annual plans that identify
the ADP services and resources for developing, enhancing, operating, and main-
taining ADP systems.
(3) Performs systems analysis, prepares alternative analyses, and
provides detailed specifications for systems to meet identified needs and
specific requests from management and program offices; and remains abreast of
existing software and applications programs applicable to Agency requirements.
(4) Designs, programs, tests and installs new ADP systems or major
modifications to existing systems.
(5) Designs, programs, tests, and installs in client offices, appli-
cations software and equipment for turnkey, integrated office systems.
(6) Operates and maintains the applications software and the updating
of data files for complex, multiuser systems.
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(7) Develops contract requirements for systems analysis and program-
ming; and oversees contract tasks in support of management and program offices.
(8) Maintains a state-of-the-art environment for software and program
development and enhancements.
(9) Establishes and/or applies standards for software, languages and
program documentation.
(10) Provides data administration for management systems and coordi-
nates this activity for program offices.
(11) Provides certification of systems.
(12) Plans, develops and delivers training and other support to users
of EPA information system as required for effective access to and use of informa-
tion systems, and to ADP systems development staff as required to ensure effective
performance and career development.
(c) Information Management and Services Division. The Information
Management and Services Division (IMSD), under the direction of a Director, is
responsible for the development of an IRM support function to ensure efficient
handling of information in, or among offices in EPA consistent with the require-
ments of PL.96-511; develops programs, systems, and procedures to control the
definition, creation, coordination of the storage, protection, disposition,
and retrieval of Agency records; participates in, and supports, Agency level
policy, planning, and sharing initiatives; provides assistance to field offices
in EPA. The IMSD is responsible for identifying information requirements
within EPA, operating the public information center, referral, and clearinghouse
activities for the EPA staff and the general public. The IMSD is responsible
for the development and maintenance of a library system and the operation of
the Headquarters library. Specifically, the IMSD:
(1) Identifies information requirements; conducts user studies, and
develops short and long term plans for information activities support for
Agency management and program offices. Provides current awareness services
and programs to information managers and users.
(2) Provides for an integrated library program in support of Agency
administrative and program offices; provides a Headquarters library service;
coordinates library services Agencywide.
(3) Designs, develops and implements systems to provide public access to
environmental information and data. Provides for a public information reference
and inquiry unit; provides indexes and guides to environmental information.
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(4) Operates and maintains a clearinghouse of envirnomental data bases
and models; provides for a referral service to sources of environmental
information.
(5) Operates and maintains INFOTERRA, the U.S. Focal Point for the
United Nations Environmental Program's international referral system. Provides
a translations service for the Agency.
(6) Maintains inventory of major data bases, scientific and technical
publications, and provides directory of information resources.
(7) Provides bibliographic controls for Agency scientific and technical
publications. Develops, implements, and manages records disposition program;
provides systems for files management; and coordinates with the Management
and Organization Division on internal forms, reports and directives management
program; implements a micrographics management program; conducts Regional
records assistance reviews.
(8) Serves as OIRM's liasion with the Office of Policy, Planning and Eval-
uation.
(9) Conducts periodic reviews of records operations, libraries, informa-
tion systems and information centers.
(10) Develops and administers the data dictionary; provides metadata data
administration.
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CHAPTER 6 - OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING AND EVALUATION
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR POLICY, PLANNING AND EVALUATION.
The functions and responsibilities assigned to the Assistant Administrator for
Policy, Planning and Evaluation (AA-OPPE) outlined below are Agencywide; and
except as specifically noted, the functions apply to the provision of services
with respect to all of the programs and activities of the Agency.
a. Policy analysis, including conducting economic evaluations of Agency
programs, policies, standards, and coordinating, evaluating and developing
Agencywide and program policies.
b. Standards and regulations, including providing procedural management,
planning, and evaluation of Agency standards, regulations, and guidelines, and
information collection activities.
c. Management strategy and evaluation functions including planning, tracking
and evaluating program management and accomplishments, establishing Agency goals
and objectives, implementing and developing new approaches for Agencywide program
evaluation activities and coordinating the use of environmental monitoring data
for Agency planning and decision-making.
d. In the performance of these functions and responsibilities, the Assistant
Administrator represents the Administrator in communications with the Congress
and with the Office of Management and Budget, General Accounting Office, and
other Federal agencies prescribing requirements for the conduct of Government
policy and program management activities.
e. Legislative policy function, including working closely with the Adminis-
trator, Deputy Administrator and program Assistant Administrators (AA's), to
define objectives for change and new areas for exploration of policy alternatives;
providing external policy liaison, in cooperation with the Assistant Administrator
for External Affairs, program AA's and OPPE staff for identifying new ideas for
reform in program design and legislation.
f. Regional liaison function, including coordination of communications
between AA-OPPE and Regional Administrators, ensuring through the Associate
Administrator for Regional Operations that Regions are appropriately informed
and involved in OPPE activities; reviewing and assessing content of Agency
policy for impact on Regional policy and evaluation operations and consistency
with OPPE or Agencywide policy and procedures.
g. This assignment of functions shall not detract from the authority of
senior Agency officials to perform similar functions within their own areas of
responsibility. Staff shall consult on and provide analytical assistance in
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2. OFFICE OF POLICY ANALYSIS. The Office of Policy Analysis, under the super-
vision of a Director, performs the following functions on an Agencywide basis:
(1) Conducts economic evaluations of Agency programs, policies, standards and
regulations, including the estimation of abatement costs, cost/benefit analysis,
impact assessments, and monitoring of plant closings throughout the Nation;
(2) Consults and provides analytical assistance in the areas described
above to senior policy and program officials and other offices in the Agency;
(3) Conducts intermedia and long-range strategic studies in cooperation
with other Agency offices to outline needs for new Agency initiatives;
(4) Develops and coordinates proposals for major new Agency initiatives in
the environment area;
(5) Maintains liaison on major policy issues with other agencies concerned
with environmental policy, and assures development of a coordinated Agency
position, where appropriate;
(6) Maintains liaison with universities and other groups active in developing
advanced concepts in the energy/environmental field to the extent necessary to
carry out functions assigned to the Office of Policy Analysis; and
(7) Coordinates the major activities of the divisions within the Office of
Policy Analysis.
a. Economic Analysis Division. The Economic Analysis Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for: ensuring that the combined
economic effects of all EPA programs, policies, regulations, and standards are
considered appropriately in individual Agency decisions; assessing the macro-
economic effects of EPA's programs; in coordination with the Office of Management
Systems and Evaluation (OMSE), identifying and analyzing potential long-run
issues, trends, or developments in EPA's external environment of an economic
or technological nature that may significantly affect major Agency goals or
objectives; developing alternative strategies for responding to these potential
issues, trends, or developments; ensuring that the benefits of alternative
regulatory requirements are adequately analyzed in the proposal and promulgation
of individual regulations in any program; and working with the program offices
in the development of policies regarding analytical techniques and program
implementation. These responsibilities are accomplished by the following
means:
(1) Perform analyses of the economic impact of EPA programs for which
more than one regulation is involved.
(2) Perform analyses of the macroeconomic impacts of EPA's entire program.
(3) Perform analyses of the economic impacts of all EPA regulations on
individual industries of major economic environmental importance.
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(4) Perform analyses of the financial impacts on individual companies or
plants of alternative enforcement or regulatory decisions, at the request of
top Agency management.
(5) Coordinate a nationwide program monitoring plant closings throughout
the country and prepare a quarterly report from the Administrator to the Secre-
tary of Labor.
(6) Evaluate the effects of EPA's programs on small business, communicate
such effects to Agency management and, where appropriate, work to improve
EPA'S regulations and practices as they affect small business.
(7) Provide an outreach program to small business through the Small Busi-
ness Ombudsman.
(8) Perform analyses of the secular trend of the economy, with emphasis
on structural developments affecting the major polluting industries, and the
components of real and inflationary growth on the generation of residuals.
(9) Perform analyses of key technological trends and potential new develop-
ments on the generation of and control of residuals, and the cost of control.
(10) Develop alternative strategic responses to these economic and techno-
logical trends for top Agency management.
(11) Prepare reports to Congress, issues papers and policy statements on
multi-program, economic/environmental issues of national importance at the
request of top Agency management.
(12) Review the benefits analyses performed by the program office in support
of proposed standards and regulations to insure that the proper analyses have
been done, that the analyses are done well, that appropriate alternatives have
been considered, and that key economic and policy questions have been answered.
(13) Perform benefits analyses of specific regulations in instances when
the program office does not have sufficient capability to perform such analyses.
(14) Provide expert advice on benefits analysis to top Agency management.
b. Regulatory Policy Division. The Regulatory Policy Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for: ensuring that the impacts of
alternative regulatory requirements developed by the Offices of Water, Air and
Radiation, and Solid Waste and Emergency Response are adequately analyzed in
the proposal and promulgation of individual regulations; and in coordination
with OMSE, ensuring that EPA's permitting policies are as efficient, effective,
and least burdensome as possible. These responsibilities are accomplished by
the following means:
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(1) Review the analyses performed by the program offices in support of
proposed standards and regulations to insure that the proper analyses have
been done, that the analyses are done well, that the appropriate alternatives
have been considered, and that key economic policy questions have been answered.
(2) Perform analyses of specific regulations in instances when the program
office does not have sufficient capability to perform such analyses.
(3) In coordination with OMSE, review and analyze existing EPA permit
policies and recommend appropriate modifications to enhance their efficiency
and effectiveness and to reduce their burdensomeness.
(4) Work with the program offices on permit policies being developed to
implement new program requirements to ensure that the policies are as efficient,
effective and least burdensome as possible.
(5) Prepare reports to Congress, issues papers and policy statements on
economic/environmental issues at the request of top Agency management.
(6) Perform analyses and recommend policy positions related to legislation,
regulations, and program actions to the Director of Policy Analysis and the
Assistant Administrator for Policy, Planning and Evaluation on selected issues
in these program areas.
c. Integrated Environmental Management Division. The Integrated Environ-
mental Management Program, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible
for: developing integrated pollution control strategies for selected industrial
sectors and geographic areas; developing and improving analytical methodologies
used in preparing Agencywide strategies for the integrated control of pollution
from particular industries; and designing, testing and implementing the geogra-
phic and industrial approaches to program integration. These responsibilities
are carried out by the means listed below:
(1) Designs operational mechanisms to coordinate regulation, data gathering,
and analysis of information on emissions from selected industries;
(2) Advises the Assistant Administrator, OPPE, on priority industries and
geographic areas requiring integrated approaches; Develops cost-effectiveness
measures for various pollution control options, and provides technical support
for this effort in the fields of health effects research, risk analysis, and
ecological effects analysis.
(3) Assembles and analyzes data on health and the environmental media.
In cooperation with the Office of Policy Analysis it performs studies of selected
industries, studies that provide the basis for recommendations to the Assistant
Administrator, OPPE, on changes in regulatory policy.
(4) Develops scores by which health and ecological effects stemming from
emissions into all media can be compared for use in cost-effectiveness analysis
of various emissions control options.
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(5) Performs studies of the scientific activities of the Agency regarding
the analysis of industrial pollutants, to determine whether the assumptions,
practices, and standards of such activities are consistent. Makes recommenda-
tions on modifications required to achieve an integrated scientific approach.
(6) Identifies, develops and tests technical methods for conducting multi-
media pathways and exposure analyses for all types of pollutants, toxic and
conventional. This includes consideration of resulting impacts, including
observable health impacts, changes in human body burden of pollutants, ecosystem
changes, and economic effects (e.g., soiling, crop damage, recreation benefits
losses, etc.).
(7) Development of suitable technical assistance tools to support uniform
and reproducible modeling and monitoring efforts in support of pathways and
exposure analyses.
(8) Develops procedures for cost-effectiveness analysis of control strate-
gies, such that necessary controls are assured of being as low in cost as
possible. This includes consideration of Agency regulatory relief and regula-
tory reform objectives.
(9) Develops institutional mechanisms for linking states and local partici-
pants into this process. This includes procedures for forming local management
groups for supervising geographic studies; for increasing industry participation
in these studies; for developing, and where appropriate, protecting the confi-
dentiality of, necessary data (effluent, ambient, process) in support of the
studies; and for funding and managing these studies.
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3. OFFICE OF STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS. The Office of Standards and Regula-
tions (OSR), under the supervision of a Director, manages the establishment,
implementation and administration of the Agency's regulation development and
review process. OSR manages OPPE involvement in regulatory review; conducts
technical and statistical analyses of proposed standards, regulations and guide-
lines; and serves as the Agency focal point for identifying, developing and
implementing alternatives to conventional "command and control" regulations.
OSR conducts analyses of Agency activities related to chemical substances and
provides mechanisms for establishing regulatory priorities and resolving scien-
tific issues affecting rulemaking. In ensuring Agency compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, OSR evaluates and reviews all Agency information
collection requests and activities, and, in conjunction with OARM and OMSE,
evaluates Agency management and uses of data for decision-making.
a. Chemicals and Statistical Policy Division. The Chemicals and Statis-
tical Policy Division, under the supervision of a Director, establishes
policies, priorities, and procedures for coordinating and integrating Agency
activities related to chemical substances and affecting regulatory decisions
and ensures the quality of the statistical bases for Agency regulatory and
information collection activities and methodologies. The Chemicals and
Statistical Policy Division:
(1) Identifies and investigates Agency activities concerning chemi-
cal substances and integrates and coordinates related regulatory and policy
approaches with appropriate internal and external groups.
(2) Conducts studies and analyses that provide a basis for Agency
priority-setting mechanisms and recommends regulatory and non-regulatory
approaches for chemical control.
(3) Develops mechanisms for resolving scientific issues that affect
rulemaking.
(4) Reviews analyses performed by the Office of Pesticides and Toxic
Substances in support of proposed standards,and regulationsto.ensure that all
appropriate alternatives have been considered and that analyses are technically
and statistically defensible, consistent with Agency policy, and provide the
Administrator with a sound basis for decisionmaking.
(5) Identifies, with the Agency's program and research offices, areas
of Agency action which can be significantly improved by strengthening the
statistical analyses supporting the actions.
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(6) Provides authoritative judgements and recommendations to the
Director, OSR, and the Assistant Administrator, OPPE, on the adequacy of and
need for statistical data to support Agency regulatory and enforcement actions,
reports to Congress, and public information documents.
(7) Reviews and evaluates matters of Agency concern that are mathe-
matical or statistical in nature, including epidemiological investigations
and studies generating estimates of environmental quality.
(8) Provides technical expertise to Headquarters offices engaging
in investigations having significant statistical components.
(9) Coordinates with other Federal agencies and OMB on the selection,
adaptation, and development of mathematical and statistical methods to support
environmental standards and programs.
(10) Develops guidance materials and sponsors seminars to inform
Agency managers on statistical techniques and survey design.
b. Regulation and Information Management Division. The Regulation and Inform-
ation Management Division, under the supervision of a Director, manages the
Agency's regulation development and review process; ensures Agency ccmpliance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980; and provides policy direction and
oversight of Agency information management. The Regulation and Information
Management Division:
(1) Manages the Agency's regulation development and review process,
and, in doing so:
(a) Designs and implements regulation development and review
procedures;
(b) Oversees initiation and progress of regulatory activities;
(c) Ensures Agency compliance with Executive Order 12291;
(d) Develops Agency policy on the Regulatory Flexibility Act of
1980 and oversees EPA implementation, and maintains liaison with Snail Business
Admin istrat ion;
(e) Manages liaison with the Office of Federal Register and
ensures compliance with FR requirements; and
(f) Serves as liaison with OMB, coordinates OMB reviews, and
promotes resolution of policy issues raised by OMB.
(2) Develops and manages a computer-based policy management system
for EPA regulations and policy statements.
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(3) Functions as staff support office to the Chairman of the Steering
Committee, and, in doing so:
(a) Manages the Steering Comnittee, Red Border and Consent Calend
processes;
(b) Evaluates regulatory proposals for conformity with applicable
requirements, for clarity and coherence; and
(c) Assures consideration of comments and recommendations and
establishes closure on Steering Committee review.
(4) Develops specialized analyses and reports on regulation developmen
status, or issues at the request of the Administrator, Assistant Administrator
or other senior managers.
(5) Directs the Agency project on regulatory negotiation, and, in
doing so:
(a) Secures appropriate participation and sets up demonstration
rulemakings; and
(b) Structures negotiations and evaluates negotiation as an
alternative regulatory mechanism.
(6) Ensures Agency carpiiance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
using criteria including the need for the information, practical utility,
non-duplication, and efficiency of collection. This is done by means of:
— Providing analyses, reviews and evaluations of all Agency
information requirements including
— Critically reviewing and evaluating major Agency data
collection activities and information management activities;
— Preparing the annual Information Collection Budget;
— Coordinating OMB review of clearance packages with program
offices; and
— Operating the Federal Information Locator System for the Agency.
(7) Conducts periodic evaluations of Agency information collection
activities to assess actual and potential efficiency and ability to provide
requisite support to Agency regulatory and enforcement activities.
(8) Develops guidance materials and sponsors seminars and briefings
to inform Agency Managers of information resources management policies and
Agency requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
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(9) In conjunction with other Agency offices participates in or
directs a public outreach program which allows the public to express
concerns or to ask questions regarding any information requirement contained
in regulations.
(10) Responds to public inquiries regarding clearance package
materials published in the Federal Register.
(11) Takes the lead OPPE analyst role for regulations in which
information collection activities play a major part.
c. Regulatory Reform Staff. The Regulatory Reform Staff, under the super-
vision of a Director, manages the development of alternatives to traditional
"command and control" regulations. The Regulatory Reform Staff:
(1) Ensures that reforms are technically sound and compatible with
the Administrator's economic and environmental objectives;
(2) Includes regulatory reform alternatives as a routine part of the
regulation development process;
(3) Ensures continuing implementation and promotion of regulatory
reform measures, and, in doing so:
(a) Provides technical guidance to States and local governments
in implementing reforms;
(b) Promotes adoption and use of approved reforms;
(c) Prepares and provides guidance materials to assist in reform
implementation; and
(d) Tracks implementation to assure sound uses, document results,
and make mid-course corrections.
(4) Designs, coordinates and implements substantive system-wide reform
which provide more flexibility to comply with environmental regulations at
greatly reduced costs, and, in doing so:
(a) Solicits participation and input by State and local governmen
environmental groups and industry;
(b) Prepares and provides informative materials to interested
parties; and
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(c) Troubleshoots, expedites and oversees both generic and case-
specific developnents/applications to assure creation of environmentally sound,
legally defensible precedents, greater predictability, and expanded use of
reforms.
(5) Serves as EPA eyes and ears to receive, evaluate and implement
new ideas for reform from States, environmental groups, the regulated industry
and other interested parties.
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4. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND EVALUATION. The Office of Management
Systems and Evaluation (OMSE), under the supervision of a Director, directs
and coordinates the development, implementation and administration of Agency-
wide systems for planning, tracking, and evaluating the accomplishments of
Agency programs. In consultation with other offices within and outside OPPE,
OMSE develops a long-range policy framework for Agency goals, establishes
timetables for objectives, and ensures that programs are evaluated against
their accomplishment of goals. The office is also responsible for directing
an Agencywide system of program evaluation and incorporating into it specific
evaluations performed by other offices.
a. Program Evaluation Division. The Program Evaluation Division, under
the supervsion of a Director, is responsible for conducting and coordinating,
in collaboration with the Office of the Comptroller and other EPA program
offices, program planning and program evaluation. This is accomplished with
consideration for Agency goals and objectives, stated program strategies, and
constraints imposed by the Agency planning and budgetary process. The Program
Evaluation Division:
(1) Conducts studies at the request of the Adminstrator, Assistant
Administrators, or Regional Administrators to evaluate existing program activi-
ties and recommends alternatives. In particular, evaluates the extent to
which Agency activities, taken together, constitute an effective approach to
the most significant ennvironmental problems under EPA's jurisdicition.
(2) Conducts or participates in studies on the implementation of new
environmental legislation, programs, and strategies, in collaboration with
the appropriate program offices.
(3) Directs the assembly and evaluation of ecological, technological,
cost, benefit, and institutional data to critique existing program activities
and recommends alternatives. In particular, evaluates the extent to which
Agency activities, taken together, constitute a comprehensive attack on national
environmental problems.
(4) Conducts and coordinates evaluations of Agencywide programs,
including those crossing Agency organizational lines. Collaborates with the
Office of the Comptroller in relating evaluation results to the Agency budgeting
and planning process and to introduce new program evaluation methods into the
Agency system.
b. Management Systems Division. The Management systems Division, under
the supervision of a Director, is responsible for developing a strong framework
for strategic planning, management and accountability directed towards environ-
mental results. Specifically, the Division will:
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(1) Develop and implement Agencywide accountability mechanisms,
including reporting and follow-up systems to permit more effective management
of the Agency by tracking the achievement of its goals. Conduct quality assur-
ance reviews of selected programs for management effectiveness in meeting the
Agency's goals and objectives.
(2) Review and develop tailored management tracking and accountability
systems for highly visible and important program components of the Agency
(e.g., Permits, Superfund) to strengthen program management and to avoid
unnecessary duplication. Work with Assistant Administrators and Regional
Administrators to develop effective accountability systems.
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Office of
Policy Analysis
Economic
Analysis
Division
Regulatory
Policy
Division
Integrated
Environmental
Management Division
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
FOR POLICY, PLANNING
AND EVALUATION
Office of
Standards
and Regulations
1
Office of
Management Systems
and Evaluation
Regulation
and Information
Management Division
Chemicals
and Statistical
Policy Division
Regulatory
Reform
Staff
Management
Systems
Division
Program
Evaluation
Division
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CHAPTER 7 - OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. The functions
and responsibilities assigned to the Assistant Administrator outlined below
are Agencywide; and except as specifically noted, the functions apply to the
provision of advice and direct support to the Administrator as well as policy
direction and assistance to all of the programs and activities of the Agency.
The major functions of the Office include public information, press services
and audiovisual support; congressional liaison; communication and coordination
with State and local governmental groups; preparation, review, and clearance
of proposed legislation and reports on legislation; and serving as the EPA
focal point for Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) functions and activities
involving interaction with other Federal agencies. The Assistant Administrator
for External Affairs serves as the senior adviser to the Administrator for the
functional areas within this Office. Staff consults on and provides assistance
to senior policy and program officials and other offices in the Agency. In
addition to the performance at Headquarters of the functions assigned to them,
each of the offices within the Office of External Affairs is responsible for
the policy and operational guidance for the performance of those functions at
Agency field establishments.
Management Operations Staff. The Management Operations Staff, under the
supervision of a Staff Director, provides the Office of External Affairs with
administrative, financial management, budget support and publication review
and control support. The Staff is responsible for the preparation of budget
documents; operating plans and supporting justifications for all resource
decisions; preparation of organization and personnel materials; preparation
and tracking of payroll, travel and procurement actions; and facilities, space
and property support. Members of the Staff perform peer review responsibilities
for the Office of External Affairs; provide a centralized review capability to
ensure Agency publication tracking, prevention of duplication in printing,
inter-office coordination, similarity of format, and advance notice to the
Administrator of the policy implications of Agency documents; and maintain an
Agency clearinghouse for EPA speeches.
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2. OFFICE OF FEDERAL ACTIVITIES, The Office of Federal Activities (OFA) is
headed by a Director, who reports to the Assistant Administrator for External
Affairs, directs and supervises all the duties of the Office with the support
of a Deputy Director,, Acts as principal adviser to the Administrator on policy
recommendations concerning the duties assigned to the Office, including imple-
mentation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Section 309 of
the Clean Air Act, analysis of growth management issues, EPA's participation
in the activities of other Federal agencies, and administration of the Section
404 (dredge and fill) Program and the Federal Facilities Compliance Program,,
Files and publishes notices of all Federal Environmental Impact Statements
(EISs) and provides liaison with the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) on
this function. Provides central point of information for the public on EISs
and environmental impact assessment techniques and methodologies. Coordinates
the EPA review of other Agency EISs under Section 309 of the Clean Air Act,
Directs the Agency's activities mandated by Executive Order 12088 for assuring
that Federal facilities comply with environmental standards and serves as the
chairperson of the Standing Committee on the Implementation of Executive Order
12088. Coordinates the development of workload recommendations to the EPA's
Office of Administration and Resources Management and the Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation relative to these responsibilities.
a. Special Environmental Programs Division. The Special Environmental
Programs Division, under the supervision of a Director, develops and recommends
national programs and internal policies, strategies, and procedures fors pre-
paring environmental impact statements (EISs) on EPA activities; compliance
with various statutes, directives, and administration policies on the protec-
tion of special environmental areas (SEAs); and general implementation of NEPA.
Serves as the EPA focal point for improving capabilities in interdisciplinary
environmental analysis. Provides technical support to the Resource Development
and Community Development Liaison Divisions. Carries out duties assigned to
the Office relating to administration of the 404 Program including development
of policies, procedures, regulations (except for the 404 (b)(l) Guidelines and
supplemental technical documents) and strategies; oversees Agency activities
involving permit review and State program development; coordinates the state
program approval process; assists the Office of Water Enforcement in enforce-
ment actions; and provides an Agency focal point for other 404 and wetlands
protection activities. Develops workload models and carries out workload
analysis for Division's areas of responsibility; provides results to the
Office of the Director for incorporation into OFA resource requests and
other budgetary/planning activities.
b. Community Development Liaison Division . The Community Development
Liaison Division, under the supervision of a Director, acts as the focal point
for EPA contacts (within OFA's areas of responsibility) with assigned Federal
agencies which are generally involved in human resource and community develop-
ment programs. Provides an integrated environmental overview for projects
proposed by the assigned agencies with particular attention to energy, transpor-
tation, and urban renewal projects. The staff works with the assigned Federal
agencies and the EPA Regional and Headquarters offices to implement environ-
mental requirements regarding Federally conducted, supported, or permitted
activities. Performs necessary Federal agency (Headquarters level) liaison
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activities to resolve problems. Acts as a focal point for Regional and Head-
quarters contacts on matters related to the assigned EPA comments on Federal
agency proposed actions. Prepares, as appropriate, statements, regulations,
programs, and policies. Prepares, as appropriate, reports, recommendations,
briefings and correspondence for the Administrator and other Agency officials.
In support of these activities the Division provides a clearinghouse mechanism
for receiving general inquiries or requests fron assigned Federal agencies
for consultation and technical assistance. Represents EPA, as appropriate, on
interagency advisory groups concerned with environmental issues of national
importance. Responds to inquiries concerning specific cases as well as
related policies and procedures. Develops workload models and carries out
workload analysis for the Division's areas of responsibility; provides results
to the Office of the Director for incorporation into OFA resource requests and
other budgetary/planning activities.
c. Resource Development Liaison Division. The Resource Development
Liaison Division, under the supervision of a Director, acts as the focal point
for EPA contacts (within OFA's areas of responsibility) with assigned Federal
agencies which are generally oriented toward the management and/or development
of the Nation's natural resources. Provides an integrated environmental
overview for projects proposed by the assigned agencies with particular
attention to forest and land management and water resource and development
projects. The Division works with the assigned Federal agencies and the EPA
Regional and Headquarters offices to implement environmental requirements
regarding Federally conducted, supported, or permitted activities. Performs
necessary Federal agency (Headquarters level) liaison for the production of
environmental impact statements. Prepares, as appropriate, EPA comments on
Federal agency proposed actions, environmental impact statements, regulations,
programs, and policies. Prepares, as appropriate, reports, recommendations ,
briefings and correspondence for the Administrator and other Agency officials.
In support of these activities the Division provides a clearinghouse mechanism
for receiving general inquiries or requests from assigned Federal agencies
for consultation and technical groups concerned with environmental issues of
national importance. Responds to inquiries concerning specific cases as well
as related policies and procedures. Oversees development of policies, regula-
tions and programs related to environmental protection on Indian lands, and,
responds to tribal and other inquiries regarding these policies and programs.
Develops workload models and carries out workload analysis for the Division's
areas of responsibility; provides results to the Office of the Director for
incorporation into OFA resource requests and other budgetary/planning activi-
ties.
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3. OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. The Director, Office of Public Affairs, provides
direction to, and supervision of, the activities, programs, and staff assigned
to the Office of Public Affairs. The Director serves as chief spokesperson for
the Agency and as principal adviser to the Administrator, Deputy Administrator,
Assistant Administrators, and Associate Administrators on the public affairs
aspects of the Agency's activities and programs. The Office provides policy
direction for, and coordination and oversight of, the Agency's community re-
lations and consumer activities; and in cooperation with the appropriate Assist-
ant or Associate Administrator, develops and implements public affairs strategies
and plans for the Agency. It assures that adequate and timely responses are
made to mediarelated inquiries received by the Office of Public Affairs;
provides public affairs liaison and assistance to other agencies and groups;
and develops effective communications on behalf of the Agency with public
groups. The Office provides program direction and professional review of the
performance of public affairs functions at the Regional Offices, laboratories
and other field activities. It is responsible for reviewing interagency agree-
ments and Headquarters purchase requests/requisitions expected to result in
contracts in the areas of public information and public participation; and
develops proposals and reviews Headquarters grant applications under consider-
ation by the Agency when public affairs is a primary objective. The Office
develops publications for use of the general public and provides audiovisual
support to other Headquarters offices and establishes and maintains effective
clearance systems and procedures for periodicals and nontechnical information
material developed by the Agency for public distribution; and in addition,
conducts a review of all publications for public affairs interests. Finally,
it reviews the establishment of new public information positions in the
Agency and any subsequent personnel recruitment actions to fill the positions.
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4. OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS. The Office of Legislative Analysis,
serving in the capacity of Legislative Counsel, is responsible for legislative
drafting and liaison activities relating to the Agency's programs. It exercises
responsibility for legislative drafting; reports to the Office of Management
and Budget and congressional committees on proposed legislation and pending
and enrolled bills, as required by OMB Circular No. A-19 and Bulletin No. 72-6;
testimony on legislation and other matters before congressional committees;
and review of transcripts of legislative hearings. It maintains liaison with
Office of Congressional Liaison on all Agency activities of interest to the
Congress. The Office works closely with the staffs of various Assistant
Administrators, Associate Administrators, Regional Administrators, and Staff
Office Directors in accordance with established Agency procedures, in the
development of the Agency's legislative program. Assists the Assistant
Administrator for External Affairs and the Agency's senior policy officials
in guiding legislative initiatives through the legislative process. Advises
the Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources Management in
matters pertaining to appropriations legislation. It works closely with the
Office of Federal Activities to assure compliance with Agency procedures for
the preparation of environmental impact statements, in relation to proposed
legislation and reports on legislation. The Office coordinates with the
Office of Management and Budget, other agencies, and congressional staff members
on matters within its area of responsibility; and develops suggested State and
local environmental legislative proposals, using inputs provided by other
Agency components. The Legislative Reference Library provides legislative
research services for the Agency — Headquarters and all field operations.
The Library secures and furnishes Congressional materials to all EPA employees
and, if available, to other government agencies and private organizations; and
it also provides the service of securing, upon request, EPA reports and materials
for the Congress.
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5. OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON. The Director, Office of Congressional
Liaison, serves as the principal advisor to the Administrator with respect
to congressional activities. All of the functions and responsibilities of
the Director are Agencywide and apply to the provision of services with respect
to all of the programs and activities of the Agency. The Office serves as the
principal point of congressional contact with the Agency and maintains an
effective liaison with the Congress on Agency activities of interest to the
Congress, and, as necessary, maintains liaison with Agency Regional and field
officials, other Government agencies, and public and private groups having an
interest in legislative matters affecting the Agency. It assures the provision
of prompt response to the Congress on all inquiries relating to activities of
the Agency; and monitors and coordinates the continuing operating contacts
between the staff of the Office of the Comptroller and staff of the Appropriations
Subcanmittees of"Congress.
Congressional Liaison Division. The Congressional Liaison Division is
responsible for congressional activities relating to the Agency's programs.
The Division provides intelligence summaries of congressional activities, atti-
tudes, and actions and provides specialized services for congressional offices
and committees by referring requests and inquiries concerning substantive
legislative matters or technical program activities to appropriate Agency
officials for action. It assists the policy officials in the development and
implementation of plans and strategies for the Agency legislative program from
the standpoint of its congressional liaison perspective; and maintains liaison
with the Legislative Division within the Office of General Counsel, on all
Agency activities of interest to the Congress. The Division coordinates grant
and contract announcements; attends and reports on congressional hearings of
interest to the Agency; reviews all congressional correspondence; maintains
liaison with the Office of Public Affairs to assure congressional notification
of significant events; prepares special information packets for distribution
to congressional offices; prepares a daily digest of the "Congressional Record"
for use by Agency officials; coordinates the flow of information on matters
of mutual interest between the Office of Congressional Liaison and the Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Liaison Staff Offices in the Regions; arranges
for conferences with the Regional Staff Offices to develop and discuss legisla-
tive and congressional liaison strategies; and performs other special assignments
as required.
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6. OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL LIAISON. The Office of Intergovernmental
Liaison, under the supervision of a Director, is the principal point of con-
tact with public interest groups representing general purpose State and local
governments and the principal source of advice and information for the Adminis-
trator on intergovernmental relations. Maintains liaison on intergovernmental
issues with the White House and OMB; identifies and seeks solutions to emerging
intergovernmental issues; recommends and coordinates personal involvement by
the Administrator and Deputy Administrator in relations with State, county and
local government officials; coordinates and assists Headquarters components
in their handling of broad-gauged and issue-oriented intergovernmental problems.
Works with Regional Administrators and the Office of Regional Operations to
encourage the adoption of improved methods for dealing effectively with State
and local governments on specific EPA program initiatives; works with the
Immediate Office of the Administrator, Office of Congressional Liaison, Office
of Public Affairs, and the Regional Offices to develop and carry out a compre-
hensive external relations program; and tracks legislative initiatives which
affect the Agency's intergovernmental relations.
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ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
FOR
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Office of
federal
Activities
Office of
Public
Affairs
Special
Env i ronme n tal
Programs Division
Community
Development
Liaison Division
Resource
Development
Liaison Division
Management
Operations
Staff
Office of
Congress ional
Liaison
Office of
Intergovernmental
Liaison
Congressional
Liaison
Division
Office Of
Legislative Analysis
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CHAPTER 8 - OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
1. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. The Inspector General (IG) assures overall
responsibility for audits and investigations relating to programs and operations
of EPA. Provides leadership and coordination and recommends policies for other
Agency activities designed to promote economy and efficiency and to prevent
and detect fraud and abuse in such programs and operations. Informs the EPA
Administrator, Deputy Administrator, and Congress of serious problems, abuses
and deficiencies relating to EPA programs and operations, and of the necessity
for and progress of corrective action. Reviews existing and proposed legisla-
tion and regulations to assess the impact on the administration of EPA's programs
and operations. Recommends policies for, and conducts or coordinates relation-
ships between the Agency and other Federal agencies, State and local government
agencies, and nongovernmental entities with respect to all matters relating
to the promotion of economy and efficiency in the administration of, or the
prevention and detection of fraud and abuse in, programs and operations
administered by the Agency.
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PL OFFICE OF AUDIT. The Office of Audit, under the supervision of the
Assistant Inspector General for Audit, reports to the Inspector General.
Manages, coordinates, and has overall responsibility for policy direction of
all audits relating to Agency programs and operations. Provides liaison with
Federal, State and local governments, and private audit organizations and pro-
vides necessary guidance for Agency auditors in Field Divisions; reviews exist-
ing and proposed legislation and regulations to provide the IG comments on the
impacts such legislation and regulations have on the economical and efficient
administration of the Agency's programs; and monitors the audit workplan in
conjunction with Field Divisions. Ensures that audits performed by the Office
of Inspector General and non-Federal auditors are carried out in accordance with
the standards established by the Comptroller General of the United States, and
monitors all contracts that the Office has with CPA firms and State organizations.
a. Operations Staff. The Audit Operations Staff, under the supervision of
a Director, is composed of a Policy and Planning Unit and a Field Operations
Unit. The Policy and Planning Unit is responsible for; (1) Maintaining inform-
ation about the EPA audit universe; (2) Assessing the vulnerability of EPA
programs, and the need for audit; (3) Developing the annual workplan; (4) Up-
dating the OIG manual; and (5) Developing and issuing Office of Audit guidance
and procedures. The Field Operations Unit provide increased liaison and over-
sight of field operations. This Unit is responsible for; (1) Monitoring ongoing
audit efforts to speed up the conduct of audits and obtain thorough coverage of
critical areas; (2) Reviewing draft and final reports to assure that such reports
OIG standards and are issued in a timely manner; (3) Evaluating performance
ind reporting achievements on the monthly Management Accountability Reports; and
(4) Providing liaison between Headquarters and field elements with respect to
policy, programmatic, or administrative matters.
b. Technical Services Staff. The Technical Services Staff, under the
supervision of a Director, is composed of an Engineering Unit, ADP Audits
Unit, and a Program Analysis Unit. The Engineering Unit provides technical
engineering review assistance to ongoing audits related to the EPA construction
grant and toxic substances programs. The ADP Audit Unit is responsible for
identifying, planning, and overseeing audits of EPA's ADP operations. Addi-
tionally, the ADP Audit Unit; (1) Analyzes the OIG's need for ADP resources;
(2) Provides guidance to the field regarding'the effective utilization of ADP
resources; and (3) Assures that audits of ADP operations are conducted in
accordance with applicable GAO standards. The Program Analysis Unit is
responsible for obtaining a detailed working knowledge of the statutes, regu-
lations, and policies and procedures related to EPA programs; this knowledge
is used to plan needed audits. Program experts assist in the preparation of
surveys and audit guides and provide guidance to field staff to ensure an
adequate understanding of the audits being performsed. Audit reports are
reviewed to assure technical accuracy and appropriate recommendations.
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c. Field Divisions. The Office of Audit maintains six Field Divisions:
Field Geographical Area Office Location
Division of Responsibility of Divisional IG
Internal Audits Headquarters & Major Laboratories Washington, D.C.
Eastern Federal Regions I and II New York
Mid-Atlantic Federal Region III Philadelphia
Southern Federal Regions IV and VI Atlanta
Northern Federal Regions V Chicago
Western Federal Regions VII, VIII, IX & X San Francisco
Each Field Division, under the supervision of a Divisional Inspector General
for Audit, reports to the Assistant Inspector General for Audit, conducts a
program of internal and external audits of EPA's activities within the Field
Division, prepares and issues internal and external audit reports, implements
audit policies and standards, arranges and controls audit assistance performed
by other Federal agencies and non-Federal auditors, and maintains operating
contacts with Agency offices and State government offices in the assigned area
to assist in prompt resolution of problems requiring audit service or advice.
Sub-offices within the audit Field Divisions will be located to provide audit
capabilities where needed.
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3. OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS. The Office of Investigations, under the
supervision of the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, reports to
the Inspector General. Manages, coordinates, and has overall responsibility
for investigations relating to Agency programs and operations; conducts
sensitive investigations of high officials of the Agency, and maintains local
liaison with U.S. Attorneys, Criminal Fraud Branch, Department of Justice and
other Federal investigative agencies. Provides guidance and coordination for
management assessment reviews of operating divisions and release or denials of
requests for investigation information under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information or Privacy Acts. Staff within the Immediate Office of the Assist-
ant Inspector General, direct and coordinate nationwide investigations to
ensure compliance with OIG policy/ plans and standards; provide technical
guidance and oversee operations of Field Divisions for the detection and pre-
vention of actual or suspected violations of Federal laws or regulations;
assign investigative priorities and monitor personnel utilization and opera-
tion of the Office of Investigations; maintain liaison with Agency operating
components, State agencies, the FBI, U.S. Attorney, and other law enforcement
units; and implement and conduct standards of conduct briefings for OIG
employees.
Field Divisions. The Office of Investigations maintains five Field
Divisions:
Field Geographical Area Office Location
Division of Responsibility of Divisional IG
Eastern Federal Regions I and II New York
Mid-Atlantic Federal Region III Washington, D.C.
Southern Federal Regions IV and VI Atlanta
Northern Federal Regions V and VII Chicago
Vfestern Federal Regions VIII, IX and X San Francisco
Each Field Division, under the supervision of a Divisional Inspector General
for Investigations, reports to the Assistant Inspector General for Investiga-
tions; plans, develops, conducts, and evaluates investigations of EPA programs,
personnel and activities to identify and report operating conditions which
may have actual or potential adverse effects upon the Agency's mission; plans
and develops procedures for handling allegations and whistleblower complaints
within each Field Division; and maintains continuing liaison with Federal,
State, and local investigative agencies. Sub-offices within the investigations
Field Divisions will be located to provide investigative capabilities where
needed.
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4. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT. The Office of Management
and Technical Assessment, headed by an Assistant Inspector General, is re-
sponsible for:
(1) Serving as the focal point for the Agency's anti-fraud effort;
(2) Serving as the focal point for management evaluation of Office of
Inspector General programs and operations;
(3) Operating the Office of Inspector General suspension and debarment
program;
(4) Operating the Agency's "Hotline";
(5) Providing administrative, budget, management, and personnel services
for the Office of Inspector General;
(6) Operating the Agency's personnel security clearance program;
(7) Administering the Office of Inspector General Issuance System;
(8) Administering the Office of Inspector General's Freedom of Informa-
tion Act and Privacy Act programs;
(9) Overseeing Office of Inspector General delegated functions; and
(10) Providing policy direction and guidance to subordinate organization-
al entities.
To carry out these responsibilities, the Office of Management and Technical
Assessment is organized into two divisions, each headed by a director, who
receives policy direction and guidance from the Assistant Inspector General.
a. Technical Assessment and Fraud Prevention Division. The Technical
Assessment and Fraud Prevention Division, under the supervision of a Director,
is responsible for:
(1) Reviewing and analyzing Agency programs, operations, and proposed
legislation and regulations to identify and isolate those areas considered
sensitive to fraud, waste, and abuse;
(2) Researching, developing, testing, and implementing innovative
techniques and systems for the detection of fraud, and publicizing this inform-
ation throughout the Agency;
(3) Developing and implementing strategies that minimize the oppor-
tunity for the occurence of fraud, waste and abuse, and providing leadership
in this effort to appropriate disciplines within and outside the Agency;
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(4) Identiying, evaluating and reporting on significant findings,
trends and patterns disclosed in audit, investigative, and evaluation reports
prepared by the OIG, GAO, and other government organizations;
(5) Performing reviews and evaluations of OIG audit and investigative
field divisions and other entities to determine overall effectiveness and
efficiency, and for compliance with established policies and procedures;
(6) Maintaining and operating the Office of Inspector General's
suspension and determent program; and
(7) Operating the Agency "Hotline" for the receipt, screening, and
disposition of employee and public complaints concerning the possible exist-
ence of fraudulent activities in violation of laws and regulations.
b. Administrative and Management Services Division. The Administrative
and Management Services Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for:
(1) Developing, presenting and controlling the Office of Inspector
General's operating budgets, to include providing expert assistance and
guidance to other OIG offices in projecting staffing and resource needs;
(2) Directing the Office of Inspector General personnel management,
payroll and related systems, to include recruitment, employee counseling,
training, staff development, meeting equal employment opportunity goals, and
employee orientation;
(3) Preparing and coordinating semiannual reports to the Administra-
tor and Congress on the activities of the Office of Inspector General;
(4) Providing administrative and management support services to the
Office of Inspector General, to include organization and management studies,
systems and procedures studies, procurement assistance, and office organiza-
tion and layout;
(5) Operating the Agency's personnel security clearance program;
(6) Developing Office of Inspector General policies, standards and
operating procedures, and managing the OIG Issuance System for OIG Manuals,
OIG Bulletins, etc.;
(7) Preparing and coordinating responses to requests for audit,
investigative and other data under the provisions of the Freedom of Informa-
tion and Privacy Acts;
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(8) Coordinating the Office of Inspector General's Management Account-
ability Report, to include gathering and analyzing statistical information on
accomplishment of goals and objectives; and
(9) Receiving, maintaining and physically controlling Office of
Inspector General audit and investigative files and related correspondence
and records.
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INSPECTOR GENERAL
DEPUTY
INSPECTOR GENERAL
OFFICE
OF
AUDIT
OFFICE
OF
INVESTIGATIONS
Operations Staff
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT
AND TECHNICAL
ASSESSMENT
Field
Divisions
Technical
Services
Staff
Technical
Assessment and
Fraud Prevention
Division
Field
Divisions
Administrative
and Management
Services
Division
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CHAPTER 9 - OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FDR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, The
functions and responsibilities assigned to the Assistant Administrator for
Research and Development (AA-ORD) are Agencywide and apply to the satisfaction
of research and development needs of the Agency's operating programs and the
conduct of an integrated research and development program for the Agency, The
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development serves as the principal
science adviser to the Administrator, and is responsible for the development,
direction, and conduct of a national research, development and demonstration
program ins (a) Pollution sources, fate, and health and welfare effects;
(b) Pollution prevention and control and waste management and utilization tech-
nology; (c) Environmental sciences; and (d) Monitoring systems. Participates
in the development of Agency policy, standards, and regulations. Provides
for dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge, including analytical
methods, monitoring techniques, and modeling methodologies. Serves as coor-
dinator for the Agency's policies and programs concerning carcinogenesis and
related problems. Assures appropriate quality control and standardization
of analytical measurement and monitoring techniques (for which the AA is as-
signed responsibility) utilized by the Agency, Exercises review and concurrence
responsibilities on an Agencywide basis in all budgeting and planning actions
involving monitoring which require Headquarters approval.
As Principal Science Adviser to the Administrator, the Assistant Administrator
is assisted by an in-house staff of senior and experienced scientific and tech-
nical specialists. These specialists, upon request, provide technical and
scientific reviews and expert consultation and advice on Agencywide technical
program issues. This Office serves as the point of liaison with the EPA
Science Advisory Board and administratively houses the Science Advisory Board
staff,
a. The Office of Research Program Management. The Office of Research
Program Management, under the supervision of the Director, serves as the
principal staff office to the Assistant Administrator on matters relating to
budgeting, program planning/review/integration/coordination, technical infor-
mation/transfer, resource management, policy development, and administrative
operations; and serves as the ORD focal point for the coordination and
management of matters relating to the Agency Steering Committee.
(1) The Operations Office. The Operations Office, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Director, Office of Research
Program Management and develops recommendations on Office of Research and
Development (ORD) programs, including the identification and development of
alternative program goals, priorities, objectives, and research plans.
Develops recommendations on overall Office policies and means for their inple-
raentationo Develops and administers the formal Office of Research and
Development planning, budgeting, reporting and review system in implementa-
tion of the Agency system. Provides policy review for ORD planning, budgeting
and reporting activities. Recommends resource targets and major objectives
for ORD research offices. Coordinates the preparation of ORD programs plans
and budgets within ORD and with Agency program and Regional Offices and
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external scientific and user groups, Recommends and, as directed, conducts
reviews and evaluations of ORD programs to determine responsiveness to Agency
strategies and ORD plans, including the development of appropriate criteria to
measure program performance, Provides analysis of new or proposed legislation
for impact on the Office of Research and Development and its program responsi-
bilitieso Provides administrative and financial support services to the ORD
Headquarters components, and coordinates administrative matters for ORD
field components,, Establishes administrative policies and procedures for ORD
components in amplification of Agency policies,, Allocates resources, as
directed by the Assistant £dnri.nistrator, and develops and operates internal
ORD fiscal and manpower controls0 Coordinates administrative aspects of ORD
foreign activities, including travelo
(2) The Technical Information Office, The Technical Information
Office, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Director of
the Office of Research Program Management for planning, cooordination, and
review of a comprehensive program tos (a) Disseminate and exchange scientific
and technical information, including the transfer of technology? and (b) Pro-
vide technical expertise and management assistance in the foregoing area.
Develops broad, long-range policy guidelines. Coordinates information acti-
vities of ORD with other components of the Agency, the Federal Government, and
the private sector. Reviews program plans and operations to assure compliance
with information policies,. Supervises the development of plans for and tracks
the usage of ADP resources throughout ORD, Develops and implements management
information systems within ORD,
(3) Center For Environmental Research Information, Cincinnati, The
Ctenter for Environmental Reseach Information, under the supervision of a Direc-
tor, is responsible to the Director, Office of Research Program Management for
the management and implementation, within Agency and ORD policies, guidelines
and allocated resources, of a comprehensive national program to facilitate the
dissemination and exchange of scientific or technical information resulting
from the ORD research program and technology transfer, to the variety of
environmental decision making officials and other user groups inside and out-
side the Agency, The program shall be developed in coordination with Regional
Administrators and Assistant Administrators. The Director assists in the
development of broad research information policy, program guidelines, and
plans. Identifies and recommends the initiation of specific dissemination
projects or programs, including the resources and schedules required to accom-
plish them. Upon receiving the necessary resources, carries out the work
either through its own facilities and staff or under contract, grant, inter-
or intra-agency agreements with other organizations. Provides technical and
operational support and expertise to ORD laboratories and Agency programs
with respect to user group identification and characterization, and in the
development and implementation of technical information outputs/packages
and dissemination systems,
b. The Office of Exploratory Research, The Office of Exploratory
Research (OER), under the supervision of a Director, is responsible to the
Assistant Administrator, Office of Research and Development, for overall
planning, administering, managing, and evaluating EPA's anticipatory and
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extramural grant research in response to Agency priorities, as articulated
by Agency planning itechanisms and ORD's Research Committees,, The Director
advises the Assistant Administrator on the direction, scientific quality and
effectiveness of ORD's long-term scientific review and evaluation; and
research funding assistance efforts,, The responsibilities of this office
includes a3ministering ORD°s scientific review of extramural requests for
research funding assistance; developing research proposal solicitations;
managing grant projects; and ensuring project quality and optimum dissemina-
tion of results. The OER is responsible for analyzing EPA's long-range
environnental research concerns; forecasting energing and potential environ-
mental problems and manpower needs; identifying Federal workforce training
programs to be used by State and local governments; assuring the participation
of minority institutions in environmental research and development activities;
and conducting special studies in response to high priority national environ-
mental needs and problems,, This office will also serve as an ORD focal point
for university relations and other Federal research and development agencies
related to EPA's extramural research program,
GO The Office of Health and Environmental Assessment (OHEA), The
Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, under the supervision of a
Director,, reports to the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development
and is his/her principal adviser on matters relating to the development of
health criteria, health affects assessment and risk estimation* The Director's
Offices develops recommendations on OHEA programs including the identification
and developnent of alternative program goals, priorities, objectives and work
plans; develops recomnendations on overall office policies and neans for their
implementation; performs the critical path planning necessary to assure a
timely production of OHEA information in response to program office needs;
serves as an Agency health assessment advocate for issue resolution and
regulatory review in the Agency Steering Committee, Science Advisory Board,
and in cooperation with other Federal agencies and the scientific and technical
community; and provides administrative support services to the components of
OHEA, The Director's Office provides Headquarters coordination for the
Environmental Criteria and Assessment Offices located in Cincinnati, Ohio and
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina,
(1) Carcinogen Assessment Group, The Carcinogen Assessment Group
is responsible to the Director of the Office of Health and Environmental
Assessment for advising the Agency's operating programs on the health risks
associated with suspected cancer-causing agents. In cooperation with the
program office, the Groups (a) Provides state-of-the-art methodology, guidance
and procedures for the evaluation of carcinogenicity; (b) Assures quality
and consistency in the Agency's scientific risk assessments; (c) Provides
advice to the program offices on proposed carcinogenic testing requirements
with emphasis on the information needed for adequate risk assessments; and
(d) Provides independent assessments of risk and recommendations to the appro-
priate offices concerning the risk associated with specific suspect carcinogens.
Analyses are conducted independently of economic impact considerations,
(2) Reproductive Effects Assessment Group, The Reproductive Effects
Assessment Group is responsible to the Director of the Office of Health and
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Environmental Assessment for advising the Agency's operating programs on the
risks associated with chemicals that are suspected of causing detrimental
reproductive effects, including mutagenic, teratogenic effects ard sterility.
In cooperation with the program offices, the Group: (a) Provides state-of-the-
'art methodology, guidance and procedures for the evaluation of reproductive
effects; (b) Assures quality and consistency in the Agency's scientific risk
assessments; (c) Provides advice to the program offices on proposed testing
requirements with emphasis on the information needed for adequate risk assess-
ments; and (d) Provides independent assessments of risk and recommendations to
the appropriate regulatory office concerning the risk to reproductive systems
associated with specific chemicals. The work of the Group does not include
consideration of economic impact.
(3) Exposure Assessment Group. The Exposure Assessment Group is
responsible to the Director of the Office of Health and Environmental
Assessment for advising the Agency's operating programs on the exposure
characteristics and factors of agents that are suspected of causing detri-
mental health effects. In cooperation with the program offices, the Group:
(a) Provides state-of-the-art methodology, guidance and procedures for exposure
determinations; (b) Assures quality and consistency in the Agency's scientific
risk assessments; (c) Provides advice to the program offices on proposed test-
ing requirements with emphasis on the information needed for adequate exposure
determinations; and (d) Provides independent assessments of exposure and
recommendations to the appropriate requlatory office concerning the exposure
potential of specific agents. The work of the Group does not include consider-
ation of economic inpact.
(4) Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office, Cincinnati. The
Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office, Cincinnati (ECAO/Cin) is respon-
sible to the Director of the Off ice. of Health and Environmental Assessment
(OHEA) for the preparation of criteria and assessment documents primarily in
the field of water pollution, in support of program needs and schedules for
use in Agency regulatory activities. It serves as the ORD focal point to
collect, evaluate and assess the national and and international literature on
toxic effects from exposure to water pollutants and related topics. The pri-
mary functions of the ECAO consist of preparation and publication of (a)
revised or new criteria documents as an input for establishing environmental
standards, and (b) scientific assessment documents which serve as a basis for
decisions by the Administrator regarding the listing of pollutants for control
under various legislative authorities. Additional functions include, but are
not limited to: (a) Assessment of research performed within the Agency;
(b) Providing the interface among OPD, the Agency's program and regulatory
offices, and the scientific community; (c) Responding to requests from other
program offices and the other components of OHEA for scientific documentation,
and initiating reports and assessments to these groups as needed; and (d) Per-
forming tasks assigned to OPD in its role with the World Health Organization
(VHO) as a collaborating center for environmental pollution control.
(5) Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office, Research Triangle
Park. The Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office, Research Triangle
Park (ECAO-RTP) is responsible to the Director of the Office for Health and
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Environmental Assessment for the preparation of criteria and assessment docu-
ments prliterily in the field of air pollution, in support of program needs
and schedules for use in Agency regulatory activities. It serves as the ORD
focal point to collect, evaluate and assess the national and international
literature on toxic effects from exposure to air pollutants and related topics.
The primary functions of the ECAO consist of preparation and publication of
(a) revised or new criteria documents as an input for establishing environ-
mental standards, and (b) scientific assessment documents which serve as a
basis for decisions by the Administrator regarding the listing of pollutants
for control under various legislative authorities. Additional functions
include, but are not limited to: (a) Assessment of research performed within
the Agency; (b) Rroviding the interface among ORD, the Agency's program and
regulatory offices, and the scientific community; (c) Responding to requests
from other program offices and other components of OHEA for scientific documen-
tation, and initiating reports and assessments to these groups as needed; and
(d) Iterforming tasks assigned to ORD in its role with the Wbrld Health Organi-
zation (WHO) as a collaborating center for environmental pollution control.
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2. OFFICE OF MONITORING SYSTEMS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE. The Office of
Monitoring Systems and Quality Assurance, under the supervision of a- Director,
is responsible to the Assistant Administrator for planning, managing and
evaluating a comprehensive program fors (a) Development and demonstration of
techniques and nethods to measure exposure and to relate ambient concentrations
to exposure by critical receptors? (b) Research, development and demonstration
of new monitoring methods, systems, techniques and equipment for detection,
identification and characterization of pollutants at the source and in the
ambient environment and for use as reference or standard monitoring methods;
(c) Establishment, direction and coordination of Agencywide Quality Assurance
Programs; and (d) Development and provision of quality assurance methods,
techniques and material including validation and standardization of analytical
nethods, sampling techniques, quality control nethods, standard reference
materials, and techniques for data collection, evaluation and interpretation.
The Office identifies specific research, development, demonstration and
service needs and priorities, establishes program policies and guidelines;
develops progran plans including objectives and estimates of resources required
to accomplish objectives; administers the approved program and activities;
assigns program responsibility and resources to the laboratories assigned by
the Assistant Administrator; directs and supervises assigned laboratories in
program administration; and conducts reviews of program progress and takes
action as necessary to assure timeliness, quality and responsiveness of outputs.
a. Quality Assurance Management Staff. Under the supervision of a
Director, the Quality Assurance Management Staff is responsible to the Director
for Monitoring Systems and Quality Assurance for the Agencywide Mandatory
Quality Assurance Program for all environnental monitoring activities
including; (1) Development of guidelines for preparation and evaluation of
quality assurance programs and review plans; (2) Review and approval of all
Agency quality assurance plans; (3) Review Quality Assurance requirements
stipulated in regulations to assure conformance with Agency policy guidelines;
(4) Establishment and maintenance of systems, criteria and procedures to
provide performance evaluation samples and for inter- and intra- laboratory
data quality control, and for evaluation of performance as necessary to effect
the overview functions; (5) Periodically overseeing the performance evauation
of laboratories and data generating organizations and provide training, and
support to improve performances; (6) Preparation of periodic reports docunent-
ing the quality of environmental monitoring data; and (7) Chairing and providing
administrative support to the Agency Quality Assurance Coordinating Committee.
These matters will include, but are not limited to, assessment of needs for data
and monitoring systems, advice on quality assurance research, coordination of
quality assurance programs between programs and Regional Offices and through
them to other organizations and components in the private sector, State and
local governments.
b. Air, Ibxics and Radiation Monitoring Research Division. The Air,
Toxics and Radiation Monitoring Research Division, under the supervision
of a Director, is responsible to the Director for Monitoring Systems and
Quality Assurance for the planning, management, coordination and review
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of the Agency's research, develcproent and demonstration programs in the
air, toxics, pesticides and radiation media to defines (1) Techniques and
systems to measure exposure and to relate ambient concentration of pollutants
to exposure critical receptors? (2) Precise, accurate techniques to charac-
terize and neasure pollutants to support research monitoring, surveillance
and enforcement requirements? (3) Candidates for designation as standard
or reference monitoring methods? (4) Monitoring methods and systems including
sampling criteria ard methodology, instrumentation and analytical methodology
and other components of monitoring systems and strategies? (5) Quality assured
monitoring techniques including methods standardization, validation and equiv-
alency and quality assurance practice procedures and protocols and quality
control? and (6) Managing and providing specialized monitoring or other systems
to Agency program and Regional Offices as well as other Federal and State
agencies in response to requests for service s.
The Division provides engineering and scientific expertise and management in
the areas noted above? develops broad Agency policy and program guidelines
including program plans, and priorities and laboratory objectives? coordinates
research and development activities with other components of ORD, the Agency,
Federal, State and local governments and the private sector? reviews laboratory
plans, allocates resources and monitors the status of ongoing programs, conducts
or assists in conducting program reviews? and develops recommendations for
corrective actions vahen necessary,,
Co frfoter and T/foste Management Ptonitoring Research Division„ The Water
and Waste Management Pfonitoring Research Division, under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible to the Director for Monitoring Systems and Quality
Assurance for the planning, management coordination and review of the Agency's
research, development and demonstration programs in the water quality? drinking
water and solid ^aste media to defines (1) Techniques and systems to neasure
exposure and relate ambient concentrations of pollutants to exposure of
critical receptors? (2) Rrecise, accurate techniques surveillance and enforcement
requirements? (3) Candidates for designation and standard or reference monitoring
methods? (4) Kbnitoring methods and systems including sampling techniques
and methodology, and other components of monitoring systems and strategies?
(5) Quality assured monitoring techniques including methods standardization,
validation and equivalency and quality procedures and protocols and quality
control? and (6) Managing and providing specialized monitoring or other systems
to Agency program and Regional Offices as well as other Federal and State
agencies in response to requests for services0
The Division provides technical expertise and management assistance in the
areas noted above? develops broad Agency policy and program plans, priorities
and laboratory objectives? coordinates research and development activities
with other components of ORD, the Agency,, Federal, State and local governments
and the private sector? reviews laboratory plans, allocates resources and
monitors the status of ongoing programs? conducts or assists in conducting
program reviews? and develops recommendations for corrective actions when
necessary.
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do Environmental Monitoring and Systems Laboratory, Research Triangle
Park (RTP), North Carolina., The Environmental flfonitoring and Systems
Laboratory,, RIP, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible to the
Director for flfonitoring Systems and Quality Assurance, for the management
within Agency and ORD policies and guidelines and allocated resources, of
progratiB in field nonitoring, analytical support, and other technical support?
and of a quality assurance program. Assists in the development of broad
research policy and program guidelines and long-range research plans„ Recom-
mends specific projects and programs, including the resources and schedules
required to accomplish them. Upon obtaining the resources, carries out the
work either through its own facilities and field stations or under contract,
grant? or interagency agreenent with other organizations„ Provides technical
support to Agency components, as requested, within the resources allocated
for this purpose0 Assures that the results of its work are disseminated
according to ORD guidelines,, Provides the administrative and financial
framewDrk to assure that the activities of the Laboratory neet Agency and
Federal government requirements,,
e0 Environmental Etonitoring and Support Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio,,
The Environnental Monitoring and Support Laboratory, Cincinnati, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Director for ftonitoring
Systems and Quality Assurance, for the management, within the Agency and ORD,
of policies and guidelines and allocated resources, of programs in field moni-
toring analytical methods? of other technical support; and of a quality
assurance program,, Assists in the development of broad research policy and
program guidelines and long-range research plans0 Recommends specific projects
and programs, including the resources and schedules required to accomplish
themo Upon obtaining the resources, carries out the work either through its
own facilities and field stations or under contract, grant or interagency
agreement with other organizations,, Provides technical support to Agency com-
ponents,, as requested, within the resources allocated for this purpose,,
Assures that the results of its vork are disseminated according to ORD guide-
lines,, Provides the administrative and financial framework to assure that the
activities of the Laboratory meet Agency and Federal government requirements,,
f0 Environmental Etonitoring Systems Laboratory, Las \fegas, Nevada.. The
Environmental Btonitoring Systems Laboratory, under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible to the Director for Monitoring Systems and Quality
Assurance, for the management, within the Agency and ORD policies and guide-
lines and allocated resources, of programs for multi-iiedia and remote sensing
monitoring and neasurenents, special surveys, field testing, emergency response
and other technical support operations, and of a quality assurance program,,
The Director is the principal contact for the testing activities of the
Department of Energy (DOE), and serves on various advisory bodies and panels
of the DOE0s Nevada Operations Office. Assists in the development of broad
reseach policy and program guidelines and long-range research plans,, Recommends
specific projects and programs, including the resources and schedules required
to accomplish theme, Upon obtaining the resources, carries out the work either
through its own facilities and field stations or under contract, grant, or
interagency agreement with other organizations. Provides technical support
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to Agency components, as requested, within the resources allocated for this
purpose. Assures that the results of its vork are disseminated according to
OH) guidelines. Provides the administrative and financial framework to assure
that the activities of the Laboratory neet Agency and Federal government
requirerte nts.
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3, OFFICE OF EWIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY,. The Office of
Environmental Engineering and Technology, under the supervision of a Director,
is responsible to the Assistant Administrator for planning, managing and
evaluating a comprehensive program for the? (a) Development and demon-
stration of cost-effective methods for control and management of operations
with environmental impacts associated with the extraction, processing con-
version, and transportation of energy, minerals, and other resources, and
with industrial processing and manufacturing facilities? (b) Development and
demonstration of cost-effective methods for the prevention or management of
pollutant discharge or waste disposal into the environment from public sector
activities including publicly-owned waste water and solid waste facilities?
(c) Improvement of drinking water supply and system operations, including
improved understanding of water supply technology and water supply criteria;
(d) Development of program plans, including objectives — justifies these
resources, and, after receiving them, carries out the approved program and
activities? (e) Assignment of objectives and resources to the laboratories as-
signed to the Office by the Assistant Administrator; (f) Conduct of appropriate
reviews to assure the-quality, timeliness and responsiveness of outputs; and
(g) Conduct of analyses of the relative environmental and socioeconomic impacts
of energy, minerals, and other resource extraction, transportation, processing,
conversion, and utilization systems, and of other industrial operations.
The Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology is the focal point
within the Office of Research and Development for providing liaison with the
rest of the Agency and with the Department of Energy on issues associated with
energy development (excluding issues of research planning and implementation
of the measurement, fate, and effects of energy pollutants that are conducted
under the Interagency Energy/Environment Program)., The Office is also the
focal point within the Office of Research and Development for liaison with
the rest of the Agency on issues related to controlling pollution discharges.,
a0 Waste Management Division., The Waste Management Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Director for Environmental
Engineering and Technology, for the planning, coordination, and review of a
comprehensive program tos (1) Develop and demonstrate methods to prevent,
manage, or control the discharge of pollutants and the disposal of wastes
from municipal, recreational, and other domestic sources; (2) Develop and
demonstrate methods for managing or disposing of hazardous wastes; (3) Assess
the environmental and socioeconomic impact of such methods; (4) Develop methods
to reduce the production of wastes, including recycling; and (5) Provide tech-
nical expertise and management assistance in the foregoing areas. Develops
broad policy and program guidelines, including recommended program plans and
priorities and laboratory objectives0 Coordinates activities with other
components of ORD, the Agency, the Federal government, and the private sector.
Reviews laboratory plans, and monitors technical and resource status of
ongoing programs. Conducts, or assists in conducting program reviews,
b. Energy Processes Division, The Energy Processes Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Director for Environmental
Engineering and Technology for the planning, coordination, and review of a
comprehensive program tos (1) Develop and demonstrate cost-effective technology
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to prevent, control, or abate pollution from energy conversion and utilization
processes, except those uses related to transportation; (2) Assess the overall
environmental and socioeconomic iitpact of such processes? (3) Identify and/or
develop alternative systems and conservation treasures? and (4) Provide tech-
nical expertise and management assistance in the foregoing areas0 Develops
broad policy and program guidelines, including recommended program plans and
priorities and laboratory objectives,, Coordinates activities with other
components of ORD, the Agency, the Federal government, and the private sector,,
Reviews laboratory plans and monitors technical and resources status of ongoing
programs,, Conducts, or assists in conducting program reviews,
Co Industrial and Extractive Processes Division, The Industrial and
Extractive Processes Division, under the supervision of a Director, is respon-
sible to the Director for Environmental Engineering and Techonology for the
planning, coordination, and review of a comprehensive program tos (1) Develop
and demonstrate cost-effective technology to prevent, control, and abate
pollution from industrial and extractive processes? (2) Assess the overall
environmental and socioeconomic iinpact of such processes; (3) Identify and/or
develop alternative systems and conservation measures; and (4) Provide tech-
nical expertise and management assistance in the foregoing area. Develops
broad policy and program guidelines, including recommended program plans and
priorities and laboratory objectives. Coordinates activities with other com-
ponents of ORD, the Agency, the Federal government, and the private sector,,
Reviews laboratory plans, and monitors technical and resource status of ongoing
programs. Conducts, or assists in conducting program reviews,
d. Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina, The Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory, RTF, under
the supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Director for Environmental
Engineering and Technology, for the management, within Agency and ORD policies
and guidelines and allocated resources, of prograns to develop and demonstrate
cost-effective technologies to prevent, control, or abate pollution from opera-
tions with environmental impacts associated with the extraction, processing
conversion, and utilization of energy and mineral resources and with industrial
processing and manufacturing. The Laboratory also provides support in the
identification and evaluation of environmental control alternatives, including
conservation measures, of these operations and the assessment of the environ-
mental and socioeconomic impacts of the operations and of alternative control
strategies. Assists in the development of broad research policy and program
guidelines and long-range research plans. Recommends specific projects and
prograns, including the resources and schedule required to accomplish them.
Upon obtaining the resources, carries out the work either through its own
facilities and field stations or under contract, grant, or interageney agree-
ment with other organizations. Provides technical assistance to Agency
components, as requested, within the resources allocated for this purpose.
Assures that the results of its work are disseminated according to ORD guide-
lines. Provides the administrative and financial framework to assure that
the activities of the Laboratory meet Agency and Federal government requirements,
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e0 Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio, The
Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Director for Environmental
Engineering and Technology for the management and implementation, within Agency
and OFD policies and guidelines and allocated resources, of programs to develop
and demonstrate cost-effective technologies and methods tos (1) Prevent, con-
trol or abate pollution from operations associated with industrial processing
and manufacturing, and from the extraction, processing conversion, and
utilization of energy and mineral resources; and (2) Destroy, detoxify,
concentrate, treat and reduce the quantities of solid and hazardous waste by
incineration, by alternative physical, chemical or biological processes or by
other means,, The Laboratory also identifies and evaluates environmental
quality control alternatives, including conservation measures, and assesses
environmental and economic impacts of alternative control strategies,, Wbrk is
carried out either through its own facilities and field stations or under con-
tract, cooperative agreement or interagency agreement with other organizations0
Additionally, the Laboratory assists in the development of broad research
policy and program guidelines and long-range research plans? recommends speci-
fic projects and programs, including needed resources? provides technical
assistance and technical support to Agency components as requested? assures
that the results of its work are disseminated according to ORD guidelines?
and provides the administrative and financial framework to assure that the
activities of the Laboratory meet Agency and Federal government requirements,,
f0 Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio, The
Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio, under the super-
vision of a Director, and with the guidance of the Director for Environmental
Engineering and Technology, is responsible for the planning, implementation,
and the management of research, development, and demonstration programs assigned
to the Laboratory„ Management of the programs is the responsibility of the
Laboratory senior staff, composed of the Director, the Deputy Director, and
three Division Directors, Those programs include the development and demonstra-
tion of cost-effective methods for the prevention, treatment and management
of wastewater, urban runoff, and solid and hazardous waste pollutant discharges
from community sources? development of technology and management systems for
the treatment and and preservation of public drinking water supplies? and
multi-media research development and demonstration programs to prevent, control
and abate accidental discharges of oil and hazardous materials,, The Laboratory
provides for the integration of the above outputs into a form most suitable
for transmission to municipal users.
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4c OFFICE OF EMVIR3NMENTAL PBOCESSES AND EFFECTS RESEARCH,. The Office of
Environmental Processes and Effects Research, under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible to the Assistant Administrator for planning, managing,
and evaluating a comprehensive research program to develop the scientific and
technological nethods and data necessary to understand ecological processes
and predict broad ecosystems impacts and to manage the entry, movement, and
fate of pollutants into the environment and the food chain and the effects of
pollutants upon nonhuman organisms and ecosystems., The comprehensive program
includes? (a) The development of organism and ecosystem level effect data
needed for the establishment of standards, criteria or guidelines for the
protection of nonhuman components of the environment and ecosystem integrity
and the prevention of harmful human exposure to pollutants? (b) The development
of methods to determine and predict the fate, transport, and environmental
levels which may result in human exposure and exposure of nonhuman components
of the environment, resulting from the discharge of pollutants, singly or in
combination into the environment including development of source criteria for
protection of environmental quality; (c) The development and demonstration of
methods for the control or management of adverse environmental impacts from
agriculture and other rural nonpoint sources; (d) The development and demon-
stration of integrated pest management strategies for the management of
agricultural and urban pests which utilize alternative biological cultural
and chemical controls; (e) The development of laboratory and field-scale
screening tests to provide data that can be used to predict the behavior of
pollutants in terms of movement in the environment, accumulation in the food
chain, effects on organisms, and broad ecosystem impacts; (f) Coordination of
interagency research activities associated with the health and environmental
impacts of energy production and use; and (g) Development and demonstration of
methods for restoring degraded ecosystems by means other than source control,,
The Office of Environmental Processes and Effects Research is the focal point
within the Office of Research and Development for providing liaison with the
rest of the Agency with respect to transport, fate, and environmental effects
of pollutants and ecosystem level impacts, including those associated with
energy activities, which are released into to environment; and the planning
and implementation of the Agency's integrated pest management research program,
in cooperation with the Office of Pesticide Programs, tLSo Department of Agri-
culture, and other participating Federal and State agencies,, The Office, in
coordination with the Agency research committees? identifies specific research,
development, and demonstration needs and priorities; establishes research
program policies and guidelines; develops program plans, including objectives
and estimates of the resources required to accomplish these objectives;
justifies these resources and after receiving them, carries out the programs
and activities as approved in the research plans; allocates objectives and
resources to the laboratories assigned to the Office by the Assistant Admin-
istrator and to other agencies as appropriate; and conducts appropriate
reviews to assure the quality, timeliness, and responsiveness of outputs,,
a0 Program Operations Staff. The Program Operations Staff, under the
supervision of a Director, serves as principal staff for resource control,
administrative operations and general management and organization matters for
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the Office of Environmental Processes and Effects Research. The staff is
responsible for coordinating the formal ORD planning, budgeting, reporting and
review system; for establishing operating procedures, for developing and recom-
mending internal fiscal and manpower controls; and for performing special
projects and analyses within the Office of Environmental Processes and Effects
Research.
b. Water and Land Division. The Water and Land Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for planning, coordination and review
of major programs of environmental research to: (1) Manage pollution discharges
or emissions to, or impacts on, aquatic and terrestrial organisms and ecosystems
resulting from the production of food, fiber, wood and other agricultural pro-
ducts; (2) Assess the socioeconomic impact of environmental management methods
for agriculture and silviculture; (3) Assess probable trends in the production
of renewable resources and their resulting environmental impacts; (4) Develop
and demonstrate alternative production or land management methods resulting
in reduced environmental impact; (5) Determine, quantify and manage pollutants
entering and traversing groundwater resources; (6) Determine or predict pollut-
ant exposure levels in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and effects on
organisms and ecosystems integrity; and (7) Determine acceptable source
pollutant discharge or emission levels necessary to achieve defined air or
water quality goals or standards.
c. Energy and Air Division. The Energy and Air Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for planning, coordination and
review of major programs of environmental research to: (1) Determine the
qualitative and quantitative effects of energy-related pollutants on fresh-
water, marine and terrestrial organisms and ecosystems, and assess the
ecosystem risks associated with all aspects of the energy cycle (extraction,
processing, transportation, combustion, and utilization); (2) Provide the
techniques and data necessary to determine the qualitative and quantitative
effects of energy-related agents on human health, and assess the health risks
to human populations associated with all aspects of energy production and
utilization; (3) Provide the data base and the measurement and monitoring
methodologies and instrumentation needed for energy-related source identifi-
cation and characterization, and the elucidation of transport and transforma-
tion phenonena of energy-related pollutants in all media; (4) Elucidate the
processes and mechanisms which govern the emission, transport, transformation
and dispersion of energy and non-energy related criteria and non-criteria
pollutants in the atmosphere; and (5) Provide information necessary to estab-
lish regulations, standards, and guidelines on a schedule consistent with the
requirements of the various regulatory offices.
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do Toxics and Pesticides Division,, The Toxics and Pesticides Division,,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for the planning,
coordination, and review of major programs of environmental research to develop,
validate, and determine the feasibility of test nethods and related techniques
for evaluating the environmental hazards associated with toxic substances and
pesticideSo The principal efforts are directed to test methods and methodolo-
gies for assessing the ecological effects from short and long-term exposures
and determining cumulative ecological impacts and for estimating environmental
exposures with particular attention to environmental degradation, transport,
and fate0 The Division is responsible for assuring that the research results
are translated into practical nethods for carrying out risk assessments in a
mannner and on a tin© scale that is responsive to regulatory needs and that
research programs are coordinated with related scientific efforts of other EPA
offices and other government agencies,,
e0 Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory, Kssearch Triangle Park
(RTPK North Carolina., The Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory, RTP,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Director for
Environnental Processes and Effects Research, for the managenent, within
Agency and OK) policies and guidelines and allocated resources, of a research,
developnent, and demonstration program in atmospheric chemistry and physics,
air transport and movement, pollution identification and measurement methods,
and in the meteorological aspects of pollution,, Assists in the development of
broad research policy and program guidelines and long-range research plans,,
Reccmnends specific projects and programs, including the resources and sched-
ules required to accomplish them0 Upon obtaining the resources, carries out
the work either through its own facilities and field stations or under contract,
grant, or interagency agreement with other organizations. Provides technical
assistance to Agency components, as requested, within the resources allocated
for this purpose,, Assures that the results of its work are disseminated accord-
ing to ORD guidelines. Provides the administrative and financial framework to
assure that the activities of the Laboratory meet Agency and Federal government
requirements,,
f. Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon, The
Environnental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible to the Director for Environmental Processes and
Effects Research, for the managenent, within Agency and ORD policies and guide-
lines and allocated resources, of a research program on ecological systems.
Assists in the development of broad research policy and program guidelines and
long-range research plans, Recomnends specific projects and programs including
the resources and schedules required to accomplish them. Upon obtaining the
resources, carries out the work either through its own facilities and field
stations or under contract, grant, or interagency agreement with other organi-
zations. Provides technical assistance to Agency components, as requested,
within the resources allocated for this purpose. Assures that the results of
its work are disseminated according to ORD guideline. Provides the necessary
administrative and financial framewrk to assure that the activities of the
Laboratory meet Agency and Federal government requirements. Provides, as
required, to criteria development activities,
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g0 Environmental Research Laboratory, Athens, Georgia. The Environmental
Research Laboratory, Athens, under the supervision of a Director, is respon-
sible to the Director for Environmental Processes and Effects Research for the
managenent within Agency and ORD policies and guidelines and allocated resources,
of a research, development, and demonstration program tos (1) Identify and
measure environnental quality in water and on land; (2) Determine the fate of
pollutants freshwater ecosystems; and (3) Manage or control agricultural or
other non-point sources. Assists in the develcpnent of broad research policy
and program guidelines and long-range research plans. Recommends specific
projects and programs, including the resources and schedules required to accomp-
lish them,, Upon obtaining the resources, carries out the work either through
its own facilities and field stations or under contract, grant, or interagency
agrement with other organizations. Provides technical assistance to Agency
components, as requested, within the resources allocated for this purpose „
Assures that the results of its work are disseminated according to ORD guide-
lines,, Provides the administrative and financial framework to assure that
the activities of the Laboratory meet Agency and Federal government requirements.
ho Robert S. Kterr Environmental Research Laboratory, Ada? Oklahoma.
The Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research laboratory, Ada, under the super-
vision of a Director, is responsible to the Director for Environmental
Processes and Effects Research the management, within Agency for ORD policies
and guidelines and allocated resources, of a research program to; (a) Invest-
igate the nature, transport, fate, and management of pollutants in groundwater;
(b) Develop and demonstrate methods for treating domestic waste water with
soil and other natural systems; and (c) Develop and demonstrate pollution
control technology for irrigation return flows and animal feedlot wastes.
Assists in the development of broad research policy and program guidelines
and long-range research plans. Recomnends specific projects and programs,
including the resources and scheduled required to accomplish them. Upon ob-
taining the resources, carries out the work either through its own facilities
or field stations or under contract, grant, or interagency agreement with
other organizations. Provides technical assistance to Agency components, as
requested, within the resources allocated for this purpose. Assures that the
results of its work are disseminated according to ORD guidelines. Provides
the administrative and financial framework to assure that the activities of
the Laboratory neet Agency and Federal government requirements.
i. Environmental Research Laboratory, Duluth, Minnesota. The
Environnental Research Laboratory, Duluth, under the supervision of a Director,
is responsible to the Director for Environmental Processes and Effects Research
for the nanagenent, within Agency and ORD policies and guidelines and allocated
resources, of a research program on ecological systems, particularly to deter-
mine the exposure effects relationships in fresh water ecosystems. Assists in
the development of broad research policy and program guidelines and long-range
research plans. Recomnends specific projects and programs, including the
resources and schedules required to accomplish them. Upon obtaining the
resources, carries out the work either through its own facilities, and field
stations or under contract, grant, or interagency agreement with other organi-
zations. Provides technical assistance to Agency components, as requested
,
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within the resources allocated for this purpose. Assures that the results of
its work are disseminated according to ORD guidelines,, Provides the adminis-
trative and financial framework to assure that the activities of the Laboratory
neet Agency and Federal government requirenents,, Provides, as required,
scientific and technical input, as well as other documentation, to criteria
developnent activities,,
j0 Environmental Research Laboratory, Narragansett, Rhode Island, The
Environmental Research Laboratory, Narragansett, under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible to the Director for Environmental Processes and
Effects Research for the management, within Agency and ORD policies and guide-
lines and allocated resources, of a research program on ecological systems,
particularly to determine the exposure-effect relationships in marine ecosys-
tems,, Assists in the development of broad research policy and program guidelines
and long-range research plans. Recommends specific projects and programs,
including resources; carries out the work either through its own facilities
and field stations or under contract, grant, or interagency agreenent with
other organizations. Provides technical assistance to Agency components, as
requested, within the resources allocated for this purpose. Assures that the
results of its work are disseminated according to ORD guidelines. Provides
the administrative and financial framework to assure that the activities of
the Laboratory meet Agency and Federal government requirenents„ Provides,
as requested, scientific and technical input, as well as other documentation,
to criteria development activities,
k. Environmental Research Laboratory, Gulf Breeze, Florida. The
Environmental Research Laboratory, Gulf Breeze, under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible to the Director for Environmental Processes and
Effects Research, for the management, within Agency and ORD policies and guide-
lines and allocated resources, of a research program on ecological systems,
particularly to determine the exposure-effect relationships in estuarine and
coastal ecosystems. Assists in the development of broad research policy and
program guidelines and long-range research plans. Recommends specific
projects and programs, including the resources, and schedules required to
accomplish them. Upon obtaining the resources, carries out the work either
through its own facilities and field stations or under contract, grant, or
interagency agreement with other organizations. Provides technical assistance
to Agency components, as requested, within the resources allocated for this
purpose. Assures that the results of its work are disseminated according to
ORD guidelines. Provides the necessary administrative and financial framework
to assure that the activities of the Laboratory meet Agency and Federal govern-
ment requirementso Provides, as requested, scientific and technical input, as
well as other documentation to criteria development activities.
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50 OFFICE OF HEALTH RESEARCH. The Office of Health Research under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Assistant Administrator,
for the management of planning, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive,
integrated human health research program which documents acute and chronic
adverse effects to man from environmental exposure to pollutants and determines
those exposures which have a potentially adverse effect on hunans. This doc-
umentation is utilized by ORD for criteria development and scientific assessments
in support of the Agency's regulating and standardsetting activities. To
attain this objective, the program develops test systems and associated methods
and protocols, such as predictive models to determine similarities and differ-
ences among test organisms and man; develops methodology and conducts laboratory
and field research studies; and develops interagency programs vtfiich effectively
use pollutants.
The Office of Health Research is the Agency's focal point within the Office of
Research and Developnent for providing liaison relative to human health effects
and related human exposure issues (excluding issues related to the planning and
implementation of research on the human health effects of energy pollutants
that is conducted under the Interagency Energy/Environment Program). It
responds with recognized authority to changing requirements of the Regions,
program offices and other offices for priority technical assistance. In close
coordination with Agency research and advisory committees, other agencies and
offices, and interaction with academic and other independent scientific bodies,
the Office develops health science policy for the Agency. Through these rela-
tionships and the scientific capabilities of its laboratories and Headquarters
staffs, the Office provides a focal point for matters pertaining to the effects
of human exposure to environmental pollutants.
a. Program Operations Staff. The Program Operations Staff, under the
supervision of a Director, serves as the principal staff to the Director for
Health Research and is responsible for the development, administration and
coordination of internal program management and administrative support acti-
vities for the Office and its associated laboratories. The Staff administers
the ORD planning, reporting and review system within the Office of Health
Research; develops and administers such additional systems as are necessary
for supporting annual budgets, program development and defense, and personnel
and financial management of the office and associated laboratories; reviews
inter-divisional and inter-laboratory strategies, objectives, plans, progress
and resources for compliance with ORD, Agency and legislative requirements;
and recommends priorities and a point of liaison with the Office of Adminis-
tration and Resources Management, the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation
and other organizations for planning, programming, reporting, fiscal control
and managsnent of activities of the Office.
b. Air, Koise and Radiation Health Research Division. The Air, Noise
and Radiation Health Research Division, under the supervision of a Director,
is responsible to the Director for Health Research for the overall planning,'
management, and evaluation of health research programs related to the effects
of human exposures to criteria and non-criteria pollutants in the atmosphere,
emissions from mobile sources, noise and non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation
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emissions. Pfore specifically, the Division, in cooperation with the program
offices, research committees, media task groups, health research laboratories
and other parts of OH), develops health research policy, priorities and program
plans? and determines appropriate resource allocations to carry out the air,
noise and radiation health research program,, Provides program implementation
guidelines to health effects research laboratories and management coordination
to assure effective integration of the air, noise and radiation health research
activities conducted by the separate laboratories,, Conducts periodic reviews
and evaluations of laboratory management practices and research activities to
determine progress toward defined program objectives,, Provides health research
information and advice to steering committees, regulation review committees,
interagency committees, and domestic and international organizations which
request such assistance,,
Co frfeter and Ibxic Substances Health Research Division., The Water and
Toxic Substances Health Eesearch Division, under the supervision of a Director,
is responsible to the Director for Health Research for the overall planning,
management and evaluation of health research programs which pertain to
drinking water, the quality of water resources, solid and hazardous waste
management, and toxic chemical substances (including pesticides), Ptore speci-
fically, the Division, in cooperation with the program offices, research com-
mittees, madia task groups, health research laboratories and other parts of
OR), develops health research policy, priorities and program plans; and deter-
mines appropriate resource allocations to carry out the water and toxic
substances health research program,, Provides program implementation guidelines
to health effects research laboratories and management coordination to assure
effective integration of the water and toxic substances health research acti-
vities conducted by the separate laboratories,, Conducts periodic reviews and
evaluations of laboratory management practices and research activities to
determine progress toward defined program objectives,, Provides health research
information and advice to steering committees, regulation review committees,
interagency committees, and domestic and international organizations which
request such assistance«
do Health Effects Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park (RTF),
Morth Carolina, Hie Health Effects Research Laboratory? RTP, under the super-
vision of a Director, is responsible to the Director for Health Research, for
the management, within Agency and ORD policies and guidelines and allocated
resources, of research programs to define the exposure-effect relationships
between, and develop the data on, the health effects of environmental pollut-
ants, acting singly or in combination, using toxicological, clinical, and
epidemic logical studies. Assists in the development of broad research policy
and program guidelines and long-range research plans. Recommends specific
projects and programs, including the resources and schedules required to accom-
plish them. Upon obtaining the resources, carries out the work either through
its own facilities and field stations or under contract, grant, or interagency
agreement with other organizations. Provides technical assistance to Agency
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components, as requested, within the resources allocated for this purpose.
Assures that the results of its work are disseminated according to ORD guide-
lines. Provides the administrative and financial framework to assure that
the activities of the Laboratory neet Agency and Federal governnent require-
ments. Provides, as required, scientific and technical input, as well as
other documentation to criteria development activities.
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Office of
Research
Program
Management
-
Operations
Office
Technical
Information
Office
Center for
Environmental
Research
Information
Cine., CH
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Office of
Monitoring
Systems and
Quality
Assurance
Program
Operations
Staff
Quality
Assurance
Myat. Staff
|Air, Toxics &
Radiation
_ Monitoring
Research
Division
Water & Waste
Management
_ Monitoring
Research
Division
Environmental
Monitoring &
Systems Lab.
FTP, N.C.
Environmental
Monitoring &
Support Lab.
RTP, N.C.
Environmental
Monitoring
Systems Lab.
Las Vegas, NV
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ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
FOR
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Office of
Environmental
Engineering arc
Technology
Program
Operations
Staff
Waste
_ Management
Division
Energy
__ Processes
~ Division
Industrial &
Extractive
Processes
Division
Industrial
Environmental
Research Lab.
RTP, N.C.
Industrial
Environmental _
Research Lab.
Cine., OH
Municipal
Environmental
Research Lab.
Cine., OH
Office Of
Exploratory
Research
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Office of
Environmental
Processes
and Effects
Research
Program
Operations
Staff
Toxics &
_ Pesticides
Division
Water & Land
Division
Energy & Air
Division
Environmental Sciences _
Research Lab. RTP, N.C.
Environmental Research
Lah. Corvallis, OB
Environmental Research
Lab. Athens, GA
Robert G. Kerr
Environmental Research
Lab. Ada, OK
Environmental Research
Lab. Duluth,
MN
Environmental Research
Lab. Narragansett , RI
Environmental Research _
Lab. Gulf Breeze, FL
Office of
Health
Research
Program
Operations
Staff
Air, Noise &
Radiation
tiealth
Research
Division
Water & Toxic
Substances
Health
Research
Division
Health Effects _
Research Lab.
RIP, N.C.
Office of
Health and
Environmental
Assessment
Carcinogen
_ Assessment
Group
Exposure
_ Assessment
Group
Reproductive
Effects
Assessment
Group
Environmental
Criteria &
Assessment
Office
RTP, N.C.
Environmental
Criteria 6
Assessment
Office
Cine., OH
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CHAPTER 10 - OFFICE OF WATER
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR WATER. The functions and
responsibilities assigned to the Assistant Administrator for Water and outlined
hereafter are under his/her supervision, and carried out by officials within
the Office of the Assistant Administrator for Water. The Assistant Adminis-
trator serves as the principal adviser to the Administrator in matters
pertaining to water programs, and is responsible for the management of the
water programs of the Agency, including: (a) Program policy development and
evaluation; (b) Environmental and pollution sources standards development;
(c) Program policy guidance and overview, technical support, and evaluation
of Regional water activities; (d) The conduct of enforcement activities as
they relate to water programs; (e) Development of programs for technical as-
sistance and technology transfer; and, (f) Development of selected demonstration
programs.
a. Office of Program and Management Operations. The Office of Program
and Management Operations, under the supervision of a Director, serves as the
principal staff arm to the Assistant Administrator on matters relating to
programming and administrative operations. Provides management advice and
assistance to the Assistant Administrator and components of the Office of the
Assistant Administrator for Water; serves as a point of liaison and coordina-
tion with the Office of Administration and Resources Management in securing and
providing administrative, budget, financial management, program development,
and planning services and support for the Office of the Assistant Administrator;
exercises responsibility for program planning, resource analysis and control,
manpower control, and progran evaluation; serves as a point of liaison for
identification of research and monitoring requirements for accomplishment
of water program objectives and to assure effective coordination with expert
staffs in the various offices of the Assistant Administrators for the prepar-
ation and assembly of economic, financial, scientific, and technical data and
analyses in support of the programs of the Office; conducts special studies,
and develops data in support of requirements for testimony and other public
appearances placed upon the Assistant Administrator and other principal
officials of the Office; maintains the Assistant Administrator's official
records and files; and provides correspondence management services for the
Office of the Assistant Administrator. Certain responsibilities described
herein are carried out through three subordinate staffs; Program Analysis and
Evaluation, Regulation Review, and Policy Strategy Analysis.
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2. OFFICE OF WATER ENFORCEMENT AND PERMITS. The Office of Water Enforcement
and Permits, under the supervision of an Director, implements program policy
developed by the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring as it relates
to the water and water supply enforcement activities of the Agency, including
direct supervision of those enforcement activities reporting directly to the
Office of Water Enforcement and Permits and technical progran direction to the
Regional water enforcement activities,. Develops objectives and programs for
water enforcement activities, including the development of procedures, regulatory
material, guidelines, criteria, and policy statements designed to bring about
actions by individuals, private enterprise, and governmental bodies to ijmprove
the quality of the water,
a. Enforcement Division. The Enforcement Division, under the supervision
of a Director, develops policies and procedures for Regional development of
compliance monitoring and enforcement actions designed to obtain compliance
with applicable requirements. Provides guidance and assistance to the Regions
in developing various portions of their envorcement program including inspec-
tions and sampling, the obtaining of evidence, issuance of notices of violation
and enforcement orders, and institution of judicial proceedings„ Maintains
Agency overview regarding status of enforcement effort and reviews enforcement
actions. Coordinates review and approval of State permit programs and provides
assistance on adjudicatory hearings and legal aspects of case preparation.
Maintains liaison with the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring.
Maintains Agency overview regarding status of compliance of permit requirements
enforceable by EPA and the States. Develops policy and procedures for Regional
surveillance programs, including compliance monitoring, inspection and investi-
gation programs. Responsible for assisting Regional Offices in developing
their programs for obtaining compliance with appropriate requirements and for
monitoring Regional progress on operating program commitments. Prepares inspec-
tion and investigation manuals for major facilities to assist Itegional offices.
Prepares reports and briefings on compliance status nationally by source category
and geographic location. Develops and publicizes information on both progress
and trouble areas in obtaining compliance. Assists other Agency components in
developing enforceable standards and other requirements, including monitoring
and inspection requirements. Prepares procedures to implement new standards
and requirements.
b0 Permits Division. The Permits Division, under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for Agency program policy implementation, management,
and coordination of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
under Sections 401 and 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amend-
ments (FWPCAA) of 1972. It also has responsibility for water permit and
license certification, review, and issuance activities, including authorities
for ocean discharges, dredge and fill, and sewage sludge disposal under Sections
403, 404, and 405 (FWPCAA) and under Section 13 (Refuse Act) of the Rivers and
Harbors Act of 1899» Develops methods, procedures, guidance, and regulations
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to assure that the NPDES permit program and the requirements developed pursuant
to that system are instituted within the changing framework of legal, economic,
and environmental considerations required by the FWPCAA and other statutory
and court-ordered mandates; including areawide waste management plans, effluent
standards, or other requirements for pollutants designated as toxic or hazardous.
Develops procedures, regulations, policy, and guidance for the issuance of
NPDES permits to publicly owned treatment works (POTW) in coordination with
the construction grant fund program to assure that regulatory standards and
funding policies are made as consistent as possible.
Coordinates the review of industrial and POTW discharge permit applications
and issuance of permits by EPA Regions and NPDES States. Develops new and
unique methods, regulations, procedures, types of permits, and other approaches
to the solution of issuing permits regulating such generalized water pollution
discharges as irrigation return flows, runoff of stormwater from farms and
cities, confined animal feedlots, and other water pollution sources which have
not traditionally been controlled by the application of permit regulations.
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3. OFFICE OF WATER REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS. The Office of Water Regulations
and Standards, under the supervision of an Director, is responsible to the
Assistant Administrator for the water regulations and standards functions.
The Director, Office of Water Regulations and Standards is responsible for
developing an overall program strategy for the achievement of water pollution
abatement in cooperation with other appropriate program offices. Assures the
coordination of all national water-related activities within this water program
strategy, and monitors national progress toward the achievement of water quality
goals. Itesponsible for the development of effluent guidelines and water
quality standards, and other pollutant standards, regulations, and guidelines
within the program responsibilities of the Office. Exercises overall respon-
sibility for the development of effective State and Regional water quality
regulatory control programs. Responsible for the development and maintenance
of a centralized water programs data system including compatible water quality,
discharger, and program data files utilizing, but not displacing, files
developed and maintained by other program offices. Responsible for developing
national accomplishment plans and resource and schedule guidelines for moni-
toring and evaluating the performance, progress, and fiscal status of the
organization in implementing program plans? and for presenting program plans
and program status to the Assistant Administrator for review and approval.
Represents EPA in activities with the Water Resources Council and other Federal
agencies concerned with water quality regulations and standards.
a. Office of Analysis and Evaluation„ The Office of Analysis and
Evaluation, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for developing
a national water pollution abatement and prevention plan which sets forth the
framework for implementing Agency water-related activities in an integrated,
coordinated, and timely manner. Performs economic analyses and prepares
inflationary impact statements to support regulations developed by the Office
of Water Regulations and Standards for the abatement and control of point and
non-point sources of pollution, and for monitoring, planning activities, and
other regulatory programs of that Office. Manages and directs EPA's small
business loan program to effect the timely installation of water pollution
control equipment while minimizing the economic impact on small industrial
and commercial firms. Provides statistical support and expert review of all
regulations developed by the Office of Water Regulations and Standards, and
those of other offices upon request. Also, provides statistical and operations
research assistance to the monitoring activity and the criteria development
process.
Integrates the health, economic, and technical studies prepared to implement
EPA's toxic control program for water discharges into a coherent framework for
decisions by top level management on the level of control and the regulatory
mechanism for control. Performs cost-benefit analyses, develops and analyzes
alternative control options, and prepares necessary issue and/or option papers
detailing the costs, benefits, legal implications, economic impacts, risks,
technological feasibility, administrative ramifications, and public reaction
to the alternative control options. Conducts national level coordination with
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other Federal agencies to secure their participation, support, and agreement
with strategy and regulations, and presents results of analyses to high level
representatives of industry, the Federal Government, State and local governments,
the Congress, and public interest groups. Evaluates and develops as veil as
provides operational policies, guidance and assistance on program and budget
planning, accomplishment tracking and financial and administrative management
of the Office of Water Regulations and Standards and, as appropriate, to count-
erpart Regional Offices.
b. Effluent Guidelines Division. The Effluent Guidelines Division,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for the development of
guidelines relating to abatement and control of effluent discharges within the
program responsibilities of the Office. Provides assistance to the Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring and the Regional Offices in regard to the
appropriateness, definition, and interpretation of effluent guidelines.
Maintains liaison with the Office of Research and Development, industry, and
public groups to assure that the most recent advances in process and treatment
technology are incorporated into guidelines and practices.
c. Monitoring and Data Support Division. The Monitoring and Data Support
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for development,
operation and maintenance of a centralized water data system which will inte-
grate compatible ambient, discharger, and program data files utilizing, but
not displacing, files developed and maintained by other program offices.
Responsible for analyzing ambient water data, point source data, and water
program data in assessing the effectiveness of water pollution abatement
programs. Analyses include scientific and engineering perspectives. Respon-
sible for working closely with other Headquarters offices, Regional Offices,
the States, and other Federal agencies to assure that all useful water-related
data become available to system users and that there is a minimum of overlap,
duplication, and incompatibility anong water-related data systems. Responsible
for designing and implementing the National Water Quality Surveillance System
to support required water quality assessment. Responsible for servicing moni-
toring needs of EPA operating programs and those of other water program agencies
to the fullest extent feasible. Issues the Agency guidance package to Regional
Offices which incorporates the Office of Water Enforcement monitoring require-
ments, as well as its own (and other offices') needs for ambient trend and
source monitoring. Responsible for developing ambient and effluent trend
reporting, and works with the Water Planning Division, Office of Water Program
Operations to develop an accomplishment plan reporting system.
d. Criteria and Standards Division. The Criteria and Standards Division,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for developing and revising
water quality criteria, and toxic effluent standards. Serves as an authorita-
tive source of technical and scientific information on water quality criteria
and standards, and on the effects of water pollutants on health and welfare.
Responsible for development of standards and guidelines for correction of
water pollution problems resulting from such sources as dredge spoils, in-place
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toxicants, discharges from vessels, and aquaculture. Responsible for developing
and coordinating programs to correct water pollution problems in fresh water
lakes and estuarine areas. Responsible for national policy, regulations and
guidelines for control and abatement of ocean pollution. Assures that workable
programs to control pollution from marine and special sources are developed
and implemented. Coordinates ocean related technical programs within EPA.
Assesses and recommends national policy on the environmental aspects of new
and changing offshore technologies and activities. Assists the Office of
Federal Activities, the Office of Congressional Liaison and the Office of
General Counsel in matters of division policy, environmental impacts, and
regulations.
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4. OFFICE OF WATER PROGRAM OPERATIONS. The Office of Water Program
Operations, under the supervision of Director, is responsible to the Assistant
Administrator for the water program operations functions,, The Director of
Water Program Operations is responsible for developing national programs,
technical policies, regulations, and guidelines for the municipal wastewater
treatment construction grants program and for water quality management and
control of pollution from point and nonpoint sources; for providing technical
direction and support to Regional Offices and other organizations; and for
evaluating Regional and State programs with respect to municipal point and
nonpoint source abatement and control, and manpower development for water-
related activities. The Director is responsible for developing national
accomplishment plans and resource and schedule guidelines for program plans
required of the Divisions; for monitoring and evaluating the performance,
progress, and fiscal status of the divisions in implementing program plans?
and for presenting program plans and program status to the Assistant
Administrator for review and approval-
a. Office of Program Management and Evaluation. The Office of Program
Management and Evaluation under the supervision of a Director, conducts overall
evaluation and analysis of all Office of Water Program Operations (OWPO) pro-
grams with particular emphasis placed on establishing systems and procedures
to integrate and improve the overall program management of the water planning
program (Clean Water Act (CWA)), Sections 106 and 208) and municipal treatment
works (CWA 201) planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance,
and training programs. Develops integrated program planning and budgeting
guidance (Headquarters and Regions) for OWPO in coordination with operating
divisions and reviews and recommends approval/disapproval of Headquarters
and Regional ZBB submissions,, Responsible for coordination or oversight of
all budget activities within OWPO including ZBB guidance, the development of
the OWPO budget, the writing of budget justifications, monitoring of perfor-
mance against budget plans, and reprogramming of funds from one division to
another. Responsible for the development and management of the Regional Con-
struction Grants Management Information Systems (RCGMIS), In coordination
with operating divisions develops program management strategies which relate
to the use of RCGMIS for management purposes and assures that Headquarters and
Regional Offices are using the system effectively to manage the program. Such
strategies will relate to the overall program management from the needs
survey through the priority list development process and through the awarding
of grants, completion of planning, design, and construction. Provides program-
ming support (for RCGMIS) to affected Headquarters divisions. Works with the
Grants Administration Division to assure that the Grants Information and
Control System (GIGS) is responsive to the needs of the construction grant
program both in the Regions and in Headquarters, Monitors system interface
with State-based systems to assure compliance with national standards. As-
sures that proper audit procedures and audit systems are implemented on all
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OWPO computer systems. Develops procedures for planning and controlling ADP
costs. Develops construction grants obligation and outlay estimates. Provides
guidance to Regional Offices in developing obligation and outlay plans and
other output commitments in conjunction with the Agency's Formal Planning and
Reporting System. Conducts a variety of analyses to determine overall program
effectiveness, resource adequacy, and achievement of objectives and makes
recommendations for changes or improvements in program operations as a result
of these analyses. Coordinates OWPO responses to a number of cross-cutting
issues including GAO studies, reports of outside groups, and new legislative
proposals.
b. Municipal Construction Division. The Municipal Construction Division,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for national management
of the engineering, design, and construction phases of the construction grants
program. In conjunction with the Office of General Counsel and the Grants
Administration Division, develops and disseminates policies, program regulations
and guidelines to implement legislative mandates pertaining to (1) Steps 2
and 3 of the construction grants program, (2) technical assistance and guidance
activities, (3) grants management in functional areas, and (4) cross-cutting
topics such as procurement of architectural/engineer services, cost control,
user charges and industrial cost recovery, minority business enterprise, and
State management assistance. Ensures that treatment work projects utilize
appropriate design and construction technology, are completed expeditiously
with fiscal integrity, and achieve design objectives. Monitors, analyzes
and evaluates its part of the program, and initiates corrective action as
necessary to achieve program objectives. Provides technical direction and
information on current and future technology for municipal wastewater facil-
ities. Utilizing staff assistance from other Agency elements, the Division
undertakes in-depth, Regional and on-site construction grant management and
project reviews to evaluate the technical, fiscal, managerial, and adminis-
trative integrity of the construction grants program., Follows up by recom-
mending and introducing safeguards against irregularities in contract plans
and specifications; adequacy of local, State, and Federal management proced-
ures; quality of construction? interim and final inspection practices; and
compliance with Federal and State construction grants requirements.
c. Facility Requirements Division. The Facility Requirements Division,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for guiding, assisting and
evaluating facility planning for municipal wastewater treatment works to be
built under EPA's multi-billion dollar Construction Grants Program. Ensures
that wastewater treatment works plans prepared by municipalities and reviewed
by the States and EPA thoroughly analyze the engineering, economic, institu-
tional and environmental considerations essential to design of cost-effective
and environmentally sound facilities required by Title II of P.L. 92-500, as
amended. Analyzes and develops long range policy, including legislative and
economic policy, for facility planning and serves as the focal point for manage-
ment and coordination of such policy development for the entire Construction
Grants Program. Prepares regulations and oversees the managerial process
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designed to sustain an orderly and well planned flow of plans and applications
for construction grants. Establishes, maintains and updates a complete
inventory of existing and needed municipal wastewater treatment works and
manages the design, implementation, and monitoring of a long-range program for
prioritizing and scheduling grants. Itesponsible for continuing analysis and
periodic dissemination of information on the actual costs being incurred in
the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of municipal
treatment works.
d. Water Planning Division. The Water Planning Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for area-wide and State-wide water
quality management planning, State program planning, and resource priorities
and decisions concerning the water quality management process. Oversees the
appropriate consideration and inclusion of the national effort to establish
water quality standards as a regulatory mechanism in the overall development
of State water quality management programs. Develops planning methodologies,
technical tools, and works with other Federal agencies concerned with water
quality planning and standards. Develops guidelines on State and Regional
water quality planning and control agencies. Develops and coordinates pro-
grams to abate water pollution for non-point sources and develops technical,
institutional, and regulatory information and guidelines in pursuit thereof.
Conducts national level coordination with other Federal agencies to secure
their participation in water quality management activities.
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5. OFFICE OF DRINKING WATER, The Office of Drinking Water, under the
supervision of an Director, is responsible to the Assistant Administrator for
the water supply activities of the Agency, including the development of an
implementation strategy which provides the national policy direction and coor-
dination for the program established by P,L, 93-523, the Safe Drinking Water
Act of 1974. This Office establishes standards, develops regulations,
policies, and guidelines for drinking water quality and treatment requisite
to protect the public health and welfare and to protect existing and future
groundwater sources of drinking water; provides guidance and technical infor-
mation to State agencies, local utilities, and Federal facilities through
the Regional Offices on program planning, and phasing; evaluates the national
level of compliance with the regulations; plans and develops policy guidance
for response to national, Regional, and local emergencies; reviews and eval-
uates, with Regional Offices, technical data for the designation of sole-source
aquifers; designs a national program of public information to encourage citizen
participation aimed at the goal, "Safe Drinking Water for all Americans"; pro-
vides program policy direction for technical assistance and manpower training
activities in the water supply area; identifies research needs and develops
monitoring requirements for the national water supply program; develops
national accomplishment plans and resource schedule guidelines for monitoring
and evaluating the program plans, program performance, and fiscal status;
develops program plan, and budget and program status reports for the water
supply program; coordinates water supply activities with other Federal agencies
as necessary; and serves as liaison with the National Drinking Water Advisory
Councilo
a. The Office of Program Development and Evaluation, The Office of
Program Development and Evaluation, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible to the Director, Office of Drinking Water for: (1) Conducting a
variety of analytical studies on policy issues relating to program priorities
and objectives, resources and legislation; (2) Conducting economic analyses of
proposed regulations and treatment techniques; (3) Preparing an assessment
(quantitative and social) of carcinogenic risks; (4) Providing assistance to
the Office in sampling techniques and statistical assessments of quantitative
data; (5) Performing broad strategic planning for the drinking water program
which takes into consideration the public health and welfare and costs;
(6) Developing and conducting evaluations on the ability of the program to
fulfill statutory objectives; (7) Developing, implementing, and maintaining
computer systems necessary to implement the Safe Drinking Water Act; and (8)
Providing administrative, budget, and financial support including necessary
program planning and evaluations „
bo Criteria and Standards Division, The Criteria and Standards Division,
under the supervision of a Director, establishes and revises regulations and
guidelines relating to primary and secondary drinking water criteria and stan-
dards that will protect the public health and welfare; develops site selection,
surveillance, and operations and maintenance regulations and guidelines;
develops treatment regulations in lieu of assignable maximum contaminant levels;
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monitors the mandated National Academy of Sciences studies on Drinking Water
and Health; initiates and monitors contracts required in support of regulations
development; serves as the point of liaison with other technical program
areas; identifies research needs and coordinates the application of research
results; provides input to international studies relating to water supply;
develops appropriate criteria and standards for direct potable reuse consi-
dering health factors and treatment technology approaches; reviews, assesses
and maintains surveillance with respect to direct and indirect additives to
water and their potential health effects; develops toxicological and technical
guidance for variances and exemptions; provides leadership in developing pro-
grams to assist public water systems to meet the trihalomethane and other
drinking water regulations; studies, monitors and stimulates good practice
with respect to point-of-use water treatment, including home treatment units;
evaluates the need for appropriate demonstration projects; provides technical
advice and guidance to other Federal agencies in the development of standards
and regulations, such as plumbing code and bottled water standards, etc.;
assists in emergency situations by providing scientific and toxicological
advice, provides guidance and technical assistance to other Governmental
agencies with respect to water resources research and emergency water supply
planning; and conducts special technical studies as required.
c. State Programs Division. State Programs Division, under the
supervision of a Director, develops and revises regulations and guidelines
for State water supply programs, underground injection control (UIC) programs,
UIC permit programs, and State program grants; provides policy guidance to the
Regions and States in the development and implementation of State public water
systems supervision programs and underground injection control programs;
monitors Regional implementation of State program aspects of the Safe Drinking
Water Act to assure compliance with national program requirements and guidance;
provides policy and technical and management guidance to the Regions and States
on the collection, processing, and maintenance of data required by the regula-
tions; provides advice and guidance on variances and exemptions and reviews
those granted during the year; monitors the State program operations through
the Regional Offices; assists in the conduct of Statewide evaluation programs;
certifies applications for loan guarantees; establishes policy guidance
relating to the Interstate Carrier Water Supply Certification Program and the
monitoring and surveillance programs for Federal facilities and Indian reser-
vations; provides policy guidance for response to national, Regional, and
local emergencies; identifies research needs; serves as the program liaison
with the NPDES program; coordinates the review of Federally assisted projects
in areas in which a sole-source designation has been made; provides technical
guidance for the protection of non-public and rural water supplies; and
jointly with the Office of Water Enforcement provides guidance to the Regions
on the implementation of surveillance and enforcement programs where States
do not have primary enforcement responsibility.
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d. Technical Support Division (Cincinnati). The Technical Support
Division, under the supervision of a Director, provides technical assistance
to the Regions and States in the areas of operation and maintenance, monitoring
and surveillance, treatment technology, and manpower development programs;
provides technical support for the use of available treatment techniques;
provides assistance in the development and review of procedural and substan-
tive regulations and guidelines as required; keeps abreast of the latest
research developments; maintains a group of experienced personnel for technical
support in emergency situations; plans and prepares, upon request, studies of
the nature and extent of contaminants in public water supplies and groundwater
sources, identifies the source of contamination and develops recommendations
for corrective actions; develops and improves field investigative techniques
for evaluation of drinking water quality; assists in formulation and conduct
of manpower development programs for State and local water supply personnel as
may be appropriate; and serves as an Office of Drinking Water representative
on Associated Boards of Certification.
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Office of
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Office of
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Effluent
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Monitoring and
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Criteria
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Office of
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Facility
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CHAPTER 11 - OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE,
The Office of the Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response
provides Agencywide policy, guidance, and direction for the Agency's solid
waste and emergency response programs„ In addition to managing those programs,
the Assistant Administrator serves as principal adviser to the Adminiistrator
in matters pertaining to them. The Assistant Administrator's responsibilities
includes (a) Program policy development and evaluation? (b) Development of
appropriate hazardous waste standards and regulations; (c) Ensuring compliance
with applicable laws and regulations; (d) Program policy guidance and overview,
technical support, and evaluation of Regional solid waste and emergency
response activities; (e) Development of programs for technical, programmatic,
and compliance assistance to States and local governments; (f) Development
of guidelines and standards for the land disposal of hazardous wastes;
(g) Analyses on the recovery of useful energy from solid waste; (h) Development
and implementation of a program to respond to uncontrolled hazardous waste
sites and spills (including oil spills); (i) Long-term strategic planning and
special studies; (j) Economic and long-term environmental analysis; (k) Economic
impact assessment of RCRA and CERCLA regulations; (1) Analyses of alternative
technologies and trends; and (m) Cost-benefit analyses and development of
OSWER environmental criteria,
a. Office of Policy, Budget and Program Management, The Office of Policy,
Budget and Program Management, under the supervision of a Director, serves
as the principal staff to the Assistant Administrator on matters relating to
program management and administrative operations„ Provides management advice
and assistance to the Assistant Administrator and components of the Office of
Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) „ Within OSWER develops policies and
guidance on administration and program management; issues procedures/guidelines
for implementation by the Program Offices; exercises oversight and control of
OSWER budget preparation, justification and execution; financial management;
contracts and grants administration; personnel management; information manage-
ment; ADP; and correspondence management. Responsible for operating the
management accountability system, for tracking Government Accounting Office
and Inspector General reports and for monitoring program office performance.
Serves as point of liaison and coordination with the Office of Policy Planning
and Evaluation (OPPE) in the areas of program management and operations; coordi-
nates with OPPE in the development and review of standards and regulations
pertaining to OSWER programs. Serves as point of liaison and coordination
with the Office of Administration and Resources Management (OARM) in the
areas of budget preparation, justification and execution, personnel management,
grants and contracts administration, financial management, facilities and
support services, automated data processing, health and safety services, and
organization and management services. Also, provides liaison and coordination
with other Program Offices, Federal Agencies, such as the Office of Management
and Budget, and Congress regarding administrative, policy and program management
issues. Represents the Assistant Administrator on Agency and inter-agency
steering groups regarding OSWER policy, administrative and program management
issues and responsibilities. Ensures that regional resource allocation is
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integrated with budget preparation. Also serves as liaison with Administrator's
Staff Offices for Civil Rights and Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.
Develops data in support of requirements for testimony and other public
appearances placed upon the Assistant Administrator and other principals in
the Office. Oversees the provision and coordination of training to Federal,
State/local governments, industry and on-site emergency response teams. Provides
focal point to coordinate community, intergovernmental, industry, public
relations and technical assistance; and coordinates with appropriate Administra-
tor's staff offices and the Assistant Administrator for External Affairs.
Evaluates present OSWER legislation and the need for changes or new initiatives.
b. Analysis and Evaluation Staff. The Analysis & Evaluation Staff under
the supervision of a Director, is responsible for long-term strategic planning
and special studies; national program evaluation, economic and long-term envi-
ronmental analysis; assessment of the economic impact of RCRA and CEPCLA
regulations; analysis of alternative technologies and trends, cost-benefit
analysis, and development of OSWER environmental criteria. The Analysis and
Evaluation Staff:
(1) Performs analyses of the macroeconomic, long-term economic impact
of EPA's Solid Waste and Emergency Response Program on the public and regulated
community.
(2) Performs analyses of the financial impacts on individual companies
or plants of alternative enforcement or regulatory decisions, at the request
of the Assistant Administrator.
(3) Performs analyses of key technological trends and potential new
developments on the generation of and control of residuals, and the cost of
environmental controls and regulations.
(4) Develops alternative strategic responses to these economic and
technologic trends for the Assistant Administrator.
(5) Prepares reports to Congress, issues papers and policy statements
on multi-program, economic/environmental issues of national importance at the
request of the Assistant Administrator.
(6) Reviews the benefits analyses performed by the program offices in
support of proposed regulations to insure that the proper analyses have been
done, that the analyses are done well, that appropriate alternatives have been
considered, and that key economic and policy questions have been answered.
(7) Performs benefits analyses of specific regulations in instances
when the program office does not have sufficient capability to perform such
analyses.
(8) Provides expert advice on benefits analysis to the Assistant Admin-
istrator.
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2, OFFICE OF WASTE PROGRAMS ENFORCEMENT, The Office of Waste Programs
Enforcement, under the supervision of a Director, provides program management
and implements the policy developed by the Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Monitoring for the solid waste and emergency/remedial response (hereafter
referred to as ''response™) enforcement activities of the Agency, The Office
supervises those enforcement activities and provides policy direction to
Regional solid waste and response enforcement programs„ It develops objectives,
strategies, programs, and evaluation criteria for solid waste and response
enforcement activities0 These activities include the development of policy
statements, procedures, regulations, guidelines, evaluation criteria, and
compliance monitoring standards designed to bring about actions by the private
sector and governmental bodies to control solid and hazardous waste problems
affecting the environment, and human health,
a. Policy and Planning Staff, The Policy and Planning Staff, under the
supervision of a Director, implements policies and strategies in support of
Agency solid waste and response enforcement activities. Assists the Director
of Waste Program Enforcement in the coordination of enforcement and compliance
monitoring activities to assure the most effective and consistent program
implementation. Analyzes and evaluates current programs and develops recommen-
dations and program modifications. Carries out strategy planning and special
project activities for the Director, Prepares budgets, operating plans, and
supporting justifications for solid waste and response enforcement activities.
Oversees all necessary administrative support systems to carry out Office
objectives efficiently and effectively,
b. Technical Division, The Technical Division, under the supervision of
a Director, develops policies, guidelines, procedures, and criteria to support
the technical components of solid waste and response enforcement and the com-
pliance monitoring of solid and hazardous waste sites and releases. Provides
technical assistance and contract resources to Regions to assist in the
development of surveillance and analysis programs as they relate to solid and
hazardous materials enforcement and to the evidentiary support of solid and
hazardous waste cases. Serves as the primary liaison between the Office of
Waste Programs Enforcement (OWPE) and Regional Offices, Works with appropriate
offices in the development of protocols, methods, and systems needed to support
the technical aspects of solid waste and response enforcement. Assures the
transmission of enforcement-related technical guidance materials and systems
to the Regions, Works with the National Enforcement Investigation Center (NEIC)
to coordinate technical assistance and to identify expert witnesses in the solid
waste and response enforcement area. Serves as the principal focal point for
NEIC-OWPE coordination. Provides technical information and interpretation of
compliance requirements as related to relevant EPA statutes. Analyzes and
prepares recommendations on scientific and technical issues relating to the
activities of the Office of Waste Programs Enforcement — including RCRA
compliance monitoring, regulations development, and enforcement policy. Assists
other Agency components in developing technically enforceable standards and
other requirements, including monitoring and inspection requirements. Works
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with other offices within the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response and
the Office of Research and Develpment (ORD) to develop sampling and analysis
protocols that meet evidentiary requirements. Provides Office of Waste Programs
Enforcement liaison with ORD and external technical organizations. Reviews
Regional and State solid waste and response waste enforcement programs for
consistency with national standards.
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OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE. The Office of Solid Waste (OSW) , under the super-
vision of a Director, is responsible to the Assistant Administrator for the
solid waste activities of the Agency. The Director provides program policy
direction to and evaluation of such activities throughout the Agency and
establishes solid waste research requirements for the Environmental Protection
Agency.
a. Office of Program Management and Support. The Office of Program Manage-
ment and Support under the supervision of a Director, serves as a point of
liaison with OSWER, OPPE and OARM in securing and providing administrative
services, budget planning and control, financial management, and support for
the Office of Solid Waste. The Office is responsible for developing all budget
material (OMB and Congressional) for the Hazardous Waste Media and develops
workload analyses in conjunction with the Regional Offices. The Office handles
all budget execution functions including contracts and grants management for
all OSW divisions, and develops operating plans and guidance for OSW planning
and management, then monitors progress to meet the guidance given. The Office
develops all responses to information requests, including those filed under
POIA, and is responsible for developing and maintaining the docket to support
all solid and hazardous waste regulatory activities. Plans and conducts
management activities. Provides administrative support and personnel services
for OSW.
b. Waste Management and Economics Division. The Waste Management and
jEconomics Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for
"a national program of hazardous and solid waste regulation under RCRA. The
Division has overall responsibility for Section 3004 of RCRA (with the exception
of the closure and financial responsibility requirements and develops regulations,
guidelines and guidance documents related to the storage, treatment, and disposal
of hazardous wastes, as well as selected administrative operations at hazardous
waste management facilities. This requires assessment of appropriate technologies
for storage, treatment, and land disposal of hazardous and other industrial
wastes. The Division also develops Office policy on groundwater protection
issues relative to waste disposal. The Division maintains the primary respon-
sibility for promulgation of waste oil regulations, and for procurement of
recycled materials under RCRA Section 6002.
The Division also prepares regulatory impact analyses and regulatory
strategies under Subtitles C and D of RCRA, and integrates economic impact
data with other Agency programs to assess overall regulatory impact. The
Division is the focal point for dealing with OPRM and OMB on cost/benefit
methodologies and cost/risk assessments.
The Division integrates its activities with other related programs of the
Agency, including those administered under CERCLA, the Clean Water Act and
Toxic Substances Control Act. In cooperation with the Office of Research and
Development, the Division establishes the research needs of the RCRA waste
management regulatory program.
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c. Permits and State Programs Division. The Permits and State Programs
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for the nationwide
implementation of a program to control hazardous wastes, including the permitting
of facilities and the authorization of States to operate their programs lieu of
a federal program. As such the Division is the Headquarters focal point for
interaction with State and local governments in cooperation with the EPA Regional
Offices. The Division provides oversight, guidance and support for Regions
and States implementing programs in solid and hazardous waste under Subtitles
C and D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). It develops
regulations for what constitutes an equivalent State program under the Act
for the purposes of delegating the hazardous waste program; develops transporter
and generator recordkeeping and reporting regulations in cooperation with DOT;
and provides guidance on solid and hazardous waste requirements relative to
State/EPA agreements. The Division assists the Regional Offices in the
implementation of the solid and hazardous waste programs, through the State
Planning Guidelines and the open dump inventory for Subtitle D; the manifest,
or cradle-tograve tracking system, and automated data processing system
covering hazardous waste facilities and handlers affected by RCRA. The Division
has overall responsibility for the development, administration and implementation
of the hazardous waste permit program.
This responsibility includes the development of permit processing regulations,
establishment and interpretation of procedures for RCRA permit issuance, the
provision of Regional guidance for technical content, review, and evaluation
of RCRA permits; and on permitting actions. The Division is responsible for
the development and management of data tracking and reporting systems (including
ADP systems) needed for Regional and Headquarters implementation of the hazardous
waste regulatory system. The Division is responsible for implementing the
Agency's municipal, industrial, and hazardous waste resource recovery program.
The Division has the primary responsibility for regulations, guidelines and
guidance documents related to Sections 2003, 4002, 4003, 4005, 4006, 4007,
4008, 4009, 3002, 3003, 3005, 3006, 3010, and 3011, of RCRA.
Coordinates with the Office of Emergency and Remedial Response as necessary,
policies affecting facilities disposing of hazardous waste and development of
regulations which impact CERCLA activities.
d. Characterization and Assessment Division. The Characterization and
Assessment Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for
developing regulations under Section 3001 of RCRA to determine which wastes
are hazardous, and managing programs to sample and characterize wastes, establish
waste testing protocols, and to list or delist wastes as hazardous.
The Division also has responsibility for developing the financial responsibility
regulations required by Section 3004, establishing the regulatory and other
requirements for the CERCLA post-closure liability fund, as well as other
financing and liability options associated with legislative proposals. The
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Division coordinates all data and assessment activities, supervises the conduct
of all surveys of the regulated community, manages the preparation of clearance
packages and prepares the Office Information Collection Budget for OMB.
The Division also develops regulations for special classes of generators
of hazardous waste, and manages a complex program for studying the waste streams
and management practices of selected industries.
The Division integrates its activities with related other programs of the
Agency, including those administered under the Clean Water Act and Toxic Substances
Control Act. In cooperation with the Office of Research and Development, the
Division establishes research needs related to waste characterization and listing.
In addition, the Division integrates its activities with those of the Office
of Emergency and Remedial Response, particularly in the areas of small quantity
generators, fund management, and financial requirements.
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4. OFFICE OF EMERGENCY AND REMEDIAL RESPONSE. The Office of Emergency and
Remedial Response (OERR), under the supervision of a Director, is responsible
to the Assistant Administrator for the emergency and remedial response func-
tions of the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response . The Director is
responsible for; (a) Developing national strategy, programs, technical policies,
regulations and guidelines for the control of abandoned hazardous waste sites
and response to and prevention of oil and hazardous substance spill? (b) Pro-
viding direction, guidance, and support to the Environmental Response Teams
and overseeing their activities; (c) Providing direction, guidance and support
to the Agency's non-enforcement emergency and remedial response to environmental
emergencies; (d) Providing direction, guidance and support to the Agency's non-
enforcement emergency and remedial response to emergency and remedial hazardous
waste sites; (e) Developing national accomplishment plans and resources;
(f) Scheduling the guidelines for program plans required of the Divisions;
(g) Assisting in the training of personnel; (h) Monitoring and evaluating the
performance, progress, and fiscal status of the Regions and the Divisions in
implementing program plans; (i) Maintaining liaison with concerned public and
private national organizations for emergency response; (j) Supporting State
emergency response programs; and (k) Coordinating Office activities with other
EPA programso
a. Office of Policy and Program Management. The Office of Policy and
Program Management (OPPM), under the supervision of a Director, serves as the
principal staff arm to the Director of Emergency and Remedial Response on
matters relating to programming, evaluation, planning, and administrative
operations. Provides management assistance and advice to the Director and
provides administrative, budget, financial management, program development,
and planning services and support for the entire Office of Emergency and Remedial
Response., The functions include program planning, policy analysis, resource
analysis and control, program evaluation, and community/intergovernmental
relations. Coordinates and reviews policy? economic, financial, environmental,
scientific, and technical analyses produced in OERR. Conducts special studies,
and develops analyses in support of requirements for testimony and other
public appearances by the Director and other principal officials of the Office.
Maintains the Director's official records and files and provides correspondence
management services for the Office of the Director. OPPM provides staff support
to the Director ons (1) Monitoring and evaluating program performance, progress,
and problems; (2) Evaluating the need for national program policy and staffing
modifications consistent with experience gained; (3) Coordinating with the
Office of Waste Programs Enforcement and other Agency Headquarters and Regional
Offices; and (4) Reporting to EPA's top management, OMB and Congress, on
program progress, problems, and needs for legislative or regulatory change.
OPPM develops integrated program planning and budgeting guidance (Headquarters
and Regions) for OERR in coordination with operating divisions and reviews and
recommends approval/disapproval of Headquarters and Regional budget submissions.
Responsible for coordinating and oversight of all budget activities within
OERR, the development of the OERR budget, the writing of budget justifications,
monitoring of performance against operating plans, and reprogramming of funds
from one division to another. Identifies and ranks program development needs.
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Provides support and analysis and prepares information and testimony for
Congress. Develops public participation policy for implementation by the
operating division and the Regions. Assures prompt response to public and
Congressional requests for information.
Performs administrative services for the operating divisions of OERR.
Establishes and coordinates reporting requirements for OERR. Defines and
monitors indicators of response program activity. Develops policy guidance
related to program management in coordination with affected divisions.
Provides ADP and statistical support for OERR. Assists in the establishment
of emergency response related ADP systems in Regions and in the States.
Provides statistical and quantitative support for OERR response tracking
systems, management information systems, operation indicators monitoring
systems and other information-intensive systems.
bo Emergency Response Division. The Emergency Response Division (ERD),
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for developing, recom-
mending and ensuring the implementation of national policy, regulations and
guidelines for Regional Offices and other authorities concerned with planning,
developing, coordinating and administering programs of discharge prevention
and for emergency response to incidents involving the release of oil and
designated hazardous substances into the environment from all sources. Assures
that national programs to control pollution from special sources, including
uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, are developed and implemented. Assists
the Office of Waste Programs Enforcement and Office of Enforcement and Com-
pliance Monitoring in enforcement cases relative to the control of accidental
releases of oil and hazardous substances. Responsible in coordination with
the Office of Waste Programs Enforcement and the Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Monitoring for developing and ensuring implementation of national
guidance for allowable uses of Federal funds for all phases of emergency re-
sponse. Develops procedures and provides contract support for all phases of
emergency response and prevention. Develops procedures for conducting
environmental assessments to support damage claims and cost recovery at both
spill and abandoned waste sites. Coordinates with Offices of Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, Solid Waste, Drinking Water, Air, and Radiation, Occupational
Health and Safety, Research and Development, and other affected offices in the
development of emergency response strategies. Is the focal point and coordinates
all Agency activities related to the National Contingency Plan and Federally
declared disasters. Participates in related interagency and international
programs. The Division is the focal point for Regional contact during environ-
mental emergencies. Headquarters technical assistance for emergency response
is accessed through the ERD.
c. Hazardous Site Control Division. The Hazardous Site Control Division
(HSCD), under the supervision of a Director, ensures that effective discovery,
investigation, containment and control programs are developed and implemented
to solve problems resulting from uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. It is
responsible, in coordination with the Office of Waste Programs Enforcement,
for providing policy? guidance, and national program management regarding site
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discovery and assessment. Provides guidance, policy, and national program
management for remedial containment and control activities at uncontrolled
hazardous waste sites,,
The Division coordinates with other EPA offices and Federal agencies to develop
and ensure effective implementation of and compliance with both short-term and
long-term program strategies. It provides and monitors application of
resources needed for dealing with uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. Develops
and oversees policies and procedures, provides programmatic support to the
Regions, and manages national contracts for technical assistance and resources
to support site investigation, engineering design, and remedial action
construction. Establishes and ensures application of policy for post-closure
monitoring in coordination with other EPA offices, including the Offices of
Solid Waste and Drinking Water,, Provides guidance and technical assistance in
developing a priority system for investigation and remedial action to correct
problems with uncontrolled hazardous waste sites and ensures that these proce-
dures are properly implemented, It assists, upon request of Regional Offices,
in the development of tentative determinations and site disposition documents.
Maintains continuing liaison with the Offices of Research and Development,
Solid Waste, Waste Programs Enforcement, other affected Headquarters offices
and other affected Federal agencies. Responsible for developing and implemen-
ting regulations for notification and priority setting. Responsible for
developing the National Contingency Plan for uncontrolled hazardous waste
siteso Develops policies for conducting human health studies at hazardous
waste sites, and in coordination with the Departments of Health and Human
Services and Housing and Urban Development, develops procedures and policies
for determining whether local citizens should be temporarily or permanently
relocated. The Division is responsible for ensuring full, complete and co-
ordinated non-enforcement emergency and remedial actions at high priority
uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. Provides technical assistance and oversight
to EPA Regions and States in developing and implementing their non-enforcement
emergency and remedial uncontrolled hazardous waste sites programs, and ensures
that these programs meet overall EPA objectives. Establishes State notification,
cost sharing, operation and maintenance policy. Responsible, in coordination
with the Office of Waste Programs Enforcement, for developing State inventory
policy. Participates in studies related to fee collection and modifications
associated with current legislative proposals. Develops and ensures compliance
with programs for public interest group and community participation in the
remedial response activities implemented by the Regions,
d0 The Hazardous Response Support Division. The Hazardous Response
Support Division (HRSD), under the supervision of a Director, provides
technical services to all Regional and Headquarters organizational elements
involved in the non-enforcement environmental response program. This Division
provides three distinct types of services? (1) It provides on-scene emergency
response team field support and/or supporting technical expertise to field
activities as required; (2) It provides a comprehensive program of collecting,
processing, and disseminating technical information to appropriate Headquarters
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and Regional Offices on all aspects of the program; and (3) It provides common
technical support services such as sample analysis, contract program liaison,
contract administration, safety training, waste disposal, aerial photography,
etc.
The Division provides continuous guidance to all program elements concerning
common technical support services, by directing and managing an interrelated
and interdependent array of Government specialist and contractor support
resources. The Division in coordination with the Office of Research and
Development, evaluates newly developing technology and facilitates its imple-
mentation into the Agency's hazardous materials programs. The Division is
also responsible for providing quality assurance overview to assure that the
Agency's policies and procedures are properly implemented throughout the
program.
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Office of
Policy, Budget and
Program Management
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
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SOLID WASTE AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
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Office of
Waste
Programs
Enforcement
Policy and
Planning
Staff
Analysis and
Evaluation
Staff
Office of
Solid Waste
Technical
Division
Office of Prog.
Management and
Support
Waste Mgt.
and Economics
Division
Permits and
State Programs
Division
Characterization
and Assessment
Division
Office of
Emergency
and
Remedial Response
Office of Policy
and Program
Management
Eoiergency
Response
Division
Hazardous Site
Control
Division
Hazardous
Response Support
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CHAPTER 12 - OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FDR AIR AND RADIATION. The functions
and responsibilities assigned to the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radia-
tion and outlined hereafter are under his/her supervision, and carried out by
officials within the Office of the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
The Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation serves as principal adviser to
the Administrator in matters pertaining to air and radiation programs, and is
responsible for the management of these programs of the Agency, including:
(a) Program policy development and evaluation; (b) Environmental and pollution
sources standards development; (c) Enforceitent of standards; (d) Program policy
guidance and overview, technical support or conduct of conpliance activities
and evaluation of Regional air and radiation program activities; (e) Development
of programs for technical assistance and technology transfer; and (f) Selected
demonstration programs.
a. The Office of Program Management Operations. The Office of Program
Management Operations, under the supervision of a Director, serves as the
principal advisor to the Assistant Administrator on matters relating to pro-
gram planning, tracking and review, resource allocation, and administrative
operations. Serves as a point of liaison and coordination with the Office of
Policy, Planning, and Evaluation and the Office of Administration and Resource
Management in the areas of program planning, accountability, budget, financial
managenent, and program tracking and evaluation. Makes recommendations to the
Assistant Administrator with respect to program planning, resource analysis
and control, human resource planning and program evaluation and tracking.
Works closely with .the Office of External Affairs to develop and run OAR out-
reach effort to industry, academia, and environmental groups. Responsible for
accountability system tracking, including negotiation of OAR commitments.
Responsible for project control on behalf of the Assistant Administrator, with
emphasis on the procedural compliance and tiiteliness of environmental standards
and supporting regulations. Conducts national evaluations for the Assistant
Administrator to assure that OAR is meeting Agency priorities in a timely and
efficient manner and pursues nonregulatory initiatives in support of OAR
goals. Administers and monitors demonstration grants and contracts, related
to its functional responsibilities. Serves as point of liaison and coordination
with the Office of Administration and Resource Management in areas of personnel
and performance managenent, contracts, managenent, security and inspections,
data systems, and general services. Also works closely with OAR's Office of
Policy Analysis and its Office of Program Development to which it supplies
management information, evaluation results, and reports, to assure resource
allocation process reflects Agency policy, priorities of the Assistant Adminis-
trator, and performance of recipients.
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b. The Office of Program Envelopment. Under the supervision of a Director,
the Office of Program Development manages emerging programs of a cross-cutting
nature in the areas of air and radiation, on behalf of the Assistant Administra-
tor for Air and Radiation. Serves as a principal program development advisor
to the Assistant Administrator on some crosscutting issues where administration
of the program may eventually be handled elsewhere in the Assistant Administra-
tor's office. Develops emerging programs for the Assistant Administrator's
approval, and then where management is assigned to the Office of Program
Development, administers that strategy until such time as the program has
matured to a point where it can be assigned to a line organization for manage-
ment. Develops, formulates, and carries out both short and long-term studies
to provide the basis for policy decisions related to assigned cross-cutting
issues. Working closely with the Office of External Affairs, the Office serves
as the principal point of contact in the Agency for industries, associations,
States and local governments related to the programs managed by the Office.
The Office provides technical assistance to these outside groups. The Office
administers and rronitors demonstration grants and contracts related to programs
managed by the Office. In cooperation with the Office of External Affairs,
the Office supports the Agency's educational effort related to the program
areas managed by the Office. The Office is responsible for the Agency's acid
rain abatement and control program, including the management of the day-to-day
operations of the Headquarters' portion of this program. The Office will
coordinate all acid rain abatement and control related activities carried on
in the Regions and elsewhere in OAR and will be the principal point of contact
with other EPA offices on these subjects.
c. The Office of Policy Analysis and Review. The Office of Policy Analysis
and Review, under the supervision of a Director, coordinates and reviews the
analytical basis of all major OAR regulations and policies. Develops, formulates
and carries out analytical studies, both in-house and through contracts, to sup-
port the policy decisions of the Assistant Administrator. Performs cost-benefit,
economic and long-term environmental analysis in support of OAR long-term
strategic planning. Reviews all major regulations and policies for the quality
and consistency of their analytical support before they are submitted to the
Assistant Administrator for a decision. Primary areas of concern are those
regulations and policies identified by the Assistant Administrator as issues
of major concern to OAR. Works closely with the Office of Policy, Planning
and Evaluation and other analytical and policy organizations in EPA, other
executive agencies, the States and the private sector. Works closely with the
Office of legislative Analysis in the Office of External Affairs to provides
legislative analysis to the Assistant Administrator. Works closely with the
Office of Program Management Operations to assure that strategic planning
reflects the results of the evaluation process and that resource allocations
reflect Agency policy and priorities. Serves as a key contact point in the
immediate office of the Assistant Administrator on technical issues relating
to major regulations and policies.
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2. OFFICE OF MOBILE SOURCES. The Office of Mobile Sources (QMS), under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for the mobile source air pollution
control functions of the Office of Air and Radiation,, The Office is respon-
sible for; characterizing emissions from mobile sources and related fuels?
developing programs for their control, including assessment of the status of
control technology and in-use vehicle emissions; for carrying out, in coordi-
nation as appropriate with the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring,
a regulatory compliance program to ensure adherence of mobile sources to
standards; and for fostering the development of State motor vehicles emissions
inspection and maintenance programs,
a. Program Management Office. The Program Management Office, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for providing support to the Director
in all matters relating to overall program management control, the provision
of administrative services for facilities in Ann Arbor and Washington, and the
provision of data processing management and centralized services,
b. Engineering Operations Division. The Engineering Operations Division
(EOD), under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for the complete
range of tasks required to provide the necessary facilities and equipment in
support of all emission and fuel economy testing programs at the Ann Arbor
facility. Provides emission testing services in support of the Automobile
Emission Certification Testing Program and the Fuel Economy Testing Program
and other compliance programs. Conducts correlation activities with other
governmental and industry emission test facilities on a nationwide and inter-
national basis in the form of evaluation and diagnostic testing and technical
consultation. Conducts audits of manufacturers" test facilities to determine
the acceptability of their procedures (and, ultimately, their data) for pur-
poses of certification program and fuel economy program implementation.
Conducts testing for other EPA and CMS organizations, of a specialized nature
in support of emerging issue assessments, emerging problem areas, or
specialized compliance activities.
GO Certification Division. The Certification Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for the review and evaluation of
applications for certification of motor vehicles and engines, including
developing and maintaining the review procedures for the prototype
certification program,
d. Emission Control Technology Division. The Emission Control Technology
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for assessing
emissions from all mobile sources and developing new emission standards in
cases where the new standards are effective to implement. To support the goal
of standards development, the Division must consider test procedure develop-
ment, technology assessments, characterization of regulated and unregulated
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pollutants from currently regulated and nonregulated sources, cost effective-
ness analyses, fuel economy test procedures and the relationships between
fuel economy and emissions, in-use vehicle performance assessments and the
feasibility of implementing in-use vehicle control strategies.
e. Manufacturers Operations Division. The Manufacturers Operations
Division, under the supervision of a Director, develops and directs compliance
programs for engine manufacturers and importers to control air pollution
from mobile sources and to adhere to other statutory requirements. Develops
guidelines, regulations, criteria, and procedures, as appropriate. Designs
and implements enforcement programs involving inspection, surveillance, and
testing of new and in-use vehicles. Collaborates with the Office of Enforce-
ment and Compliance Monitoring to resolve problems in the application of
compliance policies. Establishes the policy framework for enforcement against
violations of certification requirements pertaining to manufacturers'
records and the exercise of the right of entry to inspect such records. Makes
recommendations with respect to waiver of Federal auto emission standards for
any State which has adopted such standards prior to March 30, 1966. Ensures
compliance with the aftermarket parts certification program and production
warranty, and collaborates with the Field Operations and Support Division on
compliance with performance warranty provisions. With the other divisions
in the Office of Mobile Sources, assesses the in-use effectiveness of emission
control technology to focus compliance strategy on areas of greatest concern.
Consults with the Department of Transportation on compliance matters. Coordi-
nates activities to review applications for statutory emission standard waivers.
f . Field Operations and Support Division. The Field Operations and Support
Division, under the supervision of a Director, develops, provides, and directs
compliance programs for the control of in-use mobile source emissions and
related fuels. Develops guidelines, regulations, criteria, and procedures
with respect to in-use vehicles and related fuels programs. Collaborates as
necessary with the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring to resolve
legal issues in the application of statutory sanctions for noncompliance with
State Implementation Plan requirements under Section 176 of the Clean Air
Act. Coordinates with the Emission Control Technology Division and the Regional
Offices regarding inspection/maintenance and other in-use compliance programs.
Reviews mobile source related provisions of State Implementation Plans for
consistency with national policy and statutory criteria. With the Manufacturers
Operations Division, establishes the policy framework for requirements pertaining
to fuel manufacturers records and the exercise of right of entry to inspect
such records. Reviews applications for fuel additive waiver requests. Consults
with other Federal agencies, the Regional Offices, and State agencies on com-
pliance matters.
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3o OFFICE OF AIR QUALITY PLANNING AND STANDARDS. The Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible
for the air quality planning and standards functions of the Office of Air
and Radiation. The Director for Air Quality Planning and Standards is respon-
sible for developing national standards for air quality, emission standards
for new stationary sources, and emission standards for hazardous pollutants;
for developing national programs, technical policies, regulations, guidelines,
and criteria for air pollution control; for assessing the national air pollu-
tion control program and the success in achieving air quality goals; for pro-
viding assistance to the States, industry and other organizations through
personnel training activities and technical information; for providing technical
direction and support to Regional Offices and other organizations; for evaluat-
ing Regional programs with respect to State implementation plans and strategies,
technical assistance, and resource requirements and allocations for air related
programs; for developing and maintaining a national air programs data system,
including air quality, emissions and other technical data; and for providing
effective technology transfer through the translation of technological develop-
ments into improved control program procedures.
a. Control Programs Development Division. The Control Programs Development
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for developing
technical policy, procedures, and guidelines for effective control programs and
allocation of resources. In conjunction with Regional Offices, provides a con-
tinuing assessment of the development and effectiveness of control programs in
achieving air quality objectives. Provides technical direction, support, and
evaluation of Regional activities including implementation plans. Conducts
personnel development and training programs to meet current and projected needs
for air pollution control activities. Compiles and disseminates air pollution
technical information.
b. Emission Standards and Engineering Division. The Emission Standards
and Engineering Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible
for developing national emission standards for hazardous pollutants, developing
national performance standards for new sources, and conducting emission tests
in support of standards development and evaluating standard test methods.
Responsible for conducting comprehensive surveys and studies of stationary
source categories to determine the nature and magnitude of air pollution emis-
sions, control methods and procedures, and economic data. Provides technical
assistance and documentation regarding emission control technology, reviews
technological developments for translation into improved control procedures,
and reviews standard development alternatives for compatibility with technology
and regulatory authority.
c. Monitoring and Data Analysis Division. The Monitoring and Data Analysis
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for providing
detailed analysis and evaluation of air quality, source emissions and related
engineering data. Responsible for developing methodology for the determination
of significant trends leading to the attainment or non-attainment of air quality
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standards and preparing reports pertaining to national, State, and Regional
trends. Develops, operates and maintains a national data bank for the
collection and distribution of air quality and emissions data- Evaluates air
pollution control strategies as to attainment of air quality standards through
the use of simulation models. Reviews environmental impact statements. Monitors
meteorological and air quality parameters on a nationwide basis to determine
the existence or potential of air pollution episodes.
d. Strategies and Air Standards Division. The Strategies and Air Standards
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for evaluating
the need to regulate potential air pollutants and for proposing appropriate
regulatory strategies; developing, periodically reviewing, and revising ambient
air quality standards; and performing economic, energy, and environmental
impact studies in support of ambient air quality and national emission stan-
dards. Responsibilities include identification, screening, and assessment of
substances to determine whether they should be controlled as hazardous air
pollutants; preparation and coordination (intra- and interagency) of regulatory
packages for listing pollutants under Section 112; recommendations of priori-
ties for controlling sources of listed pollutants; and review of existing
hazardous pollutant standards. The Division assumes the role of program
manager in coordinating other EPA elements to support new or revised ambient
air quality standards, including definition of research needs, preparation of
criteria documents, and securing Science Advisory Board review. Prepares
complete regulatory analyses on all ambient standard actions and prepares
cost and economic analyses in support of new source performance standards and
hazardous pollutant standards. Develops methodologies, policy and guidelines
for benefit analysis, economic incentives for air pollution control, risk
assessment, and air standard decision making.
e. Stationary Source Compliance Division. The Stationary Source Compliance
Division, under the supervision of Director, develops and provides technical
program direction to enforcement programs within each Region and nationally for
the control of air pollution from stationary sources. Conducts abatement confer-
ences. With the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring, develops Agency
policies, guidelines, and regulations pertaining to citizen suits and the exer-
cises of the Agency's authority to inspect facilities and to require recordkeeping,
reports, emission sampling, and monitoring by owners and operators of facilities.
Provides program policy direction to Regional activities related to compliance
with implementation plans, emergency powers under Section 303 of the Clean Air Act,
new source emission standards, and hazardous emission standards developed under the
Clean Air Act. Develops other compliance policies, guidelines, criteria, and pro-
cedures as required, in collaboration with the Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Monitoring as required to resolve legal issues. Maintains information on the
status of Agency compliance activities and of State and industry compliance plans
in its areas of responsibility. Provides assistance to Regional compliance activ-
ities as appropriate, and resolves compliance problems which are national or
multi-Regional in scope.
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40 OFFICE OF RADIATION PROGRAMS„ The Office of Radiation Programs (ORP),
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Assistant Adminis-
trator for Air and Radiation for the radiation activities of the Agency,
including development of radiation protection criteria, standards, and poli-
cies; measurement and control of radiation exposure; and research requirements
for radiation programs. Provides technical assistance to States through EPA
Regional Offices and other agencies having radiation protection programs;
establishes and directs a national surveillance and investigation program for
measuring radiation levels in the environment; evaluates and assesses the
impact of radiation on the general public and the environment; and maintains
liaison with other public and private organizations involved in environmental
radiation protection activities,, Coordinates with and assists the Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring in enforcement activities where EPA has
jurisdiction. Provides editorial policy and guidance, and assists other
parts of ORP in preparing publications,
a» Criteria and Standards Division. The Criteria and Standards Division,
under the administrative and technical supervision of a Director, is respon-
sible for formulating and recommending policies, criteria, and standards
designed to protect the environment, the general public and the environment
from both ionizing and nonionizing radiation. Develops guidance designed to
protect those occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation. Standards and
Federal guidance are developed under the authority of the Atomic Energy Act,
as amended, and Reorganization Plan No, 3 of 1970, In developing standards,
maintains liaison with recognized authorities and organizations in this field.
Identifies and evaluates new radiation sources to determine the public health
significance of all sources of radiation exposure. Has lead responsibility
for those sections of all EPA standards and guidelines dealing with radioactive
materials, including those for which proposal and promulgation responsibility
is located outside of OAR.
b. Analysis and Support Division. The Analysis and Support Division,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for providing support to
the development of standards and regulations. Support takes the form of
evaluating human health and environmental risks and radiation exposure and
providing basic understanding of the biological effects of radiation. In
support of standards and guidance development, conducts economic studies of
alternative choices of controls and evaluates technology and processes to
reduce exposure to ionizing and nonionizing radiation in the environment.
Provides statistical and applied mathematics support to the standards-setting
function. Develops mathematical models of the environmental transport of
radionuclides. Determines and reports findings on the radiological quality of
the environment. Determines if environmental levels are within EPA estab-
lished radiological guidelines and standards and recommends changes to existing
control programs. Develops general guidance for design and implementation of
surveillance programs. Develops emergency planning criteria and coordinates
Agency support to other Federal agencies and the States.
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c. Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility. The Eastern Environmental
Radiation Facility, under the supervision of a Director/ conducts activities
in support of the Headquarters components of the Office of Radiation Programs.
Provides direct and indirect support to the development of standards and
guidance. Evaluates potential sources of environmental contamination and
develops technical reports to define the extent of the problem. Provides
analytical laboratory support for the Environmental Radiation Ambient Moni-
toring System and prepares summaries of the findings. Provides capability
for the evaluation and assessment of environmental radiation sources and,
through field studies, makes independent measurements as required. Provides
technical evaluation for the environmental impact statement reviews. Has
lead responsibility within EPA for providing capability for field measurement
in emergency situations involving releases of radioactivity to the general
environment. Provides technical support to Headquarters division of ORP and
other technical assistance to the States, EPA Regional Offices, and other EPA
programs in their radiation-related activities, and special laboratory support
to other Government agencies as required.
d. Office of Radiation Programs, Las Vegas Facility. The Office of
Radiation Programs, Las Vegas, under the supervision of a Director, conducts
activities in support of the Office of Radiation Programs. Evaluates poten-
tial sources of environmental contamination and develops technical reports to
define the extent of the problem and recommends control measures. Provides
capability for evaluation and assessment of environmental radiation sources
through field studies makes independent measurements at operating nuclear
facilities. Provides technical support for environmental impact statement
reviews. Provides technical assistance to the States and EPA Regional Offices
in their radiation-related programs, and provides special laboratory support
to other Government agencies as requested. Coordinates program activities and
support requirements with the Director, Environmental Monitoring Systems
Laboratory, Las Vegas (ORD).
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Office of Program
Management
Operations
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
FOR
AIR AND RADIATION
Office of
Radiation Programs
Office of Policy
Analysis ard
Review
Office of
Program
Development
Office of
Air Quality Planning
and
Standards
Criteria
and
Standards Division
Analysis
and
Support Division
Office of
Radiation Programs
(Las \fegas)
Eastern Environmental
Radiation Facility
(Montgomery)
Office of
Mobile Sources
Strategies and
Air Standards
Division
Emissions Standards
and
Engineering Division
Monitoring and
Data Analysis
Division
Control Programs
Development
Division
Stationary Source
Compliance
Division
Program
Management Office
Certification
Division
Emission
Control Technology
Division
Engineering
Operations
Division
Manufacturers
Operations
Division
Field Operations
and
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CHAPTER 13 - OFFICE OF PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES
10 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES.
The functions and responsibilities outlined below are assigned to the Assistant
Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances and are carried out by offi-.
cials within the Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPTS) under his/her
supervision,,
The Assistant Administrator serves as the principal adviser to the Administrator
in matters pertaining to assessment and regulation of pesticides and toxic
substances and is responsible for managing the Agency's pesticides and toxic
substances programs under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA); the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA); and for promoting coordination of all Agency
programs engaged in toxic substances activities,,
The Assistant Administrator has responsibility for establishing Agency
strategies for implementation and integration of the pesticides and the toxic
substances programs under applicable Federal statutes; developing and operating
Agency programs and policies for assessment and control of pesticides and
toxic substances; developing recommendations for Agency priorities for research,
monitoring, regulatory, and information-gathering activities relating to
pesticides and toxic substances; developing scientific, technical, economic,
and social data bases for the conduct of hazard assessments and evaluations in
support of toxic substances and pesticides activities; directing pesticides
and toxic substances compliance programs; providing toxic substances and
pesticides program guidance to EPA Regional Offices; and monitoring, evaluating,
and assessing pesticides and toxic substances program operations in EPA
Headquarters and Regional Offices.
a. Science and Policy Analysis Staff. The Special Assistants to the
Assistant Administrator are considered members of the Assistant Administrator's
personal staff and are the principal staff advisers on program and policy
issueso Provides review and coordinates program activities to ensure sound
scientific basis for establishing criteria, standards, or regulations to protect
human health and well-being; evaluates and recommends science policy options;
reviews and evaluates rulemaking from science and policy aspects; and advises
on the overall quality of science in the OPTS; provides total program informa-
tion services for media and serves as liaison with other external interests.
Peer review of policy and scientific documents is also the responsibility of
the Special Assistants as well as other tasks and assignments the Assistant
Administrator deems appropriate=
b. Office of the Executive Director. The Executive Director provides
advice and counsel to the Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic
Substances on a wide range of issues such as program planning, policy develop-
ment and implementation, management, and direction and control of the technical
and administrative aspects of the OPTSs as necessary provides guidance to and
coordination of the activities of the Science and Policy Analysis Staff; through
subordinate supervisors directs the Regulatory Staff; the Compliance
Monitoring Staff; the Chemical Coordination Staff; and the Administration,
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Budget, and Federal Register Staff; and assists in direction of activities at
program office level.
(1) Regulatory Staff. The Regulatory Staff, under the supervision of
a Director, serves as the focal point between the Office of Pesticides and
Toxic Substances and the other EPA offices and external sources for development
and review of OPTS rules and policies and ensuring compliance with the Agency's
procedures and the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) regulatory reform
objectives. The Staff provides a focal point within OPTS for Executive Order
12291, the Regulatory Flexibility Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act. Parti-
cipates in and directs, where appropriate, review processes such as internal
reviews, OMB reviews, and Red Border and Steering Committee reviews; and also
represents OPTS on the Agency Steering Committee. Evaluates OPTS regulations
and statutes to identify and reconmend future regulatory reform initiatives
that would minimize burdens and eliminate inconsistencies; identifies key
policy and resource issues arising from regulatory and non-regulatory alterna-
tives and analyzes the impact of these alternatives on proposed and existing
programs; provides inter/intra Agency liaison with other offices and agencies
concerning regulatory reform matters; and provides management information
systems to monitor internal and external regulatory activities.
(2) Compliance Monitoring Staff. The Compliance Monitoring Staff,
under the supervision of a Director, plans, directs, and coordinates the pesti-
cides and toxic substances compliance program of the Agency. Establishes
enforcement compliance priorities, provides overall direction to and develops
accountability measures for the Regional enforcement compliance programs, keeps
compliance statistics (based on input as necessary from Regional Offices), pro-
vides technical support for litigation activity, provides resources in Regional
program budgets to support enforcement compliance activities, takes the lead
role in preparing guidance and policy decisions on enforcement compliance issues,
and concurs as necessary on enforcement actions at an early stage in case
development. Issues civil administrative complaints and other administrative
orders in cases of first impression, overriding national significance, or
violations by any entity in more than one Region. Coordinates with the Office
of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring in an attorney-client relationship,
with the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring providing legal
support for informal and formal administrative resolution of violations; for
the the conduct of litigation; for interpreting statutes, regulations and
other legal precedent covering EPA's activities; and for advising program
managers on the legal implications of alternative courses of actions.
Coordinates with the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) in the conduct of
pesticide enforcement compliance and registration programs under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Responsible for the
development and implementation of compliance activities associated with
FIFRA. Establishes policy and operating procedures for sampling programs; for
export certification; and for monitoring to assure compliance with experi-
mental use permits, pesticides use restrictions, and industry recordkeeping
requirements. Establishes policy and guidance for the State Cooperative
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Enforcement Grant Program ard the certification and applicator training
program., Participates in decisions involving the cancellation or suspension
of registration, ard determines whether other compliance action are appropriate,,
Coordinates and directs national enforcement actions such as recalls, seizures,
and civil suits,.
Coordinates with the Office of Toxic Substances (OTS) in the promulgation of
rules arri regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Respon-
sible for the development and implementation of compliance responsibilities
associated with TSCA. Participates in regulation development to control toxic
chemicals; inspects facilities subject to TSCA regulation as a part of investi-
gations which are national in scope, or which require specialized expertise
provided by the Office of Toxic Substances; and sanples and analyzes chemicals
to determine compliance with TSCA. Coordinates and provides guidance and
direction to TSCA compliance activities, including administrative suits.
Participates in the control of imminent hazards under TSCAo Responsible for the
development of National Compliance Monitoring procedures in support of TSCAo
Participates in the implementation and maintenance of Headquarters laboratory
data audit/laboratory inspection program. Provides a national pesticides ard
toxic substances compliance overview and program policy direction to the
Regional Offices ard maintains liaison with the National Enforcement Investiga-
tions Center. Carries out these functions through subordinate units in the
areas of Policy ard Grants ard of Compliance „
(3) Chemical Coordination Staff. The Chemical Coordination Staff, under
the management of a Director, is responsible for developing policies and
procedures for the coordination and integration of Agency and Federal activities
concerning toxic substances. The staff is responsible for cross-agency chemical
strategy development, creation and analysis of chemical information data bases
for integration of Agency chemical activities, ard the Chemical Substances
Information Network (CSIN).
(4) The Administration, Budget and Federal Register Staff. The
Administration, Budget and Federal Register Staff, under the supervision of a
Director,, serves as the principal adviser to the Assistant Administrator on
matters relating to program evaluation, management, resource allocation, per-
sonnel, ard administration. Directs management cdvice ard assistance to the
Assistant Administrator ard components of the Office of Pesticides and Toxic
Substances? serves as a focal point for liaison ard coordination with the
Office of Administration and Resources Management and the Office of Policy,
Planning ard Evaluation in securing and providing administrative, budget,
financial management, program development and planning services for the Office
of the Assistant Administrator. Exercises responsibility for program planning,
resource analysis and control, and program evaluation. Identifies studies
ard recommends solutions to OPTS management ard administrative issues; designs
and administers program management and planning, financial, administrative,
and other management systems; ard coordinates the OPTS budgeting and operating
planning activities. Directs and coordinates OPTS-wide administrative matters
such as facilities management, ADP ard word processing acquisition, personnel
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management, contracts management, and provides Office-wide Congressional and
Executive correspondence management services in addition to correspondence
management service for the Office of the Assistant Administrator. Serves as
control point for all OPTS "Federal Register" documents. Carries out these
functions through subordinate staffs in the areas of Federal Register and
administration and budget.
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2, OFFICE OF PESTICIDE PROGRAMS. The Office of Pesticide Programs, (OPP)
under the management of a Director, is responsible to the Assistant Administra-
tor, Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, for leadership of the overall
pesticide activities of the Agency under the authority of the Federal Insecti-
cide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and several provisions of the
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including the development of
strategic plans for the control of the national environmental pesticide situation,
Such plans are implemented by the Office of Pesticide Programs, other EPA com-
ponents, other Federal agencies, or by State, local, and private sectors. The
Office is also responsible for establishment of tolerance levels for pesticide
residues which occur in or on food; registration and reregistraton of pesticides;
special review of pesticides suspected of posing unreasonable risks to human
health or the environment; monitoring of pesticide residue levels in food,
humans, and nontarget fish and wildlife; preparation of pesticide registration
guidelines; development of standards for the registration and reregistration
of pesticide products; provision of program policy direction to technical and
manpower training activities in the pesticides area; development of research
needs and monitoring requirements for the pesticide program and related areas?
review of impact statements dealing with pesticides; and carrying out of
assigned international activities,
a. Program Management and Support Division, The Program Management and
Support Division (PMSD) under the supervision of a Director, serves as the
principal OPP staff arm for overall pesticides program management, planning
and evaluation, formulation of OPP budgets, administrative management, and
information resources management and services. Assists the Office Director
and the Division Directors in the preparation of program plans and related
budget proposals (including coordination of the enforcement and research
components of the program in budget preparation) and evaluates costs and
effectiveness of discrete and broad program activities, program alternatives,
and policy positions. On an individual basis, and through coordinated inter-
divisional efforts, evaluates performance to determine adequacy of response to
plans and policies. Recommends approaches to program improvements based upon
such findings. Provides direction, assistance, and guidance to Divisions on
administrative and personnel activities, including advice on employees relations
problems, and provides centralized fund control and reporting services for
OPP, Provides overall leadership of OPP's complete information management
program. This includes technical information services; management of very
large central collections of company data, assessment of information needs and
development of information and records management policies, systems, and proce-
dures; and centralized support services for digital computer systems analyses
and the design and operation of ADP systems. Serves as the primary point of
contact for Freedom of Information (FOI) regarding pesticides and directs
Opp's confidential business information security program.
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bo Benefits and Use Division. The Benefits and Use Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for pesticide use and benefits analysis
and data gathering support for the Office of Pesticide Programs,, Retrieves,
validates and interprets scientific and technical data, relative to pesticide
use and the benefits derived from that use» Conducts economic analyses on the
impacts of alternative regulatory decisions and on special or emergency pesti-
cide use application as well as on the plans and policies of individual program
actionso Develops scientific data on the potential for exposure to pesticides
by determining residues and metabolites through analytical methods development,,
Provides data on the amount of environmental exposure from pesticides of parti-
cular regulatory concern to the Agency, that may trigger regulatory activities.
Maintains pesticide laboratory capability to detect pesticide traces in environ-
mental media, and to characterize components of complex chemical formulations,,
Develops data by special projects on toxic contaminants in products for use in
regulatory procedures,, Develops comprehensive methods and quality capabilities
for pesticides program within the Agency's quality assurance program, and pro-
vides accurate chemical standards to support the scientific data needs of OPP
and the Regional Offices (States)„
GO Hazard Evaluation Division The Hazard Evaluation Division, under
the supervision of a Director, reviews, evaluates, and validates all data
submitted on the toxicological and adverse effects on humans, domestic animals,
fish and wildlife, and other biological species resulting from the use of
pesticides and performs risk assessments on proposed and existing pesticide
useso This assessment of risk involves the examination of scientific data
from a wide variety of sources, including registration applications, experi-
mental use permits, emergency exemption requests, state registrations under
Section 24(c), tolerance petitions, reregistration actions, RPAR data valida-
tions, substitutue chemical reviews, special document reviews, general scientific
literature and laboratory and contractor reports. Supports the regulatory
programs of the Office principally those of the Registration Division? provides
scientific expertise on adverse effects of pesticides to other Agency programs
and other Federal agencies; and supports Agency collaborative efforts with
academia, scientific societies, industry, international organizations, and
other countries in hazard assessments, regulatory programs, and standard and
tolerance setting«
do Registration Division The Registration Division, under the
supervision of a Director, manages the registration and reregistration of
pesticide products under the authority of Section 3 of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Establishes tolerances for pesticides
residues on food and animal feed under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
Issues Experimental Use Permits under the authority of Section 5 of FIFRAo
Issues emergency exemptions from registration requirements under authority of
Section 18 of FIFRAo Provides guidance to State authorities and administers
Federal activities relating to State Special local Need (SLN) activities under
the authority of Sections 5 and 24 of FIFRA, Provides advice and technical
expertise to the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring and the Com-
pliance Monitoring Staff regarding FIFRA compliance and enforcement activities.
When pesticides or pesticide ingredients are suspected of causing unreasonable
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adverse effects to man or the environment, carries our risk/benefit analyses un-
der the authority of Section 3 of FIFRA. Identifies data gaps and performs data
call-in functions in order to maintain a systematic approach to the registration
process under the authority of Section 3 of FIFRA. Carries out additional re-
sponsibilities in the areas of program planning and evaluation, special projects
related to the registration or reregistration of pesticides, development of
budget information, personnel training and liaison with Agency personnel and
administrative services.
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3, OFFICE OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES, The Office of Toxic Substances (OTS)f under
the management of a Director and Deputy Director, is responsible to the Assis-
tant Administrator for those activities of the Agency mandated by the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Director is responsible for developing and
operating Agency programs and policies for new and existing chemicals„ In each
of these areas, the Director is responsible for information collection; data
development; health, environmental and economic assessment? and negotiated or
regulatory control actions,, The Director provides operational guidance to EPA
Regional Offices, reviews and evaluates toxic substances activities at EPA
Headquarters and Regional Offices, and coordinates TSCA activities with other
EPA offices and Federal and State agencies,, The Director is also responsible
for coordinating communication with the industrial community, environmental
groups, and other interested parties on matters relating to the implementation
of TSCA and managing the joint planning of the toxics research and development
under the auspices of the Chemical Testing and Assessment Research Committee
(CTARC),
a, TSCA Assistance Office. The TSCA Assistance Office (TAD), under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Director, Office of Toxic
Substances (OTS), for implementation of sections 12(b) and 26(d) of the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA). Advises and assists industry, environmental
groups, trade associations, public interest groups, States, Regional Offices,
and other countries on OTS policy and regulatory positions on matters relating
to the implementation of TSCA, Maintains liaison with the EPA Office of
Congressional Liaison, formally responding to all Congressional inquiries
relevant to TSCA, Provides technical assistance to the chemical industry,
including the small business community, through initiatives aimed at meeting
TSCA requirements. In this regard, conducts periodic surveys of industry
activities, reporting on EPA actions which may impede or enhance technological
innovation and recommending alternate approaches to achieving control of
chemical risks. Recommends options on Agency policy and procedures with respect
to changing technology. Reviews and comments on TSCA regulatory packages,
legislative initiatives, policy statements and other documents as requested by
the Director, OTS. Responsible for gathering, developing and disseminating
information explaining TSCA in such forms as fact sheets, booklets, brochures,
films, etc., to internal and external audiences. Arranges symposia, meetings
and conferences involving Agency officials and representatives of industry,
labor, environmental groups, trade associations and other interested parties
to exchange information relevant to TSCA implementation. Assists Regional
Offices in responding to external inquiries to ensure policy consistency.
b. The Office of Program Management and Evaluation. The Office of Program
Management and Evaluation (OPME), under the supervision of the Director, serves
as the principal staff office to the Director, Office of Toxic Substances, on
matters relating to budgeting, program planning, resource management, adminis-
trative operations, and program evaluation. In regard to these matters, OIME
recommends and implements administrative policies and procedures Office-wide;
prepares official budget submissions to the Agency, OMB, and the Congress;
coordinates the development of all planning documents; monitors and audits all
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designs and implements administrative management information systems; conducts
performance agreement reviews; and provides financial and analytical support.
The Office of Program Management and Evaluation provides the Office Director
and TSCA Assistance Office with all administrative, personnel management, and
financial management services„ Coordinates planning activities necessary to
develop recommendations on OTS programs, including the identification of alter-
native program goals, priorities, objectives and plans; ensures that OTS programs
conform to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act; recommends and, as
directed, conducts reviews and evaluations of OTS programs to determine effec-
tiveness, efficiency and ability to attain goals and objectives, including the
development of appropriate criteria to measure program performance and environ-
mental results; provides inputs to the Agency's Management Accountability and
Importing System; and develops and implements OTS-^wide systems or processes
necessary to provide program evaluation,
Co Chemical Control Division. The Chemical Control Division (CCD), under
the supervision of a Director, is responsible for selecting and implementing
appropriate regulatory and non-regulatory control measures for new chemicals
and new uses of such chemicals found to present or to have the potential for
presenting unreasonable risks to human health and/or the environment. CCD is
responsible for the oversight and management of the regulatory evaluation and
decisionmaking processes for new chemicals subject to manufacturing or processing
notices under section 5, subject to citizens' petitions under section 21, seeking
action under sections 4, 5, or 6, or identified as candidates for control action
through the efforts of the Existing Chemical Assessment Division. CCD evaluates
alternative remedial control measures under TSCA and makes recommendations
concerning the existence of unreasonable risk, appropriate regulatory control
measures and priority for action in implementing such control measures. The
Division develops generic and chemical-specific rules for new chemicals under
section 5 and for new and existing chemicals under sections 6 and 7 of TSCA;
holds public hearings on such rules as required, and manages any necessary
post-promulgation programs such as review of exemption applications; evaluates
the need for and, as appropriate, develops chemical-specific orders and notices
pursuant to sections 5(e), 5(f), 6(b), and in cooperation with the Office of
General Counsel, supports court actions under sections 5(e), 5(f), and 7.
d. Existing Chemical Assessment Division. The Existing Chemical Assessment
Division (ECAD), under the supervision of a Director, provides program management
for the TSCA testing and existing chemicals programs. The Division is responsible
for identifying, managing the evaluation of, and implementing non-regulatory
remedial control actions for chemical risks posed by existing chemicals to human
health and the environment. With the support of the Exposure Evaluation Divi-
sion, Economics and Technology Division, and the Health and Environmental Review
Division, ECAD, evaluates chemicals and categories of chemicals identified for
Priority attention. ECAD identifies specific sources of exposure and potential
effects on human health or the environment for which testing or control regula-
tions may be warranted and evaluates the types of hazards and degrees of risk
reflected in the data and petitions submitted to the Agency under TSCA sections
4, 8, and 21, The Existing Chemical Assessment Division develops and implements
reporting and recordkeeping rules and guidelines for existing chemicals under
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section 8 of the TSCA to ensure the Agency's access to industry data needed to
identify and evaluate possible unreasonable risks posed by commercial chemicals„
ECAD also develops and implements procedures for systematically screening
available information on existing chemicals and uses of chemicals to identify
priority chemicals or categories of chemicals for further evaluation as possible
sources of unreasonable risk to human health or the environment,, The Division
manages the assessment of chemical problems being considered for regulatory or
non-regulatory action; prepares risk management advisories and significant new
use rules for existing chemicals; and responds to section 21 petitions on
existing chemicals not yet subject to control action by TSCA, coordinating such
efforts with other EPA offices and other agencies as appropriate. In addition,
the Existing Chemical Assessment Division develops and implements procedures for
the selection of specific chemicals or categories for testing under section 4 to
include conducting or coordinating the review of relevant data on candidate
substances, negotiating industry testing without rulemaking, preparing test rules
and conducting public hearings, responding to priority designations of the TSCA
Interagency lesting Committee (ITC), and evaluating requests for exemptions
from testing, ECAD manages all activities under sections 12 and 13 relating to
exports and imports into customs territory.
e. Health and Environmental Review Division„ The Health and Environmental
Review Division (HERD), under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for
the initial review and detailed assessment of harmful effects of new chemicals
on human health and the environment (assisting the Chemical Control Division)
conducted under section 5 of TSCA. The Division develops and updates testing
guidelines in support of section 4 implementation; reviews, validates, and
evaluates test data submitted by industry and other available information rele-
vant to harmful effects of chemicals on human health and the environment; and
Performs scientific assessments of toxicity and other chemical hazards to human
health and the environment in accordance with approved Agency policies and in
support of the risk assessment activities in OTS. In addition, HERD provides
technical support to the Existing Chemical Assessment Division in implementing
the TSCA testing and existing chemicals programs and to the Chemical Control
Division in rule development for existing chemicals under section 6. HERD also
identifies and develops new methods and techniques for laboratory testing and
evaluation of chemical hazards to human health and the environment through
intramural efforts, extramural studies, and collaboration with the Office of
Research and Development and academic and international organizations.
f. Exposure Evaluation Division. The Exposure Evaluation Division (BED),
under the supervision of a Director, is responsbile for the integrated assess-
ment of human and environmental exposure to chemical substances in support of
OTS risk assessment activities. BED provides standards, guidance, and rule
development support to the Chemical Control Division and the Existing Chemical
Assessment Division for chemical, physical, and persistence properties testing,
analytical methods, field sampling, and other exposure-related data and studies,
under sections 4, 5, and 6 of TSCA. It reviews, evaluates, and validates data
submitted by industry and other available information relevant to chemical
exposure to humans and the environment, and evaluates human epidemiological data
and develops guidelines for epidemiological studies. In addition, this Division
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and develops guidelines for epidemiological studies„ In addition, this Division
performs scientific assessments of human and environmental exposure to chemical
substances in support of the risk assessment activities of OTS and performs
risk estimation and statistical support to such activities; identifies and
develops new methods and techniques for laboratory testing, field study, and
integrated evaluation of human and environmental exposure to chemicals through
intramural efforts, extramural studies, and collaboration with the Office of
Research and Development and other Federal and international organizations;
designs, oversees, conducts, and evaluates monitoring and field studies in
support of OTS exposure assessment and risk assessment activities; and also
provides modeling support for these activities. It is also responsible for
carrying out the OTS quality assurance program„ BED is responsible for
managing and implementing section 6(e) of TSCA and regulations promulgated
thereunder that address the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce,
use, marking and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls0 The Exposure
Evaluation Division is also responsible for processing all applications for
exemptions from the requirements of section 6(e)(3)(A).
g» Information Management Division. The Information Management Division
(IMD), under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for all information
and security services in support of TSCA and is the focal point of toxic
chemical information in EPA Haadquarters„ The Division is responsible for
the development of ADP systems to support analysis of TSCA chemicals, for
maintaining the computer network, and for the collection and dissemination of
data submitted to the Agency and to other Federal departments and agencies, as
required by section 10(b); serves as the focal point for the receipt and control
of all documents received as a result of TSCA rulemaking activity, including the
security of such documents; provides guidance to OTS as to what security measures
are required; maintains the TSCA chemical inventory and provides search support
for all OTS programs; operates the chemical information library which serves as
the primary chemical collection for the entire Agency, interacts with the inter-
national chemical information conmunity to exchange data; develops chemical
information policy? develops long-range chemical information strategies; and
performs information integration planning for OTS to relate information systems
to each other and to other OTS sources of information,, In addition, the Divi-
sion establishes and manages the OTS Data Management Centers which include
Confidential Business Information (CBI) and non-CBI information clearinghouses;
and provides support services for multiple user data sources. Services include
data collection, data extraction, data coding, data retrieval, and accurate
and timely updates,
h. Economics and Technology Division. The Economics and Technology
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for economic,
industrial chemistry, and engineering analyses in support of Office of Toxic
Substances' program activities. Supports the Chemical Control Division by
supplying any economic, industrial chemistry, and engineering support needed
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for Sections 5, 6, and 1 ruleraaking. Supports the Assessment Division by
supplying any economic, industrial chemistry, and engineering support needed
for Sections 4 and 8 rulemaking. Provides technological input into major
risk assessments conducted by OTS under the coordination of the Assessment
Division. Participates in the development of regulations within OTS ensuring
that economic and technical feasibility issues are fully considered. Provides
engineering and industrial chemistry analyses as part of the initial review of
premanufacture notices. Gondusts assessments of the overall economic,
engineering, and industrial chemistry impacts of TSCA regulatory actions and
OTS non-regulatory actions.
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Science and Policy
Analysis Staff
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
FOR
PESTICIDES AND
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Executive
Director
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Regulatory
Staff
Coropliance
Monitoring
Staff
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Administration
Budget & Federal
Register Staff
Chemical
Coordination
Staff
Office of
Pesticide
Programs
Office of
Toxic
Substances
Hazard
Evaluation
Division
Benefits
and Use
Division
Program Management
and
Support Division
Registration
Division
Economics and
Technology
Division
TSCA Assistance
Office
Office of Program
Management and
Evaluation
Chemical
Control
Division
Information
Management
Division
Existing Chemical
Assessment
Division
Health and
Environmental Review
Division
Exposure
Evaluation
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CHAPTER 14 - REGIONAL OFFICES
1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. There are ten Regional Offices of the Agency with
Regional boundaries and Headquarters locations as provided below:
REGION AND AREA
I Headquarters - Boston, MA
Connecticut, Maine, Massa-
chusetts, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island, \fernont
II Hsadquarters - New York, NY
New Jersey, New York,
Puerto Rico, Virgin
Islands
III Headquarters - Philadelphia
PA, Delaware, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Virginia,
Wast Virginia, District of
Columbia
IV Headquarters - Atlanta, GA
Alabama, Florida, Gsorgia,
Kentucky, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Caro-
lina, Tennessee
V Headquarters - Chicago, IL
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
VT Headquarters - Dallas, TX
Arkansas, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
VII Headquarters - Kansas
City, MO, Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska
VIII Headquarters - Denver, CO
Colorado, Montana, North
Dakota, South Dakota,
Utah, Wyoming
K Headquarters - San Fran-
cisco, CA, Ariasna,
California, Hawaii,
Nevada, Arterican Samoa,
Guam Trust Territories
of Pacfic Islands, Wake
Island
X Headquarters - Seattle, WA
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon,
W&shing ton
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2. ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS - STANDARD STRUCTURE AND GENERIC FUNCTIONAL
STATEMENTS.
a. Regional Administrator. The Regional Administrators are responsible to
the Administrator, within the boundaries of their respective Regions, for the
execution of the Regional programs of the Agency and such other responsibilities
as may be assigned. They serve as the Administrator's principal representatives
in their Regions in contacts and relationships with Federal, State, interstate
and local agencies, industry, academic institutions, and other public and
private groups. Regional Administrators are responsible for: (1) Accomplishing
national program objectives within their Regions as established by the Adminis-
trator, Deputy Administrator, Assistant Administrators, Associate Administrators,
and Heads of Headquarters Staff Offices; (2) Developing, proposing, and imple-
menting approved Regional programs for comprehensive and integrated environmental
protection activities; (3) Total resource management in their Regions within
guidelines provided by Headquarters; (4) Conducting effective Regional enforce-
ment and compliance programs; (5) Translating technical program direction and
evaluation provided by the various Assistant Administrators, Associate Adminis-
trators and Heads of Headquarters Staff Offices into effective operating
programs at the Regional level, and assuring that such programs are executed
efficiently; (6).Etercising approval authority for proposed State standards
and implementation plans; and (7) Providing for overall and specific evaluations
of Regional programs, both internal Agsncy and State activities.
b. Deputy Regional Administrator. Deputy Regional Administrators assist
the Regional Administrators in the discharge of their duties and responsibil-
ities and serve as Acting Regional Administrator in the absence of their Regional
Administrator.
c. Regional Counsels. The Regional Counsels serve as attorney-advisers
to the Regional Administrators and their program and administrative staffs. The
Regional Counsels may also provide legal services to Agency activities located
within the Region, but not reporting to a Regional Administrator. To the extent
necessary, Regional Counsels consult with and coordinate their activities with
the Headquarters Office of Cfeneral Counsel and the Office of Enforcement and Com-
pliance Monitoring. The Regional Counsels report to the Regional Administrators
on day-to-day activities while reporting to the Headquarters Cfeneral Counsel
on matters involving national consistency and the management of Regional Counsel
personnel. In addition, the Regional Counsels are responsible for the specific
activities outlined below.
(1) The Regional Counsels provide client program offices with support
in the conduct of litigation, for interpreting statutes, regulations and other
legal precedents covering EPA's activities, and for advising program managers
on the legal implications of alternative courses of action.
(2) Regional Counsels provide legal advice and assistance to the Region's
construction grants programs and handle bid protests, grant appeals and other
matters as they arise.
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(3) They assist the Regional program managers in drafting the terms
and conditions of items such as permits, notices of violation, administrative
orders or administrative complaints (particularly where novel or complex mat-
ters are involved) so as to ensure the enforce ability and defensibility of
those terms and conditions.
(4) The Office of Regional Counsel is available to consult with the
Regional program managers regarding delegations of Agency programs to State
agencies and approval of state pollution control prograns (such as State
Implementation Plans under the Clean Air Act), including review of the legal
sufficiency of State remedies and other legal aspects.
(5) The Regional Counsels manage the Agency's legal participation in
hearings and administrative appeals of actions originating in the Regions,
including proceedings relating to permits and administrative civil penalty.
(6) They provide assistance in negotiating enforcement matters and
should be present whenever outside parties are represented by counsel in
those negotiations.
(7) The Regional Counsels prepare documents needed for the referral
package based upon technical information and support from the Regional program
offices, and will concur on each request for judicial action prior to its refer-
ral to the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring.
(8) Following the referral of a case to the Department of Justice, the
Regional Counsel will be responsible for fulfilling all requests for supple-
mental information by the Department or by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
(9) Regional Counsels manage the conduct of the Agency's participation
in defensive litigation and assist the Department of Justice or the U.S. Attorney
in the litigation.
d. Assistant Regional Administrator for Policy and Management. The Office
of the Assistant Regional Administrator for Policy and Management, provides
policy planning, evaluation, and management advice; and administrative manage-
ment support to the Regional Administrator and Deputy Regional Administrator,
and all components of the Regional Office. The functions of the Office shall
include the development of program strategies such as State/EPA Agreements,
program evaluations, and analytic studies. Program activities shall be in
conformance with national strategy and policy guidelines. The functions of
the Office include: personnel management (including equal employment opportun-
ity), financial management, environmental assessment (EIS), Regional program
planning, automatic data processing, safety and security, library services,
facilities and space management, general services, and centralized grants
administration.
e. Audit and Inspection Activities. Audit and inspection personnel
located in the Regional Office are under the supervision of the Inspector
General, as provided in Chapter 8 of this Manual.
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ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS
f o Air and Waste Management Division. The Air and Waste Management
Division, under the supervision of a Director, recommends to the Regional
Administrator goals, priorities, and objectives for the Regional Air, Radia-
tion, Pesticides, Toxic Substances, and Waste Management Programs and is
responsible for the development, coordination, implementation, evaluation,
and permits issuance and related compliance monitoring of these programs,in-
cluding enforcement litigation referrals. Program recommendations and activities
shall be in conformance with national strategy and policy guidelines. Assists
the States in developing comprehensive air programs, including state implemen-
tation plans and transportation control plans* In coordination with the
Environmental Services Division, provides or arranges for technical assistance
to State and local agencies in developing and implementing plans, monitoring
systems, instrumentation, and data collection and analysis systems-
g. Environmental Services Division. The Environmental Services Division,
under the supervision of a Director, collects, analyzes, and evaluates environ-
mental quality data, including pesticide sampling, in support of Regional and
national monitoring requirements. Directs and coordinates surveillance,
pollution source inventory, and monitoring activities within the Region, and
provides necessary analytical laboratory support services. Directs the
operation of subregional laboratory elements. Provides advice and assistance
to State and local agencies concerning techniques, methodology, quality
control, as well as laboratory support when required, to assure effective
monitoring systems. Conducts special studies, investigations, analyses, and
surveys to acquire the necessary data to support program offices within EPA.
Implements Regional monitoring programs to meet Regional and national
objectives not met by Headquarters programs. Conducts CERCLA and CWA
Section 311 emergency response activities.
h. Water Management Division. The Water Division, under the supervision
of a Director, recommends to the Regional Administrator goals, priorities, and
objectives for the Regional Water Programs; and is responsible for the develop-
ment, coordination, implementation, evaluation and compliance monitoring of
these programs, including enforcement litigation referrals. Program recommen-
dations and activities shall be in conformance with national strategy and
policy guidelines. Assists the States in developing comprehensive programs,
including implementation plans for the achievement of water quality standards.
Operates a municipal waste water systems program, including reviews of facility
plans and specifications. Monitors the construction program, including the
external civil rights compliance and minority business enterprise functions.
Coordinates areawide planning and other water quality planning activities.
Operates permit issuance and related compliance monitoring programs. Develops
control strategies for nohpoint source dischargers and ocean dumping. Operates
a drinking water program. In coordination with the Environmental Services
Division, provides or arranges for technical assistance to State and local
agencies in developing and implementing these programs.
3. ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS—STAFF FUNCTIONS. This Chapter does not
provide for formal structuring of staff elements reporting to the Regional
Administrator. Such functions includes Civil Rights, Congressional and
Intergovernmental Relations, Federal Regional Council Activities, Federal
Facilities, and Public Affairs. These activities shall be represented in
the Regional Office by an appropriate professional staff capacity.
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AUTHORIZED EPA REGIONAL ORGANIZATION
HQ General
Counsel
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
Office of
Regional
Counsel
Water
Management
Division
Public
Affairs
Congressional and
Intergovernmental
Liaison
Office of Assistant Regional
Administrator for
Policy and Management*
Equal Employment
Opportunity Officer
1
Air and Waste
Management
Division**
Envi ronmental
Services
Division
* Alternative Rsgional organization may reflect Management Division concept.
** Alternative Regional organization may reflect separate divisions for Air and Waste Management functions.
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S-EPA TRANSMITTAL
CLASSIFICATTONNO,
APPROVAL DATE: 12/4/83
ADDRESSEE
ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS MANUAL - 1983 EDITION
1. PURPOSE. This transmittal provides a new version of the EPA
Organization and Functions Manual.
2. EXPLANATION. This Manual contains information regarding the current
organization and functions of the Environnental Protection Agency. On
September 16, 1983 the Deputy Administrator approved a streamlining of
the Agency's management structure in Headquarters. The major organiza-
tional changes resulting from this streamlining were:
0 the establishment of a separate Office of General Counsel and
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring;
0 the reuniting of the biriget and administrative activities under the
Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources Management;
and
0 the creation of an Assistant Administrator for External Affairs,
encompassing the Offices of Congressional Liaison, Intergovernmental
Liaison, Public Affairs, and Federal Activities.
This revision also includes approved reorganizations of the Office of
Toxic Substances and the Office of Solid Waste.
3. SUPERSESSION. The Organization and Functions Manual dated August 31,
1982 is superseded.
4. FILING. Discard the old version of this Manual and file the attached
in a three-ring binder.
£~T At^^w-x^.
Howard M. Messner
Assistant Administrator for Administration
and Resources Management
ORIGINATOR: Management and Organization Division/Office of Administration
EPA Form 1315-12 (Rev. 7-82) REPLACES EPA FORMS 1315-1A AND THE PREVIOUS EDITION OF 1315-12.
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