U.S Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Administration
Office of Management and Organization Division
How EPA Works:
A Guide to EPA
Organization and Functions
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Government Institutes, Inc.
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U.S Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Administration
Office of Management and Organization Division
How EPA Works:
A Guide to EPA
Organization and Functions
Cjj Government Institutes, Inc.
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Government Institutes, Inc.,
4 Research Place, Suite 200, Rockville, Maryland 20850.
Copyright © 1994 by Government Institutes.
Published April 1994.
99 98 97 96 95 94 54321
This Organization and Functions Manual was prepared by the Office of
Administration at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and is updated
to reflect changes as of March 1993. Government Institutes determined that
it contained information of interest to those outside EPA, so we are
reproducing this public domain material in order to serve those
interested.
This manual describes how the Agency is structured to do business. It
describes the Agency's key functional assignments and reporting
relationships at the divisional level and above.
The publisher makes no representation of warranty, express or implied, as
to the completeness, correctness, or utility of the information in this
publication. In addition, the publisher assumes no liability whatsoever
resulting from the use of or reliance upon the contents of this book.
ISBN: 0-86587-387-9
Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Organization of the Environmental Protection Agency
1. General .... 1-1
2. Administrator 1-1
3. General Counsel 1-1
4. Enforcement 1-2
5. Administration and Resources Management 1-2
6. Policy, Planning and Evaluation 1-2
7. International Activities. . . .1-2
8. Inspector General 1-3
9. Research and Development 1-3
10. Water 1-3
11. Solid Waste and Emergency Response 1-4
12. Air and Radiation 1-4
13. Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 1-5
14. Regional Offices 1-5
Chart: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1-7
Chapter 2 Office of the Administrator
1. Office of the Administrator 2-1
2. Office of Administrative Law Judges 2-3
3. Office of Civil Rights . 2-3
4. Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization 2-6
5. Science Advisory Board .... 2-7
6. Office of Cooperative Environmental Management 2-8
7. Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional 2-8
and Legislative Affairs 2-8
8. Office of the Associate Administrator for Communications, 2-10
Education, and Public Affairs. 2-10
9. Office of the Associate Administrator for Regional 2-15
Operations and State/Local Relations 2-15
Chart: Office of the Administrator 2-17
Chapter 3 Office of General Counsel
1. Office of the General Counsel 3-1
Chart: Office of General Counsel 3-4
Chapter 4 Office of Enforcement
1. Office of the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement 4-1
2. Office of Federal Activities . 4-4/4-5
3 Office of Federal Facilities Enforcement 4-8/4-9
4. National Enforcement Investigations Center,
Denver, Colorado 4-14/4-15
5. Office of Civil Enforcement 4-17
6. Office of Criminal Enforcement 4-23
Chart: Office of Enforcement 4-26
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Chapter 5 Office of Administration and Resources Management
1. Office of the Assistant Administrator for Administration 5-1
and Resources Management 5-1
2. Office of Administration and Resources Management, RTF. 5-3
3. Office of Administration and Resources Management - 5-5
Cincinnati, Ohio 5-5
4. Office of the Comptroller 5-7
5. Office of Administration 5-11
6. Office of Information Resources Management 5-13
7. Office of Human Resources Management 5-19
8. Office of Grants and Debarment 5-26/5-27
9. Office of Acquisition Management 5-30/5-31
Chart: Office of Administration and Resources Management.... 5-34
Chapter 6 Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation
1. Office of the Assistant Administrator and Policy, 6-1
Planning and Evaluation 6-1
2. Office of Strategic Planning and Environmental Data 6-5
3. Office of Policy Analysis 6-11
4. Office of Regulatory Management and Evaluation 6-22
Chart: Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation 6-27
Chapter 7 Office of International Activities
1. Office of the Assistant Administrator for International 7-1
Activities. 7-1
Chart: Office of International Activities 7-7
Chapter 8 Office of Inspector General
1. Office of Inspector General 8-1
2. Office of Audit 8-2/8-3
3. Office of Investigations. . . . . 8-6/8-7
4. Office of Management and Technical Assessment 8-9
Chart: Office of Inspector General 8-12
Chapter 9 Office of Research and Development
1. Office of the Assistant Administrator for Research and 9-1
Development 9-1
2. Office of Modeling, Monitoring Systems and Quality 9-5
Assurance (OMMSQA) 9-5
3. Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology
Demonstration 9-10/9-11
4. Office of Environmental Processes and Effects Research .... 9-16/9-17
5. Office of Health Research 9-25
6. Office of Health and Environmental Assessment 9-27
Chart: Office of Research and Development 9-30
Chapter 10 Office of Water
1. Office of the Assistant Administrator for Water 10-1
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2. Office of Wastewater Enforcement and Compliance 10-5
3. Office and Science and Technology 10-10/10-11
4. Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds 10-18/10-19
5. Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water 10-27
Chart: Office of Water. 10-34
Chapter 11 Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
1. Office of the Assistant Administrator for Soh'd Waste 11-1
and Emergency Response 11-1
2. Office of Waste Programs Enforcement 11-6/11-7
3. Office of Solid Waste 11-11
4. Office of Underground Storage Tanks 11-17
5. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response 11-19
Chart: Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response 11-23
Chapter 12 Office of Air and Radiation
1. Office of the Assistant Administrator for Air and 12-1
Radiation 12-1
2. Office of Radiation and Indoor Air 12-3
3. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards 12-7
4. Office of Mobile Sources 12-10/12-11
5. The Office of Atmospheric Programs (OAP) 12-16/12-17
Chart: Office of Air and Radiation 12-20
Chapter 13 Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
1. Office of the Assistant Administrator for Prevention 13-1
Pesticides, and Toxic Substances 13-1
2. Office of Pesticide Programs 13-4/13-5
3. Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. 13-12/13-13
4. Office of Compliance Monitoring 13-23
Chart: Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic 13-26
Substances 13-26
Chapter 14 Region I
1. Regional Adminstrator. 14-1
2. Office of Regional Counsel 14-1
3. Office of Civil Rights and Urban Affairs 14-1
4. Office of Government Relations and Environmental Review. .... 14-1
5. Office of Public Affairs 14-2
6. Planning and Management Division 14-2
7. Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division 14-3
8. Waste Management Division 14-3
9. Water Management Division 14-3
10. Environmental Services Division 14-4
Chart: Region I 14-5
Chapter 15 Region n
1. Regional Administrator 15-1
2. Regional Counsel 15-1
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3. External Programs Division. 15-1
4. Caribbean Field Office 15-2
5. Assistant Regional Administrator for Policy and Management. . 15-2
6. Air and Waste Management Division . 15-2
7. Water Management Division . ... .... . . 15-3
8. Emergency and Remedial Response Division 15-3
9. Environmental Services Division 15-3
Chart: Region II . . . 15-5
Chapter 16 Region ffl
1. Regional Administrator 16-1
2. Office of the Assistant Regional Administrator for. . . 16-1
Policy and Management . ... 16-1
3. Regional Counsel... ... . 16-1
4. Office of External Affairs . 16-2
5. Chesapeake Bay Program Office 16-2
6. Water Management Division 16-2
7. Air, Radiation, and Toxics Division 16-2
8. Hazardous Waste Management Division . . 16-3
9. Environmental Services Division 16-3
Chart: Region III 16-5
Chapter 17 Region IV
1. Regional Administrator 17-1
2. Office of Congressional Affairs 17-1
3. Office of Public Affairs . . 17-2
4. Office of Policy and Management . . 17-2
5. Environmental Services Division . . . 17-3
6. Water Management Division . 17-3
7. Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division . ... 17-3
8. Waste Management Division 17-4
9. Office of Regional Counsel. 17-4
Chart: Region IV .. . . 17-5
Chapter 18 Region V
1. Regional Administrator 18-1
2. Office of Public Affairs 18-1
3. Great Lakes National Program Office 18-1
4. Office of Regional Counsel. . . . . 18-1
5. Intergovernmental Relations Staff. . . 18-2
6. Planning and Management Division . . . . 18-2
7. Air and Radiation Division . . 18-2
8. Water Division . . . 18-2
9. Waste Management Division ... 18-3
10. Environmental Sciences Division .... ... 18-3
Chart: Region V . . 18-4
Chapter 19 Region VI
1. Regional Administrator . . 19-1
2. Office of Regional Counsel. . . 19-1
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3. Office of External Affairs 19-1
4. Management Division 19-2
5. Hazardous Waste Management Division . . . . . . 19-2
6. Water Management Division ... 19-2
7. Environmental Services Division ... . 19-2
8. Air Pesticides and Toxic Substances Division . . 19-3
Chart: Region VI. . . ... 19-4
Chapter 20 Region VD
1. Regional Administrator . . . . ... .20-1
2. Congressional and Intergovernmental Liaison Office. . . . . 20-1
3. Office of Public Affairs 20-2
4. Office of Regional Counsel. . . ... . . 20-2
5. Assistant Regional Administrator for Office of Policy . . 20-2
and Management . .... . . . 20-2
6. Waste Management Division . 20-3
7. Air and Toxics Division ... . 20-3
S. Water Management Division . . . 20-3
9. Environmental Sendees Division . . 20-4
Chart: Region VII . . 20-5
Chapter 21 Region VHI
Chapter 22 Region IX
Chapter 23 Region X
1. Regional Administrator . 21-1
2. Office of External Affairs . 21-1
3. Office of Regional Counsel. . . 21-1
4. Montana Operations Office, 21-1
5. Office of Policy and Management . . 21-2
6. Water Management Division .... . . . . 21-2
7. Environmental Services Division 21-2
8. Air Toxics Division ... . . . . . .... 21-2
9. Hazardous Waste Management Division 21-3
Chart: Region VIII 21-4
1. Regional Administrator 22-1
2. Office of Regional Counsel. . 22-1
3. Office of External Affairs . ... . 22-1
4. Office of Policy and Management . ... . . . 22-2
5. Air and Toxics Division . . . 22-2
6. Hazardous Waste Management Division . . . . 22-2
7. Water Management Division 22-3
Chart: Region IX 22-4
1. Regional Administrator . . ... 23-1
2. Office of Enforcement . . . 23-1
3. Office of Regional Counsel 23-1
4. Management Division .... . 23-2
5. Air and Toxics Division . . . 23-2
6. Hazardous Waste Division 23-2
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7. Water Division . . _ 23-2
8. Environmental Services Division 23-2
Chart: Region X 23-3
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CHAPTER 1 - ORGANIZATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
1. 'GENERAL. The Environmental 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
activities. 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 impact 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 unsatisfactory 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, Science Advisory Board, Executive Support,
Cooperative Environmental Management, Pollution Prevention
Policy Staff, and Environmental Appeals Board. In addition,
the Administrator is assisted by Associate Administrators
for Regional Operations and State/Local Relations,
Communications, Education, and Public Affairs, and
Congressional and Legislative Affairs.
3. GENERAL COUNSEL. The Office of 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 advisor.
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4. ENFORCEMENT. The Office of the Assistant Administrator
for Enforcement serves as the primary advisor to the
Administrator in matters concerning enforcement and
compliance monitoring; and 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 enforcement
activities; and provides technical expertise for enforcement
activities, through the National Enforcement Investigations
Center, to Headquarters, regions and States.
5. ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. The Office of
the Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources
Management has primary responsibility for policy and
procedures governing resources management, human resource^
management, environmental health and safety, administrative
services, organization and management analyses and systems
development, information management services, 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 Personnel 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; standards and regulations;
program evaluation activities.
7. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES. The Office of the Assistant
Administrator for International Activities develops policies
and procedures for the direction of the Agency's
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international programs and activities, subject to U.S.
foreign policy, and assures that adequate program,
scientific, and legal inputs are provided. The Office
conducts continuing evaluations of the Agency's
international activities, and positions the Agency to take
the lead in solving complex international environmental
problems, protecting the global environment.
8. INSPECTOR GENERAL. The Office of Inspector General
conducts 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 the 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
Agency's principal science advisor and is responsible for
the development, direction, and conduct of a national
environmental research, development and demonstration
program in: health risk assessment, health effects,
engineering and technology, processes and effects, acid rain
deposition, monitoring systems and quality assurance.
The Office 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;
and provides technical and scientific advice on Agencyvide
technical program issues.
10. WATER. The Office of the Assistant Administrator for
Water is responsible for the Agency's water quality
activities which represent a coordinated effort to restore
the Nation's waters. The functions of this program include
development of national programs, technical policies, and
regulations relating to drinking water, water quality and
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groundwater; environmental and pollution source standards
development; wetlands protection; technical direction,
support, and evaluation of regional water activities;
enforcement of standards ; development of programs for
technical assistance and technology transfer; provision of
training in the field of water quality; economic and long-
term environmental analysis; and marine and estuarine
protection.
11. 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. Tfris- Of-£4-ee'-s- responsibilities
include: development of guidelines. and standards for the
land disposal of hazardous wastes and for underground
storage tanks; technical assistance in the development,
management, and operation of solid waste management
activities; analyses on the recovery of useful energy from
solid waste; development and implementation of a program to
respond to hazardous waste sites and spills (some oil spills
included); and the enforcement of applicable laws and
regulations.
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
activities; 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. Responsible for comprehensive
research efforts relative to acid rain; analysis of the
impact of pollutants found at the working place; and the
effects of global change.
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13. PREVENTION. PESTICIDES. AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES. The
Office of the Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and
Toxic Substances has responsibility for Agency strategies
for implementation and integration of the pollution
prevention, pesticides and toxic substances programs and
developing and operating Agency programs and policies for
assessment and control of pesticides and toxic substances as
well as recommending policies and developing operating
programs for implementing the Pollution Prevention Act. It
is responsible for developing recommendations for Agency
priorities for research, monitoring regulatory and
information gathering activities relating to implementing
the Pollution Prevention Act, pesticides and toxic
substances; directing pollution prevention, pesticides and
toxic substances compliance programs; and monitoring and
assessing pollution prevention, pesticides and toxic
substances program operations in EPA Headquarters and
regional offices.
14 . REGIONAL OFFICES. Regional Administrators are
responsible within the boundaries of their regions, for the
execution of the programs of the Agency and such other
responsibilities as may be assigned. Regional
Administrators cooperate with Federal, state, interstate and
local agencies, industry, and academic institutions, and
other private groups to make sure regional needs are
considered and Federal environmental laws implemented.
Regional Administrators are responsible for developing,
proposing, and implementing regional programs for
comprehensive and integrated environmental protection
activities; conducting effective regional enforcement and
compliance programs; translating technical program direction
and evaluation provided by various Assistant Administrators,
Associate Administrators and Heads of Headquarters Staff
Offices into effective operating programs at the regional
level, and assuring that such programs are executed
efficiently; exercising approval authority for proposed
State standards and implementation plans; and providing
overall and specific evaluations of regional programs. EPA
maintains its regional offices in the following cities:
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Region I in Boston; Region II in New York; Region III in
Philadelphia; Region IV in Atlanta; Region V in Chicago;
Region VI in Dallas; Region VII in Kansas City; Region VIII
in Denver; Region IX in San Francisco; and Region X in
Seattle.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of
Administrative
Law Judges
Office of Civil
Rights
Office
Disad\
Business
of Small
and
rantaged
> Utilization
Science
Advisory Board
Office of
Cooperative
Environmental
Management
Executive Support
Office
Executive
Secretariat
Pollution
Prevention
Policy Staff
Environmental
Appeals
Board
ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR
Assistant Administrator
for Administration and
Resources Management
Assistant Administrator
for
Enforcement
Assistant Administrator
for
International Activities
Inspector General
Assistant Administrator
for Air and Radiation
Assistant Administrator for
Prevention,
Pesticides, and Toxic
Substances
Associate Administrator for
Regional Operations &
State/Local Relations
Associate Administrator for
Communications, Education
& Public Affairs
Associate Administrator for
Congressional &
Legislative Affairs
General Counsel
Assistant Administrator
for Policy, Planning and
Evaluation
Assistant Administrator
for Research and
Development
Assistant Administrator
for
Water
Assistant Administrator
for Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
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Region 1
Boston
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Region II
New York
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Region VII
Kansas City
1
Region III
Philadelphia
1
Region Vlil
Denver
1
Region IV
Atlanta
1
Region IX
San Francisco
1
Region V
Chicago
1
Region X
Seattle
1
Region VI
Dallas
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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 Administrator 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. Environmental Appeals Board. The Environmental
Appeals Board serves as the Agency's administrative
appellate authority in the consideration and resolution of
appeals or other requests for a decision by the
Administrator in adjudicatory matters required by statue to
be made by the Administrator, and in any other matters of a
quasi-judicial nature which require an appellate decision by
the Administrator and arise out of EPA's regulatory
programs. At the request of the Administrator, decides,
makes recommendations, or serves as fact-finder on other
issues for which an independent objective analysis is
required.
d. Pollution Prevention Policy Staff. The Pollution
Prevention Policy Staff, reports directly to the Deputy
Administrator. The Staff is responsible for guiding,
directing, and mediating all pollution prevention activities
throughout the Agency,' working closely with the Pollution
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Prevention Division under the direction of the Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics Substances and to develop
policies. It provides necessary staff support to the Senior
Policy Council chaired by the Deputy Administrator,
including scheduling of meetings and development of agenda
items.
e. Executive Support Office. The Executive Support
Office, under the supervision of a Director, provides the
Administrator; the Deputy Administrator; their Assistants
and Special Assistants; the Associate Administrators and
their staffs; and the Administrator's Headquarters Staff
Offices with administrative, financial management, ADP and
budget support. This includes the preparation of budget
documents, operating plans and supporting justifications for
all resource decisions; planning studies to assess
resource requirements; assistance in developing and
implementing automated resource and tracking systems;
preparation of organization and personnel materials;
preparation and tracking of payroll, travel and procurement
actions; and facilities, space and property support.
f. Executive Secretariat. The Executive Secretariat,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible to the
Administrator's Chief of Staff for the Administrator's and
Deputy Administrator's correspondence, both executive and
congressional, and the Agency Freedom of Information (FOI)
program. The Executive Secretariat, working closely with
the Assistant Administratorships, regional offices, and
field offices, functions as National Program Manager,
providing oversight, guidance, and communication review,
improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the process,
and the quality and timeliness of the product, and
developing and coordinating policy and procedures for the
management of Congressional and executive correspondence and
the FOIA program. Works closely with the Office of
Congressional and Legislative Affairs (OCLA) to assure
OCLA's opportunity to review Congressional correspondence,
and with the Offices of General Counsel and Communications
and Public Affairs to carry out the Agency-wide
responsibilities of FOIA. Processes incoming correspondence
and FOIA requests by receiving them, providing special
instruction, routing them to the appropriate recipient or
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assigning them for action, tracking them to assure timely
handling, and notifying appropriate staff of overdues.
Presents outgoing Correspondence to the Administrator and
Deputy Administrator for signature, and dispatches the
signed correspondence. Assures the quality of executive and
Congressional letters leaving the Agency, including form,
grammar and punctuation, responsiveness, style, and
sensitivity; and assures compliance of FOIA responses with
the FOI Act regulations. Implements and maintains a system
of correspondence records for the Administrator and Deputy
Administrator, and a system of FOIA records, providing
accessible and accurate management information; prepares the
annual FOIA report to Congress, and other reports as
required; and develops and conducts FOIA and correspondence
training.
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 Sections 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. The office
supervises the Administrative Law Judges located in certain
Agency regional offices who operate as a component of the
Office of Administrative Law Judges and 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 responsibilities
of the Director are Agencywide and apply to the provision of
leadership, services, and advice with respect to all of the
programs and activities of the Agency's responsibilities to
assure equal opportunity and prohibit discrimination in
employment in EPA in accordance with applicable Civil Rights
Act, Executive Orders, and implementing directives. Serves
as Director, Equal Opportunity with functions and
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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, the purposes of
which are to address the concerns, needs, and aspirations of
women and Hispanics. In accordance with Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other legislation, assures that
recipients of EPA financial 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. Serves as Fair Housing
Officer with functions and responsibilities as set forth in
the Department of Housing and Urban Development directives
pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 1968.
Provides Agency focal point for liaison with the Departments
of Justice, Commerce, Labor, Housing and Urban Development,
Education, the Office of Personnel Management, the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights on matters within his/her areas of
responsibility. Ensures the exercise of Agency
responsibilities 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. Operations and Analysis Staff. The Operations and
Analysis Staff, under the supervision of the Deputy
Director, reports to the Office Director and is responsible
for the following functions: Serving as the focal point and
primary resource within the Office of Civil Rights for
ensuring the involvement of EPA's field activities in all
aspects of the Agency's Civil Rights Programs; coordinating
and implementing OCR programs within the laboratories;
developing and maintaining systems for tracking and
evaluating accomplishments of program objectives and
compliance with established policies; providing advice and
counsel to the Director on policy development, planning,
budgeting, coordination and other matters as they relate to
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the EEO programs of the Agency; performing periodic and
special studies of civil rights and equal opportunity
programs; directing the development of new or modified
methods, policies, procedures and programs based upon
analysis of trends and problem areas; and providing for
technical program policy direction, advice and guidance in
the performance of Agency, regional and field activities
in the Office's areas of responsibility.
t>. Discrimination Complaints and External Compliance
Staff. The Discrimination Complaints and External
Compliance Staff, under the supervision of the Assistant
Director, reports to the Office Director and performs the
following functions: Managing the Agency Discrimination
Complaints Program pursuant to established laws, statutes
and guidelines; recommending to the Director of OCR
Agencywide policies and procedures relative to
discrimination complaints including the selection and
training of EEO counselors, counseling procedures,
investigation of complaints, adjudication, and review or
EEOC decisions; administering, on an Agencywide basis, the
counseling, intake, investigative and adjudicatory processes
and maintaining a monitoring and case tracking system;
developing policies and procedures for and ensuring the
implementation of the Agencywide programs that assure
compliance by Agency grantees and contractors with
provisions of applicable laws. Executive Orders,
regulations, and equal opportunity. In accordance with
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other
legislation assuring that recipients of EPA financial
assistance do not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
national origin, sex, age or physical handicap; serving as
Agency Title VI Coordinator pursuant to the Act, Executive
Order 11764, and regulations of the Department of Justice.
c. Affirmative Action and Special Emphasis Staff. The
Affirmative Action and Special Emphasis Staff, under the
supervision of the Associate Director, reports to the Office
Director and is responsible for the following: Ensuring the
implementation of the Agency's Special Emphasis Programs,
the purposes of which are to address the concerns, needs,
and aspirations of women, Hispanics, and Blacks;
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planning, developing and monitoring implementation of the
Agency's Affirmative Action Plan; promoting the Agency's
participation and involvement with Historically Black
Colleges and Universities under applicable Executive Orders.
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 implementing the functions
and duties under Sections 8 and 15 of the Small Business
Act as amended by P.L. 95-507 (October 24, 1978). The
Office develops policies and procedures implementing the
provisions of Executive Order 11625, 12342 and 12138,
and is responsible for developing policies and procedures
for implementing the requirements of section 105(f) of P.L.
99-499 and Section 129 of P.L. 100-590. It establishes
policy, guidance and assistance to small and disadvantaged
businesses, minority businesses, women-owned businesses,
small businesses in rural areas and other socioeconomic
groups. The Office furnishes information and assistance to
the Agency's field offices responsible for carrying out
related activities, and represents EPA at hearings,
interagency meetings, conferences and other appropriate
forums on matters related to the advancement of the above
cited business enterprises.
The Office develops, in collaboration with the Director of
Procurement and Contracts Management 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. It monitors and evaluates
Agency performance in achieving EPA goals and objectives in
the above areas, and recommends the assignment of EPA
technical advisors to assist designated Procurement Center
Representatives of the Small Business Administration in
their duties relating to Section 8 and 15 of the Small
Business Act as amended.
The Office is responsible for assuring that small, minority
and women-owned firms are given the opportunity to receive a
"fair share" of subagreements during the procurement phase
of certain types of financial assistance awarded by the
Agency. It develops policies and procedures to aid these
business entities with the assistance of the Grants
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Administration Division, Office of Administration and
Resources Management, and the Grants, Contracts, and General
Law Division, Office of General Counsel. It is responsible
for the collection of data and for monitoring the
effectiveness of the program and serves as the principal
focal point between EPA and the Minority Business
Development Agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The Office is responsible for internal training programs to
enhance the capabilities of EPA personnel responsible for
assisting small, minority and women-owned businesses. It
also is responsible for ascertaining the needs for providing
external specialized training programs to assist small,
minority and women-owned businesses. This training is to
help these businesses to participate in procurements awarded
under EPA environmental programs. Under the supervision of
the Director, the Asbestos and Small Business Ombudsman
identifies and evaluates small firm environmental regulatory
compliance problems and and recommends appropriate actions,
when necessary, to improve Agency regulatory policies or
practices as they relate to small business. The Ombudsman
serves as the Agency's regulatory liaison to the small
business community and coordinates Agency compliance
assistance and policy efforts. The Ombudsman provides
assistance in problems arising from environmental
regulations that adversely impact on the small business
community, provides assistance and/or information regarding
the Agency's regulatory process, and acts as the
spokesperson for the small business community with the
Agency's regulators.
5. SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD. The Science Advisory Board,
under the supervision of a Staff Director, provides 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 Administrator on the cohesiveness
and currency of the Agency's scientific programs.
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6. OFFICE OF COOPERATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. The
Office of Cooperative Environmental Management (OCEM), under
the supervision of a Director, reports directly to the
Administrator. The Office functions as the Agency's focal
point for development and coordination of cooperative
environmental management programs and technology transfer
activities across the Agency's programs, with States and
local governments, business and industry, academia and, in
conjunction with the Office of International Activities,
with other governments and international agencies. The
Office manages and assists the National Advisory Council for
Environmental Technology Transfer. The Council is a
standing Agency committee established to advise the
Administrator on ways to reduce barriers to program and
technology development and transfer and to establish
effective cooperative environmental management approaches
among Federal, State and local governments, business and
academia. The Office's objectives for cooperative
environmental management emphasize developing improved
State, local and private sector environmental management
capacity; expanding the roles of education, training and
assistance to implement environmental management programs
and achieve voluntary compliance; stimulating development,
commercialization and use of needed new technologies; and
sharing effective technologies and environmental management
approaches between the U.S. and other countries.
7. OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR CONGRESSIONAL
AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS. The Associate Administrator for
Congressional and Legislative Affairs serves as the
principal advisor to the Administrator on all congressional
and legislative activities. The Associate Administrator
develops the Administrator's legislative agenda for each
session of Congress and also develops the legislative
strategy to implement this agenda. All of the functions and
responsibilities of the Associate Administrator apply to
Agencywide programs and initiatives. The Office of
Congressional and Legislative Affairs serves as EPA's
principal point of contact for Congress, and is the
coordination point for interaction by other Agency offices
and officials. The Office's responsibilities include
assisting and review all testimony and statements of policy
that go to Congress from the Agency, as well as briefing and
consulting the staffs of the Administrator/Deputy
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Administrator and Assistant/Associate/Regional
Administrators and Headquarters Staff Office Directors on
developments in Congress. The Office is responsible for
negotiating the content of testimony with the Office of
Management and Budget. The Office is responsible for
legislative drafting and liaison activities relating to the
Agency's programs. It is responsible for the Legislative
Reference Library, which provides legislative research
services for the Agency. The Office also provides EPA
reports and materials to Congress upon request.
a- Legislative Analysis Division. The Legislative
Analysis Division serves as Legislative Counsel to the
Agency. In coordination with program officials, it develops
legislative initiatives for the Agency's environmental
programs; drafts legislative proposals and obtains clearance
of those proposals through the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), and ensures that Agency actions are taken in
accordance with OMB Circular A-19. It prepares, or directs
the preparation of, all testimony presented by the
Administrator and other key Agency officials before
Congressional committees and obtains clearance through OMB.
It prepares Agency reports and recommendations on pending
and enacted legislation including enrolled bills. It
represents the Agency in all legislation-related contacts
with other departments and agencies and OMB, providing
analyses, information, and technical drafting services; and
it maintains a statutory deadlines tracking system for
Agency program offices.
b. Congressional Liaison Division. The Congressional
Liaison Division serves as the principal point of contact
with Congress for the Agency. The division provides senior
Agency officials information on Congressional legislative
activities and concerns of an immediate and long-term
nature, and works closely with Headquarters and Regional
offices in defining, planning, and implementing the Agency's
response to such. The division assures adequate and timely
responses to all types of Congressional inquiries; and
coordinates and participates in communicating Agency
initiatives to Members of Congress and appropriate
Congressional Committees. The division, working closely
with the Legislative Analysis Division, is responsible for
coordinating the Agency's appearance at Congressional
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hearings; and provides oral and written reports on the
outcome of hearings to senior management in EPA
Headquarters/Regional offices and the White House. The
division notifies Congress of grant and contract awards;
maintains liaison with the Office of Communications and
Public Affairs to assure appropriate communication of
significant events to Congress; reviews all Congressional
correspondence; and prepares special information packets for
distribution to Congressional offices. The division works
closely with its counterpart office in each Region;
coordinates and communicates policy issues of mutual
concern; and arranges conferences with the Regional
counterparts to develop and discuss legislative and
Congressional liaison strategies.
8 . OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR
COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS. The
Associate Administrator for Communications, Education, and
Public Affairs serves as the principal advisor to the
Administrator on all Agency communications, education and
public affairs activities. The Associate Administrator is
responsible for ensuring that communications planning occurs
on all Agency major issues through coordination with all EPA
Headquarters and Regional offices; ensuring that messages
are consistent with the Administrator's policies;
coordinating Federal efforts on environmental education,
including activities required by the National Environmental
Education Act of 1990; managing the Agency's relationships
with the news media; and ensuring that outreach activities
are undertaken to involve organizations and private citizens
on all key issues.
The Associate Administrator is also responsible for
educating the public about environmental issues and
environmentally-responsible behavior; serving as liaison
with corporate, citizen-activist and other private-sector
organizations to keep these organizations informed about
environmental problems; informing the Agency about
environmental activities of these organizations, and
assisting EPA in responding to their concerns; maintaining
audio-visual and publications programs to develop
communications products for external and internal audiences;
ensuring that Agency communications activities ar
appropriate and effective; and coordinating overall EPA
publications and audio-visual management policy.
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a- Communications Planning Division. The
Communications Planning Division reports directly to the
Associate Administrator, and serves EPA as the focal point
for assuring that communications planning occurs on all
major Agency issues affecting the public; works directly
with communications contacts in the program and regional
offices to coordinate and assist in carrying our al
components and phases of communications plans for each major
public issues initiative; ensures review of all products
intended for the public; monitors program issues as the
communication liaison between program offices and the
Associate Administrator; advises program offices on
compliance with Agency communications reguirements such as
product review, graphics standards and reguirements of the
new OMB Circular A-130' facilitates strategic and annual
communications commitments between the Associate
Administrator and program offices; has primary
responsibility for tracking communications issues and
advising senior Agency staff and the Administrator on those
which merit extensive communications planning; coordinates
non-traditional, specialized and cross-program
communications projects; links communications activities
among various Agency offices, promoting creativity and
effectiveness for internal and external outreach activities;
and assists in program evaluation and program support
functions for the Associate Administrator.
b. Environmental Education Division. The Environmental
Education Division reports to the Associate Administrator
and develops and supports programs and related efforts, in
consultation and coordination with other Federal agencies to
improve understanding of the environment, and the
relationships between humans and their environment,
including the global aspects of environmental problems;
supports development and dissemination of model curricula,
educational materials, and training programs for elementary
and secondary students and other interested groups,
including senior Americans; develops and disseminates in
cooperation with other Federal agencies, not-for-profit
educational and environmental organizations, State agencies,
and noncommercial educational broadcasting entities,
environmental education publications and audio-visual and
other media materials; develops and supports environmental
education seminars, training programs, teleconferences, and
workshops for environmental educational professionals under
an environmental education and training program; administers
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environmental internship and fellowship programs, including
the National Network for Environmental Management Studies;
and administers an environmental education awards program.
The Division also provides staff support to the National
Environmental Education Advisory Council and the Federal
Task Force on Environmental Education; assesses in
coordination with other Federal agencies the demand for
professional skills and training needed to respond to
current and anticipated environmental problems and
cooperates with appropriate institutions, organizations, and
agencies to develop training programs, curricula, and
continuing education programs for teachers, school
administrators, and related professionals; assures the
coordination of Federal statutes and programs administered
by the Agency relating to environmental education,
consistent with the provisions and purposes of those
programs, and works to reduce duplication or inconsistencies
within these programs; and works with the Department of
Education, the Federal Interagency Committee on Education,
and with other Federal agencies, including the Federal
natural resource management agencies, to assure the
effective coordination of programs related to environmental
educational, including those relating to parks, national
forests, and wildlife refuges.
The Division also provides information on environmental
education and training programs to local educational
agencies, State education and natural resource agencies, and
others; coordinates Agency activities with Minority Academic
Institutions; maintains a national clearinghouse of
information on environmental education materials; serves as
Agency liaison with the National Environmental Education and
Training Foundation; and otherwise provides for the
implementation of the National Environmental Education Act.
c- Press Relations Division. The Press Relations
Division reports to the Associate Administrator and is
responsible for managing the Agency's relationship with the
news media. The Division provides the principal
dissemination system to the news media by official Agency
announcements, press releases and statements, speeches,
Congressional and public hearing testimony, calendars and
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biographies of principal officers and other documents of
interest; provides support to senior Agency officials in
their relationships with the news medial, and provides
guidance and assistance in disseminating information to the
press; monitors nationwide news media coverage of
environmental activities and informs Agency officials of
such coverage through a daily news clip sheet and archives
these materials for future references; serves as official
spokesperson for the Agency with the news media; and drafts
responses to clarify, amplify or correct information in
editorials and articles appearing in national or regional
news media.
d- Editorial Services Division. The Editorial
Services Division reports to the Associate Administrator and
manages the non-technical publications programs using a
combination of modern, commercial, and desktop publishing
and computer graphics applications to develop printed
communications products for external and internal audiences;
coordinates the review, information-gathering and reporting
procedures associated with Agency policy and the
publications aspects of OMB Circular A-130, regarding
information resources; ensures that publications destined
for non-technical audiences are reviewed for suitability,
effectiveness and accuracy; develops non-technical
publications on major EPA programs for dissemination to the
public and advises and assists other Agency offices on the
publications process, including editing, design and camera-
copy production processes; develops publications to enhance
internal communications among EPA employees; publishes for
external sale by the Government Printing Office and internal
use, a journal on environmental issues and Agency
activities; and maintains and ensures compliance with
Agencywide publication standards, including graphic
standards and writing style.
The Division complies and periodically publishes a catalog
of Agency printed, audio-visual and electronic information
materials; supports Agency efforts to ensure public access
to all appropriate EPA information; and participates in the
development of systems to store, retrieve, and disseminate
information in electronic format to both internal and
external audiences.
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e. Multi-Media Services Division. The Multi-Media
Services Division reports to the Associate Administrator and
produces multi-media (radio, television, text, exhibit,
graphic and video) and interactive programs in support of
EPA's external and internal communications programs;
provides technical and policy guidance for the
Administrator, Deputy Administrator and other senior
officials on audio-visual applications, designs, and
facilities; assists Agency Program and Regional Offices in
the review, analysis and validation of their audio-visual
programs and needs; establishes overall audio-visual
technical programs and maintains liaison with the audio-
visual professional community to keep abreast of
technological advances; and supports the review and approval
functions for major audio-visual productions as required by
OMB and Agency directives.
f- Public Liaison Division. The Public Liaison
Division reports to the Associate Administrator and
facilitates involvement of concerned constituent groups and
the public in Agency decision-making on key issues and
responds to constituent group concerns regarding
environmental issues; establishes and maintains close
working relationships and dialogue with civic and consumer
groups, business and industry associations, environmental
organizations, labor unions, minority organizations and
other public and private-sector organizations with
environmental interests; provides support to senior Agency
officials in their relationships with constituencies, and
provides guidance and assistance in disseminating
information to specific groups and the general public;
provides the principal dissemination system for information
to constituent groups including an EPA Speakers Bureau and a
weekly activities update; and serves as the focal point for
the Agency with constituent groups, especially in
identifying opportunities for public-private parternships to
achieve envrionmental goals.
The Division monitors nationwide constituent views and
concerns with Agency activities and decisions and ensures
that senior EPA official are aware of such concerns; carries
out special outreach initiatives to support the
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Administration's and the Administrator's environmental
goals; and ensures that the Agency participates in the
President's national service effort to promote the
environment as a major focal point and for public
volunteerism working closely with the White House and OMB to
achieve this mission.
9 OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR REGIONAL
OPERATIONS AND STATE/LOCAL RELATIONS. The Associate
Administrator for Regional Operations and State/Local
Relations serves as the principal advisor to the
Administrator on all regional operations and on
intergovernmental relations. The functions and
responsibilities are to serve as a Headquarters advocate to
the Administrator on Regional issues and activities, to
identify emerging intergovernmental issues, to closely and
concretely coordinate intergovernmental relations in the
delivery of environmental services and program
implementation, and to coordinate issues with respect to
environmental regulations on small communities.
a- Regional Operations Division. This Division serves
as the primary link between the Administrator/Deputy
Administrator and the Regional Administrators, and as the
Headquarters office representing the Regional Environmental
Services Divisions. It provides a Headquarters focus for
ensuring the involvement of Regions, or considerations of
Regional views and needs, in all aspects of the Agency's
work. It is responsible for assuring Regional participation
in Agency decision-making processes, assessing the impact of
Headquarters actions on Regional operations, and acting as
ombudsman to resolve Regional problems on behalf of the
Administrator. This Division coordinates Regional issues,
work groups, and Regional responses to specific issues
including Federal-State program integration. It is further
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 initiating reviews of
significant Regional issues of interest to the
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Administrator. It monitors responsiveness and compliance
with established policies and technical needs through formal
and informal contact and free dialogue. The Division
initiates and conducts on-site field visits to study,
analyze, and resolve problems of Regional, sectional, and
national scale.
b. State/Local Relations Division. This Division
serves as the principal source of advice and information to
the Administrator on intergovernmental relations and
concerns. It recommends and coordinates the personal
involvement of the Administrator and/or the Deputy
Administrator in relations with State/tribal/county/local
officials. It serves as the point of contact for groups
representing State and local governments, and for individual
State, tribal and local governments on environmental issues,
programs, and initiatives. With the responsible program and
Regional offices, the Division identifies and seeks
solutions to emerging intergovernmental issues. It ensures
that State/tribal/local perspectives are brought to bear in
the development to EPA policies and programs in the media
offices, and coordinates involvement by EPA Headguarters
officials with State/tribal/local government officials and
communities through the State/EPA Operations Committee and
other forums. The Division coordinates and provides
technical assistance between Headguarters/Regional
components and State/tribal/local governments in resolving
broad, issue-oriented intergovernmental problems. It works
with Regional Administrators to develop and encourage
adoption of improved methods for dealing with State, tribal
and local governments on specific EPA initiatives.
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Executive Support
Office
Pollution Prevention
Policy Stan-
Administrator
Deputy Administrator
Office of
Administrative Law
Judges
Science Advisory
Board
Education
Division
Associate
Administrator for
Com munication,
Education, and
Public Affairs
Communications
Planning
Division
Editorial
Services
Division
Press Relations
Division
Multi-Media
Division
Public Liaison
Division
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Environmental
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Office of Small
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Office of
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Environmental
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Associate
Administrator for
Congressional and
Legislative Affairs
Legislative
Analysis
Division
Congressional
Liaison
Division
Associate
Administrator for
Regional Operations and
State/Local Affairs
Regional
Operations
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State/Local
Relations
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Office of
Civil Rights
Affirmative Action
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Discrimination
Complaints and
External Compliance
Staff
Operations
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CHAPTER 3 - OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
?V OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL. The General Counsel serves as
the primary legal advisor to the Administrator; 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 advisor. The General Counsel consults in the
selection of Regional Counsels with the Assistant Administrator for
Enforcement, who has the lead in selecting Regional Counsels. In
addition, the General Counsel establishes and evaluates Regional
Counsel performance standards for General Counsel functions,
pursuant to 40 CFR 1.31, and consistent with the January 8, 1990
written agreement between the Office of General Counsel and the
Office of Enforcement. The Deputy General Counsel assists the
General Counsel in carrying out the duties of the Office of General
Counsel, including providing for the internal program and financial
planning, and human resources administrative operations of the
Office of General Counsel.
a- Water 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, groundwater, and ocean dumping
programs and activities.
b. 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.
c. 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.
d. Pesticides and Toxic Substances Division. The Pesticides
and Toxic Substances Division, under the supervision of an
Associate General Counsel, provides legal counsel, opinions,
litigation support, and services with respect to the Agency's
pesticides and toxic substances program and activities.
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e. Contracts. Claims, and Property Law Dvision. The
Contracts, Claims, and Property Law Division, under the supervision
of an Associate General Counsel, provides legal counsel, opinions,
litigation support, and services with respect to the placement and
administration of Agency contracts; concerning claims by and
against the Agency; and with respect to the acquisition and
management of real and personal property. The Division also
provides, through staff located in Cincinnati and Research Triangle
Park, comprehensive legal support to Agency organizations located
in those cities.
f. General and Information Law Division. The General and
Information Law Division, under the supervision of an Associate
General Counsel, provides legal counsel opinion, litigation
support, and services with respect to information law (under the
Freedom of Information Act, the rivacy Act, the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, and other authorities); government ethics and
standards of conduct; appropriation law; Federal employment law and
civil rights; labor relations; patent, copyrights, trademark, and
domestic transfer; and other general law issues.
g. Grants and Intergovernmental Division. The Grants, and
Intergovernmental Division, under the supervision of an Associate
General Counsel, provides legal counsel, opinions, litigation
support, and services with respect to (1) making financial
assistance awards, (2) cross-cutting intergovernmental matters
including environmental review issues under the National
Environmental Policy Act and related statutes and section 309 of
the Clean Air Act, (3) minority and women's business enterprises
programs, (4) constitutional issues involving the law of
institutions, (5) Indian law, (6) Executive Order 12630 on takings,
and (7) issues involving OMB review of rules under Executive Order
12291 and related authorities, including the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA). Counseling on
Executive Orders 12630 and 12291, the PRA, and the RFA will be
coordinated closely with the Associate General Counsel, Cross-Media
Analysis and Review Division (CMARD), the General Counsel's
delegatee on those issues.
h. 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.
i. International Activities Division. The International
Activities Division, under the supervision of an Associate General
Counsel, is responsible for providing international legal advice to
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the Office of International Activities (OIA) and to all programs
and offices of the Agency. The Division wiwll draft legal
opinions; participate in the drafting and negotiation of
international agreements and protocols; provide legal advice on
implementing legislation; service bilateral and multilateral
agreements and contracts of OIA; provide legal advice on
international issues; repond to international legal reguests from
Congress; prepare international legal testimony; and respond to
other requests involving international law. The Division will
provide a focal point within the Agency, and within the Office of
General Counsel, for international legal expertise and advice.
j. Cross-Media Analysis and Review Division. The
Cross-Media Analysis and Review Division, under the supervision of
an Associate General Counsel, is responsible for providing legal
advice on cross-media policy issues to the Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, and to all programs and offices of the
Agency. The Division reviews all draft legislation and Executive
Orders of cross-media nature, which are submitted to the Agency for
review. The Division exercises the review authority of the General
Counsel with regard to Executive Orders 12291, and 124978, the
Regulatory Flexibility Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
Division provides legal and policy advice to the General Counsel
regarding cross-cutting issues arising out of the relationship
between EPA and the Office of Management and Budget's Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs. The Division is responsible
for providing legal advice on cross-cutting issues which are not
within the functional scope of responsibility of the other OGC
Divisions, including the development of OGC's expertise and
capacity to address the legal aspects of environmental economics.
The Division is also responsible for the development of innovative
legal solutions to environmental problems, including the legal
aspects of the development and implementation of the Agency's
pollution prevention strategies in the energy, transportation, and
agriculture sectors. The Division acts as OGC's principal liaison
with other agencies (other than on litigation matters involving the
Department of Justice) where the subject matter involves issues
outside the other OGC Division's functional scopes of
responsibility, or there the issues involve more than one OGC
Division, and require a coordinated OGC response. All of these
functions are carried out in close coordination with the other OGC
Divisions and the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, and do
not duplicate or supplant their functional scope of
responsibilities.
k. Management and Administration Division. The Management
and Administration Division (MAD), under the supervision of an
Associate General Counsel, coordinates the management and
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administrative activities of the Office of the General Counsel.
The Associate General Counsel supervises the activities of MAD and
performs legal, management, and administrative duties which the
General Counsel prescribes. The Division supports the Assistant
Administrators, General Counsel, the Deputy General Counsels, their
immediate offices and all other Divisions of OGC. The Division
performs personnel activities in coordination with the Office of
Human Resources Management, including attorney classification,
hiring, promotion and recruitment activities. It is responsible
for the coordination of all training activities for OGC, including
analysis of training needs, development of in-house training
programs, and management and evaluation of a comprehensive training
program. It is responsible for office space management, including
planning for, and obtaining, through the Facilities Management
Services Division, reasonable and adequate office space for OGC
staff. The Division plans, prepares, presents, and tracks the
execution of the annual national budget of the General Counsel and
assists in the preparation of OGC strategic plans; coordinates
procurement functions; and ensures compliance with the Federal
Managers Financial Integrity Act. The Division manages the EPA Law
Library; performs Regional Counsel coordination and liaison
activities; and advises senior management on the design,
development, and modification of OGC's information systems as well
as the Agency's ADP systems used and monitored by OGC.
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CHAPTER 4 - OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR ENFORCEMENT. The
Assistant Administrator for Enforcement serves as the principal
adviser to the Administrator in matters concerning enforcement and
compliance, in cooperation and coordination with the Program Office
Assistant Administrators; and provides the principal direction and
review of civil enforcement activities for air, water, waste,
pesticides, toxics, and radiation. Through the Strategically
Targeted Activity Reporting System (STARS) the Assistant
Administrator monitors 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 activities; and provides case preparation and
investigative expertise for enforcement activities, through the
National Enforcement Investigations Center (NEIC) to Headquarters,
Regions, and States. The Assistant Administrator for Enforcement
serves as National Program Manager for the Agency's enforcement and
compliance effort. The Office provides a focal point at
Headquarters across all programs for oversight of EPA's total
enforcement and compliance effort, to include: Recommending and
reviewing Agencywide priorities and criteria for the program
Assistant Administrators to observe in developing their
media-specific compliance strategies; Reviewing the above
compliance strategies for consistency with the priorities and
criteria; resolving on behalf of the Deputy Administrator, any
differences between the proposed compliance strategies and the
established priorities and criteria (with final appeal to the
Deputy Administrator); Recommending and reviewing proposed
performance measures (compliance indicators), as a component of the
STARS for all enforcement and compliance activities; Through the
STARS, prepare quantitative reports on Agency performance in
achieving and enforcing compliance; Recommending and reviewing
targeted performance levels for appropriate measures with the
Program Assistant and Regional Administrators as part of the
Agency's strategic targeted activities in process.
The Office is also responsible for: Presenting compliance reports
to the Administrator/Deputy Administrator as part of the Strategic
Targeted Activities Reporting System (STARS) presentations; and
conducting, on behalf of the Deputy Administrator, necessary
evaluations of accomplishment reporting and enforcement case
development work to assure integrity of the system and correct
inadequate performance; developing national policies and procedures
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in connection with legal and other general compliance and
enforcement issues; representing the Agency in explaining EPA
compliance and enforcement activities to the Congress, other
executive agencies, and the public; managing the Agency's judicial
enforcement case docket to encourage the Regions and the Department
of Justice (DOJ) to actively develop and resolve enforcement cases
in a manner supporting national policy; Selecting, on a national
basis for expeditious processing and upper management attention,
those cases which would be most advantageous to the Agency as
precedents in newly- developing areas of the law; Reviews for
quality and sufficiency of legal and factual development, those
cases which, because of national or precedential significance, are
referred to DOJ. It also participates in, or directs management
of, cases with national or precedential significance (e.g., the
Love Canal cases, or multi-regional cases); Oversees the National
Enforcement Training Institute which directs the development and
implementation of a curriculum which addresses the training needs
of all members of the enforcement team; Reviews for enforcement
significance and comments upon proposed regulations, policies,
procedures, legislation and other matters developed by the program
offices; and 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 or compliance activities; and precedential draft permits for
large or unique facilities.
In many cases, in carrying out the activities and responsibilities
identified herein the office will look in the first instance to the
media program offices to assure that effective compliance and
enforcement programs are conducted in each media. These functions
are not intended to supplant current media program functions and
responsibilities.
The Assistant Administrator for Enforcement has the lead in
selecting Regional Counsels and their staffs (in full consultation
with the General Counsel, and with the concurrence of the Regional
Administrator). In addition, the Assistant Administrator for
Enforcement develops performance standards for the Regional
Counsels and conducts the performance evaluations of the Regional
General Counsel and with the concurrence of the Regional
Administrator) , except for those performance standards developed by
the General Counsel pursuant to 40 CFR 1.31, and consistent with
the January 8, 1990 written agreement between the Assistant
Administrator for Enforcement and the General Counsel. In
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addition, the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement has the lead
in establishing rating and promotional criteria for Regional
Counsel attorney- advisors. The Office of Enforcement also
oversees and directs, through the Deputy Assistant Administrator
for Federal Facilities, the review of other agency Environmental
Impact Statements (EISs) as well as other major actions under the
authority of Section 309 of the Clean Air Act; EPA compliance with
the National Environmental Policy Act (EPA) and related laws,
directives, and Executive policies concerning special environmental
areas and cultural resources; develops national programs and
internal policies, strategies and procedures for assuring
compliance by Federal entities with all environmental statutes and
implementing regulations; develops and oversees procedures for
implementing Executive Order 12088 and other administrative and
statutory provisions concerning compliance "with environmental
requirements by Federal facilities; develops and maintains a
national priority- setting system for achieving federal facility
cleanups and compliance with all other environmental laws; and
handles disputes that arise with other federal entities over
national policy, legislation and priorities.
a. Office of Compliance Analysis and Program Operations.
The Office of Compliance Analysis and Program Operations,(OCAPO) is
a staff office to the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement (OE) .
The Office oversees the development of new and revised cross-media
enforcement policies and procedures and oversees the management of
the compliance and enforcement aspects of the Agency's Strategic
Targeted Activities Reporting System (STARS) for compliance and
enforcement programs. OCAPO participates in major media
enforcement strategy developments as well as conducts enforcement
program evaluations and cross-media analysis and provides guidance
and oversight to the State/EPA Agreements Process and builds and
enhances intergovernmental relationships as it relates to
enforcement. The Office provides a full range of administrative
and management support services to the Assistant Administrator that
includes budget preparation and implementation; ADP services
including operation and maintenance of OE's automated judicial
docket; and personnel support.
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2. OFFICE OF FEDERAL ACTIVITIES. The Office of Federal Activities
(OFA), under the supervision of a Director, reports to the
Assistant Administrator for Enforcement, through the Deputy
Assistant Administrator for Federal Facilities. The Director acts
as the national program manager for four major programs assigned to
the Office. These include: the review of other agency
Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) and other major actions
under the authority of Section 309 of the Clean Air Act; EPA
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
related laws, directives, and Executive policies concerning special
environmental areas and cultural resources; compliance with
Executive policy on American Indian affairs and the development of
programs for environmental protection on Indian lands.
The Office of Federal Activities (OFA) serves as the principal
point of contact and liaison with other Federal agencies and
provides consultation and technical assistance to those agencies
relating to EPA's areas of expertise and responsibility. The
Office administers the filing and information system for all
Federal Environmental Impact Statements under agreement with the
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and provides liaison with
the CEQ on this function and related matters of NEPA program
administration. The Office provides a central point of information
for EPA and the public on environmental impact assessment
techniques and methodologies.
In addition, it develops and recommends national programs and
internal policies, strategies, and procedures for: preparing
Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) on EPA activities;
compliance with various statutes, directives, and administration
policies on the protection of special environmental areas (SEAs);
and general implementation of NEPA. The office serves as the EPA
focal point for improving capabilities in interdisciplinary
environmental analysis; provides a central point of information for
the public on EISs and environmental impact assessment techniques
and methodologies, and works with Federal and international
agencies in this area. It develops workload models and carries out
workload analyses for OFA's areas of responsibility; provides
results for incorporation into the Office of Enforcement's
resource requests and other budgetary/planning activities; oversees
development of policies, regulations and programs related to
environmental protection on Indian lands, and responds to tribal
and other inquiries regarding these policies and programs;
administers the filing and information system for all Federal EISs
and provides liaison with CEQ on this function and related matters
of NEPA program administration. OFA develops or recommends
policies, strategies, and procedures for conducting EPA's Federal
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Action Review Program under Section 309 of the Clean Air Act and
acts as^ the focal point for EPA contacts (within OFA's areas of
Responsibility) with assigned Federal agencies, providing an
integrated environmental overview for projects proposed by the
assigned Federal agencies and the EPA Regional and Headquarters
offices to implement environmental requirements regarding federally
conducted, supported, or permitted activities as required by
Section 309 of the Clean Air Act. The office performs necessary
Federal agency (Headquarters level) liaison activities to resolve
problems; acts as a focal point for regional and Headquarters
contacts on matters related to the assigned EPA comments on Federal
agency proposed actions under Section 309 of the Clean Air Act;
and prepares, as appropriate, statements, regulations, programs,
and policies; prepares as appropriate, reports, recommendations,
briefings and correspondence for the Assistant Administrator and
other Agency officials. In support of these activities, the staff
provides a clearing- house mechanism for receiving general inquires
or requests from assigned Federal agencies for consultation and
technical assistance. It represents EPA, as appropriate, on
interagency advisory groups concerned with environmental issues of
national importance and responds to inquiries concerning specific
cases as well as related policies and procedures. The office
provides support, as needed, to the Office of Federal Facilities
Enforcement (OFFE).
a. Special Programs and Analysis Division. The Special
Programs and Analysis Division (SPAD), develops and recommends
national programs and internal policies, strategies and procedures
for: preparation of Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) on EPA
activities; compliance with various statutes, directives, and
administrative policies on the protection of Special Environmental
Areas (SEAs); and general implementation and compliance with NEPA.
The Division serves as the EPA focal point for improving
capabilities in interdisciplinary environmental analysis; provides
a central point of information for the public on EISs and
environmental impact assessment techniques and methodologies, and
works with Federal and international agencies in this area; and
develops national programs and internal policies, strategies and
procedures for implementing Executive Order 12114. It develops
workload models and carries out workload analysis for OFA's areas
of responsibility; provides results for incorporation into OE's
resource requests and other budgetary/planning activities; in
consultation with the Associate Administrator for Regional
Operations and State/Local Relations, oversees development of
policies and programs related to environmental protection and
compliance on Indian lands and responds to tribal and other
inquiries regarding these policies and programs; administers the
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filing and information system for all Federal EISs and provides
liaison with CEQ on this function and related matters of NEPA
program administration; and provides program development and
management support, as needed to all of OFA.
b. Federal Agency Liaison Division. The Federal Agency Liaison
Division (FALD), under the supervision of a Director, reviews other
agency's EISs and other major actions for environmental compliance
pursuant to Section 309 of the Clean Air Act and the CEQ NEPA
implementing regulations. The Division develops and recommends
policy, strategies and procedures for carrying out these
responsibilities and acts as the focal point for EPA contacts
(within OFA's areas of responsibility) with assigned Federal
agencies, providing an integrated environmental overview for
projects proposed by the assigned Federal agencies and the EPA
Regional and Headquarters offices to implement environmental
requirements regarding federally conducted, supported, or permitted
activities as required by Section 309 of the Clean Air Act. The
Division performs necessary Federal agency (Headquarters-level)
liaison activities to resolve problems; acts as a focal point for
Regional and Headquarters contacts on matters related to the
assigned EPA comments on Federal agency proposed actions under
Section 309 of the Clean Air Act and the CEQ EPA regulations;
prepares, as appropriate, statements, regulations, programs, and
policies; and prepares, as appropriate, reports, recommendations,
briefings and correspondence for the Assistant Administrator for
Enforcement and other Agency officials. In support of these
activities, the staff provides a clearinghouse mechanism for
receiving general inquiries or requests from assigned Federal
agencies for consultation and technical assistance. It represents
EPA, as appropriate, on interagency advisory groups concerned with
environmental issues of national importance, and responds to
inquiries concerning specific cases as well as related policies and
procedures.
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3. OFFICE OF FEDERAL FACILITIES ENFORCEMENT. The Office of
Federal Facilities Enforcement (OFFE) under the supervision
of a Director, reports to the Assistant Administrator for
Enforcement through the Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Federal Facilities. The Director and Deputy Director are
responsible for providing overall EPA direction and
leadership in Federal Facilities Enforcement in the
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a. Enforcement and Compliance Division. The
Enforcement and Compliance Division, under the supervision
of a Director, reports directly to the OFFE Director, and is
responsible for the following functions: direct development
of national policies, guidance, and regulations for the
control of pollutants and threaten human health and the
environment at Federal facilities; develop EPA policy and
guidance on the integration of environmental statues
including NEPA, CERCLA, RCRA, CAA, CWA, CWA, TSCA, and other
as appropriate. Assess enforcement authorities to leverage
and maximize effectiveness; develop appropriate Agency
policies and guidance on regulating self-confessors,
overseeing base closures, conducting exit interviews after
inspections, regulating Government-owned, contractor-
operated (GOCO) facilities, pursuing administrative orders
with Federal agencies, and other issues as needed; and
revise the Federal Facilities Hazardous Waste Compliance
Manual. The Division is also responsible for developing
multi-media Federal facility compliance and enforcement
strategy that establishes a framework for multi-media
planning and program implementation and for assessing the
Federal facility universe and multi-medial compliance status
in the Great Lakes Basin and develop a model for evaluating
Federal facilities nationwide. It provides for coordination
between EPA Regions and EPA Headquarters, and among Regions
on compliance monitoring and enf orcemen-t at Federal
facilities to facilitate effective communication, planning,
and program implementation and promotes Regional consistency
in Federal facility program implementation and enforcement.
The Division establishes targets and measures for assessing
Federal facility program management issues, assesses
measures used by other media programs and their
applicability to the multi-media Federal facility universe
and coordinates with OE, and with OSWER, and program
offices. It assists EPA media programs with the design and
implementation of measures to protect human health and the
environment from pollutant sources at Federal facilities;
tracks targets for multi-media, program-specific, agency-
specific, and Region-specific Federal facility activities;
promotes efforts to achieve compressed Federal facility
cleanup schedules and expedited response actions; and
analyzes compliance and enforcement initiatives at Federal
facilities to respond to Congressional inquiries.
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The Division reviews Interagency Agreements (lAGs) and
oversees implementation; participates in negotiation of
compliance agreements and track implementation; participates
in Memoranda of Understanding negotiations with DOE and DOD
and implementation; provides coordination with State
programs in Federal facility compliance monitoring and
enforcement activities; and provides community relations
support.
It also pursues pollution prevention initiatives, identify
Federal facility candidates and coordinate model community
program; directs a strategic environmental research and
development initiative to promote technology transfer and
the utilization of Federal facilities as testing centers for
innovative technology applications; and coordinates with EPA
offices involved in the Radiation Health and Safety Pilot
Program.
b. Program Operations Division. The Program
Operations Division, under the supervision of a Director,
reports directly to the OFFE Director, and is responsible
for the following functions: coordinating Headquarters and
Regional budget needs for Federal facility oversight;
determining Regional allocation and prepare quarterly advice
of allowance letters; developing monthly updates of
Headquarters and Regional expenditures; revising the
workload model to incorporate multi-mediamedia priorities
and to distribute resources among Regions in an equitable
manner; conducting oversight of extramural funding, lAGs,
State Cooperative Agreements and grants affecting Federal
facility programs and performing contract management
functions, such as oversight of Technical Enforcement
Support (TES) and Alternative Remedial Contract Strategy
(ARCS) resources and developing regular reports on resource
utilization; working with Federal agencies to pursue
reimbursement for EPA oversight of Federal facility
compliance and enforcement activities.
The Division evaluates the A-106 Pollution Abatement Program
Process, designs changes to the process to implement
requirements of OMB Circular A-ll, to establish an
evaluative role for EPA, and to enable tracking of actual
Agency budget requests, authority, obligations, allocations,
and outlays, and develops guidance for Regions on the
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process to assist in implementation; analyzes A-106 plans
prepared by all Federal agencies, provide feedback during
preparation of budget requests, and prepare annual report to
OMB, subsequent to budget authorizations, evaluate
accomplishments versus budget requests; develops global
progress reports on the status of the Federal facility
program, establishes regular Regional and Headquarters
reports to support program management functions; and
conducts specialized analyses to respond to Congressional
inquiries as needed.
The Division assess training needs and leverage resources
for Federal facility training to promote consistency in
information exchange and program implementation; provides
legal, technical, and budget expertise needed to resolve
disputes in the negotiation and implementation of
enforcement agreements with Federal agencies; reviews the
DOE 5-year plan for consistency with OFFE priorities, A-106
budget requests, and impact on Regional EPA activities, and
establishes process for evaluating each agency's budget
request and actual accomplishments.
The Program Operations Division organizes national meetings
of Federal Facility Coordinators on a semi-annual basis and
organizes Federal facility workshops and facilitate the
Leadership Council to ensure effective communication;
organizes and facilitates Federal facility roundtable
discussions and coordinates with EPA program and enforcement
offices on program management issues. It establishes a
national prioritization scheme to target compliance and
enforcement initiatives based on risk and coordinates with
DOD, DOE, and other agencies to establish consistent
priorities for response based on risk; develops operating
guidance and strategic planning guidance for EPA Regions to
implement program requirements at Federal facilities and
coordinates with DOE in the implementation and monitoring of
DOE's Compliance Strategy and other agencies as needed.
It also coordinates with OSWER and other EPA offices to
access program-specific databases (e.g. CERCLIS, HWDMS,
etc.) and defines additional information needs for effective
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program management and tracks Federal facility compliance
with environmental programs and designs information tracking
tools, or supplements to existing systems, as needed. The
Division performs administrative oversight for OFFE
personnel and oversees implementation of total quality
management process.
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4. NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS CENTER. DENVER. COLORADO.
The National Enforcement Investigations Center (NEIC), under the
supervision of a Director, reports to the Assistant Administrator
for Enforcement. NEIC serves as the principal source of technical
expertise, point of coordination, and support for complex civil and
criminal investigations 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 Enforcement, Regional Offices, and
other EPA program directors and their staffs, the Center plans,
develops, and provides technical support for investigations
conducted on a national basis and training in technical aspects of
case development. The NEIC provides expertise and guidance to the
Offices of Compliance Analysis and Program Operations, the Office
of Criminal Enforcement and the Office of Civil Enforcement, the
Office of Federal Activities, and the Office of Federal Facility
Enforcement for the development of multi-media compliance
monitoring 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.
a. NEIC Planning and Management Division (PMD). The NEIC
Planning and Management Division, under the supervision of the
Assistant Director for Planning and Management, is responsible for
the internal programming and administrative operations of the
Center. The PMD provides management advice and assistance to the
Director and his technical programs staff; serves as the point of
liaison and coordination with the Office of Compliance Analysis and
Program Operations, OE, and with the Office of Administration and
Resources Management, OHRM, Headquarters. The PMD provides and
secures administrative, budget, personnel and financial management
services and support for the Center. it exercises responsibility
for program planning, resources analyses and control and manpower
control. It serves as the focal point for program planning and
coordinates and consolidates operational plans and budgets into a
total Center program. The PMD advises on appropriate use of all
resources and recommends priorities toward effective accomplishment
of plans and projects. It is also responsible for all automatic
data processing activities necessary to meet the Center's missions.
The PMD synthesizes and prepares Center reports for publication.
b- NEIC Laboratory Services Division (LSD). The NEIC
Laboratory Services Division, under the supervision of an Assistant
Director, is responsible for the development, coordination,
implementation, evaluation and direction of all laboratory
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activities of the Center. The LSD provides technical advice and
investigations and evaluations within the mandate of the Division.
The LSD maintains close coordination with the Operations Division,
NEIC; other EPA regional organizational elements; and related
Federal, State, local and private technical components to assure
that assigned objectives are met. The LSD provides, on a national
basis, analytical services for all environmental media for case
preparations and assists in assessing and developing information,
evidence and technical testimony in support of EPA enforcement
programs. It develops and improves analytical techniques and
provides consultative services on these matters upon request to
Headquarters, regional offices and to the Office of Research and
Development as well as providing information and liaison for EPA's
analytical quality control programs. The LSD maintains specialty
expertise in the areas of laboratory instrumentation, mutagenicity
testing, health and ecological affects analytical techniques,
pesticide product formulation testing and handling and processing
of toxic and carcinogenic substances.
c. NEIC Operations Division (OP) . The Operations Division,
under the supervision of an Assistant Director, develops,
coordinates and directs technical activities that support the
Center's enforcement program in field monitoring and investigations
of air, water, pesticide, radiation, and solid waste pollution;
responds to EPA Regional and Headquarters requests, which are
usually of national or regional significance and often of
considerable public interest; provides timely and high quality
technical information to support enforcement case development (both
civil and criminal) and administrative actions (information
includes fully defensible reports on the findings and conclusions
of field investigations; recommendations for follow-up enforcement
action; and technical advice/recommendations on the control,
abatement and resolution of pollution problems); provides
nationwide specialty expertise for non-routine monitoring (such as
ground and aerial remote sensing, biomonitoring and other
biological testing, pesticide use observations, emission and
effluent testing, ambient air and water measurements and field
investigation techniques, methods and procedures); provides a broad
range of technical assistance services supporting the enforcement
programs of NEIC, Regions and Headquarters and; closely with
Laboratory Services Division and other NEIC organizational elements
and with Headquarters and Regional staffs.
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5. OFFICE OF CIVIL ENFORCEMENT. The Office of Civil Enforcement
(OCE), under the supervision of a Director, reports to the
Assistant Administrator for Enforcement. OCE oversees the
activities of five media legal enforcement divisions within the
Office of Enforcement: the Air Enforcement Division, the Water
Enforcement Division, the CERCLA Enforcement Division, the RCRA
Enforcement Division and the Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Enforcement Division. The Office serves as the principal adviser
to the Assistant Administrator on all matters relating to the
conduct of civil/administrative enforcement activities for all
media. The Office is also responsible for providing legal support
to all civil and administrative enforcement activities Agencywide.
The Office participates in the development of compliance monitoring
and enforcement policies and strategies for all media enforcement
programs and provides a focal point for civil and administrative
enforcement activity- The Office conducts reviews of selected
civil enforcement litigation referrals from Regional and media
program offices and assures consistency of individual cases with
procedural requirements and established policies. In conjunction
with Regional Administrators or Assistant Administrators, as
appropriate, and the Department of Justice, the Office prepares
overall litigation strategies and reviews all settlements for
adherence to national policy and adequacy or results. In selected
cases, the Office may participate in, or manage, the conduct of
negotiations, preparation of litigation documents and settlement
agreements, and development and presentation of the government's
case in court. Civil and administrative enforcement activities are
closely coordinated with the Office of Criminal Enforcement
Counsel. The Office of Civil Enforcement participates in
regulation development and review on matters relating to civil or
administrative enforcement activities and participates in the
preparation of multi-media enforcement policies and guidance
documents.
a. Air Enforcement Division. The Air Enforcement Division
(AED)i, under the supervision of an Associate Enforcement Counsel,
provides the principal direction and review of civil enforcement
activities for air and radiation and makes recommendations to the
Assistant Administrator for OE on referrals to DOJ under the Clean
Air Act. The Division initiates and conducts reviews of selected
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 Administrator or Assistant Administrator, as appropriate,
and the Department of Justice, AED prepares overall litigations
strategies and reviews all settlements for consistency with
national policy and adequacy of result. In selected cases, the
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Division participates 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 Criminal
Enforcement Counsel all air 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 and/or
develops the implementing guidance. AED assumes a lead role in
media- specific policy issues as agreed to with the Office of
Criminal Enforcement Counsel. The Division participates in
regulation development and review on matters relating to air
enforcement. AED is also responsible for reviewing air related
congressional inguiries, legislative initiatives, State regulatory
and enforcement activities, and miscellaneous public inguiries.
b. Superfund (CERCLA) Enforcement Division. The Superfund
Enforcement Division (SED), under the supervision of an Associate
Enforcement Counsel, provides the principal direction and review of
civil enforcement activities under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), and makes
recommendations to the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement on
referrals to the Department of Justice under CERCLA. The Division
initiates and conducts reviews of potential civil enforcement
litigation referrals from Regional Offices, assures the guality of
litigation reports prepared, and assures consistency of individual
cases with procedural requirements and policy. In conjunction with
the Regional Administrator or Assistant Administrator, as
appropriate, and the Department of Justice, SED prepares overall
litigation strategies and reviews all settlements for consistency
with national policy and adequacy of results. 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 Program Offices
with regard to case development, administrative actions, and
compliance. The Division develops, in conjunction with the RCRA
Enforcement Division, all civil waste enforcement strategic
planning and implementation documents. The Division identifies the
need for and assumes a lead role in developing media-specific
enforcement policy and guidance documents in consultation with the
Office of Waste Programs Enforcement. The Division participates in
regulation development and review on matters relating to Superfund
enforcement, and coordinates with other offices in the Office of
Enforcement in preparing multimedia enforcement policies and
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guidance documents. The Division is also responsible for drafting
responses to relevant Congressional inquiries and reviewing
Superfund-related legislative initiatives and State regulatory and
enforcement activities.
c. RCRA Enforcement Division. The RCRA Enforcement Division
(RED), under the supervision of an Associate Enforcement Counsel,
provides the principal direction and review of civil enforcement
activities under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA),
and makes recommendations to the Assistant Administrator for
Enforcement on referrals to the Department of Justice under RCRA.
The Division initiates and conducts reviews of civil enforcement
litigation referrals from Regional Offices, assures the quality of
litigation reports prepared and assures consistency of individual
cases with procedural requirements and policy and is the national
program manager for civil enforcement under RCRA. In conjunction
with the Regional Administrator or Assistant Administrator, as
appropriate, and the Department of Justice, RED prepares overall
litigation strategies and reviews all settlements for consistency
with national policy and adequacy of results. 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 Program Offices
with regard to case development, administrative actions, and
compliance. The Division develops, in conjunction with the
Superfund Enforcement Division, all civil waste enforcement
strategic planning and implementation documents. The Division
identifies the need for and assumes a lead role in developing
media-specific enforcement policy and guidance documents in
consultation with the Office of Waste Programs Enforcement. The
Division participates in regulation development and review on
matters relating to RCRA enforcement, and assists the other offices
in the Office of Enforcement in preparing multimedia enforcement
policies and guidance documents. The Division is also responsible
for drafting responses to relevant Congressional inquiries and
reviewing RCRA-related legislative initiatives and State regulatory
and enforcement activities.
d. Water Enforcement Division. The Water Enforcement
Division (WED), under the supervision of an Associate Enforcement
Counsel, provides the principal direction and makes recommendations
to the Assistant Administrator for OE on referrals to the
Department of Justice, 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
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with procedural requirements, and national law and policy. In
conjunction with the Regional Administrator or Assistant
Administrator, as appropriate, and the Department of Justice, the
WED prepares overall litigation and reviews all settlements for
consistency with national law and policy, and for 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, and specialized administrative
expertise. It identifies the need for new or revised strategies,
policies, or procedures, and participates in and/or develops and
disseminates the implementing guidance.
The Division assumes a lead role in media-specific enforcement
policy issues as agreed to with the Office of Criminal Enforcement
Counsel. The Division develops with the Office of Criminal
Enforcement Counsel all civil water enforcement strategic planning
and policy issues that are media-specific and participates in
regulation development and review on matters relating to water
enforcement. The Division is also responsible for reviewing water
related Congressional responses, legislative initiatives, and State
regulatory and enforcement activities.
e. Pesticides and Toxic Substances Enforcement Division. The
Pesticides and Toxic Substances Enforcement Division (PTSED), under
the supervision of an Associate Enforcement Counsel, provides the
principal direction and review of civil/administrative enforcement
activities for pesticides, toxic substances and community right to
know enforcement. In addition, the Division makes recommendations
to the Director of Civil Enforcement and the Assistant
Administrator on referrals to the Department of Justice (DOJ),
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). 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- The PTSED prepares Headquarters cases
under TSCA in such areas as premanufacture notice and data audits.
In conjunction with the Regional Counsel, Director of the Office of
Criminal Enforcement Counsel, or Assistant Administrator as
appropriate, and with DOJ, the Division prepares overall litigation
strategies for selected cases, which include analyses of potential
alternative settlements and any pertinent legal precedents. In
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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
civil/administrative case development, civil/administrative
litigation, and compliance monitoring activities. PTSED
participates with the program offices and the Office of Compliance
Analysis and Program Operations in the development of all
pesticides, toxic substances and right-to-know civil enforcement
strategic planning and policy issues, and provides specialized
expertise as appropriate. The Division identifies the need for new
or revised enforcement strategies, initiatives, policies, or
procedures, and participates in or develops implementing
enforcement guidance, assuming a lead role in certain media-
specific enforcement policy issues in coordination with the Office
of Compliance Analysis and Program Operations. The Division
participates in regulation development and review on matters
relating to areas within its jurisdiction and provides guidance and
support to development and implementation of special enforcement
strategies for multimedia, geographical area, multi-industrial or
multi- regional enforcement activities. These initiatives are
unique in that they deal with the cumulative effect of violations
by specific groups of sources, industrial categories, etc., on the
environment of a geographical area or across the country. These are
designed to achieve significant progress in reducing contamination
levels above that achieved by traditional media and facility
specific approaches.
f. International Enforcement Program. The International
Enforcement Program (IEP), under the supervision of an Enforcement
Counsel, provides the principal direction for Office of Civil
Enforcement (OCE) international activities. The Program
coordinates with the other OCE Enforcement Divisions and other OE
offices, EPA Regional and Headquarters offices and other
departments and agencies to develop programs designed to address
enforcement concerns in the international arena. The Program
directs cooperative enforcement efforts with other countries, such
as the U.S.-Mexico Cooperative Enforcement Work Group and emerging
tri-lateral cooperation under the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA). IEP provides counsel on enforcement aspects of
international agreements relating to trade and environmental
protection. IEP supports technical assistance given to foreign
countries on drafting standards and employing enforcement
authorities. IEP coordinates with the State Department, Customs
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Service and other EPA offices on the international aspects of
enforcing U.S. laws. The Program identifies the need for new or
revised strategies, policies or procedures and develops
implementing guidance.
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6. OFFICE OF CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT. The Office of Criminal
Enforcement (OCE), under the supervision of a Director, reports to
the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement. OCE provides
expertise and guidance to the Assistant Administrator for
Enforcement on all legal and policy matters pertaining to criminal
enforcement of environmental regulations and statutes. OCE manages
and directs the Agency criminal investigation program. In this
context it oversees the recruitment of experienced criminal
investigators to staff area offices and exercises normal human
resources management responsibilities over all Agency
investigations during the conduct of criminal case development
under EPA's environmental statutes. OCE directs the establishment
of national criminal enforcement priorities in consultation with
the media program offices, the National Enforcement Investigations
Center (NEIC), the Office of Civil Enforcement, and the Office of
Compliance Analysis and Program Operations. OCE prepares, policy
guidance and uniform national standards and procedures for criminal
enforcement activity.
The Office oversees, and directs the development, review, and
approval of training programs for EPA's criminal investigators,
criminal enforcement attorneys and related personnel; reviews
criminal cases prepared in Area Agent Offices; and provides
recommendations to the Assistant Administrator for Office of
Enforcement on referral of cases to the Department of Justice (DOJ)
for litigation. In addition, OCE provides, in conjunction with
Regional Counsels, legal and investigative support for case
development activities, and also provides support to prosecuting
attorneys during prosecution. It participates in negotiation and
settlement strategies, and in providing needed expert witnesses.
The Office reviews civil referrals considered to be appropriate for
criminal action, analyzes proposed legislation, and reviews
proposed regulatory programs. The OCE is responsible for liaison
with DOJ 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 Office oversees
the Agency's Contractor Listing Program which, pursuant to Section
306 of the Clean Air Act and Section 508 of the Clean Water Act,
authorizes EPA to prohibit (list) violating facilities from
receiving federal grants, loans, or contracts.
a- Criminal Enforcement Counsel Division. The Criminal
Enforcement Counsel Division (CECD), under the supervision of a
Director, provides expertise and guidance to the Director of the
Office of Criminal Enforcement and to the Assistant Administrator
for Enforcement, on all legal and policy matters pertaining to
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criminal enforcement of environmental requirements. CECD prepares
policy guidance and conducts special projects as assigned,
including Congressional and Regional oversight; participates in the
preparation of legislation and regulations to improve criminal
enforceability; maintains a close, working relationship with the
Regional Criminal Enforcement Counsels, the Criminal Investigations
Division and the Special and Resident Agents-in-Charge; assists in
the establishment of criminal enforcement priorities in
consultation with other involved offices; upon request, provides
legal support to Special Agents and Department of Justice (DOJ)
prosecutors in specific cases; reviews criminal cases and provides
recommendations on their referral to the DOJ; provides interagency
or departmental liaison on legal and policy matters with involved
agencies including DOJ and the FBI; provides internal EPA
Headquarters liaison with civil enforcement and with all other
national, media-specific, enforcement offices; provides
international liaison with other cooperating countries; responds to
requests for information regarding criminal enforcement; and
develops and presents, in conjunction with the Criminal
Investigations Division as appropriate, training for criminal
enforcement personnel.
b. Criminal Investigations Division. The Criminal
Investigations Division (CID) supervises the criminal investigative
activities of all EPA area and Resident Agent Offices. The
Division refers cases to the U.S. Attorney's Office or the
Department of Justice for prosecution. It develops, in
consultation with other involved offices, national investigative
procedures to ensure uniform, fair and appropriate enforcement
responses to violations. The CID manages the Agency's criminal
investigative docket, tracking the status of all cases. The CID
provides principal coordination with EPA offices and outside law
enforcement agencies (i.e. Federal Bureau of Investigations and the
Department of Justice) on investigative and case development
activities. The Division reviews and approves all training
programs for EPA criminal investigators and related support
personnel. Activities of the CID and it subordinate organizations
include: planning, developing and coordinating investigative
activities within their specific geographic areas of
responsibility; overseeing, through its Area and Resident Offices,
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all operational aspects of criminal investigations; testifying in
grand jury proceedings; assigning undercover agents and authorizing
surveillance activities. The CID maintains a secure file system
for active investigations.
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Office of Enforcement
Assistant Administrator
for
Enforcement
Office of Compliance
Analysis and
Program Operations
Office of Civil
Enforcement
Office of Federal
Activities
Pesticides & Toxic
Substances
Enforcement Division
Air Enforcement
Division
Office of
Criminal
Enforcement
Counsel
National
Enforcement
Investigations
Center, Denver
Special Programs
and Analysis
Division
Water Enforcement
Division
Federal Agency
Liaison Division
Office of Federal
Facilities
Enforcement
Criminal
Enforcement
Counsel
Division
Criminal
Investigations
Division
Planning and
Management
Division
Laboratory
Services
Division
Enforcement
and Compliance
Division
Program
Operations
Division
Superfund
Enforcement Division
Operations
Division
RCRA
Enforcement Division
International
Enforcement Program
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CHAPTER 5 - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
! OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR ADMINISTRATION AND
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT The functions and responsibilities
assigned to the Assistant Administrator of Administration and
Resources Management reflect services provided to all of the
programs and activities of the Agency expect as may be specifically
noted. In addition, the 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 systems (including budget and
financial management), facilities services (including
Agency/Federal recycling), environmental health and safety,
administrative services, organization and management analysis and
systems development, information management services, automated
data processing systems, procurement through contracts, grants
management and debarment, and human resources management and
services and environmental-equity efforts. This Office is the
primary point of contact and manages Agencywide internal controls,
audit resolution and follow-up, and government-wide 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
Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, General
Accounting Office, General Services Administration, Department of
the Treasury, and other Federal agencies prescribing requirements
for the conduct of Government budget, fiscal management and
administrative activities.
The Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources
Management is also EPA's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in
accordance with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990. As CFO,
the Assistant Administrator oversees all financial management
activities relating to the programs and operations of the Agency.
The Deputy Assistant Administrator of Finance and Acquisition is
the Deputy Chief Financial Officer (DCFO).
a. Program and Policy Coordination Office. The Program and
Policy Coordination Office (PPCO), under the supervision of a
Director, serves as the principal staff to the Assistant
Administrator on matters related to program management, budget,
human resource and workforce development programs, and
administrative operations within OARM. Specific PPCO
responsibilities include: Serves as the principal source of advice
and analysis to the AA/OARM on appropriate broad policy direction
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for OARM, interrelationships among program policies, and the
overall effectiveness of these policies. Develops guidance on and
issues procedures on administration and program management for
implementation by OARM offices. Ensures that all cross-cutting
activities of OARM are carried out in a consistent and timely
manner. Provides liaison and coordination with other EPA program
offices, other Federal agencies, etc. regarding administrative,
budget and program management issues. Serves as the OARM contact
point for the Lead Region for management. Provides staff support
to the activities of the President's Council on Management
Improvement, and coordinates the involvement of OARM offices as
appropriate. Coordinates OARM's input into responses to Congress,
GAO, and OMB.
b. Office of Environmental Equity. The Office of
Environmental Equity, under the supervision of a Director, supports
the EPA Administrator and the Assistant Administrator for
Administration and Resources Management on all Agency
environmental-equity activities including: advising the
Administrator and the Program Offices on the environmental risk
information developed outside the Agency and on the impacts of
environmental programs on racial minority and low-income
populations; establishing an Agency equity program, coordinating
with Environmental Equity Cluster activities, tracking
implementation of Equity Workgroup and Cluster activities, and
preparing periodic progress reports; Administering the Minority
Academic Institutions (MAI) Program by implementing MAI Task Force
recommendations; and enhancing MAI interaction with the EPA through
technical assistance and technology transfer; enhancing
environmental-equity outreach, training and education programs for
public and other groups through conferences, symposia and meetings;
providing minority and low-income communities with technical and
financial assistance for community/economic development activities
to address environmental equity; serving as a centralized
clearinghouse and dissemination point for equity information to EPA
staff and the public; developing environmental equity training for
EPA managers and staff; providing interagency coordination of
equity programs; supporting consultation among EPA and outside
equity organizations; and supporting key research and environmental
risk reduction projects.
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2. OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. RTF. The
Office of Administration and Resources Management, RTF (OARM,
RTF) under the supervision of a Director, provides services to all
of the programs and activities at RTF, and other remote and
satellite offices as designated by the Agency, and automated data
processing services Agencywide. The major functions of the office
include human resources services, library and other services,
general services (including safety and security, property and
supply, printing, distribution, facilities and other administrative
services), telecommunications systems, and automated data
processing systems providing both local RTF and Agencywide
services. The Director, OARM, RTF, supervises the divisions of
Facilities Management and Services, Human Resources Management, and
National Data Processing.
a. National Data Processing Division. The National Data
Processing Division is responsible for the management of
in-formation processing resources, including telecommunications in
EPA. Subject to national program policy and technical guidance
from the Office of Information Resources Management, OARM (HQ), the
Division 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. It operates and maintains all general
purpose computers and local area networks at Headquarters, Research
Triangle Park, and other satellite activities as designated by the
Agency; provides local support and assistance for ADP operations at
all RTF programs and activities and satellite programs and
activities; provides the Agency with telecommunications capability
to meet Agency needs; and develops architectural strategies and
procures advance systems, support equipment, and processing
technology to meet Agencywide requirements. The division provides
planning, policy, procedures, management and users assistance for
the Agency voice/data telecommunications system; provides liaison
with regulatory and oversight agencies for the communications
services to Agency staff in Washington, D.C.; and provides
technical assistance on integrated voice/data communications
matters to field components. It also provides Library Services
serving as the central depository for reference materials for EPA
programs at RTF, and the central point for these programs to access
information systems of other EPA libraries, nearby university
libraries, and various data-base systems.
b. Human Resources Management Division. The Human Resources
Management Division plans and implements a comprehensive human
resources management program encompassing recruitment, placement
and staffing; position classification; position management; and
organization planning; equal employment opportunity; training and
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career development; labor-management and employee relations;
incentive awards; personnel record systems; and related functions
for all programs at RTF and satellite and remote programs as
specified by the Agency- The division coordinates extensively with
top program and Agency officials in order to ensure the proper
integration of these programs into the total program responsibility
for efficient and effective personnel management.
c. Facilities Management and Services Division. The
Facilities Management and Services Division provides broad-level
management support services for the Agency's Environmental Research
Center at RTF and other satellite and remote organizations as
specified by the Agency. Responsibility of the Division includes:
overall management and maintenance operations of all RTF facilities
and buildings, all RTF real estate leasing functions and lease
administration activities in coordination with Headquarters,
national automatic data processing facilities design/engineering
support operations, personal property management at RTF, remote
laboratories, satellite sites, and regional contractor property
management, National ADPE Center for utilization and disposal,
supply management, national home relocation, transportation and
traffic management, safety, security, mail services, records
management, printing/duplicating management, space utilization,
engineering and construction, including new building construction
responsibilities, building alterations/renovations, delivery and
receiving services.
The Division is responsible for developing policy and procedures
relating to all the unique facilities and support services
activities necessary to meet the critical accomplishment of an
Agency having considerable breadth of scope, variety, and impact on
the nation's vital environmental protection research objectives.
The Division provides guidance to OARM Director and Laboratory
Directors on critical issues. The Division provides these services
to EPA personnel in the RTF area located in 12 buildings which
comprise 550,000 square feet of usable space, having a mix of
approximately 39% office space and 61% laboratory/special purpose
or project related space, on 100 acres of improved grounds.
Nationally.. ADPE facilities design/engineering activities, ADPE
utilization in coordination with NDPD, and home relocation
operations are provided Agencywide.
In addition, the Division assists the Headquarters Facilities
Management and Services Division when called upon in developing
Agencywide policies and procedures and frequently serves on task
groups to develop or implement various initiatives for the Office
of Administration and Resources Management.
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3. OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
CINCINNATI, OHIO~! The Office of Administration and Resources
Management at Cincinnati, Ohio, under the supervision of a
Director, is located at the Andrew W. Briedenbach Environmental
Research Center (AWBERC). Diversified support services are
provided to clients by three major divisions - Information
Resources Management Division, Human Resources Management Division,
and Facilities Management and Services Division.
a. Information Resources Management Division. The
Information Resources Management Division (IRMD) is the
EPA-Cincinnati focal point for information sciences, services and
support to the AWBERC. IRMD coordinates and assists client offices
in preparing plans to identify ADP services and resources for
developing, enhancing, operating and maintaining automated systems.
It develops, implements and enhances security controls for computer
hardware and software at AWBERC and associated facilities, and
manages the research library and major databases access and for
literature searches. IRMD manages the AWBERC Information Center,
providing mainframe and microcomputing (hardware and software)
support, design, analysis, programming and technical
consulting/needs and requirements analyses. The Division is
responsible for the AWBERC Computer Center which also serves as the
National Disaster Recovery Site for the Agency mainframe computer
systems and maintains the national site for the Agency Statistical
Analysis System (SAS) support. It coordinates, implements, and
enhances computer and telecommunications training and provides
local voice and data telecommunications support. The Division also
provides maintenance and support of the Cincinnati national
telecommunications node for the Agency.
b. Human Resources Management Division. The Human Resources
Management Division (HRMD) plans, organizes, and coordinates a
comprehensive management program for EPA - Cincinnati based
programs. Specific functions encompass employee benefits,
retirement counseling, career development, performance management,
delegated authority for personnel actions and quality of life
issues. The Division manages the recruitment and client services
outreach program for AWBERC and associated facilities, and provides
employee and labor relations advisory services. It develops,
implements, and enhances training programs, employee orientation
and mentoring programs, and manages the Cincinnati Training
Institute. It oversees the leave bank, coordinates the CFC and
savings bonds programs promotion and implementation, and
coordinates connection-in-education efforts. The Division provides
management advice on workforce planning and personnel policies and
direct support to the AWBERC Human Resources Council.
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c. Facilities Management and Services Division. The
Facilities Management and Services Division (FMSD) supports the
Environmental Protection Agency programs in Cincinnati. The
Division manages the Agencywide publications and forms
distribution, local printing and photocopying, mail services,
shipping, and warehouse management for AWBERC and associated
facilities. It provides facility operations management preventive
maintenance, repair, new construction and alterations, design and
layout, and space utilization. It also provides supply, contract
property, and personal property administration. The Division
develops and administers an industrial hygiene and safety program
for AWBERC and associated facilities and administers environmental
compliance responsibilities in conjunction with the EPA Senior
Official for Research and Development (SORD) office. The Division
is responsible for security, and physical protection of classified
or privileged information, Agency equipment, buildings and
personnel.
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4. OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER. The Office of the Comptroller,
under the supervision 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 Administrator's resource systems responsibilities are
administered by this Office. The Office also manages the Agency's
audit resolution, follow-up, and tracking process.
a. Budget Division. The Budget Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for the following;
(1) Designs and oversees the budget management proess
from issue formulation to execution. Prepares EAP 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 translates them into independent
recommendations to the Assistance 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 responsibilities. 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 appropriations process and
monitors the progress of estimates through the Congressional phase.
Assists and provides staff support to Congressional committees;
(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
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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;
(9) Formulates and disseminates a wide range of budget
policy determinations to support budget implementation and planning
needs;
(10) Collects data, conducts certain resource anlayses
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 analyses to determine
resources utilization and need. Performs on-site resource
utilization audits. Maintains the Agency's Regional and
Headuarters 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 allocations, 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 numberous reports
required to support the budget control, formulation and review
functions; and
(13) Provides all resource data, anlayses and reports
which are required or requested by Agency officials, other Federal
agencies, OMB, and the Congress.
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b. The Financial Management Division. The Financial
Management Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for the Agency financial management program. The
Division develops fiscal policies and procedures; develops and
implements financial information systems; directs the overall
Agency financial reporting operations; provides Agencywide
accounting and fiscal services; provides support for Superfund Cost
Recovery process and develops financial compliance and quality
assurance policies and procedures. Specifically, this involves:
(1) Providing accounting and fiscal services through
accounting operations offices in Cincinnati, Las Vegas, Research
Triangle Park, NC 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 centralized accounting services to the
Agency for contract and grant payments, payroll and interagency
agreements;
(4) Developing and coordinating the utilizations 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;
(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. This includes 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;
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(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; and
(12) Supporting the Agency's Superfund Cost Recovery
efforts by developing and maintaining automated cost recovery
systems, managing the cost documentation process and providing cost
accounting expertise; and
(13) Implementing and coordinating the Chief Financial
Officer Act requirements.
d. Resource Management Division. The Resource Management
Division, under the supervision of a Director, establishes,
implements, and manages Agency-wide policies and programs for audit
management and management integrity to meet the requirements of the
Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) of 1982 (P.L. 97-
255), the Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988 (P.L. 100-504),
selected provisions of the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of
1990 (P.L. 101-576), the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970
(P.L. 91-510), and the General Accounting Office Act of 1980 (P.L.
96-226).
The Division also provides direction and Agency-wide leadership for
implementing the Agency's environmental financing program to
develop alternative financing methods for meeting the nation's
environmental needs. The Division manages the Environmental
Financial Advisory Boarda Federal committee comprised of
prominent leaders from Congress, state and local governments, the
finance and investment banking communities and environmental,
legislative and taxation issues particularly with regard to their
impact upon local government and small committees.
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5. OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION. The Office of Administration,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for the
development and conduct of programs for organization and management
systems, controls and services; facilities, recycling, property and
space management; property security; environmental compliance; and
health and safety.
a. New Headquarters Project. The New Headquarters Project,
under the supervision of a Project Manager, is responsible for the
planning of an EPA Headquarters facility by defining quality
standards and building requirements, addressing long term
requirements of building site and structure, assuring new EPA
Headquarters construction and developing a future building plan.
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
management 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. Manages the EPA
History Program and is responsible for developing and maintaining
an accurate administrative record of EPA programs over time.
Coordinates international environmental management functions
carried out within Office of Administration and Resources
Management (OARM) organizations and integrates OARM activities with
international priorities both internal and external to the Agency-
Manages the Office of Administration and Resources Management's
Management Support Contracts by reviewing and approving statements
of work, managing the certification of work and performing quality
assurance reviews. Is responsible for managing and controlling the
Agency's advisory committees for support of scientific and
technical activities carried out by EPA program Assistant
Administrators.
c. Facilities Management and Services Division. The
Facilities Management and Services Division, under the supervision
of a Director, administers programs relating to facilities
construction, acquisition, design and layout; repairs and
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improvements to government owned and leased space; property and
supply management including the development and administration of
standards for the acquisition and use of capital equipment;
security and national emergency preparedness; printing,
photocopying and distribution of printed materials; building
maintenance operations and services support for the Headquarters
complex; Headquarters mail operation and national mail management
and accountability systems; real estate and space management
including leasing, space utilization and disposal of real property;
facilities management resources analysis, policy development, and
contracts and ADP oversight; analysis, policy development, and
contracts and ADP oversight; and EPA's internal recycling program,
including ensuring compliance with the Executive Order on Federal
Agency Recycling and the Council on Federal Recycling and
Procurement Policy, the District of Columbia's Solid Waste
Management and Multi-Material Recycling Act of 1988, and all other
applicable Federal, State and local recycling requirements.
d. Safety, Health and Environmental Management Division. The
Safety, Health and Environmental Management Division (SHEMD), under
the supervision of a Director, is responsible for establishing the
Agency policies and programs, providing technical assistance and
conducting evaluations to assure safe and healthful working
conditions and sound environmental management of all Agency units.
In carrying out this mission the division serves as the principal
advisor to the EPA's Designated Safety and Health Officials who are
located in the laboratories and regions. It provides leadership
and directs all phases of EPA environmental management,
occupational health, and safety programs. The division represents
EPA at national conferences, congresses, meetings, conventions,
hearings, and special investigations and serves as the liaison with
the Congress, other Federal agencies, state and local governments,
and professional societies. This includes involvement in
scientific research, development of Federal policies, programs, and
standards, it promotes EPA environmental protection, safety and
health program on a nationwide basis; provides management support
services and develop strategic plans for the division and the
national program; and serves as the budget, Internal Control and
Total Quality Management manager. The division also manages the
Division's national technical assistance contract.
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6. OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. The Office of
Information Resources Management (OIRM), under the supervision of
a Director, provides for an information resources management
program (IRM) consistent with the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (P.L. 96-511). The Office establishes policy,
goals and objectives for implementation 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 in support of 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.L. 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 programs 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 provides national program policy and
technical guidance for the acquisition of all information
technology systems and services by or for Agency components and
programs, including these systems and services required by grantees
and contractors using Agency funds. The Office reviews and
evaluates information systems and services, including office
automation, which are operated by other Agency components; and sets
standards for and approves the selection of Agency personnel who
are responsible for the technical management of these activities.
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. Scientific Systems Staff. The Scientific Systems Staff,
under the supervision of a Director, is the focal point for
planning, designing, and implementing an Agencywide program to
provide scientific computing support to the research, laboratory,
and other scientific activities in EPA. This program is based on
analysis of legislative, regulatory, and Agency strategies. It
requires coordination of requirements across organizations, media,
and geographic lines. Specifically, the Scientific Systems Staff:
(1) develops policy, standards, and objectives for scientific
computing staff, contractors, other Federal officials, ad top
Agency management; (2) Conceives, formulates, establishes, and
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coordinates basic requirements for the selection of sound,
efficient, and cost-effective scientific computing systems and
services for research, laboratory and other scientific activities;
and (3) develops long range requirements for budgetary plans, and
exploits scientific and computing systems and services, information
sciences, and statistical approaches to the needs of the Agency's
research and laboratory activities. The staff reviews and provides
expert advice on the management and costs of the scientific
computing projects conducted by the Office of Research and
Development laboratories and other scientific activities. It
projects ranges from simple processing of data from a single
instrument to ecological data bases to complex diffusion modeling,
which draws from multiple national or scientific databases. These
projects operate on a variety of equipment ranging from a single
dedicated micro- or minicomputer to timesharing on central
mainframe computers. The Staff assess information systems related
technologies in the market place and acquires new technologies for
EPA, when appropriate. The staff provides direction and policy
guidance for the development of solicitation packages for proposals
involving large-scale research and laboratory systems projects.
This includes determining the scientific computing technical
content of the solicitation packages; defining the evaluation
criteria to be used in the evaluation components of the proposals;
and determining the pre-post-aware procedures for the ADP
components of the proposals. It represents the Agency on specific
research and laboratory systems policy and technical matters at
interagency committees, professional meetings, and liaison with the
National Academy of Sciences.
b. Administrative Systems Division. The Administrative
Systems Division (ASD), under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for developing, enhancing, operating, and maintaining
the Agency's administrative automated information systems to meet
the common needs of EPA programs. Develops automated
administrative information systems which serve Headquarters and
Regional Offices, taking a direct role when systems cross
functional, geographic, or technical lines, and fulfills an
approval role when Headquarters and regional offices both the
desire and resources for developing their own systems.
Specifically, the ASD is responsible for the Agency's
administrative and resource management ADP systems and major
Headquarters integrated office systems which operate in support of
EPA programs and regions. The ASD serves as the principal point of
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contact for Headquarters and regional offices desiring development
of automated administrative systems and office automation services.
Specifically, the ASD:
(1) Develops policies and long-term applications systems
development plans for administrative systems;
(2) Assists client offices in preparing annual plans
that identify the ADP services and resources for developing,
enhancing, operating, and maintaining automated administrative
systems;
(3) Performs systems analysis, prepares alternative
analyses, and provides detailed specifications for administrative
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 automated
administrative systems or major modifications to existing
administrative systems;
(5) Designs, programs, tests, and installs in client
offices applications software and equipment for turnkey, integrated
office systems;
(6) Operates and maintains the applications software and
the updating of data files for complex, multi-user administrative
systems;
(7) Develops contract requirements for systems analysis
and programming; 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 within
administrative systems;
(9) Establishes and/or applies standards for software,
languages and program documentation;
(10) Provides data administration for administrative
systems;
(11) Provides certification of administrative systems;
and
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(12) Plans, develops and delivers training and other
support to users of EPA's administrative information systems as
required for effective access to and use of these information
systems, and to ADP systems development staff as required to ensure
effective performance and career development.
(13) Maintain an active information exchange program
with other federal managers to share and benefit from
government-wide technological advances and policy developments
concerning the national systems operated within OIRM.
(14) Plans, develops and implements methods and
procedures to promote administrative information collection,
processing and sharing with state and local governments consistent
with Agency and OIRM policy directives.
c. Information Management and Services Division. The
Information Management and Services Division (IMSD), under the
supervision of a Director, serves as EPA's data administrator and
facilitates the sharing of EPA information in ways which further
achievement of the Agency's environmental mission. IMSD assesses
information requirements needed to accomplish the Agency's mission
and establishes Agencywide IRM policies, standards, plans and
programs in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as
amended, and other Federal IRM oversight requirements. IMSD
promotes the exchange of information within the Agency and
between EPA and other environmental decisionmakers with
comprehensive programs which foster ongoing and reliable
information partnerships. IMSD leads and operates a variety of
Agencywide services which (a) inform EPA staff, other domestic and
international governmental agencies, and the general public of
information available from EPA, and (b) provide them access to that
information. Specifically, the Division:
(1) Evaluates EPA's information needs, identifies
information requirements, assesses trends in information technology
and management, and conducts user studies to produce strategic and
operational plans for the Agency's overall IRM program and
individual IRM components which further the mission of Agency
management and environmental programs.
(2) Establishes policies, standards, and guidelines
for the collection, reporting, storage, manipulation, and use of
EPA data, information products, information technology and records
necessary to carry out Federal legislation and regulations and
foster effective EPA environmental programs.
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(3) Establishes and implements a comprehensive data
administration program, including data standards, data dictionaries
and other Agencywide capabilities which enhance a shared set of
corporate data and metadata and promote sound environmental
decisionmaking.
(4) Establishes, leads and operates services and
networks which (a) provide inventories of major databases,
publications, records and information products and (b) promote
access and dissemination of them to EPA staff, domestic and
international governmental agencies and the general public. This
may include public information centers, records centers, dockets,
clearinghouses, hotlines, databases, publications and other
capabilities as needed to organize and deliver EPA information
reliably.
(5) Establishes, implements and manages comprehensive
Agencywide programs (such as the State/EPA Data Management Program,
the International Data Sharing Program and the Public Access
Program) which ensure the reliable and ongoing exchange between EPA
and other environmental decisionmakers of information which
promotes a broad and effective environmental agenda.
(6) Serves as the U.S. Focal Point for the United
Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP's) information referral
system, INFOTERRA, and as the National Correspondent for UNEP's
International Registry of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (IRPTC).
(7) Plans, manages and oversees contracts responsive
to Agencywide needs for uniform high quality services for IRM
analyses and operational support consistent with EPA and other
Federal standards.
(8) Manages the Agency's national library network and
operates the Headquarters library service.
(9) Manages the Agency's records management program in
compliance with the Federal Records Act of 1950, as amended, and
Federal regulations.
(10) Manages the Agency's Privacy Act Program in
compliance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and Federal
regulations.
(11) Manages the information security provisions of the
Computer Security Act of 1987, as amended.
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(12) Manages the Agency's forms program in compliance
with Federal regulations.
(13) Promotes awareness of IRM requirements, plans and
services among EPA offices. Provides expert consultation and
assistance to EPA offices and programs on IRM, in particular with
knowledge and skills in brokering the exchange of environmental
information.
(14) Serves as the liaison on IRM policy, planning,
program and services with other EPA offices and external agencies
and organizations, especially Federal IRM oversight agencies.
(15) Conducts periodic evaluations of the Agency's IRM
program and components in response to external reporting
requirements and to internal management evaluation requirements.
d. Program Systems Division. The Program Systems Division
(PSD), under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for
managing and coordinating application system development for the
Agency's program offices and promoting the integrated use of
environmental information. Specifically, the PSD: (1) develops
policies and long-term management plans for the management and
coordination of environmental, the facilities, and chemical
information systems managed both within the division and in Agency
program offices; (2) analyzes alternatives for the creation or
major enhancement of environmental, facility, and chemical ADP
systems. This includes review and approval of all program offices
procurements that involve systems planning, analysis, programming,
and maintenance; (3) designs, programs, tests, and installs new
envrionmental, facility, and chemical ADP systems, and makes major
modifications to existing systems; (4) operates and maintains the
application software for complex, multi-user systems; (5) updates
and provides a consolidated user support function for such systems;
and (6) develops and maintains data element standards and central
repositories/dictionaries for environmental, facility, and chemical
ADP systems.
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7. OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. The Office of Human
Resources Management (OHRM), under the supervision of a Director,
reports to the Assistant Administrator for Administration and
Resources Management. The Office is responsible for policies,
procedures, program development, and implementation of the full
spectrum of the human resource functional areas. Those functional
areas include personnel services, human resource development
programs, employee/labor relations, training, special employment
programs, organizational development, workplace issues, employee
attitude measurements, executive personnel administration,
recruitment, workforce planning, classification, position
management, performance systems management, pay/incentives
administration, and evaluation of human resources practices
Agencywide. The Office also facilitates the adoption of the
principles of Total Quality Management (TQM) across the
Environmental Protection Agency.
a. Quality Advisory Group. The Quality Advisory Group (QAG)
under the leadership of a Director is a staff office reporting to
the Director, Office of Human Resources Management. The QAG's
primary goal is to facilitate the adoption of the principles of
Total Quality Management (TQM) across the Environmental Protection
Agency- To do that, the QAG provides a wide range of support and
services to its primary customers, including the Deputy
Administrator, Deputy Assistant/Regional Administrators, Quality
Improvement Board members, EPA Quality Coordinators and Agencywide
TQM Training Faculty members.
Some of the QAG's specific responsibilities include providing:
expertise and consultation support to senior managers interested in
implementing TQM; development of TQM policy for senior management
consideration and adoption; development and rollout of targeted TQM
education and training programs for employees at all levels;
coordination of TQM communications efforts; coordination of TQM
measurement efforts; advice on integrating TQM with major EPA
programmatic and administrative systems; and leadership strategies
for implementing TQM in EPA.
b. Deputy Director for Operations, Communications and Client
Services. The Deputy Office Director reports to the Director,
OHRM, and is responsible providing general oversight and
coordination of the Headguarters Operations and Client Services,
the Employee Participation and Communication, and the Field
Operations, Evaluation and Support Services divisions. The Deputy
Director works to integrate functions and operations where
appropriate and leads special priority efforts at the direction of
the Office Director. The Deputy works with the Deputy Director
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for Policy, Programs and Executive Resources to assure that a
proper balance of emphasis and resource allocation is maintained
among all of the functional elements of OHRM.
(1) Headquarters Operations and Client Services
Division. Headquarters Operations and Client Services Division,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for
administering the full range of human resources management programs
for Headquarters. In performing these services, the Division has
primary responsibility for the following:
(a) Operating a comprehensive human resources
services center, a centralized Headquarters human resources
facility which provides customized support services, advice and
information relative to career development, management, and
employee benefits (retirement, worker compensation, health and
life insurance); distributes guidance on relevant human resources
reference materials and forms; administers the Headquarters
orientation program; and provides a central focus for Headquarters
human resource mini-councils and special human resources seminars;
(b) Providing services to Headquarters managers,
supervisors, and employees relative to recruitment, selection, and
placement activities, administering the Headquarters Merit
Promotion Program and civil service register selection process, as
well as conducting all transactions associated with processing
Requests for Personnel Action (SF-52s), and participating in
specialized recruitment activities directed towards filling
vacancies for Headquarters;
(c) Administering the Headquarters position
classification, position management and pay programs; and
conducting studies and evaluations of Headquarters positions to
ensure conformance with OPM policy;
(d) Administering the Headquarters' delegated
examining, direct-hire, and temporary outside-the-register
appointing authorities as well as other special emphasis employment
program, i.e., the Cooperative Education Program, the Summer
Employment Program, the Handicapped Employment Program, and the
Disabled Veterans Employment Programs;
(e) Conducting an employee relations program
providing a range of consultative and advisory services to
Headquarters managers and employees relative to performance,
conduct, grievances, adverse and disciplinary actions, employee
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appeals and hearings; conducting training sessions on the
regulatory requirements of handling and effecting disciplinary and
adverse actions; and managing the Headquarters suggestion and
unemployment compensation programs;
(f) Overseeing the Performance Management and
Recognition System (PMRS) for merit pay employees and the
Performance Management System (PMS) for general schedule employees
in Headquarters; providing training for employees in the
development of performance agreements; and rendering advice and
guidance to managers in the evaluation of employee performance; and
assuring conformance with OPM and Agency policies and procedures;
(g) Developing and implementing Headquarters
operational policies and procedures;
(h) Managing the complete range of government-wide
special events in Headquarters including the Combined Federal
Campaign, Savings Bond and Blood Drives;
(i) Processing personnel actions and associated
employment documents for Headquarters employees and the Agency's
Senior Executive Service (SES) employees; maintaining official
personnel folders, employee performance files and other employment
documents and records for Headquarters employees; and
(j ) Providing automated data processing information
and reporting requirements, services, and capabilities in support
of human resource management programs and activities administered
in the Division and the Administrator's Strategic Planning and
Management System.
(k) Representing Headquarters in all local labor
relations activities.
(2) Employee Participation and Communications Division.
The Employee Participation and Communications Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for the following:
(a) Developing and issuing Agency policy and
guidance on labor-management relations;
(b) Negotiating and administering national labor
agreements;
(c) Representation before third parties;
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(d) Representing the Agency where the level of
recognition is at the national level;
(e) Developing and issuing Agency policy and
guidance on discipline, adverse actions, time and leave, and
grievance and appeals;
(f) Developing and administering the Agency Honor
Awards program as well as establishing Agency policies and guidance
concerning employee incentive and benefits programs;
(g) Managing the development of Agency policies and
positions concerning work place and worklife issues;
(h) Developing and providing functional oversight
for the Agency's Employee Counseling and Assistance Program;
(i) Administering the Headquarters Employee
Counseling and Assistance Program;
(j) Serving as the OHRM liaison with employee
groups, constituencies and committees;
(k) Planning and implementing OHRM communication
initiatives and efforts; and
(1) Providing oversight and direction to
productivity initiatives as they relate to incentive programs.
(3) Field Operations, Evaluation and Support Services
Division. The Field Operations, Evaluation and Support Services
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for
four distinct program areas including resources and administrative
management for OHRM, evaluation and quality assurance for human
resource programs, human resource management information systems
and human resource services for many ORD and program office field
laboratories. Specific responsibilities are as follows:
(a) Administering all aspects of OHRM's budget,
personnel utilization, and space management;
(b) Organizing the OHRM resource planning process
including Headquarters and field personnel office workload models;
(c) Developing internal administrative procedures
and providing management analysis to OHRM officials on resources
and administration;
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(d) Developing policy and management guidance for
the evaluation of human resources programs, and periodically
evaluating these programs agencywide to assure that they are
operating at levels consistent with Agency policy and expectations;
(e) Managing human resources information systems
and developing policy and providing guidance to users of these
systems;
(f) Providing planning, procurement, software
development and support services to users of automated equipment in
OHRM;
(g) Through the Las Vegas Branch, providing the
full range of transactional, advisory and consultative human
resources management services to clients which include all the
Agency field laboratories except RTF, Cincinnati and Ann Arbor; and
(h) Coordinating human resources community issues
such as filling human resources officer positions and developing a
career growth program for personnelists.
C. DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR POLICY. PROGRAMS AND EXECUTIVE
RESOURCES. The Deputy Office Director reports to the Director,
OHRM, and is responsible for providing general oversight and
coordination of the EPA Institute, the Executive Resources and
Special Programs, and the Policy and Research divisions. The
Deputy Director works to integrate functions and operations where
appropriate and leads special priority efforts at the direction of
the Office Director. The Deputy works with the Deputy Director
for Operations, Communications and Client Services to assure that
a proper balance of emphasis and resource allocation is maintained
among all of the functional elements of OHRM.
(1) EPA Institute Division. The EPA Institute Division
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for planning,
developing, implementing, and administering the complete range of
human resources development efforts of the Agency. The general
functional areas include:
(a) Serving as National Program Manager for the
Agencywide training and development program;
(b) Managing and developing Institute, Headquarters
and National training;
(c) Developing policy and providing support for
employee career development programs (e.g., intern, upward
mobility, and rotation programs);
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(d) Managing training information systems; and
(e) Providing training systems and vehicles for
transferring technology to state and local governments.
(2) Executive Resources and Special Programs Division.
The Executive Resources and Special Programs Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for providing Agencywide
leadership and coordination in the following areas:
(a) Administering the Framework for Achieving
Managerial Excellence (FAME), which includes the Presidential
Management Intern, and Greater Leadership Opportunities (GLO)
programs;
(b) Administering Special Resources which includes
Public Health Service (PHS) Officers, Schedule C and
Administratively Determined Positions, and Intergovernmental
Personnel Act (IPA) assignments;
(c) Conducting SES Operations which includes
Presidential appointment, Senior Executive Services (SES), and
supergrade scientific/technical positions; and
(d) Coordinating Executive Development which
includes SES candidate and SES incumbent development.
(3) Policy and Research Division. The Policy and
Research Division, under the supervision of a Director, provides
leadership and coordination for Agencywide human resources policies
and processes, and is responsible for the following:
(a) Researching how human resources management
programs can be improved and simplified;
(b) Developing policies and programs to
institutionalize improvements;
(c) Developing automated systems to further enhance
OHRM programs and processes;
(d) Developing and issuing Personnel Management
Memoranda and other interpretive pieces related to Federal and EPA
personnel policy;
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(e) Initiating and providing oversight for Agency
pilot human resources programs and demonstration projects and
evaluating and revising human resources pilot demonstration
projects in conjunction with other OHRM divisions and with program
offices to institutionalize them; and
(f) Administering the national human resources
programs for staffing, classification, recruitment, performance
management, and organizational development.
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8. OFFICE OF GRANTS AND DEBARMENT. The Office of Grants and
Debarment, under the supervision of a Director, is the Agency's
Suspension and Debarment Official and approves all suspension and
debarment actions. The Director, reports to the Office of
Administration and Resources Management Deputy Assistant
Administrator for Finance and Acquisition - Deputy CFO. The
Office is responsible for all assistance regulations, policy, and
guidance, and cradle to grave grant, loan, cooperative, and
interagency agreement administrative management for all EPA
Headquarter's assistance programs. The Office manages the Agency's
Suspension and Debarment Program and develops, issues, and
implements regulations and policy directives; issues notices of
suspension and/or debarment; receives oral and written statements,
conducts suspension and debarment hearings, and issues written
decisions based on the administrative record.
The Director serves as the Agency's principal representative to
other Federal agencies and departments, especially those with cross
cutting government wide authority such as the Office of Management
and Budget and Department of Justice on matters relating to
debarment and suspension.
(1) Grants Administration Division The Director,
Grants Administration Division (GAD), reports to the Director,
Office of Grants and Debarment, and is the National Program Manager
for grants management. The Grants Administration Division is
responsible for policy for all assistance programs (grants,
cooperative agreements, loans, and interagency agreements); for
review, award, and management of all EPA Headquarters administered
assistance; and for providing and assuring the quality of grants
information. Specifically, the Division:
(a) Develops and issues policy for all assistance
programs (grants, cooperative agreements, loans, and interagency
agreements), develops and implements appropriate procedures for
review, award, and management of all EPA Headquarters administered
assistance.
(b) As the National Program Manager, works with the
lead region responsible for management budget formulation to
develop annual requests for resources.
(c) Serves as "Award Official" on all headquarters
administered projects and has the principal responsibility for
assuring proper legal and administrative management from
preapplication through closeout and is the "Audit Resolution
Official" for headquarters administrative assistance; assists
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program offices in the start up of new programs; maintains the
official administrative project files; and receives all
headquarters assistance applications and unsolicited proposals and
coordinates unsolicited application review with the Office of
Acquisition Management.
(d) Provides continuous monitoring, analysis,
evaluation and reporting to all Division customers on assistance
program activities; conducts ongoing monitoring and evaluation of
our assistance regulations, policy, and procedures to enhance and
to improve administrative management techniques for assistance
programs.
(e) Awards and manages from cradle to grave EPA's
Interagency Agreements, asbestos-in-schools grant and loan program,
and Federal Technology Transfer agreements.
(f) Provides quality information on EPA's
environmental assistance programs, coordinates and manages the
automated National Congressional Notification Process, uses ad hoc
reports on grants management information to analyze trends and
evaluate problems.
(g) As the National Program Manager, manages and
maintains a national automation management program for both the
grant and suspension and debarment functions at Headquarters and in
the Regions/States; manages the Grants Information Control System
Management Council, provides ad hoc reports to requesting GAD and
other offices, and assists in maintaining Regional and Headquarters
Automated Grants Data Systems and the Interagency Agreement
Management System software.
(h) Provides advice, oversight, and training for
Regional Grants Management Offices which award and administer
grants to State and local governments.
(i) Provides grants and interagency agreement
project officer training for Regional Offices and laboratories.
(j) Develops, reviews, analyzes, and comments on
legislative initiatives affecting EPA assistance programs.
(k) Serves on government wide, interagency
committees to study complex management problems associated with the
Federal grants management and proposes solutions through Executive
Order or other appropriate authority.
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(2) Suspension and Debarment (SDD) Division. The
Director, Suspension and Debarment Division (SDD), reports to the
Director, Office of Grants and Debarment, and is the National
Program Manager for investigation and case development for all EPA
suspension and debarment activity. The Suspension and Debarment
Division coordinates with other Federal agencies and departments
specific cases and government-wide policy matters, acts as the
government's advocate for all suspension/ debarment actions,
negotiates and reviews compliance (settlement) agreements, for the
Agency in matters regarding the eligibility of contractors,
assistance, loan, and other benefit recipients under the Agency's
suspension and debarment program. The Division ensures EPA's
financial and other resources are protected against threats of
waste, fraud, abuse, mismanagement or poor performance. More
specifically:
(a) Develops, promulgates and implements rules,
regulations, and policy directives to all Agency programs in all
matters affecting suspension and debarment.
(b) Develops, reviews, analyzes, and comments on
legislative initiatives affecting the Suspension and debarment
program.
(c) Serves on government wide and interagency
committees to study complex management problems associated with the
Federal debarment program and proposes solutions through Executive
Order or other appropriate authority.
(d) Accepts, investigates, and tracks all
complaints and other referrals concerning program abuses and events
potentially threatening EPA's programs and takes action to protect
the Agency while providing for administrative due process,
including negotiating settlements and taking legal actions where
appropriate.
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9. OFFICE OF ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT. The Office of Acquisition
Management, under the supervision of the Director, it is
responsible for the policies, procedures, operations and support of
the Agency's procurement and contracts management program, from
contract planning through closeout. In addition, it is responsible
for the management and formulation of the budget; and control of
the ADCR^and FMFIA responsibilities. The Office also acts as the
Congressional liaison; performs special projects; and manages
Office activities. The Competition Advocate, also located in the
Immediate Office, reviews acquisition plans and justifications for
other than full and open competition; reviews and coordinates
protest files; performs procurement management reviews; serves as
liaison to the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization to ensure appropriate utilization of preferential
procurement programs in Headquarters procurement operations, and
provides advice to contract operations.
Within the Immediate Office, the Integrated Contracts Management
System Staff is responsible for developing and implementing an
integrated, Agency-wide automated procurement and contract
management system, and performing special projects.
a. Policy, Training, and Oversight Division. The Policy,
Training and Oversight Division, under the supervision of the
Director, plans, organizes, and directs policy and procurement
support functions for the Agency's acquisition program. It is
responsible for issuing all national procurement policies and
procedures, providing quality review and oversight to ensure the
integrity of the procurement process, providing training to all
persons in the agency with procurement or contract management
responsibilities, managing the warrant and project officer
certification programs, developing and maintaining the automated
systems that support the acquisition process, and serving as
liaison to the field operations and to the Senior Procurement
Officers on Agencywide contract management matters. The Immediate
Office of the Division Director also manages the administrative and
budgetary functions of the Division; and performs special projects.
b. Headquarters Procurement Operations Division. The
Headquarters Procurement Operations Division, under the supervision
of the Director, plans, organizes and directs the Agencywide ADP
procurement function, as well as the procurement function for
Headquarters offices such as the Office of the Administrator (OA),
the Inspector General (OIG), the General Counsel (OGC), Enforcement
(OE) , the Policy, Planning and Evaluation (OPPE) , Administration
and Resources Management (OARM), and International Activities
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(OIA). It also provides small purchasing support for all EPA
offices located at Headquarters and administers the Agencywide
bankcard purchasing program. The Immediate Office of the Division
Director is also responsible for the administrative and budgetary
functions of the Division and the coordination of
debarment/suspension issues arising from its contracts.
c. Cost Advisory and Financial Analysis Division. The Cost
Advisory and Financial Analysis Division, under the supervision of
a Director, is responsible for conducting cost/price analyses;
reviewing indirect cost rates; conducting contractor purchasing
systems reviews; performing financial monitoring reviews; and
resolving company-wide financial matters with EPA contractors. The
Immediate Office is also responsible for the administrative and
budgetary functions of the division.
d. Superfund/RCRA Procurement Operations Division. The
Superfund/RCRA Headquarters Contract Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for overseeing and
coordinating all contract services in the areas of Superfund and
RCRA. This includes the supervision of the emergency response,
remedial action, enforcement and RCRA contracting programs. The
Director also provides guidance to all Superfund field contracting
operations, serves as the liaison between regional contracting
officers and Headquarters, and conducts an internal contract
evaluation program including review of contract administration
procedures. The Immediate Office is also responsible for the
administrative and budgetary functions of the division.
e. Contracts Management Division Cincinnati. The
Contracts Management Division in Cincinnati is responsible for
contracts relating to the Office of Administration (A&E
construction), the Cincinnati Office of Administration and
Resources Management, the Office of Air and Radiation-Motor Vehicle
Emission Lab-Ann Arbor, the Office of Research and Development
Field Labs, and the Office of Water.
f. Contracts Management Division Research Triangle Park.
The Contracts Management Division in RTF plans, organizes, and
directs the procurement support function of the EPA activities
located in the Research Triangle Park area and various EPA
Headquarters and Regional activities. At RTP, these include: all
contracts relating to the Air and Energy Engineering Research
Laboratory, the Health Effects Research Laboratory, the Atmospheric
Research and Environmental Assessment Laboratory, the Environmental
Criteria and Assessment Office, the Office of Air Quality, Planning
and Standards, and the RTP Office of Administration and Resources
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Management. At Headquarters, these include: the Office of
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, the Office of Research
and Development, the Office of Air and Radiation, the Office of
Federal Activities, and the Analytical Operations Branch, Hazardous
Site Evaluation Division, OEER. The Division is also responsible
for the contracting operations in all ten Regional offices for non-
Superfund activities.
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Assistant Administrator for
Administration and
Resources Management
and Chief Financial Officer
Deputy Assistant
Administrator
for Management
& Administration
Deputy Assistant
Administrator
for Finance &
Acquisition
Program and Policy
Coordination Office
Office of
Administration
Office of
Management and
Administration,
RTP
Facilities
Management &
Services Division
Office of
Information
Resources
Management
-
Scientific
Systems Staff
Management
Planning and
Evaluation Staff
Administrative
Systems
Division
-
Information
Management &
Services Division
Program
Systems Division
Office of
Management and
Administration,
Cincinnati
Facilities
Management &
Services Division
Office of
Human Resources
Management
Quality
Advisory
Group
Office of the
Comptroller
Employee
Participation &
Communications
Division
Executive Resources
& Special Programs
Division
Budget
Division
Financial
Management
Division
Resource
Management
Division
Field Operations,
Evaluation &
Support Services
Division
Headquarters
Operations & Client
Services Division
EPA Institute
Division
Policy and
Research
Division
Office of
Acquisition
Management
Policy, Training,
& Oversight
Division
Cost Advisory and
Financial Analysis
Division
HQ Procurement
Operations
Division
Superfund Resource
Conservation and
Recovery Act
Procurement
Operations
Division
Contracts
Management
Division, RTP
Contracts
Management
Division, Cincinnati
Office of Grants
& Debarment
Human Resources
Management
Division
Information
Resources
Management
Division
Grants
Administration
Division
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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) are outlined below; except as specifically noted
otherwise, these functions and responsibilities apply to the
provision of services with respect to all of the programs and
activities of the Agency.
(1) Policy analysis, including conducting economic
evaluations of Agency programs, policies, and standards studying
emerging environmental issues such as global climate change;
coordinating, evaluating, and developing Agencywide and program
policies; conducting economic analysis and research; and analyzing
and developing Agency positions on the environmental impacts of
other federal policies, including energy, agriculture and
transportation policies;
(2) Regulatory management and evaluation, including providing
procedural management, planning, and evaluation of Agency
standards, regulations, guidelines, and information collection
activities; providing Agencywide program evaluation; conducting
science and statistical policy analysis and development; conducting
economic analysis and research; managing risk communication for the
Agency and Regions; and directing the regulatory negotiation and
consensus-building project;
(3) Strategic planning and environmental statistics, including
planning, tracking, and evaluating accomplishments of Agency
programs; establishing Agency goals and objectives; developing a
strong framework for strategic planning and management
accountability directed toward environmental results; analyzing and
drafting legislation and improving the collection, organization,
and analysis of environmental statistics to inform management
decisionmaking;
(4) Regulatory clusters and pollution prevention, including
managing the Agency's overall clusters project;
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providing analytic support to individual clusters; developing new
clusters; adapting regulatory tracking and management systems to
facilitate cluster work; conducting comprehensive,
facility-specific studies to support cluster work and to identify
pollution prevention innovations; and staffing the Pollution
Prevention Policy Committee;
(5) International environmental issues, including undertaking
substantive evaluations of issues and alternative responses, with
appropriate coordination with the Office of International
Activities;
(6) Global climate change, including assessing the causes and
impacts of future changes in the global atmosphere, and developing
and assessing domestic and international policies to mitigate or
respond to such changes; and coordinating the Agency's climate
change program by working with EPA offices that have responsibility
for non-policy climate change issues;
(7) Trade and environment issues; including studying trade
competitiveness effects of environmental regulations, analyzing the
environmental effects of trade agreements, supporting the
development of institutional mechanism for addressing trade and
environment issues working with USER, Commerce, the State
Department, and international organizations such as the OECD; and
coordinating the Agency's trade and environment effort;
(8) Social science research, including economic and risk
communication research;
(9) 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, and other Federal agencies
prescribing requirements for the conduct of Government policy and
program management activities;
(10) Regional liaison activities, including coordination of
communications between AA/OPPE and Regional Administrator; ensuring
through the Associate Administrator for Regional Operations and
State/Local Relations that Regions are appropriately informed and
involved in OPPE activities;
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reviewing and assessing content of Agency policy for impacts
on Regional policy and evaluation operations and consistency
with OPPE or Agencywide policy and procedures;
(11) In areas related to enforcement and compliance
planning and management, OPPE will work directly with the
Office of Enforcement in policy development and
implementation;
(12) The 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 the
areas described above 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 OPPE, under the supervision
and directions of the Assistant Administrator described
hereafter, shall be responsible for the functional
supervision of the performance of those functions at Agency
field establishments.
a. Program Administrator and Resources Management
Staff. The Program Administration and Resources Management
Staff (FARMS), under supervision of a Director, serves as
the principal staff to the Assistant Administrator on
matters relating to program management, budget, and
administrative operations. Specific PARKS responsibilities
include the following functions.
(1) Provide management advice and assistance to
the Assistant Administrator for Policy, Planning and
Evaluation and components of OPPE.
(2) Within OPPE, develop policies and guidance on
administration and program management and issues
procedure/guidelines for implementation by OPPE's component
offices.
(3) Direct and oversee OPPE budget preparation,
justification, and execution; personnel and human resources
management; and information resources management.
(4) Oversee OPPE's internal control process, the
tracking of Inspector General reports, and development of
contract plans and contracts/grants administration.
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(5) Ensure that Regional resource allocation is
integrated with budget preparation, serving as contact point
with Regional components on a variety of OPPE issues.
(6) Serve 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 organizational and management services.
(7) Serve as OPPE liaison with the Office of
Civil Rights and the Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization, and with the Office of Communications,
Education and Public Affairs for review of publications.
Also, provide liaison and coordination with other EPA
program offices, other Federal agencies, such as the Office
of Management and Budget, and Congress regarding
administrative, budget and program management issues.
Represent the AA/DAA and Agency on inter-agency task forces
and committees regarding OPPE policy and administrative and
program management issues and responsibilities.
(8) For the Agency, serve as liaison to the
General Accounting Office (GAO), directing the preparation
of EPA responses to Congress, GAO, and OMB on the findings
and recommendations of GAO reports to comply with P.L. 91-
510 and 96-226 and providing advice and guidance on report
implications and response strategies.
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OFFICE
OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND
of Strategic Planning
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA.
2. ___^
The Officeof Strategic PlanningandEnvironmentalData
(OSPED), under the supervision of a Director, performs the
following functions in support of Agency planning and
management activities.
(1) Manage and support the Agency Strategic
Planning Process by providing guidance to media, support and
regional offices in the development of plans, and performing
periodic review of plans.
(2) Provide support toward the development of
environmental indicators that serve as the basis for both
characterizing the state of the environment and evaluating
the progress of EPA programs toward improvement of
environment problems.
(3) Assist efforts throughout the Agency to
improve the collection, organization and analysis of
environmental statistics to inform management
decisionmaking.
(4) Serve as intermediary for both the
acquisition of selected environmental data from outside
suppliers and provision of environmental statistics
developed by EPA to outside customers in conjunction with
policies and procedures established by OIRM.
(5) Promote innovation in EPA Headquarters,
Regions and State environmental programs to integrate media
program activities and better address priority environmental
problems.
(6) Manage the Agency's Strategic Targeted
Actions for Results System (STARS) and Administrator's
Tracking System (ATS) and their implementing management
processes.
(7) Support the development and refinement of
EPA's Agencywide Strategic Plan.
(8) Coordinate an independent review of program
budget requests to ensure the highest possible degree of
conformity with Agency strategic priorities.
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(9) Conduct analyses to identify future
environmental issues and future opportunities for improved
environmental management.
a. Office of the Director. Under the supervision of
the Director, Office of Strategic Planning and Environmental
Data, the Immediate Office is responsible for:
(1) Planning, coordinating and integrating major
activities and analyses within the Office of Strategic
Planning and Environmental Data;
(2) Maintaining liaison
management offices throughout EPA;
with planning and
(3) Coordinating, planning and budgeting analyses
and issue resolution with the Office of Comptroller, Office
of Regional Operations and State/Local Relations;
(4) Directing timely reviews and analyses of
environmental data to support planning and budgeting
decisionmaking; and
(5)
Environmental
Directing the efforts of
Futures staff to inform EPA's
planning process with forecasts of environmental
and emerging strategies for solving them.
OSPED's
strategic
problems
b. Strategic Planning and Management Division. The
Strategic Planning and Management Division (SPMD), under the
supervision of a Director, manages and coordinates the
development, implementation, and administration of
Agencywide systems for planning, tracking, and measuring
accomplishments of Agency programs. In consultation with
other offices within and outside OPPE. SPMD develops long-
range policy framework for setting Agency goals, and ensures
that programs measure progress toward the accomplishment of
goals. SPMD coordinates with the Office of Regional
Operations and State/Local Relations to support Regional and
State planning and management, and with the Office of
International Activities to support delivery of
international technical cooperation services. SPMD is
responsible for developing a sound framework for strategic
planning, management, and accountability directed toward
environmental results. The Division provides staff support
to the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator and the
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Office of Administration and Resources Management in
reviewing and advising on the annual budget submissions of
Agency programs. Specific SPMD responsibilities include the
following functions:
(1) Develop and direct the Administrator's
Agencywide planning and management processes, and integrate
strategic planning into the Agency goals are clearly defined
and that program objectives are met. Improve the capacity
of EPA Headquarters offices," Regions, and States to conduct
risk-based strategies to reduce risks, prevent pollution and
evaluate environmental results. Incorporate forecasting
into the strategic planning processes so that long term
planning will be responsive to forecasts of environmental
conditions. Support and advise the Administrator and Deputy
Administrator on the management of the strategic planning
process, the establishment of Agency priorities, and the
review of program and regional performance.
(2) Work with Assistant Administrators and
Regional Administrators to review and develop tailored
management tracking and accountability systems; to identify
and prioritize environmental problems; to develop the most
effective strategies for preventing or solving problems, and
to develop appropriate measures against which to monitor and
evaluate EPA progress. Conduct on-going analyses of the
relationship between program activity and environmental
results to assist in the identification of cost-effective
environmental strategies. Report to the Deputy
Administrator on program progress and facilitate program
management reviews between the Deputy Administrator,
Assistant Administrators and the Regions.
(3) Assist Headquarters offices, Regions, and
where possible States in development of environmental
measures of progress to track the effectiveness of
strategies in reaching their environmental goals. A major
focus on the activity will be to assist programs in the use
of environmental indicators for program evaluation and
support of strategic planning. In addition, SPMD will
conduct assessments of environmental based on the results of
those assessments. Based on available environmental data,
SPMD will develop applications for targeting environmental
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problems on a geographic basis and demonstrate the use of
the data for resource coordination where measures of
progress for environmental problems are multi-program or
cross-regional boundaries so that strategies can be assessed
on a consistent basis.
(4) Develop methodologies for the assessment of
environmental risks, priority setting processed for
ecological human health risks, and application of these
methodologies at the national, Regional, and State level for
planning and priority setting progress.
(5) Develop institutional mechanism for linking
States and local participants into the 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 confidentiality of, necessary
data (effluent ambient) process in support of the studies
and for funding and managing these studies.
(6) Assist program offices and Regions in the
identification and use of environmental indicators to track
environmental trends. Using available data, project
environmental trends into the future to identify problem
areas that can be more efficiently addressed by means of
earlier modification of negative trends through earlier
Agency intervention. Assess current strategies related to
the impact of longer-term environmental problems as well as
the identification of more effective strategy options.
(7) Prepare reports to Congress, issue papers,
and policy statements on multi-program,
economic/environmental issues of national importance at the
request of top Agency management.
c. Environmental Statistics and Information Division.
The Environmental Statistics and Information Division
(ESID), under the supervision of a Director (who also serves
as the Agency's Chief Statistician), provides broad policy
analysis, technical assistance and training to the Agency in
the area of statistics and environmental data analysis. The
ESID works closely with the ORD and OARM to provide support
for the development of the Agency's scientific knowledge
base
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and to assure that scientific quality and credibility form
the underpinning of the Agency's decision process. The
Division is responsible for the collection, analysis and
publication of regular reports on environmental conditions
and trends. It serves as the Agency's primary contact on
statistical data regarding the environment, and assists
Headquarters and regional staffs in defining and developing
measures of environmental quality. Such measures will
enable the Agency to more effectively plan and administer
the environmental programs for which it has responsibility.
In addition, ESID acts as the principal Agency
representative in national and international matters on
statistics, and coordinates with OIA to support delivery of
international technical cooperation services. The Division
ensures the quality of the statistical basis of Agency
regulatory and information collection activities; provides
statistical consulting services for the Agency, and issues
statistical guidance as appropriate. ESID works with staff
offices, program offices, and the Office of Research and
Development (ORD) in the development of policies regarding
the use of statistical methods and analysis.
(1) Characterize the state of the environment,
determining the relative significance of environmental
problems, the relative significance of pollution sources and
other factors contributing to environmental problems.
(2) Assist Agency offices in the identification,
statistical and analytical development, and use of
environmental indicators and environmentally related
measures of demographic, health, and socioeconomic variables
to be used in assessing national and regional conditions and
trends. In conjunction with ORD, develops environmental
indicators and a framework for their use in SOE reports on
environmental conditions, trends and geographic variability-
(3) Work with EPA Regions, program offices, ORD
and international organizations to harmonize environmental
measurements, indicator definitions and concepts. Provide
ORD with specific R&D needs as they relate to the
development of environmental indicators to be derived from
primary monitoring efforts within the EMAP program.
Coordinates these efforts with relevant Agency councils and
working groups.
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(4) Encourage EPA and other Federal agencies to
improve the quality of environmental data and fill gaps in
knowledge of environmental conditions and trends.
(5) Produce and periodically update comprehensive
directories of sources of environmental data.
(6) Develop methods of integrating and analyzing
environmental data from diverse sources to facilitate
analysis of multi-media issues. Coordinates these methods
with ORD to identify cross-media research and development
issues and needs as appropriate.
(7) Plan, develop and deliver training and other
support to users and producers of statistical data as
required for effective access and interpretation,
maintaining an active information exchange program to share
and benefit from technological advances and policy
developments.
(8) Provide technical support to regulatory
programs, OPPE analytical offices, EPA program offices, ORD
and EPA Regional offices on environmental statistics.
(9) Provide support and coordination on
environmental concerns to international organizations (e.g.
OECD) in area of statistical analysis.
(10) Develop statistical guidance, as appropriate,
and sponsor seminars to inform Agency managers on
statistical techniques.
(11) Provide expert judgments and recommendations
on the adequacy of and need for statistical data to support
Agency regulatory and enforcement actions, reports to
Congress, and public information documents.
(12) Review and evaluate matters of Agency concern
that are mathematical or statistical in nature, coordinates
with ORD, EPA program offices, and other Federal agencies to
develop and implement statistical methods and models in
environmental sciences and quantitative risk assessments.
(13) Identify, with the Agency program offices,
research offices, and Regions, areas of Agency action which
can be significantly improved by strengthening the
statistical analyses supporting the action.
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3. OFFICE OF POLICY ANALYSIS. The Office of Policy
Analysis, under the supervision of a Director, performs the
following functions on an Agencywide basis:
(1) Provides independent policy and regulatory
impact analyses on major issues for the Administrator,
Deputy Administrator, the Assistant Administrator for
Policy, Planning and Evaluation, and the program offices.
(2) Analyzes the economic and environmental
effects of regulations, policies, programs, and legislation.
(3) Works to ensure that environmental hazards and
risks are consistently managed across Agency programs
(4) Analyzes key regulatory implementation issues,
such as those related to enforcement and public finance.
(5) Assists in the preparation of
Congressionally-mandated reports;
(6) Supports the analytical work of major
international programs, such as the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development . (OECD) Environment
Programme and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC), in evaluating and addressing global environmental
issues.
(7) Develops and analyzes alternative policy
approaches to achieving the Agency's strategic objectives in
ways consistent with long run economic and environmental
trends.
(8) Analyzes the effect of energy and agricultural
policies on the environment and develops Agency positions on
these issues.
(9) Promotes solutions to long-term climate change
problems by conducting major analytical studies on the
feasibility of reducing greenhouse gases in all major
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sectors of the economy, both domestically cind
.'.liter i\dl.i'--^li> ; conducts major o>i«ly ticai studies .:>
adaptation strategies; provide-., report fur tiie
AdminisLia.'-. ->r, the Assistant Adiu L: ,it ':.i nt^r for Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, and others involved in
international climate negotiations; and represents the
Agency at conventions on climate change issues.
(10) Develop and validate improved methods for
benefit and cost analyses and ensure that Benefit analysis
is incorporated into the Agency's decisionmaking process.
(11) Evaluate the combined macroeconomic impacts
of EPA's regulations and the combined effects on major
industries and sectors.
(12) Analyze pollution prevention as a strategy in
AGency programs and evaluate is cost-effectiveness as
regulatory approach.
a. Office of the Director. Under the supervision of
the Director, Office of Policy Analysis, the Immediate
Office is responsible for:
(1) Planning, coordinating, and integrating major
activities and analyses within the Office of Policy
Analysis.
(2) Maintaining liaison with the policy analysis
offices within other federal agencies (e.g., the Departments
of Energy, Transportation, Agriculture, and State).
(3) Supporting the analytical work of major
international programs, such as the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Environment
Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) and its subgroups, in evaluating and addressing
economic and global environmental issues;
(4) Directing timely reviews and analyses of
cross-media issues which provide Agency decision-makers with
information on the transfer of residual risks from one
environmental medium to another, and guidelines for managing
those risks.
(5) Representing the AA/OPPE on the Agency
Steering Committee.
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b. Air and Energy Policy Division. The Air and
Energy Policy Division (AEPD), under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for ensuring that the impacts of
alternative regulatory requirements developed by the Office
for Air and Radiation (OAR) are adequately analyzed in the
proposal and promulgation of individual regulation, for
evaluating Agency and government-wide policies affecting
energy development and use, and for analyzing the effects of
environmental regulations on international trade and
industrial competitiveness. Subjects of concern include
national energy policies, EPA regulatory policies affecting
trade, energy development and use, and policies affecting
energy-related investments and the planning, siting, and
construction of energy-related facilities. The Division
maintains liaison with EPA offices with direct interests in
energy and trade policy issues as well as the United States
Department of Energy and other agencies concerned with these
issues. Specific AEPD responsibilities include the
following functions:
(1) Prepare reports to Congress, issue papers, and
policy statements on air and energy policy issues of
national importance at the request of top Agency management.
(2) Review the analyses performed by OAR in
support of proposed standards, regulations, policies, and
legislative proposals to ensure that the proper analyses
have been done, that the analyses are done well, that the
appropriate alternatives have been considered, and that key
policy and implementation questions have been answered.
(3) Perform analyses of specific regulations in
instances when OAR does not have sufficient capability to
perform such analyses.
(4) Perform analyses and recommend policy
positions related to legislation, regulations, and program
actions to the OPA Director and the Assistant Administrator
for Policy, Planning and Evaluation on selected issues in
these program areas.
(5) Work with OAR on permit and enforcement
policies being developed to implement program requirements
to ensure that the policies are as efficient, effective, and
least burdensome as possible;
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(6) Perform analyses of potential intermedia
transfer to ensure that proposed standards and regulations
do not result merely in the transfer of pollutants from one
medium to another without significant reductions in
environmental and health risks.
(7) Analyze pollution prevention as a strategy in
OAR programs and evaluate its cost-effectiveness as a
regulatory approach.
(8) Develop and coordinate proposals for new
Agency initiatives in the energy/environment and
trade/environment area.
(9) Analyze proposed legislation, regulations and
policies with significant energy/environmental effects and
make recommendations to senior Agency officials.
(10) Develop and evaluate selected
energy/environment policy issues.
(11) Provide the Office Director with a capability
to perform special in-depth analyses on key
energy/environment issues.
(12) Provide support to and work with
international organizations involved with air, energy, and
trade issues, coordinating as appropriate with the Office of
International Activities.
(13) Maintain liaison on policy issues with EPA
offices with direct interests in energy policy and with the
United States Department of Energy and other agencies
concerned with energy policy, and assure development of a
coordinated Agency position, where appropriate.
(14) Maintain liaison on policy issues with EPA
offices with direct interests in trade and environment
policy with the United States Trade Representative, the
Department of State, and other agencies concerned with trade
policy.
(15) Maintain liaison with the Regional offices
to achieve coordination of AGency policy development and
implementation to with the extent necessary to carry out
functions assigned to AEPD, with emphasis on energy-related
facilities.
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c. Water and Agriculture Policy Division. The Water
and Agriculture Policy Division (WAPD), under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for ensuring that
the impacts and benefits of alternative regulatory
requirements developed by the Office of Water (OW) are
adequately analyzed in the proposal and promulgation of
individual regulations; analyzing the impacts of Agency and
government-wide agricultural policies on human health and
the environment; and developing and recommending new
policies in the agriculture area. The Division maintains
liaison with OW, the Office of Pesticides and Toxic
Substances (OPTS) and other EPA offices with direct
interests in agricultural policy issues as well as the
United States Department of Agriculture and other agencies
and organizations concerned with agriculture policy.
Specific WAPD responsibilities include the following
functions:
(1) Prepare reports to Congress, issue papers, and
policy statements on water and agricultural policy issues of
national importance at the request of top Agency management.
(2) Review the analyses performed by OW in support
of proposed standards and regulations to ensure that the
proper analyses have been done, that the analyses are done
well, that the appropriate alternatives have been
considered, and that key policy and implementation questions
have been answered.
(3) Perform analyses of specific regulations in
instances where OW does not have sufficient capability to
perform such analyses.
(4) Perform analyses and recommend policy
positions related to legislation, regulations, and program
actions to the OPA Director and the Assistant Administrator
for Policy, Planning and Evaluation on selected issues in
the OW program area, including such issues as benefits-based
management approaches to water quality management, benefits-
based techniques for enforcement activities, and assessments
of the benefits of maintaining and improving wetlands.
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(5) Work the OW on permit and enforcement
policies being developed to implement program requirements
to ensure that the policies are as efficient, effective, and
least burdensome as possible;
(6) Perform analyses of potential intermedia
transfer to ensure that proposed standards and regulations
do not result merely in the transfer of pollutants from one
medium to another without significant reductions in
environmental and health risks.
(7) Analyze pollution prevention as a strategy in
OW program and evaluate its cost-effectiveness as a
regulatory approach.
(8) Develop and coordinate proposals for new
Agency initiatives in the agriculture/environment area.
(9) Analyze proposed legislation, regulations and
policies with significant agriculturally/environmental
effects and make recommendations to senior Agency officials.
(10) Develop and evaluate selected
agriculture/environment policy issues, including related
trade issues.
(12) Conceptualize, conduct and communicate
analyses of systems approaches to water quality management
including the integrations of farm, tax, land management,
and environmental policy.
(13) Provide analytical assistance to EPA's
Agriculture Policy Committee as is necessary.
(14) Maintain liaison on policy issues with OW,
OPPTS, and other EPA offices with direct interests in
agricultural policy issues as well as the U.S. Department of
Agriculture and other agencies concerned with agriculture
policy, and assure development of a coordinated Agency
position, where appropriate.
(15) Maintain liaison with the Regional offices to
achieve coordination of Agency policy development and
implementation to the extent necessary to carry out
functions assigned to WAPD, with emphasis on review of
agricultural policies and practices.
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(16) Maintain liaison with universities and other
groups active in developing advanced concepts in the
agriculture/'environmental field to the' extent necessary tc<
carry out functions assigned to WAPD.
d. Waste and Chemica^ Policy Division. The Waste rind
Chemical Division (WCPD), under th£ supervision D~ 2
^irartfr,- is responsible for identifying critical econsni:,,
~;,ienti*i~, and policy issues and their impacts on Agsr.cy
activity and policy; developing recommended courses of
action to effectively deal with these issues; ensuring that
the impacts of alternative regulatory and other requirements
developed by the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances (OPPTS) and the Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response (OSWER) are adequately analyzed in the
proposal and promulgation of individual regulations; and
working with these program offices in the development of
policies regarding analytical techniques and program
implementation. Specific WCPD responsibilities include the
following functions:
(1) Prepare reports to Congress, issue papers and
policy statements on waste and chemical policy issues of
national importance at the request of top Agency management.
(2) Review the analyses performed by OPPTS and
OSWER in support of proposed standards, regulations,
policies, and legislative proposals to ensure that the
proper analyses have been done, that the analyses are done
well, that the appropriate alternatives have been
considered, and that key policy and implementation questions
have been answered.
(3) Perform analyses of specific regulations in
instances when OPPTS or OSWER do not have sufficient
capability to perform such analyses.
(4) Perform analyses and recommend policy
positions related to legislation, regulation and program
.actions to the OPA Director and the Assistant Administrator
for Policy, Planning and Evaluation on selected issues in
the toxics, pesticides, Title III, Superfund, RCRA, and/or
UST program areas.
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(5) Work with the OPPTS and OSWER program offices
on policies being developed to implement program
requirements to ensure that the policies are as efficient,
effective, and least burdensome as possible;
(6) Perform analyses of potential intermedia
transfer to ensure that proposed standards and regulations
do not result merely in the transfer of pollutants from one
medium to another without significant reductions in
environmental and health risks.
(7) Analyze pollution prevention as a strategy in
OPPTS and OSWER programs and evaluate its cost-effectiveness
as a regulatory approach.
(8) Conduct analyses of policy options to ensure
that source reduction and recycling alternatives are given
full consideration.
(9) Develop quantitative models that estimate
risk reduction and changes in benefits from regulatory
actions.
e. Climate Change Division. The Climate Change
Division (CCD), under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for assessing the causes and impacts of future
changes in the global atmosphere and for developing and
assessing domestic and international policies to mitigate or
respond to such changes. Specific CCD responsibilities
include the following functions:
(1) Identify and assess the impacts and economic
consequences of global climate change and develop economic,
technological, and institutional adaptive response
strategies. Assess the benefits of mitigation options.
(2) Identify and assess the human activities
responsible for changes in the global atmosphere, analyze
haw these activities may change in the future, and develop
appropriate economic, technological, and institutional
policies to mitigate global atmospheric change.
(3) Support the AA/OPPE in carrying out
responsibilities under the Global Climate Protection Act to
develop a domestic climate change policy and in coordinating
the Agency's climate change activities.
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(4) Represent the Agency in interagency policy
activities concerning global climate change.
(5) Coordinate with other EPA offices having
responsibility for non-policy climate change issues,
including the Office of International Activities (on
international political issues relating to climate change),
the Office of Air and Radiation (on regulatory and
mitigation issues), and the Office of Research and
Development (on research issues relating to climate change).
(6) Coordinate with other OPPE offices having
responsibility in areas of agricultural, transportation, and
energy policy.
(7) Provide support for work with international
organizations involved with climate change issues, such as
the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
(8) Function as liaison with Regional offices and
States to identify and assess mitigation and adaptation
policy options.
f. Economic Analysis and Innovations Division. The
Economic and Analysis Division (EIAD), under the supervision
of a Director provides broad policy analysis and technical
support to the Agency in the areas of economics, regulatory
innovations and advancing incentives. EAID is responsible
for analyzing and advancing innovative approaches to
environmental management. In carrying out these functions,
EAID ensures that the combined economic effects of all EPA
programs, policies, regulations, and standards are
considered appropriately in individual Agency decisions.
EAID assesses that the benefits of alternative regulatory
requirements are adequately analyzed in the proposal and
promulgation of individual regulations in any program, as
required by E.G. 12291. The Division manages core social
science research programs which include economics and
innovative and incentive-based approached and their
implementation issues. It acts as the principal Agency
representative in national and international matters on
economics and economic incentives and, in cooperation with
Office of International Activities, supports international
technology transfer in these areas. EAID also oversees and
analyze Agency efforts on international trade and the
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environment. EAID maintains liaison and serves as the
Agency focal point with EPA offices, other Federal agencies,
States, localities, international organizations and economic
incentives and innovative approaches. EAID also works with
other Federal agencies and international organizations to
develop institutional capacity and general principles for
addressing trade and environment issues. Specific EAID
responsibilities include the following functions:
(1) Conduct in-depth analyses of economic issues
relating to benefits and cost-effectiveness of EPA
regulatory programs and alternative regulatory approaches.
Develop guidance materials to inform Agency managers on
economic methods and economic incentives.
(2) Perform analysis of the economic impact of
EPA programs for which more than one regulation is involved,
and perform analyses of the economic impacts of EPA
regulations on individual industries of major environmental
economic importance.
(3) Perform analyses of the macroeconomic impacts
of EPA's entire program.
(4) Perform analyses of economic trends, with
emphasis on structural developments affecting the major
polluting industries, and the components of real and
inflationary growth on the generation of residuals.
(5) Provide advice on economic analysis to top
Agency management, and ensure compliance with Executive
Order 12291 by reviewing selected Regulatory Impact Analyses
and issuing Agencywide guidance.
(6) Provide direct technical support to
regulatory programs, OPPE analytical offices, EPA Regional
offices in economics and economic incentives.
(7) Provide the Administrator and the Assistant
Administrator for Policy, Planning and Evaluation with
support in the area of regulatory analysis.
(8) Identify evaluate, design and implement
innovative and market-based approaches, alternatives of
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supplements to traditional "command and control" approaches.
Ensure that innovations are technology sound and compatible
with the Agency's environmental and economic objectives.
(9) Ensure that economic incentives are
considered as a routine part of EPA's regulatory and program
development process as well as in new and reauthorized
environmental legislation.
(10) Serve as advocate, focal point, and in-house
expert on constructive regulatory innovations, particularly
the incorporation of economic incentives and other new tools
for improving media-specific and cross-media compliance and
program implementation.
(11) Provide technical guidance and technology
transfer to States and localities interested in implementing
geographic specific innovations and economic incentives.
(12) Provide support, coordination and, in
cooperation with OIA, technology transfer on economic and
economic incentive issues to international organizations and
bilateral agreements (e.g.) OECD, and US-USSR agreement).
(13) Work with international agencies (such as
OECD, GATT, EC), coordinating as appropriate with OIA, and
other Federal agencies (such as U.S. Trade Representatives,
Commerce and State) to develop principles and strengthen
institutional mechanism for addressing potentials and
environment conflicts.
(14) Maintain liaison with EPA offices and other
Federal agencies with a direct interest in economic,
innovations, and economic incentives.
(15) Maintain liaison with universities a'nd other
groups active in developing advance concepts in the
economic/environmental field to the extent necessary to
carry out functions assigned to EAID.
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4. OFFICE OF REGULATORY MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION. The
Office of Regulatory Management and Evaluation(ORME), under
the supervision of a Director, performs the following
functions on an Agencywide basis:
(1) Manages the establishment, implementation and
administration of the Agency's regulation development and
review process, and manages OPPE involvement in regulatory
review.
(2) Develop Agency policies and standards for the
incorporation of scientific findings into policy and
decisions, identifying science issues associated with Agency
regulatory policy, assisting in science and technical
methodology developing and leading in integrating science
policy with Agency decisionmaking.
(3) Evaluates and reviews all Agency information
collection requests and activities, insuring Agency
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, and in
conjunction with OARM, evaluate Agency management and uses
of data for decisionmaking.
(4) Direct Agencywide system of program
evaluation and incorporating into that system specific
evaluations performed by other offices.
(5) Provide advice and assistance to top Agency
management on risk communication, including both formal
training sessions and issue-specific consulting.
a. Office of the Director. Under the supervision of
the Director, Office of Regulatory Management and
Evaluation, the Immediate Office if responsible for:
(1) Planning, coordinating, and integrating major
activities and analyses within the Office of Regulatory
Management and Evaluation.
(2) Maintaining liaison with the regulatory and
information management offices within other Federal
agencies, as well as with OMB for administration of
Executive Order 12291 and the Paperwork Reduction Act.
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(3) Supporting the analytical work of major
international programs, such as the Organization for
Economic Cooperation Development (OECD) Environmental
Programme, and the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) and its subgroups, in evaluating and addressing
issues of risk communication and science policy affecting
international environmental improvements.
(4) In conjunction with the Agency's regulatory
Steering Committee, conducting timely reviews to promote
continuous improvement of EPA's regulatory development
procedures, providing direct management support to the
Administrator and Deputy Administrator.
(5) Supervising research, training, and technical
support to EPA management and program staff on the
understanding and communication of environmental risk.
(6) Supervising analysis to continuously improve
the Agency's determination and evaluation of health and
ecological risk, and promoting the rational incorporation of
scientific findings into Agency policy actions.
b. Program Evaluation Division. The Program Evaluation
Division (FED), under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for initiating and conducting program
implementation and evaluation studies. FED conducts studies
either independently or collaboratively with other offices
in OPPE, the Office of the Comptroller, or other EPA program
offices or Regions. Specifically, FED assists the
Administrator, the Deputy Administrator, Assistant
Administrators, Regional Administrators, and Office
Directors in identifying needs for evaluation studies and
responding to requests from these officials for such
studies. Program implementation and evaluation studies are
conducted for the following purposes:
(1) To evaluate ongoing program activities to
assess their effectiveness in meeting established goals and
objectives and to recommend alternative solutions to
problems identified in such evaluations.
(2) To evaluate the extent to which Agency
activities in specific program areas, taken together,
constitute an effective approach to the environmental
problems being addressed by those programs.
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(3) To develop and evaluate strategies and plans
for implementation of new environmental legislation,
programs, and policy.
(4) To evaluate the effectiveness of Agency-wide
efforts to deal with multi-media environmental problems.
As appropriate, FED collaborates with other groups in OPPE
and with the Office of the Comptroller in relating
evaluation results to the Agency's annual and strategic
planning and budgeting processes.
c. Regulatory Management Division. The Regulatory
Management Division (RMD), under the supervision of a
Director, manages the Agency's regulation development and
review process, ensures Agency compliance with Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1980, and provides policy direction and
oversight of Agency information management. Specific RMD
responsibilities include the following functions:
(1) Manage the Agency's regulation development
and review process, and, in doing so:
(a) Design and implement regulation
development and review procedures;
(b) Oversee initiation and progress of
regulatory activities;
(c) Ensure Agency compliance with Executive
Order 12291;
(d) Develop Agency policy on the Regulatory
Flexibility Act of 1980 and oversees EPA implementation, and
maintain liaison with Small Business Administration, and EPA
Small Communities Coordinator in the Office of Regional
Operations and State/Local Relations;
(e) Manage liaison with the Office of Federal
Register and ensures compliance with Federal Register
requirements ;
(f) Serve as liaison with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), coordinate OMB reviews, and
promote resolution of policy issues raised by OMB; and
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(g) Compile, publish and distribute biannual
Regulatory Agenda and the annual Regulatory Program.
(2) Serve as staff support office to the Chairman
of the Steering Committee, and in doing so:
(a) Manage the Steering Committee and Red
Border processes;
(b) Evaluate regulatory proposals for
conformity with applicable requirements, for clarity and
coherence; and
(c) Assure consideration of comments and
recommendations and establish closure on Steering Committee
review.
(3) Develop specialized analyses and reports on
regulation development status of issues at the request of
the Administrator, Assistant Administrator, or other senior
managers.
(4) Ensure Agency compliance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act using criteria such as the need for the
information, practical utility, non-duplication, and
efficiency of collection. This oversight is done by the
following means:
(a) Providing analyses, reviews, and
evaluations of all Agency information requirements;
(b) Critically reviewing and evaluating major
Agency data collection activities and information management
activities;
(c) Preparing the annual Information
Collection Budget;
(d) Coordinating OMB review of clearance
packages with program offices; and
(e) Operating the Federal Information Locator
System for the Agency.
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(5) Conduct 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.
(6) Coordinate development and implementation of
EPA policies on electronic reporting.
(7) Develop guidance materials, seminars,
workshops, and training courses to inform EPA staff and
managers about Agency rulemaking and information policies
and procedures. Conduct courses and seminars on a bi-
monthly basis and provide special training and briefings
throughout the year.
(8) Direct an Agency project on regulatory
negotiation and consensus building; including the following
activities:
(a) Review Agency rulemaking for the purpose
of advising program offices of opportunities to improve
rules of policies through the use of consensual processes
such as regulatory negotiations, policy dialogues, or
consultative workshops;
(b) Design, conduct, and evaluate regulatory
negotiations or policy dialogues, and other consultative
processes as requested by EPA program and regional offices.
(c) Manage the Agencywide dispute resolution
services contract which provides convening, facilitation and
mediation support to EPA program and regional offices.
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Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation
Assistant Administrator
for Policy, Planning,
and Evaluation
Program Administration
and Resources
Management Staff
Office of Policy Analysis
Office of Pollution
Prevention
Regulatory Innovations
Staff
Strategic Planning and
Management Systems
Division
Air and Energy Policy
Division
Water and Agriculture
Policy Division
Office of Regulatory
Management and
Evaluation
Program Evaluation
Division
Science, Economics and
Statistics Division
Remilatorv
Management Division
Waste and Chemical
Policy Division
Climate Change
Division
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CHAPTER 7 - OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL
ACTIVITIES. The Assistant 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 Assistant
Administrator are Agencywide, and apply to all international
activities of the Agency. The Office performs the primary
role in developing and maintaining a sophisticated
understanding of the international political climate that
will influence domestic and international consideration of
environmental problems. The Office advises the
Administrator on the most appropriate timing, forum, and
other modalities for dealing with international
environmental issues and exercises lead responsibility
within EPA for devising strategies to advance the U.S.
position. The Office manages meetings with representatives
of other governments and multilateral organizations
consistent with such strategies.
The Office performs its assigned functions in conformance
with the fundamental responsibilities and operating
relationships prescribed for all program and staff offices,
recognizing the specific responsibility and authority of
other officials, and ensures that actions taken by the
Office are in accordance with EPA policies and are properly
coordinated with other officials who remain responsible for
the substantive evaluation of environmental problems and
policy choices, for assessing the consequences of
international initiatives on the Agency's ongoing domestic
programs, and for evaluating international options against
current statutory authorities. Specifically, the Office
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. Positions the Agency to take the lead in
solving complex international environmental problems, and
protecting the global environment. Ensures that domestic
activities honor our international agreements. In
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cooperation with OPPE and appropriate EPA program and
regional offices, identifies and advocates new initiatives
relating to global environmental issues such as climate
change, acid rain, ozone depletion, and ocean pollution.
Advises the Administrator and principal officials of the
Agency on the progress and effect of foreign and
international programs and issues. Serves as the
Administrator's primary representative in contacts with the
Department of State and other Federal agencies concerned
with international affairs. Negotiates agreements relating
to international cooperation with foreign countries and
international organizations. Coordinates Agency
international contacts and commitments; provides an initial
point of contact for all foreign visitors; assures
communication of Agency international policy to other
agencies, industry, interested environmental groups, State
governments and the general public; and maintains liaison
with all relevant international organizations and provides
representation where appropriate.
In cooperation with the appropriate program and regional
offices and on behalf of EPA, arranges for the management of
international meetings and further negotiations in existing
multilateral environmental bodies such as: Economic
Commission for Europe (ECE's) Senior Advisors on
Environmental Issues, the Long Range Transboundary Air
Pollution Convention (LRTAP), the Vienna Convention and
Montreal Protocol, the London Dumping Convention, and the
OECD's Environment Committee. Establishes Agency policy and
approves annual plans and modifications thereof for travel
abroad and attendance at international conferences and
overseas. 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- Helps develop programs for
international environmental technology transfer to
developing countries. Services the Agency's needs in
preparing and managing communications with foreign
governments concerning exports of pesticides, toxic
substances and wastes. OIA responds to Congressional
inquiries and testifies as requested, following coordination
with the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs,
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appropriate program and regional offices, the State
Department, and as necessary, the White House. The
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator and the Deputy
Assistant Administrator assist the Assistant Administrator
in carrying out the duties of the Office including providing
for the internal program and financial planning and human
resources administrative operations of the Office.
a. International Issues Division. The main role of
the International Issues Division is, in cooperation with
appropriate program offices, to serve as a focal point for
all international aspects of issues that need to be
addressed by the Administrator in deciding which position to
take in regard to legislative proposals, White House, State
Department and OMB discussions, and international
negotiations. When an international issue becomes a
priority concern, the OIA assigns the coordination
responsibility to the International Issues Division. This
Division is responsible for carrying out the agency's
mission as it relates to emerging global issues, both media
and cross-media, that require top level attention assessing
the international political climate which will influence
international action on environmental issues. The Division
accomplishes its purpose through close cooperation with OPPE
and appropriate program offices. The Division identifies
the international policy implications of international
issues, and assists in the development of EPA policy that
support U.S. negotiations and implementation of agreements.
It coordinates with OPPE and appropriate EPA program and
regional offices on Agency regulatory strategy which affects
international concerns. It ensures that international
discussions and agreements which will affect the Agency's
regulatory strategy are communicated to the appropriate
program offices, whether they are media related or have a
cross-media orientation.
This Division is organized around major issues under
consideration at any one time. These issues may be grouped
according to EPA's programmatic structure, e.g., Air and
Water Pollution, Solid and Hazardous Wastes, Toxic
Substances and Pesticides, or they may represent cross-media
issues. Its functions include in cooperation with other EPA
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Offices strategic planning to identify upcoming issues;
preparing position papers on issues brought to EPA;
developing the international aspects or policy statements
based on Agency regulatory positions; coordinating with the
White House (NSC, DPC, OMB, CEQ) on issues for which
international agreements have not been reached; coordinating
high level and highly visible issues international strategy
with other agencies directly and through international
forums and the legislative process; advising the
Administrator on statements, negotiations, signing and
ratification of treaties and other international agreements;
and preparing position or briefing statements for public
release, presentations at meetings, and delivery to the
White House or other offices of Agencies. The Division
prepares input to the Agency's annual operating guidance;
up-dates the international strategy document on an annual
basis, and carries out specific tasks as assigned by the
Assistant Administrator. To carry out its coordination and
communications function the staff needs to be knowledgeable
about the issues and work closely with the other EPA offices
as well as with interagency working level groups.
b. International Cooperation Division. This Division
carries out the day-to-day tasks related to EPA involvement
with international organizations and bilateral programs.
The Division is primarily concerned with the implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of U.S. participation in treaties,
and other international agreements on the bilateral and
multilateral levels. It provides liaison with international
organizations on an ongoing basis, and coordinates
implementation of international programs with EPA Offices
and other agencies on a continuing basis. Its staff
participates in regular international organization meetings
and in regional or international conferences designed
specifically for the exchange of information. It prepares
for meetings, tracks projects, and prepares position papers
for issues other than the ones designated as priority issues
by the Agency and the Administration. Bilateral agreements
and joint projects are developed and implemented in the
Division. It acquires published country profiles and
updates these with EPA specific activities as necessary. It
administers cooperative programs such as the US-USSR and US-
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China (important to foreign policy objectives of the White
House and State Department), the US-Japan and US-Federal
Republic of Germany programs (exchange of information
beneficial to the US), and those with the U.S.'s neighbors,
Canada and Mexico. Programs developed through the strategic
planning process, the country profiles, and other mechanisms
for addressing new and upcoming issues become the
responsibility of this Division when they have reached a
level of stability which insures their continuity and on-
going importance to the Agency. These and other issues are
tracked to assure that the Agency and specific program
offices are aware of any international actions which impact
its mission(s).
The Division serves as a focal point for issues concerning
developing countries. Developing country programs are
considered as bilateral projects when they relate to a
single country and as multilateral projects when they relate
to issues being worked by an international organization or
to an issue or project involving more than one country- The
Division is responsible for promoting the transfer of
environmental technology to the developing countries. The
Division works with the World Bank, regional banks, and the
Agency for International Development to ensure that proposed
aid projects have carefully examined the environmental
impact. The Division reviews and evaluates activities of
multilateral financial institutions related to developing
countries and provides policy guidance and direction to
Agency technical experts participating in programs as they
affect the Less Developed Countries (LDC's). It provides
technical assistance to international organizations as well
as to foreign countries directly or through the U.S.
Embassies.
c. Program Operations Division. This Division is
responsible for OIA's internal administrative functions such
as budget, payroll, personnel, equipment, contracting,
communications controls, and correspondence tracking. It
prepares input to the Agency's annual operating guidance.
It is responsible for tracking projects and programs of the
OIA, to ensure that program goals and objectives and
deadlines are being met in a timely and quality manner. It
carries out a communications program for the OIA, both
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internally and externally to the Agency. It is responsible
for developing and carrying out data and information
exchange programs, and responding to information requests
from inside and outside the Agency. It is responsible for
providing systems analysis to OIA and developing a global
environment database of country and program/project
information, and for maintaining the management information
system which tracks OIA's activities (including travel and
international visitors) and provides reports to Agency and
program office managements. The Division monitors the
international travel and the international visitor program.
The Staff meet with selected foreign officials and schedules
appointments with EPA program and management staff for
international visitors. It also provides passport and visa
services to Agency staff, conducts briefing and debriefing
of travelers, and follows up on trip report recommendations.
The Division is responsible for the notification and consent
activities of the U.S. hazardous waste export notification
programs and manages the pesticides export notification
program on behalf of the Agency.
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Office of International Activities
Assistant Administrator for
International Activities
International
Issues Division
International
Cooperation Division
Program Operations
Division
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CHAPTER 8 - OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
1. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. The Inspector General (IG)
assumes 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
legislation and regulations to assess the impact on the
administration of EPA's programs and operations. Recommends
policies for, and conducts or coordinates relationships
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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2. OFFICE OF AUDIT. The Office of Audit, under the supervision
of the Assistant Inspector General for Audit and his/her Deputy
reports to the Deputy Inspector General. The Office of Audit
manages, coordinates, and has overall responsibility for policy and
direction of all audits relating to Agency programs and operations;
provides liaison with Federal, State and local governments, private
audit organizations, and provides necessary guidance for OIG staff
in Field Audit and Assistance Divisions; reviews existing 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; monitors the
audit workplan in conjunction with Field Divisions; and ensures
that audits and reviews performed by the OIG are carried out in
accordance with the standards promulgated by the Comptroller
General of the United States or the Inspector General.
a. Office of Internal and Performance Audits. The Office
of Internal and Performance Audits, under the supervision of an
Associate Assistant Inspector General for Audit (AAIGA) is composed
of a Hazardous Material and Waste Branch and an Air, Water,
Research and Administration Branch. The Office is responsible for
maintaining oversight over all performance as well as financial and
compliance audits of EPA programs and operations. This office is
responsible for developing and maintaining an audit universe of
auditable entities and functions; developing necessary strategic
audit plans for use in focusing audit attention on those areas
considered most vulnerable; maintaining overall oversight of major
ongoing assignments; and ensuring that audits and reviews comply
with applicable standards and are issued in a timely manner. This
office reviews and keeps up with ongoing assignments that need
management attention both within the OIG and EPA; reviews draft
performance reports and advises field divisions of changes which
should or must be made before issuance; approves national or
performance audit reports issued to the Assistant Administrator or
higher levels; and evaluates performance and production
achievements of field divisions for internal and performance audit
assignments. The AAIGA is responsible for the direct supervision
of half of the field audit divisions. As such, the AAIGA is the
first line supervisor of the Divisional Inspectors General for
Audit of the Assigned field audit divisions.
b- Office of Acquisition and Assistance Audits. The Office
of Acquisition and Assistance Audits, under the supervision of an
Associate Assistant Inspector General for Audit, is composed of a
Technical Support and Oversight Branch, Contracts Audits Branch and
an Assistance Audits Branch. This office is responsible for
maintaining oversight of all audits of Agency acquisition and
assistance activities. This includes internal and performance
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audits of contract procurements, grant and agreement awards; as
well as EPA management of the contracts, grants, and/or agreements.
This office also provides oversight to the OIG's program of
external audits of grants, contracts and agreements. This office
is responsible for providing centralized guidance and direction in
establishing the overall OIG program of external audits of grants,
contracts and agreements. This office is responsible for
developing and maintaining an audit universe of auditable entities
and functions, including the agencies grant, contract, assistance
and loan programs; developing necessary strategic audit plans
establishing approaches for use in focusing audit attention on
those areas considered most vulnerable; maintaining overall
oversight of major ongoing contract or assistance audit activities;
and ensuring that audits and reviews comply with applicable
standards and are issued in a timely manner. This office reviews
and keeps up with ongoing assignments that possible waste, fraud
and abuse is brought to the attention of management both within the
OIG and EPA; reviews reports and approaches to advise field
divisions of improvements which should or must be made; acts to
initiate and provide coordination of major initiatives with the
Office of Investigations; and evaluates performance and production
achievements of field divisions for internal and performance audit
assignments. The AAIGA is responsible for the direct supervision
of half of the field audit divisions. As such, the AAIGA is the
first line supervisor of the Divisional Inspectors General for
Audit of the assigned field audit divisions.
c. Technical Assistance Division. The Technical
Assistance Division, under the supervision of the Director,
Technical Assistance Division, is composed of an Engineering and
Science Branch and an ADP Audits and Support Branch. The
Engineering and Science Branch provides technical engineering or
scientific assistance to ongoing audits or investigations related
to the EPA technical programs. The ADP Audits and Support Branch
is responsible for identifying, planning, and overseeing audits of
EPA's ADP operations. The Branch also assists various OIG audit
and investigative offices in obtaining and evaluating computerized
information. Additionally, the Branch analyzes the OIG's need for
ADP resources; provides guidance to the OIG regarding the effective
utilization of ADP resources; and assures that audits or reviews of
ADP operations are conducted in accordance with applicable
standards.
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d. Field Audit Divisions.
eight field audit Divisions:
The Office of Audit maintains
Field
Division
Headquarters
Financial
Eastern
Mid-Atlantic
Southern
Northern
Central
Western
Geographic/Functional
Responsibility
Headquarters/Performance
Hdqtrs/Fin. & Controls
Regions I & II
Region III
Regions IV & VI
Region V
Regions VII & VIII
Regions IX & X
Divisional
Location
Washington D.C.
Washington D.C.
Boston
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Chicago
Kansas City
San Francisco
Branch
Location
New York
Washington
Dallas & RTP
Cincinnati
Denver
Sacramento
Seattle
Each field Audit Division, under the supervision of a Divisional
Inspector General for Audit, conducts a program of internal and
external audits of EPA's activities within the Field Division.
While the Divisional Inspector General for Audit reports to one of
the Associate Assistant Inspectors General for Audit for
administrative purposes, they are under the technical supervision
of the applicable Associate Assistant Inspector General for Audit
with respect to the conduct and issuance of reports. The AAIGA for
Internal and Performance Audits supervises the following field
audit divisions: Financial, Eastern, Central, and Western. The
AAIGA for Acquisition and Assistance Audits supervises the
following field audit divisions: Headquarters, Mid-Atlantic,
Southern, and Northern.
Field Audit Divisions implement audit policies and standards;
conducts audits and reviews in accordance with those policies and
standards; prepares and forwards or issues internal and external
reports; arranges and controls audit assistance performed by other
Federal agencies and non-Federal auditors; and maintains operating
contacts with Agency offices, State and local government offices,
and various commercial or not for profit organizations in the
assigned area to assist in prompt resolution of problems requiring
audit service or advice. Suboffices within the Field Audit
Division 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. The Office of
Investigations 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; and 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 Assistant Inspector General direct and coordinate
nationwide investigations to ensure compliance with DIG policy,
plans and standards; provide technical guidance and oversee
operations of Field Divisions for the detection and prevention of
actual or suspected violations of Federal laws or regulations;
assign investigative priorities and monitor personnel utilization
and operation 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. The
Office of Investigations maintains five Field Divisions:
Field Geographical Area Office Location
Division of Responsibility of Divisional IG
Eastern Federal Regions I New York
and II
Mid-Atlantic Federal Region III Washington, D.C.
Southern Federal Regions IV Atlanta
and VI
Northern Federal Regions V and Chicago
VII
Western Federal Regions VIII, San Francisco
IX & X
Each Field Division, under the supervision of a Divisional
Inspector General for Investigations, reports to the Assistant
Inspector General for Investigations; 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 with Field Divisions; and maintains
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continuing liaison with Federal, State and investigative agencies.
Sub-offices within the Investigations Field Divisions will be
located to provide investigative capabilities where needed.
b. Procurement Fraud Division. The Procurement Fraud
Division is responsible for spearheading the Office of
Investigations' effort to investigate fraud in the Agency's
procurement process.
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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 responsible for: Serving as the focal point
for the Agency's anti-fraud effort; Serving as the focal point for
management evaluation of Office of Inspector General programs and
operations; Operating the Office of Inspector General suspension
and debarment program; Operating the Agency's "Hotline";
Providing administrative, budget, management, and personnel
services for the Office of Inspector General; Operating the
Agency's personnel security clearance program; Administering the
Office of Inspector General Issuance System; Administering the
Office of Inspector General's Freedom of Information Act and
Privacy Act Programs; Overseeing Office of Inspector General
delegated functions; and Providing policy direction and guidance
to subordinate organizational 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 information throughout the Agency;
(3) Developing and implementing strategies that minimize
the opportunity for the occurrence of fraud, waste and abuse, and
providing leadership in this effort to appropriate disciplines
within and outside the Agency;
(4) Identifying, 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;
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(6) Maintaining and operating the Office of Inspector
General's suspension and debarment program; and
(7) Operating the Agency "Hotline" for the receipt,
screening, and disposition of employee and public complaints
concerning the possible existence 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 semi-annual reports to
the Administrator 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 organization 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 Information and Privacy Acts;
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(8) Coordinating the Office of Inspector General's
Management Accountability 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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Office of Inspector General
Inspector General
Office of Audit
Office of
Acquisition &
Assistance
Audits
Field Audit
Divisions
Technical
Assistance
Division
Office of
Internal Audits
& Performance
Audits
Office of
Investigations
Office of Management
and Technical
Assessment
Field Divisions
Technical
Assessment and
Fraud Prevention
Division
Procurement
Fraud Division
Administrative
and Management
Services Division
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CHAPTER 9 - OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR 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 advisor to the Administrator, and
is responsible for the development, direction, and conduct of a
national research, development and demonstration program in:
pollution sources, fate, and health and welfare effects; pollution
prevention and control and waste management and utilization
technology; environmental sciences and monitoring systems. The
Office of Research and Development (ORD) participates in the
development of Agency policy, standards, and regulations. It
provides for dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge,
including analytical methods, monitoring techniques, and modeling
methodologies. It serves as coordinator for the Agency's policies
and programs concerning carcinogenesis and related problems; and
assures appropriate quality control and standardization of
analytical measurement and monitoring techniques (for which the AA
is assigned responsibility) utilized by the Agency. It exercises
review and concurrence responsibilities on an Agencywide basis in
all budgeting and planning actions involving monitoring which
require Headquarters approval.
As principal science advisor to the Administrator, the Assistant
Administrator is assisted by an in-house staff of senior and
experienced scientific and technical specialists. These
specialists, upon request, provide technical and scientific reviews
and expert consultation and advice on Agencywide technical program
issues.
a. Office of Research Program Management. The Office of
Research Program Management, under the supervision of a Director
and Deputy Director, serves as the principal staff office to the
Assistant Administrator on matters relating to budgeting;
accountability; financial management and review; analysis; review;
integration and coordination; resource management; organizational
and manpower analytical management; human resource, facilities,
equipment, environmental compliance, policy development and
analysis, information, administrative management services. The
Headquarters Staff Offices, under the direction of Staff Chiefs and
responsible to the Director and Deputy Director, Office of
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Research Program Management are specially required to: develop
recommendations on Office of Research and Development (ORD)
programs; develop recommendations on overall Office policies and
means for their implementation; develop and administer the formal
Office of Research and Development budgeting, reporting and review
system in implementation of the Agency system; provide policy
development and review for ORD budgeting and reporting activities;
recommend resource targets and major objectives for ORD research
offices; coordinate the preparation of ORD budgets within ORD and
with Agency program and Regional Offices and external scientific
and user groups; conduct analyses, studies, reviews, assessments
and evaluations of ORD management and programs to determine
responsiveness to Agency strategies and ORD plans, including the
development of appropriate criteria to measure program performance;
provide analysis of new or proposed legislation for impact on the
Office of Research and Development and its program
responsibilities; provide management, financial and administrative
support services to the ORD Headquarters components; coordinate
managerial, information, facilities, equipment and human resource
services for ORD field components; establish operational and
organizational policies and procedures for ORD components in
amplification of Agency policies; allocate resources, as directed
by the Assistant Administrator; and develop and operate internal
ORD fiscal and manpower controls.
b. Office of Science. Planning and Regulatory Evaluation
(OSPRE). The Office of Science, Planning and Regulatory Evaluation
(OSPRE), under the supervision of a Director, is responsible to
the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, for
integrating and disseminating ORD's scientific and engineering
information and expertise into regulatory decisionmaking and to
EPA's regional offices, transferring ORD's information and
technology to state and local organizations involved in
environmental protection, and for implementing ORD's issue-based
research planning process and science quality activities. The
Director advises the Assistant Administrator on the regulatory
support provided directly to Program Offices by ORD scientists and
engineers, establishment and improvement of program effectiveness
through technology transfer and Agency implementation of the 1986
Federal Technology Transfer Act, the increased attention to
Regional Office needs and networking of national issues, research
planning, and science quality. OSPRE has the lead role for
research planning and science quality functions, and technology
transfer within ORD and provides technical and policy assistance
to ORD laboratories. OSPRE serves as a focal point for
communication and coordination with EPA program offices, EPA
regional offices, and non-EPA organizations (e.g., state and local
governments, universities and other Federal agencies).
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c. 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 extramural grant research in response to Agency
priorities, as articulated by Agency planning mechanisms 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 include: administering ORD's scientific review of
extramural requests for research funding assistance; managing grant
projects; and ensuring project quality and optimum dissemination of
results. The OER is responsible for analyzing EPA's long-range
environmental research concerns; forecasting emerging and potential
environmental 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 environmental
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.
d. Office of the Senior Official For Research and
Development, Cincinnati. Ohio. The Office of the Senior Official
for Research and Development-Cincinnati is a field element of the
immediate office of the Assistant Administrator for Research and
Development (AARD). The Office functions as the official
spokesperson for ORD and the Agency in Cincinnati and has the lead
responsibility for coordinating with Region V and with ORD's lead
region, with Headquarters, and with program offices on all
appropriate matters. The Office also has the lead responsibility
for the planning and coordination of outreach programs at the
Andrew W. Briedenbach Environmental Research Center (AWBERC)
including local Congressional affairs, public affairs community
relations, academia and educational projects, media relations,
international visitors, intergovernmental relations, support
services, and related programs.
e. Office of Senior Official for Research and Development,
Research Triangle Park, NC. The Office of the Senior Office of
Research and Development OfficialRTP is a field element of the
immediate office of the Assistant Administrator for Research and
Development. The Senior Official serves as the official
spokesperson for ORD-RTP- The SORDO has the lead responsibility
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for coordinating issues of mutual concern among the co-located
laboratories at RTF as well as the Headquarters ORD, Headquarters
program offices, the Regions, and other entities where appropriate.
In carrying out these broad responsibilities, the office plans and
conducts several specific programs of its own. Thus, either
personally, or through the R&D Service Staff, the senior official
is responsible for the following programs: community outreach and
public affairs; support services; health and safety compliance;
training, technical assistance and technology transfer, and related
programs.
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2. OFFICE OF MODELING. MONITORING SYSTEMS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE
(OMMSOA^. The Office of Modeling, Monitoring Systems and Quality
Assurance (OMMSQA), under the supervision of an Office Director, is
responsible to the Assistant Administrator for Research and
Development for planning, managing and evaluating a comprehensive
program for: research, monitoring, and assessment of the condition
of our Nation's ecological resources, research with respect to the
characterization, transport, and fate of pollutants which are
released into the atmosphere; development and demonstration of
techniques and methods to monitor human ecological exposure and to
relate ambient concentrations to exposure by critical receptors;
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; establishment, coordination, and review of Agency-wide
Quality Assurance Program; development and provision of quality
assurance methods, techniques and materials including validation
and standardization of analytical methods, sampling techniques,
quality control methods, 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 program 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 ensure
timeliness, quality and responsiveness of outputs.
a. Program Operations Staff. The Program Operations Staff,
under the supervision of a Director, serves as the principal
management and support staff to the Director, OMMSQA, and is
responsible for: the development, administration and coordination
of program management and administrative support for the Office and
its associated laboratories; administering the ORD planning,
reporting and review system within the Office and developing and
administering such additional systems as are necessary for
supporting budget, program development and defense, human resources
management and financial management of the office and associated
laboratories; reviewing inter-divisional and inter-laboratory
strategies, objectives, plans, progress and resources for
compliance with ORD, Agency and legislative requirements;
recommending priorities and strategies to optimize utility of
resources; and serving as a point of liaison with ORD's Office of
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Research Program Management and other organizations for planning,
programming, reporting, fiscal control and management activities of
the Office.
b. Quality Assurance Management Staff. The Quality
Assurance Management Staff (QAMS), under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible to the Director, OMMSQA, for developing
the Agencywide mandatory Quality Assurance Program for all
environmental data collection activities. The objective of the
Quality Assurance Program is to assure that each EPA office or
laboratory has defined and has the tools to define the level of
data quality needed for the intended data use and to determine
whether the needed quality assurance is attained. QAMS policy
applies to all State grantees responsible for collecting data for
use by EPA and all research and contract efforts collecting
environmental data. Specifically, QAMS develops policy guidance
for use by Agency offices or laboratories in their preparing QA
program plans and QA project plans. QAMS develops the policy and
technical guidance for conducting and reviewing QA audits. QAMS
reviews and approves all QA program plans and conducts technical
and management audits for any offices or laboratories QA program to
determine conformance with their approved QA program. QAMS
establishes appropriate communications and training materials
necessary for offices and laboratories to implement their QA
programs.
c. Modeling and Monitoring Systems Staff. The Modeling and
Monitoring Systems Staff, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible to the Director, OMMSQA, for the planning, management,
coordination and review of the Agency's research, development and
demonstration programs in the air, toxics, pesticides, radiation,
water, and waste management media to define: techniques and
systems to monitor human and ecological exposure and relate ambient
concentrations of pollutants to exposure of critical receptors;
research and development program to characterize the atmospheric
processes, transport and transformation of air pollution as it
relates to urban and regional atmospheres; precise, accurate
techniques for surveillance and enforcement requirements;
candidates for designation and standard or reference monitoring
methods; monitoring methods and systems including sampling
techniques and methodology, and other components of monitoring
systems and strategies; quality assured monitoring techniques
including methods of standardization, validation and equivalency,
and quality procedures and protocols and quality control; and
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 services. The staff
provides technical expertise and management assistance in the areas
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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,
the 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.
d. Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory,
Research Triangle Park. North Carolina. The Atmospheric Research
and Exposure Assessment Laboratory (AREAL), Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible
to the Director of the Office of Modeling and Monitoring Systems
and Quality Assurance (OMMSQA), conducts intramural and extramural
research programs, through laboratory and field research, in the
chemical, physical, and biological sciences designed to:
characterize and quantify present and future ambient air pollutant
levels and resultant exposures to humans and ecosystems on local,
regional, global scales; develop and validate models to predict
changes in air pollution levels and air pollutant exposures and
determine the relationships among the factors affected by predicted
and observed changes; determine source-to-receptor relationships
relating to ambient air quality and air pollutant exposures,
developing predictive models to be used for assessments of
regulatory alternatives derived from these relationships, directly
or indirectly; provide support to program offices in the form of
technical advice, methods research and development, quality
assurance, field monitoring, instrument development, and modeling
for quantitative risk assessment and regulatory purposes; develop
and carry out long-term research in the areas of atmospheric
methods, quality assurance, biomarkers, spatial statistics,
exposure assessment, and modeling research to solve cutting edge
scientific issues relating to EPA's mission; collect, organize,
manage, and distribute research data on air quality, human and
ecosystem exposures and trends for program offices, ORD, the
scientific community, and the public at large.
e. Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory. Las Vegas,
Nevada. The Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Nevada,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible to the
Director, OMMSQA, for the management within the Agency and ORD
policies'and guidelines and allocated resources, of programs for
multi-media and remote sensing monitoring and measurements, 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
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and panels of the DOE's Nevada Operations Office; assists in the
development of broad research policy and program guidelines and
long-range research plans; and 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, cooperative agreement, or interagency agreement with
other organizations. It provides technical support 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 requirements.
f. Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Cincinnati
Ohio. The Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Cincinnati
(EMSL/CIN) has as its primary mission: Conduct research in the
development, evaluation, and standardization of chemical and
biological methods for assessments of environmental contamination
and exposures; conduct research for detecting, identifying and
quantifying microbial pathogens found in environmental media;
operation of the USEPA Quality Assurance (QA) Program for water,
wastewater, and related analyses in solid wastes/superfund/toxics;
and conduct research for development of methods and models to
elucidate the relationship between exposure to environmental
stressors and selected indicators of that exposure for aquatic and
terrestrial plants and animals.
Methods developed and standardized are used to identify inorganic
and organic pollutants, detect and identify bacteria, viruses,
parasites, and aquatic organisms in the environment. Research is
conducted on biotechnological methods for determining the
occurrence, distribution, transport and fate of human pathogenic
parasites in the environment. Methods are developed and evaluated
for the detection, enumeration and identification of indicator and
pathogenic bacteria in environmental media. Methods for sample
handling, transport, and preservation techniques are also
developed. Field methods and advanced state-of-the-art approaches
are developed to be applicable for drinking water, ambient water,
raw and treated wastewaters, sediments, sludges, and biological
indicators of exposure.
The QA program includes method conformation and method validation
studies which establish the precision and bias of USEPA's selected
analytical methodology. QA manuals and guidelines, quality control
(QC) samples, and calibration standards for all analysts of
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interest to water and waste programs under regulation are provided.
Performance evaluation studies and laboratory certification
activities are conducted. A quality assurance monitoring program
is maintained for both biology and chemistry.
g. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)
Office. The Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)
Office, under the direction of a Director, is responsible for: (1)
designing and implementing a comprehensive, long-term nationwide
environmental research, monitoring and assessment program to assess
and to document periodically the condition of the Nation's
ecological resources; (2) designing data management systems,
analytical procedures, and assessment guidelines which ensure that
the results of the freshwater, terrestrial, and near coastal
ecosystem monitoring activities can be combined into a consistent
framework for reporting and assessing overall status and trends;
(3) providing service to a wide spectrum of users including: (a)
decision-makers both internal and external to the Agency; (b)
Agency and other program managers; (c) EPA, other Federal and
academic scientists; and (d) operational managers and analysts; (4)
collecting, archiving and reporting on the status and trends in
indicators of ecological condition on a regional and national
basis; (5) providing a scientifically valid process for combining
the ecosystem-specific data into comprehensive ecological risk
assessments of major environmental conditions on a regional and
national basis; (6) providing a scientifically, technically and
managerially innovative program with extensive involvement of EPA
laboratories outside of OMMSQA, several other Federal agencies,
EPA's Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, EPA regulatory
Program and Regional Offices, and States; and interested
international communities; (7) providing a Quality Assurance
function for ecological monitoring and assessment.
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3. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATION. The Office of Environmental Engineering and
Technology Demonstration (OEETD), under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible to the Assistant Administrator for
planning, managing and evaluating a comprehensive program of
research, development and demonstration of cost effective methods
and technologies to: control environmental impacts associated with
the extraction, processing, conversion, and transportation of
energy, minerals, and other resources, and with industrial
processing and manufacturing facilities; control environmental
impacts of public sector activities including publicly-owned
wastewater and solid waste facilities; control and manage hazardous
waste generation, storage, treatment and disposal; provide
innovative technologies for response actions under Superfund and
technologies for control of emergency spills of oils and hazardous
waste, improve drinking water supply and system operations,
including improved understanding of water supply technology and
water supply criteria, characterize, reduce, and mitigate indoor
air pollutants including radon, characterize, reduce, and mitigate
acid rain precursors from stationary sources.
In carrying out these responsibilities, the Office: develops
program plans and manages the resources assigned to it; implements
the approved programs and activities; assigns objectives and
resources to the OEETD laboratories; conducts appropriate reviews
to assure the guality, timeliness and responsiveness of outputs;
and, conducts analyses of the relative environmental and
socioeconomic impacts of engineering methods and control
technologies and strategies. The Office of Environmental
Engineering and Technology Demonstration 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. 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 engineering
research and development and the control of pollution discharges.
a- Program Development Staff. The Program Development Staff
(PDS), under the supervision of a Director, serves as the
principal staff for the development and management of new research
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new research programs across all medias, including hazardous waste
and superfund, water, toxics, pesticides, air and energy. Examples
of these programs include hazardous waste and Superfund innovative
and alternative treatment technologies, indoor air guality control
and radon mitigation. Further, the Program Development Staff will
have responsibility for management of new programs such as the
municipal waste innovative technology evaluation and stratospheric
ozone assessment, prior to transfer of the new programs to the
engineering laboratories. They will also be responsible for
Headquarters managed programs, such as the Hazardous
Waste/Superfund Clearinghouse and other technology transfer
activities for the Office of Environmental Engineering and
Technology Demonstration (OEETD).
In carrying out these functions, the staff: assesses new and
existing regulatory requirements; identifies R&D needs of program
offices and regions, and coordinates development of responsive
programs; develops broad policy and program guidelines, including
recommended program plans; analyzes legislation to determine the
need for engineering and control technology research; develops and
plans programs and new research in technology assessment; manages
new programs, as appropriate, when a strong Headquarters leadership
is required or during the "startup" phase; manages specific
technical programs which require office-wide attention, such as the
SITE Clearinghouse, quality assurance and others; coordinates new
program development with other components of ORD, the Agency, other
Federal programs, and the private sector; serves as a spokesperson
for OEETD to promote new programs; participates with the Program
Management Staff in laboratory technical and program reviews to
identify potential new programs; and serves as principal point of
contact with industry in relation to new research needs and
initiatives. Once research is in progress the function is then
transferred to the Program Management Staff.
The Program Development Staff will maintain close coordination with
the Program Management Staff to ensure that the new programs are
integrated into budget documents and day-to-day management of the
laboratories.
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b. The Program Management Staff. The Program Management
Staff, under the supervision of a Director and a Deputy, serves as
principal staff for resource management, coordination of the
planning process, administrative operations, and general management
and organization matters for the Office of Environmental
Engineering and Technology Demonstration (OEETD). In carrying out
these functions, the staff: coordinates the OEETD planning,
budgeting, and reporting systems, develops policies, broad program
plans, and makes recommendations for resource allocations for the
engineering and control technology research and development
activities supporting the Agency's program offices and regional
offices; establishes policy and operating procedures for the
formulation and execution of the budget and all administrative
matters; ensures that budget, planning and administrative policies
are adhered to at the laboratories; tracks outputs and
deliverables to ensure they are in accordance with ORD and Agency
directives and plans and to assure that they are responsive to
client needs; monitors the extramural procurement process in the
laboratories to ensure that procurement cutoff dates are met and
Agency and ORD policies are adhered to; develops and implements
internal fiscal and manpower controls; and provides administrative
services for the Headquarters operations.
In addition, the PMS develops and implements management review
procedures; coordinates and tracks development of technical
information, laboratory peer reviews, etc.; assists the OEETD
Laboratory Directors in the presentation and defense of the
proposed detailed program plan at the five Agency Consolidated
Research Committees; prepares, in cooperation with the OEETD
laboratory directors, the Agency planning documents for control
technology; conducts, in cooperation with the OEETD laboratory
directors, appropriate program reviews of ongoing research to
ensure the production and dissemination of research outputs and
deliverables that satisfy the needs for which they were originally
planned and to ensure that deliverable are of high scientific
quality; coordinates environmental engineering research with other
Federal agencies to ensure that research efforts are nonduplicative
and that results from other programs are fully integrated in
support of EPA's needs; develops and implements policies related to
program management e.g., quality assurance, peer reviews,
cooperative international programs, management support systems;
Serves as the OEETD headquarters principal point of contact with
industry, associations, States and municipalities, the program
offices and regional office on current research activities; and
performs special projects and analyses.
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c. Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory. Research
Triangle Park, North Carolina. The Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, under the supervision
of a Director and a Deputy Director, develops and assess methods
and technologies or preventing or reducing the deleterious effects
of air pollutants on human health and welfare, and on the global
environment. The Laboratory conducts applied research to: develop
methods and technologies for reducing indoor radon to background
levels; assess factors contributing to the global warming problem,
research both man-made and natural alternatives for halting or
reversing global warming, and pursue development or promising
technologies and methods; assesses factors contributing to
stratospheric ozone depletion, with emphasis on chlorofluorcarbons,
research both man-made and natural alternatives for halting or
reversing stratospheric ozone depletion, and pursue development of
promising technologies and methods; develop inventories and models
for use in characterizing and assessing the contributions of
various air emissions to stratospheric ozone depletion, global
warming, ozone non-attainment, and acid deposition; and develop and
apply combustion modification techniques, or combinations of
combustion modification and other techniques, to fuel combustion,
municipal and hazardous waste incineration and other processes in
order to prevent or reduce air pollution emissions; conduct
fundamental combustion research to support these activities. The
laboratory assists in characterizing and assessing indoor air
pollution in order to provide guidance on indoor air quality
management approaches that may contribute to non- regulatory
solutions to this problem; characterizes and assesses sources and
assess technologies for preventing or controlling volatile organic
compounds and hazardous air pollutants in order to contribute to
regulatory and non- regulatory solutions to ozone non-attainment
and hazardous air pollutant problems; and continues research,
development, and demonstration of third- and fourth-generation
technologies and methods for cleaning SOx, NOx, particulates and
haolgens from stake greases.
d. Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory, Cincinnati. Ohio.
The Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory (RREL), Cincinnati, under
the supervision of the Laboratory Director, and with the guidance
of the Director, Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology
Demonstration, is responsible for the planning, implementation, and
management of research, development and demonstration programs
assigned to the RREL. The mission of the Laboratory is to provide
an authoritative, defensible engineering basis in support of the
policies, programs and regulations of the Environmental Protection
Agency with respect to drinking water, wastewater, pesticides,
toxic substances, solid and hazardous wastes, and Superfund-related
activities.
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Those activities and programs include multi-media research,
development and demonstration of cost-effective methods for the
prevention, treatment and management of municipal wastewater and
sludges and urban run-off; and of industrial processing and
manufacturing and toxic discharges; technology and management
systems for the treatment, distribution and preservation of public
drinking water supplies; evaluating protective clothing materials
for pesticides protection; the development of data to support the
use of alternative technologies and to support implementation of
the land disposal and incineration regulations; the development of
procedures to prevent and contain hazardous releases and to manage
uncontrolled waste sites; technical assistance, techniques and
procedures for remedial investigation/feasibility studies for
specific Superfund sites; and the development of a demonstration
program to promote commericalization of alternative and innovative
Superfund treatment technologies.
The Laboratory will also provide consultation and technical
assistance to other ORD organizations, the program offices and the
regions, and will cooperate with other ORD laboratories to
integrate its engineering research efforts with related research
programs. The Laboratory will monitor pertinent national and
international research activities and findings. The Laboratory
will correlate its engineering research activities with other
governmental agencies, industry and academia to encourage
translation of basic and applied research results to opportunities
for commercial application and public acceptance.
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4. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES 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: develop and apply ecological risk
assessment methods to ecosystems of concern to the Agency for
stresses of regulatory importance; develop the scientific and
technological methods 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; monitor the causes and effects of acid
deposition and related pollutants, reduce the uncertainty in the
scientific understanding of the causes, effects and corrective
measures for the acid deposition phenomenon and perform
policy-relevant assessments of the scientific findings on acid
deposition and related pollutants; and increase the scientific
understanding of the global climate change phenomena and the role
of radioactive gases in this phenomena and perform policy-relevant
risk assessments of the available scientific knowledge.
The comprehensive program includes: the development of organism and
ecosystem level effects 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; the
development of methods to determine and predict the fate,
transport, and environmental level 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; the development
and demonstration of methods for the control or management of
adverse environmental impacts from agriculture and other rural
nonpoint sources; the development and demonstration of strategies
for the management of agricultural and urban pests which utilize
alternative biological cultural and chemical controls; the
development of laboratory and field scale methods to predict the
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behavior of pollutants in terms of movement in the environment,
accumulation in the food chain, effects on organisms, and broad
ecosystem impacts; the research and monitoring activities
associated with causes, the transport, transformation and
deposition, the effects and the mitigation and technological
control options for acid deposition; the research and monitoring
activities associated with global climate change and stratospheric
ozone; and the 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 acid
deposition, global climate change, transport, fate, and effects on
organisms and ecosystems of pollutants that are released into the
environment; and the planning and implementation of the Agency's
biotechnology, ecological risk assessment, and expert systems
research programs. The Office is also the coordinating office for
the joint program on ecological monitoring and assessment with the
Office of Modeling and Monitoring Systems and Quality Assurance.
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 Administrator and to other agencies as
appropriate; and conducts appropriate reviews to assure the
quality, timeliness, and responsiveness of outputs.
a. 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 the Office of Environmental Processes
and Effects Research. The Staff is responsible for coordinating
the formal ORD planning, budgeting, reporting and review system;
establishing operating procedures, developing and implementing
internal fiscal and manpower controls; technical information and
public affairs activities, and performing projects and analyses
within the Office of Environmental Processes and Effects Research.
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b. Terrestrial and Ground-Water Effects Staff. The
Terrestrial and Ground-Water Effects Staff, under the supervision
of a Director, is responsible for planning, coordination, and
evaluation of: the Agency's acid deposition research and
development program (as part of the interagency effort) on
deposition to and effects on aquatic ecosystems, forest and
man-made materials, the research on air pollution effects to
agriculture air pollution effects to agriculture, forests and other
terrestrial resources; the research on the exposure and effects of
all pollutants to the terrestrial food chain and to endangered
wildlife; risk assessments on terrestrial and ground-water
ecosystems of concern to support regulatory needs; the transport
and fate of pollutants entering and traversing ground-water
resources; and the impacts on water quality and biota of methods
hazardous waste disposal. The Staff develops long- range research
strategies and short-term research plans; coordinates research
programs with other EPA office and other government agencies;
synthesizes research activities across research committees and
offices; and evaluates the implementation of research strategies
and plans.
c. Marine. Freshwater, and Modeling Staff. The Marine,
Freshwater and Modeling Staff, under the supervision of a Director,
is responsible for planning, coordination, and evaluation of: the
ecological effects and cumulative impacts to buffered lakes and
streams and freshwater wetlands from short-and-long-term exposures
to all pollutant stresses; the environmental exposures with
particular attention to environmental degradation, transport, and
fate; the effects on marine and freshwater organisms and
ecosystems; the feasibility of test methods and related techniques
for evaluating the environmental hazards associated with toxic
substances and pesticides; the acceptable source pollutant
discharge or emission levels necessary to achieve defined water
quality goals or standards; risk assessments of freshwater and
marine ecosystems or of pollutant releases responsive to regulatory
needs; and the global climate change and stratoshperic ozone
research programs. The Staff develops long-range research
strategies and short-term research plans; coordinates research
programs with other EPA offices and other government agencies;
synthesizes research activities across research committees and
offices; and evaluates the implementation of research strategies
and plans.
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d. Environmental Research Laboratory. Corvallis. Oregon. The
Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, 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 guidelines and allocated resources, of a
research program on terrestrial and watershed ecology, and on
multi-media ecological effects assessment for pollutants and other
environmentally harmful factors. This include: exposure and
effects from substances transported by air; assessment and cleanup
methods for contaminated aquatic and terrestrial environments; and
terrestrial exposure and effects from toxic chemicals, pesticides,
and novel biological organisms. Assists in the development of
broad research policy and programs 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 or under contract, cooperative agreement, or
interagency agreement with other organizations. It 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 government
requirements; and provides, as required, scientific and technical
input to criteria development activities.
e. Environmental Research Laboratory, Athens, Georgia. The
Environmental Research Laboratory, Athens, under the supervision of
a Director, is responsible to the Director for Environmental
Processes and Effects Research. The Laboratory conducts and
manages fundamental and applied research required to predict and
assess the human and environmental exposure and risks associated
with conventional and toxic pollutants in water and soil ecosytems.
This goal requires: research to identify and characterize the
significant physical, chemical and biological processes in order to
predict the products, rate and extent of transport, transformation,
and distribution of chemical and biological pollutants in organisms
and in multi-media environments; theoretical and experimental
laboratory and field investigations to identify, characterize,
measure, and predict pollutant and ecosystem properties and
environmental factors that govern the extent of pollutant exposure,
impact and risk; synthesis of scientific understanding of
environmental processes, ecosystem behavior, and data bases into an
array of techniques to predict probable environmental
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concentrations and human and environmental exposure and risk from
chemical and biological pollutants; laboratory and field studies to
develop, test, and document singly and multi-media management
methods and control strategies and the exposure and risk
assessment techniques upon which they are based; and cooperative
activities with other ORD laboratories, program offices, regional
offices and Federal, State and local agencies to apply, demonstrate
and transfer the scientific information, protocols, data bases,
exposure and risk assessment techniques, and environmental
management methods.
f Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory. Ada.
Oklahoma. The Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory,
Ada, under supervision of a Director, is responsible for management
of research programs: to determine the fate, transport and
transformation rates and mechanisms of pollutants in the subsurface
environment including both the unsaturated soil profiles and the
saturated zones; to define the processes to be used in
characterizing the subsurface environment as a receptor of
pollutants; to develop techniques for predicting the effects of
pollutants on ground-water, soil, and indigneous organisms; and to
define and demonstrate the applicability and limitation of using
natural processes, indigenous to the subsurface environment,
for the protection of this resource from municipal, industrial, and
agricultural activities entailing the release of pollutants to the
soil or deeper regions of the subsurface. Assists in the
development of broad research policy and programs guidelines and
long-range research plans. It recommends specific projects and
programs, including the resources and schedules required to
accomplish them. Upon obtaining the resources, carries out the
work through its own facilities or field stations, or under
contract, cooperative agreement, or interagency agreement with
other organizations. Responsible for coordination of technical
assistance to Agency components and others as requested within
resources allocated for this purpose. Assures that the results of
its work are disseminated according to ORD guidelines. It provides
the administrative, personnel, and financial framework to assure
that the activities of the Laboratory meet Agency and Federal
government requirements.
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g. Environmental Research Laboratory. Duluth. Minnesota. The
Environmental Research Laboratory, Duluth, 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 guidelines and allocated resources, of a
research program on ecological systems, particularly to determine
the exposure- effect relationships in fresh water ecosystems.
Assists in the development of broad research policy and programs
guidelines and long-range research plans. It 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, cooperative agreement, 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; and provides the administrative and
financial framework to assure that the activities of the Laboratory
meet Agency and Federal government requirements. Provides, as
required, scientific and technical input, as well as other
documentation, to criteria development activities.
h. 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. The Environmental
Research Laboratory, Narragansett, with its Field Station in
Newport, Oregon, is the Agency's center for marine, coastal, and
estuarine water quality research. The Laboratory's research and
development efforts support primarily the EPA Office of Water,
responding mainly to legislative requirements of the Clean Water
Act, the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, and to a
lesser extent, the Toxic Substances Control Act. Major emphasis is
placed on providing the scientific base for marine hazard
assessment and regulatory activities of that Office. In addition,
the applications of microcosms in the assessment of ecosystem fate,
transport, and effects of chemical regulated under the Toxic
Substances Control Act are evaluated, in coordination with the
Environmental Research Laboratory, Gulf Breeze. The Laboratory is
responsible for the following research program areas: estuarine
and marine disposal and discharge of complex wastes, dredged
materials, and other wastes; water use designation and quality
criteria for estuarine and marine water and sediment; and
environmental assessment of ocean discharges. These research
program areas involve the development, evaluation and application
of techniques and test systems for measuring and predicting the
transport, fate, and biological and ecosystem effects of complex
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h. 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. The Environmental
Research Laboratory, Narragansett, with its Field Station in
Newport, Oregon, is the Agency's center for marine, coastal, and
estuarine water quality research. The Laboratory's research and
development efforts support primarily the EPA Office of Water,
responding mainly to legislative requirements of the Clean Water
Act, the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, and to a
lesser extent, the Toxic Substances Control Act. Major emphasis is
placed on providing the scientific base for marine hazard
assessment and regulatory activities of that Office. In addition,
the applications of microcosms in the assessment of ecosystem fate,
transport, and effects of chemical regulated under the Toxic
Substances Control Act are evaluated, in coordination with the
Environmental Research Laboratory, Gulf Breeze. The Laboratory is
responsible for the following research program areas: estuarine
and marine disposal and discharge of complex wastes, dredged
materials, and other wastes; water use designation and quality
criteria for estuarine and marine water and sediment; and
environmental assessment of ocean discharges. These research
program areas involve the development, evaluation and application
of techniques and test systems for measuring and predicting the
transport, fate, and biological and ecosystem effects of complex
wastes in estuarine and marine systems. Technical assistance and
investigations of an emergency nature, e.g., spills of toxic
materials, also are provided to aid EPA offices in evaluating
environmental threats posed by toxicants, other pollutants, and
physical modifications along the Mid and North Atlantic and West
Cost and other locations. Some technical assistance also is
provided to other Federal agencies, States, municipalities, and
industries.
i. Environmental Research Laboratory. Gulf Breeze. Florida.
The Environmental Research Laboratory at Gulf Breeze, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Director, Office
of Environmental Processes and Effects Research, for developing
scientific information used to formulate guidelines, and standards,
and strategies for management of hazardous materials in coastal,
estuarine, and marine environments. The Laboratory's research and
development efforts deal primarily with toxic compounds regulated
by EPA's Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances. In addition,
the impacts of the ocean disposal of drilling fluids and waste
treatment effluents are investigated for the Office of Water. The
laboratory is responsible for the following research programs:
development of principles and applications for environmental
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toxicology, including toxic chemical exposure and effects on marine
organisms and ecosystem processes; development and evaluation of
factors and mechanisms that effect biodegration rates and
bioaccumulation potential in food- webs; development and
verification of methods and data that allow extrapolation from
laboratory toxicity and biodegradation rate; determination of
effects of carcinogen, mutagens, and teratogens in aquatic species
(individuals, populations); development of aquatic species and
test systems as indicators of environmental and human risk from
exposure to chemicals; and development of methods to evaluate
environmental risk due to genetically altered microorganisms and
other products of biotechnology. Technical assistance and
investigations of an emergency nature; i.e., spills of hazardous
materials, also are provided to aid EPA offices in evaluating
environmental threats posed by toxicants in the Gulf of Mexico,
subtropical Atlantic Coast, and other geographical locations.
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5- 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 humans. This documentation is utilized by ORD for criteria
development and scientific assessments in support of the Agency's
regulating and standard setting activities. To attain this
objective, the program develops test systems and associated methods
and protocols, such as predictive models to determine similarities
and differences among test organisms and man; develops methodology
and conducts laboratory and field research studies; and develops
interagency programs which effectively evaluate the health impact
from exposure to environmental pollutants.
The Office of Health Research is the Agency's focal point within
the Office of Research and Development 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/Environmental 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 the academic and other independent scientific bodies, the
Office develops health science policy for the Agency- Through
these relationships and the scientific capabilities of its
laboratories and Headquarters staff, the Office provides a focal
point for matters pertaining to the effects of human exposure to
environmental pollutants.
a. Health Research Management Staff. The Health Research
Management Staff, under the supervision of a Director, serves as
principal staff to the Director for Health Research and is
responsible for the overall scientific/technical and
administrative/financial planning, management and evaluation of
health research programs in the Environmental Protection Agency.
The health research programs assess potential health impacts
resulting from exposures to criteria and non-criteria air
pollutants, emissions from mobile sources, drinking water and
ambient water pollutants, solid and hazardous wastes and toxic
chemical substances (including pesticides) and superfund.
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The staff is responsible for the development, coordination and
administration of the internal scientific and administrative
program requirements as identified in coordination with the
Associate Laboratory Directors and through negotiations with the
program offices and research committees. This includes
determination of resource requirements to support the health
research program as well as the development of data to support and
defend the annual budget. Assures office and laboratory compliance
with ORD, Agency and legislative requirements in the areas of
health research and financial and administrative management.
Provides program implementation guidelines to the laboratory
Director and the Associate Laboratory Directors to assure effective
integration of all health research activities conducted by the
Office. Conducts periodic reviews and evaluation of laboratory
scientific and administrative management activities to determine
progress toward specific planned goals. Provides health research
information and advice to steering committees, regulation review
committees, inter-agency committees and domestic and international
organizations which require such assistance. Serves as the point
of contact for all fiscal control and management of activities of
the Office.
b. Health Effects Research Laboratory. Research Triangle Park
(RTP). North Carolina. The Health Effects Research Laboratory,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible 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 to develop data on,
the health effects of environmental pollutants, acting singly or in
combination, using toxicological, clinical, and epidemiological
studies. Assists in the development of broad research policy and
program guidelines and long-range 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 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
requirements. Provides, as required, scientific and technical
input, as well as other documentation to criteria development
activities.
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6- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. The Office of
Health and Environmental Assessment (OHEA), under the supervision
of a Director, reports to the Assistant Administrator for Research
and Development and is his/her principal advisor on matters
relating to the development of health criteria, health effects
assessment and risk estimation. The Director's Office: develops
recommendation on OHEA programs including the identification and
development of alternative program goals, priorities, objectives
and work plans; develops recommendations on overall office policies
and means 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 S ES <»
regulatory review in the Agency Steering Committee, Science |j gS
Advisory Board, and in cooperation with other Federal agencies and « 5£ £'
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support services to the components of OHEA. The Director's Office cJ £j =c 1
provides Headquarters coordination for the Environmental Criteria £2 ^ b ,
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a. Exposure Assessment Group. The Exposure Assessment Group g| ^ o
is responsible to the Director of the Office of Health and ~j «>
Environmental Assessment for advising the Agency's operating
programs on the exposure characteristics and factors of agents that
are suspected of causing detrimental health effects. In
cooperation with the program offices, the Group: provides
state-of-the-art methodology guidance and procedures for exposures
determinations; assures quality and consistency in the Agency's
scientific risk assessments; provides advice to the program offices
on proposed testing requirements with emphasis on the information
needed for adequate exposure determinations; and provides
independent assessments of exposure and recommendations to the
appropriate regulatory office concerning the exposure potential of
specific agents. The work of the Group does not include
consideration of economic impact.
b. Human Health Assessment Group. The Human Health
Assessment Group is responsible to the Director of the Office of
Health and Environmental Assessment of advising the Agency's
operating programs on the health risks associated with suspected
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cancer-causing agents; and the risks associated with chemicals
that are suspected of causing detrimental reproductive effects,
including mutagenic, teratognic and other adverse reproductive
outcomes and reduced fertility. In cooperation with the program
offices, the Group: provides state-of-the-art methodology, guidance
and procedures for the evaluation of carcinogenicity; reproductive,
development and mutagenic effects; assures quality and consistency
in the Agency's scientific risk assessments; provides advice to
the program offices on proposed testing requirements with emphasis
on the information needed for adequate risk assessments; and
provides independent assessments of risk and recommendations to the
appropriate offices concerning the risks associated with suspect
carcinogens and the risks to reproductive systems associated with
specific chemicals. The work of the Group does not include
consideration of economic impact.
c. Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office. Cincinnati.
Ohio. The Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office, Cincinnati
(ECAO/Cin) is responsible to the Director of the Office 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 the international
literature on toxic effects from exposure to water pollutants and
related topics. The primary functions of the ECAO/Cin consist of
preparation and publication of revised or new criteria documents
as an input for establishing environmental standards, and
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: assessment of research
performed within the Agency; providing the interface among ORD,
the Agency's program and regulatory offices, and the scientific
community; responding to requests from other program offices and
the other components of OHEA for scientific documentation, and
initiating and reports and assessments to these groups as needed;
and performing tasks assigned to ORD in its role with the World
Health Organization (WHO) as a collaborating center for
environmental pollution control.
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d. Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office. Research
Triangle Park. North Carolina. The Environmental Criteria and
Assessment Office, Research Triangle Park (ECA/RTP) is responsible
to the Director of the Office of Health and Environmental
Assessment for the preparation of criteria and assessment documents
primarily 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
revised of new criteria documents as an input for establishing
environmental standards, and 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:
assessment of research performed within the Agency; providing the
interface among ORD, the Agency's program and regulatory offices,
and the scientific community; responding to request from other
program offices and other components of OHEA for scientific
documentation, and initiating reports and assessments to these
groups as needed; and performing tasks assigned to ORD in its role
with the World Health Organization (WHO) as a collaborating center
for environmental pollution control.
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Office of Research and Development
Office of Research
Program Management;
Assistant Administrator for
Research and Development
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Research
Office of Science
Planning, and Regulatory
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Las Vegas
Environmental
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Cincinnati, OH
Atmospheric
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Risk Reduction
Cincinnati, OH
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Terrestrial &
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Environmental
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Duluth, MN
Environmental
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Narragansett, RI
Environmental
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Gulf Breeze, FL
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Ada, OK
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Athens, GA
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Health Research
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Human Health
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RTP, NC
Environmental
Criteria and
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RTP, NC
Environmental
Criteria and
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Cincinnati, OH
Senior ORD
Corvallis, OR
Cincinnati, OH
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CHAPTER 10 - OFFICE OF WATER
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR WATER. The Office
of the Assistant Administrator for Water serves as principal
advisor to the Administrator and provides Agency-wide policy,
guidance and direction for the Agency's water quality, drinking
water, ground-water, wetlands protection, marine and estuarine
protection, and other water related programs. The Assistant
Administrator's responsibilities include: program policy
development and evaluation; environmental and pollution source
standards development; program policy guidance and overview,
technical support, and evaluation of Regional activities; the
conduct of enforcement, compliance and permitting activities as
they relate to drinking water and water programs; development and
implementation of programs for education, technical assistance and
technology transfer; development of selected demonstration
programs; long-term strategic planning and special studies;
economic and long-term environmental analysis; and development and
implementation of pollution prevention strategies.
a. Policy and Resources Management Office. The Policy and
Resources Management Office (PRMO), under the supervision of a
Director, reports to the Assistant Administrator for Water. The
Office is responsible for Water-wide program administration and
coordination of program office activities in the following areas:
policy, communications, budget and administrative management, and
human resources management; serves as the principal staff to the
Assistant Administrator for coordinating and facilitating the
review and analysis of policies and regulations originating both
within and outside the Office of Water (OW); coordinates reviews
and comments on all policy and regulatory material as requested to
assure consistency with the Assistant Administrator's policies;
coordinates the analysis and development of options for legislative
changes for all relevant statutes; provides expert advice to the
Assistant Administrator on benefits analysis, conducts analyses as
requested, and reviews benefit analyses performed by program
offices to ensure that key policy and economic questions have been
adequately addressed; provides analyses on policy issues which cut
across program areas or on the Assistant Administrator's special
initiatives; directs work groups for economic/policy development
when requested by the Assistant Administrator; and represents the
Assistant Administrator in appropriate policy discussions.
The Office may perform analyses of financial impact of alternative
enforcement or regulatory approaches at the Assistant
Administrator's request; directs special projects in specific
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program areas to develop policy and economic options; develops
alternative strategic responses to economic and technological
trends for the Assistant Administrator; develops policy guidance
and evaluates implementation of that guidance at the regional
level; performs other support functions as necessary such as
Congressional testimony, speeches, and other appropriate analyses;
serves as principal staff on matters of internal and external
communications, including the development and management of
strategies for the release of OW policies; and develops pollution
prevention strategies in consultation with the Office Prevention,
Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) and coordinates OW
pollution prevention activities.
In addition, the Office develops communications strategies for the
purpose of heightening the awareness of OW programs and
initiatives; is the focal point for the design and coordination of
environmental education and outreach initiatives; serves as the
principal staff to the Assistant Administrator on matters relating
to budget, administration, and management; manages the program
planning and budget process for OW, including: budget formulation
and development, budget execution, budget and financial systems
management, and Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA);
It reviews contracts which require the Assistant Administrator's
approval; manages development of OW measures for the STARS and
monitors performance against commitments; manages administrative
processes for the OW, such as the merit pay and performance
standards systems and coordinates all space allocations;
responsible for resource analysis and control, manages/conducts
program and management evaluations, and coordinates development of
responses to General Accounting Office reports; secures and
provides personnel and administrative support for the Office of the
Assistant Administrator including: procurement, space, personnel
records, budget, and financial management; serves as principal
liaison with the Office of Administration and Resources Management
(OARM) in the areas of: budget formulation development and
execution, budget and financial systems management, human resources
management, grants and contracts administration, facilities and
support services, automated data processing, health and safety
services, and organization and management services; provides
liaison and coordination on administrative and budget issues with
other program offices, Federal agencies such as the Office of
Management and Budget, and the Congress regarding administrative
and budget issues; plans, develops and implements human resources
management programs to attract, develop and retain a well qualified
and highly motivated work-force; coordinates and is the focal point
for Office of Water Human Resources Council initiatives;
coordinates and provides for the development of OW-wide employee
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training programs, including managerial and supervisory training,
to meet the current and projected skill requirements of the work-
force; is the focal point for staff assistance on affirmative
action, cultural diversity and organization development
initiatives, such as Total Quality Management (TQM); plans and
provides for the development of OW-wide recruitment programs based
on an assessment of the long term human resources needs of the
Water Office as reflected in strategic plans, budget plans and
work-force plans; coordinates the OW implementation of the EPA
Quality Assurance (QA) Program; facilitates the development and
implementation of OW-wide information resources management plans
and budgets; and develops and maintains management processes to
ensure that the use of information resources conforms to Agency
requirements.
b. Gulf of Mexico Program Office. The Gulf of Mexico Program
Office (GMPO) is located at the John C. Stennis Space Center (NASA)
near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. GMPO, under the supervision of a
Director, reports directly to the Assistant Administrator for
Water. The Office is responsible for the coordination and
monitoring of national and international programs as they relate to
the protection and restoration of the marine, coastal and estuarine
resources of the Gulf of Mexico; works directly with other Federal
Agencies in the development of the Gulf program; works with
Headquarters Office of Water, program offices, and EPA Regional
Offices in the development and evaluation of policies and in
regulation development where these relate to the environmental
integrity of the Gulf of Mexico; functions in close partnership
with Headquarters and EPA Regions IV and VI in developing
coordinated activities among the numerous Federal, State and
privately-funded programs; manages and directs special studies
within the Gulf ecosystem for pollution control, remedial action
planning, and resource management strategies for preventing
degradation of the environment; conducts impact assessments and
requirements and future international commitments; develops and
implements an effective public information and public education
program; oversees, provides direction and provides support for the
Policy Review Board (PRB) and related committees associated with
the development of the Gulf of Mexico program; makes
recommendations to the Assistant Administrator for Water as the
Federal Co-Chair of the Policy Review Board on such things as
membership, Chairs of the subcommittees, and other Gulf-related
issues; provides staff support to the Assistant Administrator for
Water in the role of Chair, Policy Review Board; provides a staff
support role to the Assistant Administrator for Water, in
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coordination with Regions II and VI, for international aspects; and
manages other efforts as may be necessary to further the mission of
the Gulf of Mexico Program.
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2- OFFICE OF WASTEWATER ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE. The Office of
Wastewater Enforcement and Compliance (OWEC), under the supervision
of the Office Director, is responsible to the Assistant
Administrator for Water for: Directing the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, pretreatment, sewage
sludge management, compliance and administrative enforcement
programs under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the enforcement
responsibilities under section 311 of the CWA and Marine
Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA); developing for
municipal water pollution control: national strategies, program and
policy recommendations, regulations, and guidelines; developing and
defending a national program budget reflecting program needs and
Priorities; ensuring the implementation of Agency policy and
priorities in the Regions and Headquarters; providing technical
direction and support to regional offices and other organizations;
managing the development and implementation of State delegation and
oversight procedures; evaluating Regional municipal point source
abatement and control programs including related water quality and
cost effectiveness issues, in cooperation with the Office of
Science and Technology (OST) and the Office of Wetlands, Oceans and
Watersheds (OWOW); developing program policy, guidance, and
regulations for permitting, sludge management, compliance, and
pretreatment activities; evaluating regional permitting,
pretreatment and compliance programs; managing Clean Water Act
Section 106 and 104(b) grant programs; providing outreach,
education, training, coordination, liaison, and information
exchange with: Regions, States, Indian Tribes, cities, other
Federal agencies, Congress, environmental, industrial, citizens'
interest groups, and international groups, other nations, in
conjunction with the Office of International Activities;
legislative analysis and coordination; coordination with the Office
of Research and Development (ORD) on research strategy, in
cooperation with OST; implementing the EPA/OW Quality
Assurance/Quality Control Program to ensure that all
environmentally-related measurements are of known and defensible
quality; data quality requirements are specified to meet our
customers' needs and program objectives; QA/QC requirements are
addressed in regulatory development; and QA/QC is performed by each
division in full conformance with EPA policy and the Office's QA/QC
Program; and planning and managing resources: strategic planning,
budget formulation, budget execution, fiscal management, program
management (STARS), and human resources management.
a. Resources Management and Evaluation Staff. The Resources
Management and Evaluation Staff (RMES), under the supervision of a
Director: serves as principal staff to the Office Director on
matters relating to: policy, budget, administration, management,
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strategic planning, and legislation; manages budget processes for
OWEC, including: budget development, implementation, and financial
management; as requested by the Office Director, reviews and
comments on specific policy issuances to assure consistency with
Office policy and participates in work groups for strategy/policy
development and resource analyses; manages all level-of-effort
contracts for OWEC; manages and coordinates annual operating
guidance and Office of Water and Agency accountability systems
(STARS/OWAS/AOG); coordinates international program, in
consultation with OIA; manages Clean Water Act Section 106 and
104(b) grant programs; manages administrative processes such as:
merit pay, performance standards systems, space, human resource
management, organization and management services, correspondence
control, training, grants & contracts management, Federal Managers'
Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA), and Internal Control Reviews
(ICR); coordinates the development and negotiation of the
Information Collection Budget; undertakes special projects, as
assigned, including: permit fees, cooperative agreements, and near
coastal water activities/coordination; and coordinates review of
Regional performance including: quarterly STARS performance vs
targets, mid-year evaluations, and Regional reports for AA, DAA,
and AAA trips.
b. Municipal Support Division. The Municipal Support
Division (MSD), under the supervision of a Director: is responsible
for the national management of the construction grants (CG) and
State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs, and the ongoing oversight of
both programs; implements the strategy for successful completion
and close out of the CG program, in coordination with the Grants
Administration Division (GAD), the Office of General Counsel;
develops State-by-State financial allotments and re-allotments for
distributing construction grants, appropriations, and reallotted
amounts to the States; in accordance with the legislation and
appropriate regulations; maintains and regularly updates
inventories and cost estimates of existing and needed future
municipal wastewater treatment works; works in concert with GAD and
OGC, providing timely technical expertise, in the resolution of
deviation requests and audit resolution issues; coordinates with
the Office of the Inspector General (IG) on a continuing program of
investigations and audits of grants projects to prevent waste,
fraud, and mismanagement; oversees delegation of the construction
grant program to the states, tracks state delegation status, and
Section 205(g) resource utilization; conducts evaluations of
regional and state performance in relevant priority areas, and
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takes corrective action as necessary; and promotes alternative
financing methods for construction and upgrade of environmental
infrastructure facilities, financial management techniques, and
methods of encouraging "public-private partnerships", and
alternative financing schemes for State water quality programs.
The division provides technical guidance, training and other
information necessary for design of cost effective wastewater
treatment works; manages programs to evaluate both conventional and
innovative/alternative technologies, as well as technologies which
deal with infiltration/inflow correction, small alternative
wastewater treatment systems, sludge and toxic management,
industrial pretreatment, and secondary treatment; promotes
state-based municipal water pollution prevention programs in
concert with the Enforcement Division, regions, and states, in
consultation with OPPTS; manages a national outreach program to
assist small communities find the help they need to meet their
wastewater treatment needs; directs the activities of the National
Small Flows Clearinghouse; coordinates an EPA effort to incorporate
water conservation principles into Agency programs to establish a
national ethic of efficient water use, reduce overall water use,
and increase reclamation and reuse of wastewater for various
applications; increases public education and awareness through
awards programs and public service programs; works closely with the
ORD to develop, implement, and monitor research and development
support for municipal wastewater treatment activities, in
cooperation with OST; and works closely with groups responsible for
water quality standards and analyses to identify poor practices and
develop advances to improve treatment plant design and
cost-effectiveness.
c. Permits Division. The Permits Division (PD), under the
supervision of a Director: provides national program direction to
the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit
and pretreatment programs under sections 401 and 402 of the Clean
Water Act and the sewage sludge management program under Sections
402 and 405, including: development of regulations, policy and
guidance, development of national strategies, implementation
management, and overview of regional and State operation; develops
and coordinates regulations, national policy, priorities and
strategies for developing, approving, implementing, modifying and
overseeing state NPDES, pretreatment, and sludge management
programs; reviews State applications for administration of the
NPDES, pretreatment, and sludge management programs and major
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modifications to approved State programs; provides program
direction to the national pretreatment program including local
pretreatment program development, review, and implementation;
reviews and redesigns the NPDES, pretreatment, and sludge
management programs to be responsive to statutory and court ordered
mandates and changes in Agency policy; develops model approaches
for management of the NPDES program which consider changes in
national priorities (such as water quality-based controls); and
develops new and unique methods, procedures, or types of permits
for controlling combined sewer outflows and such generalized water
pollution discharges as run-off of stormwater from industry,
commerce and cities, confined animal feedlots, and other water
pollution sources.
The division also coordinates with the Office of Science and
Technology (OST) in the development of national standards for point
source controls, indirect dischargers, and sludge use and disposal
which are implemented through the NPDES, pretreatment and sludge
management programs; provides technical support and training
to regions and states for all aspects of the NPDES permit,
pretreatment, and sludge management programs; oversees regional and
State performance in implementing the NPDES permit, pretreatment,
and sludge management programs; develops and coordinates national
NPDES policy, priorities and strategies and regulatory changes
necessary to reflect the RCRA and CERCLA responsibilities of the
Office of Water, including corrective action requirements for
POTWs, double liner exemption requests which require NPDES-related
findings, and regulations to follow-up the RCRA-required study and
recommendations regarding the domestic sewage exemption; works
closely with the ORD to develop, implement and monitor research and
development support for NPDES permit, sludge management and
pretreatment activities, in cooperation with OST; develops and
revises NPDES permit application forms.
d. Enforcement Division. The Enforcement Division (ED) ,
under the supervision of a Director: develops policies,
strategies, procedures, and guidance for EPA and State pollution
prevention, compliance monitoring, evaluation, and enforcement
programs under the Clean Water Act NPDES (including sludge) and
pretreatment provisions, Section 311 spills, and the MPRSA; acts as
National System Manager of the Permit Compliance System (PCS);
evaluates the effectiveness of regional and State NPDES and
pretreatment compliance monitoring and enforcement programs;
provides technical and training support to the regions and States
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for: NPDES and pretreatment enforcement programs, compliance data
reviews, facility inspections, issuance of notices of violations,
development of evidence in support of judicial enforcement actions,
nationally managed enforcement cases, and Permit Compliance System.
The division coordinates review and approval of compliance aspects
of State program applications for permitting and enforcement
authority; reviews proposed judicial enforcement actions,
withdrawals and consent decrees for consistency with national
program policy and guidance; maintains compliance statistics for
pollutant sources nationally; prepares compliance status and
progress reports for EPA management and the Congress; maintains a
liaison with the Office of Enforcement, the Office of General
Counsel and other program offices as needed to manage NPDES and
pretreatment enforcement initiatives, develop regulations, and
develop program policies; reviews new legislation and regulations
relevant to CWA enforcement activity; and prepares inspection and
investigative manuals on compliance monitoring to assist Regional
and State offices.
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3. OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. The Office of Science and
Technology (OST) , under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible to the Assistant Administrator for Water for:
developing sound, scientifically defensible standards under the
Clean Water Act, and criteria, advisories, and guidelines under the
Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act that articulate the
goals and regulatory framework for restoring and maintaining the
biological, chemical and physical integrity of the nation's water
resources, protect the nation's public water supplies and achieve
technology-based pollution control requirements in support of:
point source programs, non-point source programs, wetlands
programs, drinking water programs, dredged material management
programs,, and geographic-specific programs (e.g., Great Lakes,
coastal, estuaries; established under the Clean Water Act (CWA),
the Safe Drinking Water Act (SWDA), and Marine Protection,
Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) and related statutes;
providing technical guidance and assistance supporting
implementation of dredged material management programs under
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and the MPRSA; and developing
human health and ecological risk methodologies, criteria documents,
guidance, and policies in support of Section 304(a) of the Clean
Water Act, including: water quality criteria, sediment criteria,
bio-accumulation factors, biological criteria, and wildlife
criteria.
The Office is also responsible for supporting CERCLA and RCRA
through development of Maximum Contaminant Level Goals; proposing
and promulgating regulations (e.g. Part 130/131, Indian
regulations); providing litigation support, advice, and
consultations for Office of General Counsel, Office of Enforcement,
States; developing methodologies, technical regulations and
guidelines under Section 405 of the Clean Water Act governing use
and disposal of sewage sludge, development of beneficial reuse
policy for sludge, directing the national program for adoption of
water quality standards to ensure that the chemical, physical, and
biological integrity of the nation's waters are restored and
maintained; reviewing, approving or disapproving, and promulgating
Federal water quality standards under Section 303 of the CWA;
guidance for risk assessment methodology and methods for evaluating
ecological effects and exposure assessment of sediments for MPRSA
and Section 404; developing and coordinating an Agency-wide
approach to preventing and re-mediating contaminated sediment, and
dealing with problems of contaminated fish; developing technical
guidance in support of water quality-based controls; development of
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criteria and standards aspects of environmental indicators;
application and implementation of water quality standards:
development of methodologies and guidance for technical aspects of
TMDLs/WLAs/LAs, and development and implementation of whole
effluent toxicity methods; the development of effluent limitations
guidelines and standards and guidelines regulations applicable to
industrial discharges to: surface waters, and to publicly-owned
treatment works; and regulations defining secondary treatment
requirements for publicly-owned treatment works; conducting
economic and statistical studies and analyses in support of water
pollution control programs; providing outreach, education,
training, coordination, liaison, information exchange with:
Regions, States, Indian Tribes, cities, other Federal agencies,
Congress, environmental, industrial, citizens' interest groups, and
international groups, nations, in consultation with the Office of
International Activities (OIA).
The Office is responsible for legislative analysis and
coordination; providing analysis and advice to the Assistant
Administrator and other senior officials on scientific and
technical issues related the water environment and to programs
administered by the Office of Water; coordinating Office of Water
participation in the Water Research Committee, including the
development of unified OW positions, based on the work of the
subcommittees, in consultation with all offices in OW and with
Regional program "customers"; implementing the EPA/OW Quality
Assurance/Quality Control Program to ensure that all
environmentally-related measurements are of known and defensible
quality; data quality requirements are specified to meet our
customers7 needs and program objectives; QA/QC requirements are
addressed in regulatory development; and QA/QC is performed by each
division in full conformance with EPA policy and the Office's QA/QC
Program; serving as the representative for the Office of Water to
the Risk Assessment Council, and providing staff support; providing
representative and staff support to the Risk Assessment Forum on
risk assessment issues related to water contaminants"; coordination
of Office of Water interaction with other offices and agencies
regarding science and risk assessment issues (includes ORD, SAB,
OSWER, OPPTS, DOD, NAS/NRC, DHHS, WHO, IARC, IPCS); encouraging and
coordinating OW participation in international activities of a
scientific or technical nature, in cooperation with the OW
Immediate Office and in consultation with the OIA; planning and
managing resources, for OST: strategic planning, budget
formulation, budget execution, fiscal management, program
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management (STARS), and human resources management; ensuring the
implementation of Agency policy and priorities concerning science
and technology in the Regions and Headquarters; and initiating
development of analytical methods for wastewater, sediment, sludge,
and other media.
a. Policy and Communications Staff. The Policy and
Communications Staff (PCS), under the supervision of a Director is
responsible, to the Office Director, for: long-term strategic
planning, and coordination of new initiatives for the Office;
coordinating the development and implementation of communication
strategies; coordination of outreach activities and information
exchange; developing and coordinating the implementation of a
pollution prevention strategy, in consultation with the Office of
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS); developing
legislative initiatives, and conducting legislative analysis;
coordinating cross-media integration with other Agency programs;
coordinating use of the Toxic Release Inventory data and other SARA
Title III activities; and coordinating the interagency and
international, in consultation with OIA, initiatives of the Office.
b. Budget and Program Management Staff. The Budget and
Program Management Staff (BPMS), under the supervision of a
Director is responsible, to the Office Director, for: budget
development and management; fiscal management and oversight of
FMFIA responsibilities; ensuring incorporation of program
priorities into annual program plans and evaluations; coordinating
the development and monitoring of Headquarters' operating plans;
directing overall administrative support activities; coordinating
the Office's annual program agenda, program guidance, program
reviews, mid-year reviews, STARS commitments, and management
reporting; and developing and maintaining operating plans, fund
allocations, and fiscal controls.
c. Health and Ecological Criteria Division. The Health and
Ecological Criteria Division (HECD), under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for: developing sound, scientifically
defensible criteria that articulate the goals for the nation's
water resources through development and refinement of risk and
exposure assessment methodologies; providing all risk assessment
support for the SDWA, including: conducting complete risk
assessment (i.e., hazard identification, dose-response assessment,
human exposure assessment, and risk characterization) of drinking
water contaminants, conducting toxicological and epidemiological
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evaluations of contaminants found in drinking water, developing
maximum contaminant level goals (MCLGs) and health advisories for
contaminants in drinking water of national importance, based on
carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health effects, in order to
protect public health, developing health advisory guidance for
contaminants in drinking water, developing health-based levels for
use by the Office of Ground-Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW) in
unreasonable risk to health guidance, providing human health
toxicological and exposure assessment documentation to support
drinking water standards, and assisting in emergency situations by
providing scientific and toxicological advice; developing criteria
documents and guidance, and performing other criteria-setting
activities, including: ambient water quality criteria, sediment
quality criteria, bio-accumulation factors, biological criteria,
wildlife criteria, and wetlands and habitat criteria.
The division in support of Section 304(a) of the Clean Water Act,
to protect aquatic life and human health, and restore and maintain
the ecological integrity of surface waters; establishing selection
criteria, and processing petitions for adding substances to or
deleting substances from the list of toxic pollutants established
under Section 307(a) of the Act; maintaining and revising the list
of conventional pollutants required by Section 304(a) (4) of the
CWA; providing technical assistance and support in implementing and
interpreting criteria and guidance to: other EPA offices, Regional
offices, and States; developing technical regulations and
guidelines under Section 405 of the Clean Water Act governing use
and disposal of sewage sludge, including identifying and applying
numerical criteria and management requirements applicable to each
use or disposal practice; developing risk assessment and exposure
assessment methodologies applicable to Office of Water programs;
coordinating OW research needs with ORD regarding human health,
ecological effects, risk assessment, exposure assessment, and
criteria development activities, in consultation with OW and
Regional Office "customers"; providing staff support for the Office
of Water to the Risk Assessment Council; providing representative
and staff support to the Risk Assessment Forum on risk assessment
issues related to water contaminants; coordination of OW
interactions with other offices and agencies regarding science and
risk assessment issues (includes ORD, SAB, NAS/NRC); and provides
technical assistance to international organizations in development
of health-based guidelines (includes WHO, IPCS, IARC), in
consultation with OIA.
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d. Standards and Applied Science Division. The Standards
and Applied Science Division (SASD), under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for: directing the national program for
adoption of water quality standards to ensure that the chemical,
physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters are
restored and maintained; developing: regulatory requirements,
policy initiatives, guidelines, guidance, technical support
materials, and programmatic support, for establishing, adopting,
and approving water quality standards under Section 303 of the CWA
for all waters of the U.S., including rivers, streams, lakes,
estuaries/coastal, and wetlands; policy development, on issues of
national importance, e.g.,: flow standards, reclamation/water
quality standards interface, anti-degradation, and zero discharge;
oversight and assistance to Regions/States/Tribes, including:
program guidance, program oversight, audits, program evaluations,
assistance in reviewing State standards submissions, and technical
support and assistance; litigation support, advice, consultations
for: Office of General Counsel, Office of Enforcement, and States;
coordination, outreach, technical support for water quality
standards for water-bodies of national, international, regional
importance, e.g.,: Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico, and
Caribbean; promulgating Federal water quality standards under
section 303 of the CWA; overseeing, assisting development of water
quality standards programs for Indian Tribes; developing guidance
on translation of criteria to specific water-bodies; developing
cross-media and multi-Agency policies to ensure exposure goals are
attained; development, management, oversight of section 401
certifications program; coordinates with the Office of Wetlands,
Oceans, and Watersheds (OWOW), the Office of Wastewater Enforcement
and Compliance (OWEC), and other OST Divisions to ensure standards
and policies to address point and non-point source problems are
addressed efficiently and comprehensively; conduct outreach,
communication, education, information exchange, work-force
development, including: conducting conferences, workshops,
training, produce newsletters, clearinghouse, and liaison with
Regions, States, Tribes, cities, dischargers, environmental groups,
industries; manages data base on status and progress of State water
quality standards programs; developing and coordinating an Agency-
wide approach to preventing and re-mediating contaminated sediment,
including: developing the Agency-wide sediment management strategy,
coordinating, following up to ensure effective strategy
implementation, providing staff support for the Assistant
Administrator for Water, who serves as Agency spokesperson on
sediment, coordinating and supporting all Agency programs focusing
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on contaminated sediment problems, and developing, in consultation
with OWOW, joint guidelines with the Corps of Engineers for dredged
material disposal in oceans, section 404 waters.
The division is responsible for developing and coordinating an
Agency-wide approach on fish contamination, including: developing
an action plan for Federal assistance to States in establishing and
developing guidance on sampling, analytical methods, exposure
assessment, risk assessment, risk communication, coordinating other
Federal agencies' activities, and implementation of activities to
address fish contamination strategy; developing technical guidance
to determine the acceptability of dredged material for disposal in:
oceans ("Green Book"), and Section 404 waters ("Gold Book");
developing technical guidance in support of water quality-based
controls, and participate with OWEC in appropriate Regional
training on water quality applied science issues, including:
TMDL/WLA/LA technical guidance, WET methods, technical guidance,
mixing zones technical guidance, other standards-to-permits
technical issues, high flow/wet weather issues, and low
flow/intermittent flow/reclamation issues; preparing exposure and
risk assessments, including: environmental assessments for effluent
guidelines, environmental benefits for Regulatory Impact
Assessments, Reports to Congress and other special studies, rapid
bio-assessments and other innovative techniques, and environmental
assessments on the extent, severity of pollution problems; and
coordinating research by the ORD, in consultation with OW and
Regional Office "customers," on: water quality standards
implementation issues, mixing zones, WET methodologies, sediment
contamination risk assessment methods, and fish contamination.
e. Engineering and Analysis Division. The Engineering and
Analysis Division (EAD), under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for: the development of effluent guidelines and
standards regulations applicable to industrial discharges to:
surface waters, and to publicly-owned treatment works; regulations
defining secondary treatment requirements for publicly-owned
treatment works; conducting economic and statistical studies and
sewage sludge use and disposal regulations; and standards; and
developing economic guidance and preparing analyses for State and
Regions to enhance compliance with water quality criteria and
standards; preparing economic impact and regulatory analyses to
identify national, regional, and international impacts and benefits
of regulations developed by the Office of Water; developing
technical reports and guidance documents for unregulated industries
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and pollutants; providing technical assistance, advice and
consultation to: the Office of General Counsel, and the Office of
Enforcement, for adjudication of regulations; providing technical
support and assistance on the interpretation and implementation of
specific effluent guidelines regulations to: OWEC, Regional
offices, State permit authorities, municipalities, and private
parties; and providing technical advice on water quality management
issues affecting industrial sources.
The division is responsible for evaluating and providing program
policies on industrial water pollution; investigating new
technologies, pollution prevention processes and emerging
industries; assessing the treatability of individual pollutants for
industry-specific wastewaters and treatment technologies;
maintaining liaison with: ORD, industry, and interest groups; to
assure that the most recent advances in technology are incorporated
into guidelines; initiating development of analytical methods for:
wastewater analysis, sludge, sediment, and other appropriate media,
and revising existing analytical methods as needed;developing
regulations for analytical methods where appropriate; and
conducting sampling and analyses in support of: effluent
guidelines, Regional and State actions, special studies, and other
OST Divisions.
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4. OFFICE OF WETLANDS. OCEANS AND WATERSHEDS. The Office of
Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW), under the supervision of
the Office Director, is responsible to the Assistant Administrator
for Water developing, as needed, policies, strategies, regulations
and guidance for: the protection of the environment which uses a
variety of relevant authorities contained in the: Clean Water Act
(CWA), Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA),
Ocean Dumping Ban Act (ODBA), Shore Protection Act (SPA), Marine
Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act (MPPRCA), Coastal Zone
Management Act (CZMA), and Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection,
and Restoration Act (CWPPRA); the control of discharges of dredged
and fill material into wetlands and other waters of the United
States under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 103 of
MPRSA; State conservation plans and programs to protect wetlands,
including programs to assume Section 404 authority from the federal
government; the evaluation of 301(h) waivers; ocean dumping permits
and site designation program; 403(c) discharge criteria program and
other implementation programs which impact the marine environment;
the assessment and monitoring of surface water; the identification
and listing of problem water-bodies under CWA Sections 303(d) and
304(1); the implementation and management of the Total Maximum
Daily Load (TMDL) program to determine needed levels of water
quality based controls for point sources and non-point sources; and
the management of the Non-point Source program (NPS), including CWA
Section 319; the management of the Clean Lakes program, including
CWA Section 314; the management of the National Estuary (CWA,
Section 320) and Near Coastal Waters programs.
The Office is responsible for the management of the Ocean Survey
Vessel Peter W. Anderson (2OSV P.W. Anderson) and its associated
monitoring/public education activities; the development and
implementation of a national marine debris program; serving as the
principal spokesperson and point of contact for the protection and
management of: wetlands and similar and/or closely associated
habitats such as riparian habitats, mud or sand flats, lakes and
river corridors, vegetated shallows, estuarine and marine waters,
priority watersheds; providing assistance to the Regions for:
301(h) permit re-issuance concerns about balanced indigenous
populations, 301(h) waivers to marine waters, 312 marine sanitation
device program, 314 Clean Lakes programs, 319 NPS programs, 320
National Estuary Program, surface water monitoring and assessment
programs, 403(c) discharge criteria, ocean dumping permits, Section
404 activities, advance identification, non-regulatory wetlands
protection, identification and assessment of coastal pollution
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problems and their causes, site designation, management and
monitoring for ocean dumping, Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico and
Great Lakes program activities, and research and emergency dumping
developing and applying environmental indicators for water quality
and habitat protection; providing policy oversight for the Great
Lakes National Program Office, on Office of Water issues, including
the review of budget and work-plans; and developing Reports to
Congress on: status of Ocean Dumping programs under the MPRSA,
Biennial Report on the National Estuary Program (NEP), CWA Sections
305(b), 314 and 319, Shore Protection Act, Annual Reports on 1)
Monitoring and 2) Progress to Stop Dumping under the Ocean Dumping
Ban Act, and marine debris.
The Office is responsible for providing overall EPA direction and
leadership in: the implementation of the EPA strategic plan for the
protection of wetlands, coastal areas and priority watersheds, any
amendments to that plan, and similar plans or strategies developed
in the future; maintaining liaison on issues involving OW
responsibility: within EPA, with other Federal Agencies, with
States and local governments, with industry, with environmental,
and other interest groups on issues; providing technical and
financial support to the international community, in consultation
with the Office of International Activities (OIA); implementing the
EPA/OW Quality Assurance/Quality Control Program to ensure that all
environmentally-related measurements are of known and defensible
quality; data quality requirements are specified to meet our
customers' needs and program objectives; QA/QC requirements are
addressed in regulatory development; QA/QC is performed by each
division in full conformance with EPA policy and the Office's QA/QC
Program; and developing and implementing administrative activities
such as: budget and budget-related activities and analyses,
workload models, operating guidance, and all other administrative
services.
a- Budget and Program Management Staff. The Budget and
Program Management Staff (BPMS),under the supervision of a
Director: provides all budget, planning, contract management and
administrative services for the Office including: program
development and evaluation, financial management, human resources
management, and management; manages all major technical and
analytical contracts for the Office; and provides management advice
and assistance to all components of the Office.
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b. Policy and Communications Staff. The Policy and
Communications Staff (PCS), under the supervision of a Director:
provides overall program coordination, guidance and issues
management, and policy analyses for OWOW on wetlands, oceans and
priority watershed activities; coordinates legislative analysis for
the office; serves as general point of liaison, coordination with
the OW and other Agency offices; provides ongoing general liaison,
communication, and evaluation, as appropriate, with Regional
offices; oversees strategic planning for the office; establishes
and implements management and accountability systems, with the
appropriate Regions, for carrying out the office programs; serves
as general focal point for outreach activities and responds to
inquiries from Congressional staff. State/local governments and
other external groups; and conducts special studies, projects and
analyses on cross-cutting issues.
c. Oceans and Coastal Protection Division. The Oceans and
Coastal Protection Division (OCPD), under the supervision of a
Director: develops regulations, guidance, policy and direction for:
301(h) treatment requirement waivers, 403 discharge criteria, 312
marine sanitation device program, site designation, management and
monitoring for ocean dumping, marine debris program, ocean dumping
permits, incineration at sea activities, Shore Protection Act
Activities, 320 National Estuary Program, and Near Coastal Waters
Program; provides support to the Regions for all programs managed
by the division; issues ocean dumping permits and site designations
for materials not delegated to the Regions, such as
incineration-at-sea; operates the OSV P.W. Anderson and provides
technical support for carrying out its missions which include
developing national ocean survey plans; provides technical
assistance on international targeted coastal and ocean activities
including London Dumping Convention and MARPOL, in consultation
with OIA; works with the Office of Science and Technology (OST),
the Office of Research and Development (ORD), and the Regions to
develop an overall framework for coastal and marine ecological risk
assessment using guidance documents and assessments completed under
these programs; coordinates with CWA Section 404 program to assure
programmatic and technical consistency in dredged material disposal
activities; works closely with the Corps of Engineers in developing
a long-term strategy the management of dredged material; supports
the development of a national Coastal and Marine Policy; develops
and implements a national marine debris program, including
assessment of sources and fate of debris and control and monitoring
programs; administers the NEP which includes receiving and
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evaluating governor nominations, convening Management Conferences,
negotiating multi-year State\EPA agreements, monitoring progress,
reviewing annual work-plans and approving Comprehensive
Conservation and Management Plans; selects, monitors and reports
Action Demonstration Projects under the National Estuary and Near
Coastal Water Programs; prepares the Biennial Report on the NEP and
the Annual Ocean Dumping Report to Congress, and ODBA Reports to
Congress on Progress and Monitoring Results; and implements the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/EPA
Memorandum of Agreement on the National Estuary and Coastal Zone
Management Programs which includes developing regulations and
guidelines to implement provisions of the Coastal Zone Management
Act of 1990 with NOAA. Implements the Quality Assurance/Quality
Control Program responsibilities specified in the Office's QA/QC
Program plan.
The division manages marine and coastal enforcement program to
ensue control and regulation of sludge, dredge and marine debris
material and provides training and guidance to Regions and assists
States in implementing strong enforcement presence in NEPs or other
special marine and coastal ecosystems; provides technical support
to the Regions and coastal states in identifying and assessing the
nature and extent of coastal pollution problems and their causes
and to develop and implement Regional/State Near Coastal Water
Strategies; provides assistance to and evaluates the progress of
the Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes programs;
ensures information transfer among the NEP, the Chesapeake Bay,
Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes programs, and the Near Coastal
Waters program on a regional, geographic, and national level by
developing and improving information transfer tools and techniques.
These include newsletters, computer bulletin boards, reports,
success stories, training, workshops and conferences; collaborates
with the OST to identify necessary scientific and technical tools
to address coastal pollution problems and the management of coastal
resources; collaborates with OST to ensure development of water and
sediment criteria, toxicity test protocols, waste-load allocations,
improved modeling and monitoring capabilities, biological
monitoring tools, human and ecological risk assessment methods for
coastal and marine waters which are responsive to program
implementation needs; implements a Federal Interagency Management
Initiative with NOAA, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service to provide better protection of coastal
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living resources and their habitat; and foster public education,
outreach, and involvement including maintaining and supporting
citizen monitoring programs to further the goal of better
protection of the coasts.
d. Wetlands Division. The Wetlands Division (WD), under the
supervision of a Director, develops regulations, policies and
guidance to: provide environmental guidelines and regulations for
discharges of dredged and fill materials in regulated waters under
CWA Section 404(b) (1) ; restrict or prohibit the use of a discharge
site under Section 404(c); enforce provisions which address
discharges or dredged and fill materials under CWA Sections 301,
309 and 404; focuses regulatory efforts on the most significant
wetland problems through wetland priority lists and use of advance
identification and other targeting/priority setting approaches;
develops interagency agreements and guidance on procedures for
resolving disagreements between EPA and the Corps of Engineers over
proposed Section 404 discharges under Section 404(q); develops
interagency agreements, guidance and regulations addressing the
jurisdictional scope of waters of the United States regulated by
the CWA; provides policy, technical support and assistance to the
Regions on the review of: proposed Section 10, Section 404
activities, Section 404(c) actions, Section 404(q) elevations,
Section 404(f) exemptions, jurisdiction (including special cases),
enforcement, and advance identification; develops information on
wetlands and programs to protect wetlands; and ensures transfer of
information through workshops and conferences, a wetlands hotline,
and reports and public information documents; conducts outreach
efforts targeted to key state, local, and private interests;
coordinates and supports OST development of wetlands technical and
programmatic tools such as water quality standards and biological
criteria for wetlands, wetland restoration criteria, etc; supports,
in conjunction with Region VI, implementation of new provisions of
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act 1990;
supports development of State programs to protect and restore
wetlands and related aquatic habitats including State wetland
conservation strategies; State funding mechanisms, Section 401
certification, implementation of adopted wetland water quality
standards, NPS programs applied to wetlands: manage
grant/cooperative (or financial assistance) program to States for
the development or improvement of programs, and provide technical
assistance, guidance, and technical transfer opportunities to
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provides assistance to other nations in protecting wetlands, and
promotes the development of international treaties and programs to
increase protection of U.S. wetlands of international significance.
The division contributes to the definition, implementation and
tracking of the goal of "no net loss" of wetlands and, in the
longer term, an increase in the quantity and quality of wetlands;
develops and implements a program to protect the functional
integrity or health of wetlands; develops methods and training
opportunities to improve capabilities for managing wetlands; serves
as a clearinghouse among the Regions for legislative, regulatory,
and programmatic developments affecting wetlands; manages Sections
404 and 10 permit cases, jurisdictional special cases and 404(f)
special matters, elevated to Headquarters under interagency
agreements, and final determinations on 404(c) actions recommended
by the Regions; monitors and evaluates implementation of the
Section 404 Programs by the Regions; develops and implements
an automated data base for the Section 404 permitting and
enforcement programs; serves as Wetlands OWOW liaison with: the
Department of Army Corps of Engineers, the Fish and Wildlife
Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Federal
Emergency Management Administration, the National Park Service, and
the Office of Coastal Resource Management, NOAA; serves as liaison
to the Office of Federal Activities on all matters relating to: the
Sections 404/10 regulatory programs, and the review of federal
projects/programs related to the Sections 404/10 programs, under
Section 309 of the Clean Air Act and the National Environmental
Policy Act; serves as Associate Reviewer for Headquarters actions
under Clean Air Act Section 309; develops a program of ecosystem
initiatives for wetlands areas where EPA's program objectives will
not be achieved absent a strategic plan specifically tailored to
address identified problems; serves as liaison to water resource
project agencies including: the Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of
Reclamation, and the Soil Conservation Service, on water resource
planning, and its relationship to EPA's authorities relating to the
Sections 404 and 10 programs; develops and administers a technical
training program for EPA wetlands staff; develops and maintains
wetlands data, information, and documentation on: regulatory
activities, dredging technology, dredge spoil disposal practices,
and navigation and related engineering; and provides necessary
information and support to the immediate office of the Office
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Director in the development of wetlands policy, budget and
administrative functions.
e. Assessment and Watershed Division. The Assessment and
Watershed Division (AWD), under the supervision of a Director:
develops and implements surface water quality assessment and
monitoring programs; manages a national program for controlling
non-point source pollution, including national program manager for
CWA Section 319 programs; develops policies/priorities for Section
319 State NFS grants; manages the allocation process and tracking
of Section 319 grants; guides and directs, through development of
policies, drafting of guidance, and provision of technical
assistance: surface water quality assessment programs, monitoring
programs, waste-load allocation/total maximum daily load programs,
and water quality inventory reporting; develops and/or conducts:
outreach activities, technical assistance, and technical transfer.
Coordinates with and supports OST's and others (including ORD)
development of scientific and engineering tools for addressing
point and non-point source problems to support: EPA Regions, other
Federal agencies, States, localities, landowners, and the public,
in developing needed baseline and water quality based watershed
controls; works directly with USDA (SCS, ES, ASCA and FS) to assure
that the President's Water Quality Initiative assists State
Watershed management priorities; coordinates national monitoring
and non-point source implementation activities with: other OW
offices, ORD, and other Federal and State agencies; prepares
Reports to Congress, as needed, on CWA Sections 319 and 314;
prepares assessments of national water quality.- including Section
305(B) reports; coordinates with a broad range of Federal Agencies
on water quality assessment, data systems and NPS, including USDA,
Forest Service, USGS and BLM; and coordinates with NOAA on Coastal
Zone Management Act of 1990, Section 319 interrelationships.
Implements the Quality Assurance/Quality Control Program
responsibilities specified in the Office's QA/QC Program plan.
The division recommends priorities for control programs in
conjunction with other OW offices; responsible for assisting States
and Regions in implementing watershed non-point source and
targeting/assessment activities as part of the OW Watershed
Initiative; serves as a general point of coordination within the OW
for surface water assessment activities, with USGS on NAWQA, and
with ORD on surface water aspects of EMAP; manages national
clearinghouses on NPS and Clean Lakes; chairs/provides staff
support for OW's Steering Committee on Water Quality Data Systems;
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develops and implements a strategy for data management; manages
computerized water quality information systems, including STORET,
WBS, BIOS, ODES; develops and manages databases and analysis
programs to assist in performing water quality assessments and
evaluations; coordinates activities within this office to encourage
citizen/landowner involvement in watershed protection; manages
implementation of the National Clean Lakes Program Section (314),
including providing guidance, technical assistance, and grants
management and tracking; develops and implements national
education/outreach activities concerning monitoring and non-point
source activities; maintains/enhances the River REACH File as a key
component of Agency CIS; develops and assists Regions/States in
applying priority targeting mechanisms for identifying such problem
water-bodies and developing needed controls; and provides program
direction and guidance on identifying and listing of problem
waters/water-bodies required by CWA Sections 303(d) and 304(1).
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5. OFFICE OF GROUND WATER AND DRINKING WATER. The Office of
Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW), under the supervision of
the Office Director, has national program management responsibility
for the 1986 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) ,
including the: Ground-Water Protection, Public Water Supply
Supervision (PWSS), and Underground Injection Control (UIC)
programs. Specifically, the Office: oversees implementation of the
Agency's ground-water protection principles strategy; establishes
and implements an EPA framework for ground-water protection
decision-making, and serves as the focus of internal EPA policy
coordination for ground water; works to integrate ground-water
protection policies into various EPA programs such as: the
Pesticides and Ground-Water Strategy, the non-point source program,
RCRA, and Superfund; provides to the States technical and policy
assistance as well as ground-water planning grants (under the
authority of Section 106 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), in support
of the development and implementation of State ground-water
protection strategies and in the future, with new direction from
the Agency's Ground Water Task Force, comprehensive ground-water
protection programs; implements: the Wellhead Protection (WHP)
Program, the Sole Source Aquifer Designation Program, and the Sole
Source Aquifer Demonstration Program, under the 1986 Safe Drinking
Water Act Amendments; develops and promotes increased access and
utility of EPA's ground-water data base, in cooperation with other
federal agencies; and coordinates and provides staff support to a
Ground Water Task Force and subsequent policy oversight efforts.
The Office assesses and evaluates EPA's ground-water program
effectiveness; provides the primary points of contact in the Agency
for the various State agencies implementing ground-water protection
programs; provides technical and institutional support to States in
developing Wellhead Protection programs and ground-water protection
strategies, and in applying for federal grants; reviews Sole Source
Aquifer petitions and regulated projects; works with Indian Tribes
to assure EPA understanding of tribal issues in program
development; assists in developing tribal ground-water protection
programs, and coordinates ground-water data collected by Regional
programs; develops regulations and guidelines to protect drinking
water quality and existing and future underground sources of
drinking water; develops program policy and guidance for
enforcement and compliance activities; recommends policy for water
supply protection activities to the Assistant Administrator;
develops a national program of public information; develops plans
and policy for response to water supply emergencies; coordinates
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water supply activities with other Federal agencies as necessary;
serves as liaison with the National Drinking Water Advisory
Council? works with the Office of Enforcement, the Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response, the Office of Prevention, Pesticides
and Toxic Substances, and the Office of Wastewater Enforcement and
Compliance; to assure the safety of both surface and ground-water
supplies; develops and defends a national program budget reflecting
program needs and priorities; assures the implementation of Agency
policy and priorities in the Regions and Headquarters; provides
technical direction and support to Regional offices and other
organizations through the Regional offices; manages the development
and implementation of delegation oversight procedures and
evaluating Regional water supply and underground injection control
programs; provides analysis of federal and State legislation
directly or indirectly related to ground water and/or drinking
water protection; responsible for special projects, including the
Lead Task Force and Pesticides Survey activities; and implements
the EPA/OW Quality Assurance/Quality Program involving
environmentally-related measurements.
a. Resources Management and Evaluation Staff. The Resource
Management and Evaluation Staff (RMES), under the supervision of a
Director: has the lead in developing and producing Agency, the
Office of Management and Budget ('OMB) and Congressional budget
submissions incorporating Office policies and approaches for
ground-water and drinking water protection; undertakes financial
accounting and other budget execution administrative procedures;
and undertakes special projects and evaluations in support of the
program; and serves as focal point for human resources actions,
administrative aspects of contracts, grants and cooperative
agreements, facilities and space issues, and telecommunications,
with the exception of the Ground-Water Protection Division.
b. Ground-Water Protection Division. The Ground-Water
Protection Division (GWPD), under the supervision of a Director:
designs and develops general ground-water policies; provides the
Division's focal point for all policy communications including
coordination with OGWDW, development of communications strategies,
speech writing, Congressional and other controlled correspondence,
FOIA requests and reviews/requests by GAO pertaining to ground
water; conducts or oversees outreach efforts to educate citizens
and government officials on ground-water protection needs and
progress; Develops national policies and guidance for Agency
financial support, review, and oversight of Comprehensive State
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Ground-Water Protection Programs including wellhead protection
activities; coordinates with other EPA programs and other federal
agencies to facilitate broad support of State Ground-water
protection programs, as well as consistent federal policies; serves
as focal point for coordinating Regional operations; oversees
cooperative agreements with institutions and associations, (e.g.
The Urban Institute, National Association of State Legislatures
etc.) to research, assess and disseminate information on improved
institutional approaches to ground-water protection at the state
and local level; assists in formulation of Agency, OMB and
Congressional budget submissions incorporating policies and
approaches for ground-water protection; develops annual program
plans (e.g. Agency Operating Guidance) and accountability measures
(e.g. STARS, OWAS, etc.); coordinates EPA ground-water data
management efforts; develops and coordinates access systems (e.g.,
STORET, CIS) for providing ground-water data and other information
to the States and site managers; identifies new information needs
of the States and local governments; designs approaches to filling
in Agency's collection and storage of ground-water data; and
coordinates the use of these data standards across EPA Programs,
other Federal Agencies, States, local governments, and other
members of the ground-water community.
The division performs administrative services for the Ground-Water
Protection Division; provides technical assistance and training, on
the use of various ground-water information management systems, to:
EPA Programs, States, other Federal Agencies, and others; provides
liaison with: Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Office
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Office of
Administration and Resource Management, Office of Information
Resource Management, and Office of Research and Development, and
other OW programs; provides guidance on management approaches to
the States as they develop, administer, and implement State
Comprehensive Ground-Water Programs and WHP Programs; develops
technical assistance documents associated with: the
identification, assessment, and management, of the sources of
contamination within Wellhead Protection Areas and other priority
areas, as identified by Comprehensive State Ground-Water Programs,
susceptible to Contamination; coordinates with other Agency
programs addressing source management needs so as to build
recognition and support of State Comprehensive Ground-Water
Programs and WHP Programs; provides technical reviews of State's
submittal of proposed WHP programs, with specific emphasis on
reviewing the States' efforts in management of WHP programs;
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provides technical assistance products on hydrogeologic aspects of
State ground-water protection programs, including: Wellhead
Protection area delineation, hydrogeologic mapping,
ground-water resource analysis and classification, Sole Source
Aquifer designation, and research needs; and provides technical
support to Agency rulemaking and guidance activities, particularly
in regard to hydrogeological issues.
The division provides the Office Director with technical analysis
in support of the resolution of key policy issues at the Assistant
Administrator and higher levels; establishes and maintains close
and cooperative working relationships with technical peer groups
both inside and outside the Agency; except for the area of
enforcement, provides national program direction for the UIC
program; develops and revises all UIC regulations and guidelines
except enforcement guidance; develops and implements requirements
for State primacy for the UIC program; conducts the Headquarters
review of State applications for primacy and State UIC program
revisions; except for enforcement, provides policy, technical and
management guidance to the Regions and States on all phases of
enforcement resources; develops and maintains models for the
allocation of Regional resources; allocates UIC grant funds; tracks
the use of resources by Regions and States; in cooperation with the
UIC enforcement staff, performs program analysis and evaluation for
the UIC program; establishes policy guidance relating to: the
monitoring and surveillance programs for Federal facilities, and
Indian reservations; identifies research needs on non-enforcement
matters; serves as the program liaison with the Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response; and develops and maintains the
automated system necessary to implement the UIC program.
c. Enforcement and Program Implementation Division. This
Division (EPID), under the supervision of a Director: provides
national program direction for all aspects of the Public Water
Supply Supervision (PWSS) program and oversees the enforcement
activities in the UIC program; under the PWSS program, the
Division: develops and revises the implementation and enforcement
portions of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations and issues
guidelines for the PWSS program implementation; conducts the
Headquarters review of State applications for initial primacy and
State program revisions for both programs; provides policy,
technical and management guidance to the Regions and States on all
phases of program implementation and compliance with the
regulations; manages the Safe Drinking Water Hotline; monitors
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progress in implementation at the Regional and State levels;
develops and maintains models for the allocation of Regional
resources; allocates PWSS grant funds; tracks the use of resources
by Regions and States; establishes policy guidance relating to the
Interstate Carrier Water Supply Certification Program, Indian
reservations, the granting of variances and exemptions; responses
to national, Regional, and local water supply emergencies;
identifies research needs; serves as the program liaison with the
Office of Enforcement, the Office of Wastewater Enforcement and
Compliance, the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, under
the Safe Drinking Water Act; and provides technical guidance for
the protection of non-public and rural water supplies.
The division develops and maintains automated systems necessary to
implement the Safe Drinking Water Act; develops and implements
requirements for State primacy; conducts the Headquarters review of
State applications for primacy and State PWSS program revisions;
provides policy, technical and management guidance to the Regions
and States on all phases of program implementation and compliance
with the regulations; monitors progress in implementation at the
Regional and State levels; develops overall compliance and
permitting policy; provides guidance to the Regions on the
implementation of surveillance, and enforcement programs where
States do not have primary enforcement responsibility; performs
program analysis and evaluation for the PWSS program; provides
technical guidance for the protection of non-public and rural water
supplies; under the UIC program, the Division develops overall
compliance and enforcement policy; provides guidance to the Regions
on all of the above; oversees Regional and State implementation of
the above requirements; and serves as the program liaison with the
Office of Enforcement; the Office of Wastewater Enforcement and
Compliance; and the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response on
enforcement issues.
d. Drinking Water Standards Division. The Drinking Water
Standards Division (DWSD), under the supervision of a Director:
establishes and revises all regulations and guidelines relating to
primary and secondary drinking water standards; risk assessments,
exposure assessments, and MCLGs will be provided by the Office of
Science and Technology (OST) as support to the rule development
effort. Risk management, occurrence surveys, MCLs, and all other
aspects of the regulation will be the responsibility of the
Drinking Water Standards Division; develops vulnerability
assessment guidance for public water systems for use by States and
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system operators; develops rationale for determination of Best
Available Technologies and unit cost processes; provides leadership
in developing programs to assist public water systems to meet
drinking water regulations; provides technical advice and guidance
to other Federal agencies in the development of standards and
regulations, water resources and emergency water supply planning;
processes and manages contracts to support regulation development;
identifies research needs for engineering and measurement methods
and coordinates quality assurance activities; coordinates with OST
and concurs in projects and priorities related to human health,
risk assessment, and exposure assessment research; maintains
dockets to support regulation development and implementation; and
prepares guidance on the operation and maintenance of water
treatment plants; monitors and actively studies point of use and
other innovative techniques for achieving compliance with drinking
water regulations; develops programs, policies, and guidance for
small water treatment systems; provides guidance and technical
assistance to: the States, utilities, other governmental agencies,
and the business community on the effect of substances added to or
put in contact with potable water (generally questions related to
the derivation of health levels will be referred to the Office of
Science and Technology); provides direct technical assistance to
international activities involving drinking water, in consultation
with OIA; provides input to international studies relating to water
supply; assists in emergency situations by providing scientific and
engineering advice. It determines the frequency and levels of
contaminants of drinking water (occurrence) ; identifies and
develops appropriate analytical methods for measurement of
contaminants in drinking water; assesses alternative monitoring
strategies for inclusion in regulations; assesses the availability,
performance and costs of treatment technologies for control of
contaminants in drinking water; develops and evaluates revised
laboratory certification manuals and supporting documentation;
establishes and revises Secondary Drinking Water Regulations;
develops appropriate information on potable wastewater reuse;
identifies science and technology research needs; conducts economic
analyses of proposed regulations and treatment techniques, the
economic impact of the ground-water and drinking water programs on
States and communities, and innovative technology and financing
methods; provides assistance to the Office in sampling techniques
and statistical assessments of quantitative data; performs broad
strategic planning for the ground-water and drinking water programs
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which takes into consideration the public health and welfare and
costs; and develops and conducts evaluations on the ability of the
programs to fulfill statutory objectives.
e. Technical Support Division. Cincinnati. The Technical
Support Division, Cincinnati (TSD/C), under the supervision of a
Director, provides technical assistance to the Regions and States
in the areas of: operation and maintenance of water treatment
manpower development, surveillance, treatment, technology and
provides technical guidance to other divisions within the Office of
Drinking Water in support of standard setting activities; provides
technical guidance for the use of available treatment techniques;
provides assistance in the development and review of procedural and
substantive 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 studies of the nature and extent of
contaminants in: public water supplies, and ground-water sources;
identifies the source of contamination and develop recommendations
for corrective actions; develops and improves field investigation
techniques for evaluation of drinking water quality and water
treatment plant performance; assists in formulation and conduct of
manpower development programs for State and local water supply
personnel as may be appropriate; service as an OGWDW representative
to various work groups and committees; provides technical
assistance to the Regions and States in the areas of: operation
and maintenance of water treatment plants, treatment technology,
and manpower development; develops technical information to
facilitate implementation of drinking water regulations; and
develops and applies procedures for evaluating and correcting water
treatment facility performance.
The division collects and maintains data on the occurrence of
unregulated contaminants in public water systems; provides analytic
method and monitoring technical guidance in support of standard
setting activities; manages OGWDW implementation of the national
drinking water Laboratory Certification program; and conducts a
proactive quality assurance and quality control program to assure
the applicability and integrity of data.
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Office of Water
Policy and Resources
Management Office
Assistant Administrator
for Water
Golf of Mexico
Program Office
Office of Wastewater
Enforcement and
Compliance
-
Resources
Management and
Evaluation Staff
Municipal
Support
Division
Enforcement
Division
Permits
Division
Office of
-| Science and
Technology
-
Budget and Program
Management Staff
Policy and
Communications
Staff
Health and
Ecological Criteria
Division
Standards and
Applied Science
Division
Engineering
and Analysis
Division
Office of
Wetlands, Oceans and
Watersheds
Policy and
Communications
Staff
Budget and Program
Management
Staff
Oceans and Coastal
Protection
Division
Wetlands
Division
Assessment and
Watershed
Protection Division
Office of
Groundwater and
Drinking Water
-
Resources
Management and
Evaluation Staff
Ground Water
Protection
Division
Enforcement and
Program
Implementation
Division
Drinking Water
Standards
Division
Technical Support
Division
(Cincinnati)
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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 advisor to the
Administrator in matters pertaining to them. The Assistant
Administrator's responsibilities include: program policy
development and evaluation; development of appropriate hazardous
waste standards and regulations; ensuring compliance with
applicable laws and regulations; program policy guidance and
overview, technical support, and evaluation of Regional solid waste
and emergency response activities; development of programs for
technical, programmatic, and compliance assistance to States and
local governments. The office is also responsible for development
of guidelines and standards for the land disposal of hazardous
wastes and for underground storage tanks; analyses on
implementation of a program to respond to uncontrolled hazardous
waste sites and spills (including oil spills); long-term strategic
planning and special studies; economic and long-term environmental
analysis; economic impact assessment of RCRA and CERCLA
regulations; analyses of alternative technologies and trends; and
cost-benefit analyses and development of OSWER environmental
criteria.
a. Organizational Management and Integrity Staff. The
Organizational Management and Integrity Staff reports directly to
the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency
Response and has leadership and policy- making responsibility,
OSWER-wide, for all issues relating to financial integrity, fraud
prevention, audit-coordination and follow-up, organizational and
management improvement, human resources management, and affirmative
action. As such, the staff has responsibility for OSWER compliance
with the Federal Manager's Financial Integrity Act, conflict of
interest, ethics issues, the OSWER directives system, Freedom of
Information Act compliance and coordination, task and
correspondence management OSWER-wide, striped border reviews, labor
relations, reward and motivation systems, employee development,
grievances, employee discipline, compensation, recruitment,
retention, hours of work issues, workspace accommodation issues,
and all employee-related matters. The staff represents OSWER in
several capacities, and particularly in the fulfillment of the RCRA
Ombudsman responsibilities. Other representational functions
include liaison historically Black Colleges and Universities;
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representation to the Inspector General's Committee on Integrity
and Management Improvement.
b. Resource Management and Information Staff. This staff,
under the supervision of a Director, reports to the Assistant
Administrator of Solid Waste and Emergency Response and _is
responsible for OSWER-wide program administration in the following
areas: manages and ensures compliance with OSWER's operating
guidance and long-term strategic plan; conducts analyses crossing
program and media lines on strategic planning issues; develops
program strategy and strategic plans, specialized task forces;
development and update of the "Hazardous Waste Plan"; and
formulation and execution of the OSWER-budget and budget submittal
to the Administrator and outside government entities.
Develops information management policy for OSWER. Provides
direction, guidance, training, and coordination of information
management activities to program offices. Serves as OSWER focal
oversight of all system development, project management guidance,
and configuration (hardware and software) projects within orders
and all requests for software/hardware purchases. Ensures
integration of short- range and long-range plans with OSWER's and
OIRM's planning, budgeting, and management process.
c. Policy Analysis and Regulatory Management Staff. The
Policy Analysis and Regulatory Management Staff (PARMS), under the
supervision of a Director, reports directly to the Assistant
Administrator/Deputy Administrator and is the principal source of
advice for regulatory management, policy evaluation and
development, policy development and related review functions and
science issues. The regulatory management function requires
providing assistance in the development and review of OSWER and
other EPA offices regulatory and packages. This staff
recommendations on OSWER, EPA-wide, and outside groups programs and
actions. PARMS serves on task forces and other Agency groups to
represent OSWER interests on science issues.
d. Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office. The
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO),
under the supervision of a Director, reports directly to the
Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response and
is responsible for the following functions: developing, managing
and implementing Agencywide chemical emergency preparedness and
prevention (CEPP) programs; preparing community right- to-know
regulations, guidance materials, technical assistance, training and
other activities as authorized by CERCLA, SARA, and the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-know Act (Title III of SARA);
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SARA); chairing the National Response Team (NRT) and providing the
Secretariat for, and policy and administrative support to the
National and Regional Response Teams (RRT); coordinates NRT/RRT
activities throughout the Agency; and managing the National
Incident Coordination Team for nationally significant emergencies.
The Team consists of representatives from OSWER, OAR, OPPTS, OW,
ORD, OARM, OIA, OGC, and other appropriate Agency Headquarters
and regional offices. The Team will coordinate closely with
OERR's Emergency Response Division and other relevant Headquarters
and Regional staff components; providing technical assistance and
staff support to the National Incident Coordination Team;
identifying hazardous substance release prevention issues, making
recommendations to the Administrator on Agency approaches and
programs; and coordinating Agency prevention activities. The
office is also responsible for coordinating interagency programs
to review effectiveness of technical and operational prevention
methods; developing regulations or establishing other appropriate
mechanisms to obtain and manage information on accidental
releases; managing internal Agency work group to develop options
and implement decisions. Under the guidance of the Office of
International Activities, coordinating Agency activities dealing
with chemical emergency preparedeness and prevention programs in
other nations in order to enhance the U.S. program and to share our
information and expertise with other countries. The office is
responsible for conducting program analyses as necessary to examine
the effectiveness of implementation approaches related to
preparedness and prevention, community right-to-know issues, and
other aspects of the program and coordinating CEPP activities with
other Agency offices and the Regions, other Federal agencies,
States, and local governments, industry, labor unions and public
interest groups. The Office is also responsible for developing,
with OERR support, a comprehensive technical assistance and
training program to provide support to regional offices, State and
local governments in CEPP areas of responsibility, and developing
related policy and guidance and conducting related projects,
studies and analyses that these programs require.
e. Technology Innovation Office. The Technology Innovation
Office (TIO), under the supervision of a Director, reports directly
to the Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency
Response and is responsible for the following functions: develop,
manage, and implement a program of innovative technology advocacy,
education and information for EPA staff and outside stakeholders
including contractors, responsible parties, and Federal agencies;
Publish and distribute technical monographs, briefs and bulletins;
use existing electronic systems such as the OSWER Electronic
Bulletin Board and ORD's ATTIC for information dissemination on
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technologies to inform the regions, states, other Federal agencies;
and Superfund and RCRA Corrective Action contractors; examine the
need for and develop as necessary new systems for electronic
communication; address the training need associated with electronic
systems; initiate and jointly sponsor conferences, workshops and
forums to promote knowledge of innovative and emerging technologies
developed in the U.S. and abroad, coordinating with the Office of
international Activities on international aspects of these
activities; participates in EPA regulatory development workgroups
to identify impediments to selection of innovative technologies for
remediation, removals and corrective action. Pursue constructive
approaches to removing institutional impediments to selection of
such innovative technologies; regularly convene a Federal
Remediation Forum of Federal agencies who demonstrate and develop
remediation and corrective action technologies to assure timely
exchange of cost performance and related technical information on
site remediation and corrective action.
TIO will also: coordinate the OSWER Technology Support Centers on
Groundwater Monitoring, Fate and Transport, Engineering, Modeling
and Health Risk to provide immediate technical assistance to
Regional Superfund staff; sponsor workshops in selective technical
issues of special importance to the regions; follow up technical
briefs to document information developed in the workshops;
coordinate the operation of the Groundwater and Engineering Forums;
conduct with OSWER program office support, training needs
assessments, develop new courses, and deliver and evaluate training
for Headquarters and regional staff. In addition, TIO will: manage
the On Scene Coordinator/Remedial Project Manager Support Program
and provide critical work force planning for OSC's and RPM's;
support the OSWER Deputy Assistant Administrator who co-chairs with
ORD the research committee to plan for OSWER's long term research
needs and oversee on-going research results; manage contracts to
provide a necessary infrastructure for the activities of the
office; develop related policy and guidance, and conduct related
projects, studies, and analyses that these programs require.
f.- Superfund Revitalization Office. The Superfund
Revitalization Office, under the supervision of a Director, reports
directly to the National Superfund Director and is responsible for
reviewing the Agency-wide administration of the Superfund program
in the following areas: overseeing, the implementation of the ARCS
Task Force recommendations; the implementation of the
recommendations of the Contract Lab Program Task Force; ensuring
better value for Superfund contract dollars, including interagency
agreements and cooperative agreements; overseeing the
implementation of the Superfund Long-Term Contracts Strategy;
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facilitating the integration of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
into revitalization initiatives; overseeing the implementation of
contracts management training for all Superfund managers and staff;
monitoring progress towards and providing assistance to Regions in
achieving NPL completion targets and other 30-Day Report
recommendations' monitoring the overall Superfund program progress,
from site assessment to construction completion; providing support
to the Regions in implementing pilot projects; evaluating and
implementing streamlining proposals generated from inside and
outside the Agency; coordinating the development of remedy
standardization guidelines, including presumptive remedies and soil
cleanup standards, incorporating technology innovation and design
standardization where possible; providing assistance in the
evaluation of Superfund risk assessment procedures, including
standardization where appropriate; providing support in the review
of risk management assumptions and policies used in Superfund;
improving measures of success and communicating that success to the
public; identifying ways to speed the resolution of issues
involving other major Superfund cleanup partners, e.g., States,
Department of Justice, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;
coordinating and facilitating OSWER technical support to Office of
Federal Facilities Enforcement on Federal facilities matters;
coordinating the resolution of Superfund site-specific issues as
needed; and providing support to the initiatives to improve
Superfund program eqiiity, e.g., de minimis settlements policy,
mixed funding agreements, and the lender liability rule.
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2. OFFICE OF WASTE PROGRAMS ENFORCEMENT. The Office of Waste
Programs Enforcement (OWPE), under the supervision of a Director,
manages a national program of technical compliance and enforcement
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA).
The Office provides guidance and support for the implementation of
the CERCLA and RCRA compliance and enforcement programs. This
includes the development of program strategies, long term and
yearly goals, and the formulation of budgets and plans to support
implementation of strategies and goals and resource requirements
are estimated and allocated to the Regions based on workload models
developed under the direction of OWPE. The office provides program
guidance through the development and issuance of policies, guidance
and other documents and through training and technical assistance;
develops annual workplans which set forth activity goals,
milestones and completion dates with resource requirements for the
RCRA and CERCLA compliance and enforcement Programs. These plans
are then transmitted to the regions and accountability measures are
identified and agreed upon for inclusion the Agency Management
Accountability System (AMAS), the Action Tracking System (ATS) and
the OSWER Workplans System. The Office oversees and supports
Regions and States in the implementation of the CERCLA and RCRA
enforcement programs; accomplishes oversight through automated
tracking systems, periodic field reviews, analysis of reports and
other monitoring techniques; and provides support through the
Office's scientific and engineering staff and contractual
resources. The Office may assume responsibility for direct
management of a limited number of CERCLA and RCRA enforcement
actions which are multi-regional in nature or are cases of national
significance. However, management is normally exercised through
planning, resource allocation, monitoring and review.
The Office serves as the national technical expert for all matters
relating to CERCLA and RCRA compliance and enforcement. OWPE
relates closely to the regions; the Office of Emergency and
Remedial Response (OERR); the Office of Solid Waste (OSW); the
Immediate Office to the Assistant Administrator (IO-OSWER);
the Office of Communications and Public Affairs; the Office of
Enforcement (OE); and other EPA offices as necessary. It
represents the interests of the CERCLA and RCRA enforcement
programs to other offices of the Agency and normally is represented
on task forces, work groups and at meetings where issues relating
to the programs are under consideration. In coordination with the
Office of Communications and Public Affairs and IO-OSWER,
represents the program to external organizations, including the
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Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Congress, the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ) and other Federal agencies, the media,
public interest and industry groups, State and local governments
and their associations and the public.
a. Program Management and Support Staff. The Program
Management and Support Staff, under the supervision of a Director,
coordinates through the Immediate Office of the AA-OSWER with the
Office of Administration and Resources Management in securing and
providing administrative services, organization and management
services, budget planning and control, financial management, human
resources management, and data processing and computer services for
the Office of Waste Programs Enforcement. Develops budget material
(OMB and Congressional) for the RCRA and CERCLA enforcement
programs and develops workload models in conjunction with IO-OSWER
and the regions. The division handles all budget execution
functions and develops operating plans and guidance for OWPE and
develops budget submissions and allocates resources consistent with
approved models. In coordination with the RCRA and CERCLA
enforcement divisions, establishes and tracks accountability
measures negotiated with the regions and established in the AMAS,
ATS and OSWER Workplans Systems. It plans and conducts management
activities and provides administrative support and personnel
services for OWPE; develops, in conjunction with IO-OSWER, other
OSWER offices and the Office of Information Resources Management,
automated data management programs and systems; and serves as a
focal point for tracking systems for OWPE programs.
b. CERCLA Enforcement Division. The CERCLA Enforcement
Division, under the direction of a Director, is responsible for a
national program of compliance and enforcement under CERCLA. The
Division has specific responsibility for technical aspects of
compliance and enforcement, cooperating closely with the Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring which focuses on legal
enforcement. It formulates strategies and plans and develops
program guidance for issuance to regions and States; develops
yearly program work plans and accountability measures as well as
supporting narrative justifications for budget submissions; reviews
and recommends to the Director, OWPE, action on proposed
regulations, policies and documents impacting on the CERCLA
enforcement program which are developed by other offices; and
conducts analytic studies in support of the CERCLA compliance
and enforcement efforts. The Division provides guidance, support
and oversight of a national program of CERCLA compliance and
enforcement; provides guidance by developing policy and guidance
documents; provides support through training technical support
and assistance and information exchange; provides technical support
for enforcement actions through staff scientific and engineering
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for enforcement actions through staff scientific and engineering
experts and contract resources; and accomplishes oversight through
the development and implementation of reporting and tracking
systems, through periodic field reviews and through other
monitoring techniques. It collaborates with the Regions, OERR and
OE, in recommending to the AA-OSWER classification of all National
Priorities List sites and may provide direct management for
enforcement cases considered to be of national scope and
importance; serves as the national expert for technical aspects of
CERCLA compliance and enforcement; and identifies and analyzes
CERCLA compliance and enforcement issues and proposes alternate
actions to appropriate authorities.
The division represents the concerns and issues of the program to
other offices of OSWER, especially OERR, and to other EPA offices,
including OE, OCPA, Office of General Counsel, Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, and the regions and maintains liaison
with the U.S. DOJ and other Federal agencies involved in
support of the CERCLA program. In coordination with the Office of
Federal Activities, OROS/L, the Division addresses CERCLA
compliance and enforcement issues at Federal facilities. The
division represents OWPE in meetings, workshops, task forces and
presentations where issues impacting on CERCLA compliance and
enforcement are involved.
c. RCRA Enforcement Division. The RCRA Enforcement Division,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for a national
program of compliance and enforcement under RCRA. Its specific
responsibility for technical aspects of compliance and enforcement,
cooperating closely with the Office of Enforcement which focuses on
legal enforcement. The division formulates strategies and plans and
develops program guidance for issuance to Regions and States;
develops yearly program work plans and accountability measures as
well as supporting narrative justifications for budget submissions;
reviews and recommends to the Director, OWPE, action on proposed
regulations, policies, and documents impacting the RCRA enforcement
program which are developed by other offices; and conducts
analytic studies in support of the RCRA compliance and enforcement
efforts.
It provides guidance, support and oversight for RCRA compliance and
enforcement activities undertaken by regions and States. This
requires development of policy and guidance documents, the
compliance and enforcement portion of the Annual State Grants
Guidance, provision of training and technical assistance, technical
support for regional enforcement actions and information exchange.
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The oversight responsibility requires development, implementation
and maintenance of tracking and reporting systems, periodic field
reviews and other monitoring and oversight techniques. It
requires on-going analysis of program operations. As the national
program management organization, the Division is looked to as the
center of EPA expertise on all technical matters relating to RCRA
compliance and enforcement. It identifies, assesses, and
recommends action on general and specific RCRA compliance and
enforcement issues; provides technical scientific and engineering
support through staff experts and contract resources; represents
the concerns and interests of the RCRA compliance and enforcement
program to other EPA offices and external groups. Close
coordination is required with the Office of Solid Waste, OSWER; EPA
regional offices; OE; and OPPE. The division coordinates with the
Office of Federal Activities, on matters relating to compliance and
enforcement at Federal facilities and represents OWPE in meetings
and on task forces, work groups and presentations requiring
knowledge relating to RCRA compliance and enforcement. The
division administers the international notification and consent
procedures under RCRA Section 3017-
The RCRA Enforcement Division, working with the Office of Solid
Waste, under the direction of the Director, administers and
implements the hazardous waste export program found at Section 3017
of RCRA. The Division is also responsible for the administration
and implementation of the bi-lateral agreements for the
transboundary movement of hazardous wase between the United States
and Canada, and between the United States and Mexico. In addition,
a new multi-lateral international agreement was signed by the
United States and 23 member countries of the transcoundry movement
of hazardous waste. The Division is responsible for the
administration and implementation of this agreement, which includes
requirements for export and import notifications, annual reports,
exception reports, manifests and tracking the transboundry movement
of hazardous waste.
The Division has developed a national tracking system to track
waste imports and exports to their final destinations. The
information contained in the database is abstracted from the export
and import notices. Due to the Division's involvement with the
export/import notifications program, OIA, OSW, and the Division
coordinate closely with each other.
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3. OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE. The Office of Solid Waste (OSW), under
the supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Assistant
Administrator for the hazardous and solid waste activities of the
Agency. The Director provides program policy direction to and
evaluation of such activities throughout the Agency, and
establishes hazardous and solid waste research requirements for the
Agency.
a. Solid Waste Task Force. The Solid Waste Task Force,
under the supervision of a Director, will provide expert advice to
the Director, Office of Solid Waste concerning issues and problems
related to the Definition of Solid Waste. Task Force obejectives
and duties will include:
(1) conduct and intensive effort to discuss with outside
parties (industry, environmental groups, and other government
agencies) problems they believe exist with the definition of solid
waste and with the implementation of the regulatory definition;
(2) investigate and analyze the underlying causes of the
identified problems and a range of possible solutions, either
through changes to the definition, changes in how it is
implemented, or changes to other aspects of the RCRA program that
might better solve the problems identified;
(3) develop policy changes, and identify both short-term
and long-term actions that could be taken to better address the
problems raised regarding the Definition of Solid Waste and in
particular, foster the safe recycling of wastes;
(4) identify and evaluate all relevant policy,
technical, legal and administrative issues that would determine the
success of the identified policy changes, short-term actions, and
long-term actions, and determine which actions OSW should take to
addres these issues;
(5) coordinate this work with the relevant OSW
Divisions, such as the Characterization and Assessment Division and
the Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division to develop an
agenda for action by OSW and, as directed by the Director of OSW,
to help, where appropriate, to implement specific actions or to
assure that the implementing Division can implement the action with
full understanding of the basis for the strategic choice; and
(6) develop an effective partnership with the Regions
and States to understand and respond to their concerns, as
appropriate.
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b. Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division. The
Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division (MISWD), under the
supervision of a Director, reports to the Office Director and is
responsible for the following functions: Developing guidance,
policy and information for State and local governments on municipal
solid waste. Providing technical guidance on regulations and
guidelines with respect to waste reduction, recycling and
industrial solid waste, to industry, regional and state officials,
and the general public. Managing municipal solid waste source
reduction program. Developing municipal solid waste disposal
guidance, policy and regulations. Developing municipal combustor
ash disposal/management guidance, policy and regulations.
Developing municipal solid waste policy.
It is also responsible for developing policy on municipal solid
waste facility siting, managing household hazardous waste program;
and developing and implementing procurement guidelines. Overseeing
regional implementation activities in recycling. Developing
municipal solid waste disposal implementation guidance, policy and
rules and managing Agency outreach program to provide technical
assistance to local governments. Coordinating the development of
municipal solid waste combustion air emission rules with the Office
of Air and Radiation. Coordinating programs with the Office of
Research and Development (research priorities and oversight of
ongoing work).
The Division is responsible for developing data on municipal solid
waste generation and incineration. Developing data on progress
towards 25% recycling goal. Centralizing contract management for
municipal solid waste and developing Agency policy, guidance and
rules for industrial waste management, design for disposal and
industrial waste disposal. Working with Congressional staff, other
Agency offices and industry in developing legislative amendments.
The Division is responsible for developing basic data
characterizing industrial waste generation and disposal practices.
Developing Report to Congress and revise criteria for Subtitle D
facilities. Developing regulations for municipal waste combustor.
Conducting studies to extend the useful life of sanitary landfills
and how to better use closed landfills sites and developing
regulations on industrial facilities managing only small quantity
hazardous wastes and nonhazardous wastes.
b. Communications. Analysis, and Budget Division. The
Communications, Analysis and Budget Division (CABD), under the
supervision of a Director, reports to the Office Director and is
responsible for the following functionsS Providing long-term
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strategic planning, including the provision of risk reduction
inputs to the budgetary process. Preparing formal Regulatory
Impact Analyses for major regulations. Providing detailed
assessments of the cost/benefits impacts of regulatory and
non-regulatory strategies. Providing statistical analysis and
consultation services. Providing RCRA policy analysis support.
Serving as focal point for dealing with OMB and other agencies and
institutions on cost/risk assessments for the hazardous waste
program. Establishing a strong information systems development and
support base for the hazardous waste program, e.g. RCRIS, Biennial
Report, Surveys. Obtaining and managing data OSW needs to
characterize problems, determine whether mandated programs are in
place, and manage these programs so as to achieve the greatest
health and environmental benefits.
The Division is responsible for coordinating systems development
and data management activities with EPA Headquarters, regions and
States, pursuant to policies established by the Office of
Information Resources Management (OIRM). Developing and
implementing a records management program. Providing information
for all Reports to Congress. Developing OSW budget submissions and
reporting on OSW's financial status as required. Coordinating
contracts management issues/operating contracts management systems.
Planning and implementing training for OSW, regional and state
staff. Developing regional workload models. Developing and
overseeing OSW workplans. Overseeing the Action Tracking System
(ATE) for OSW. Providing personnel and various administrative
services.
The Division is responsible for ensuring compliance with conflict
of interest requirements and providing administrative support and
financial tracking for all OSW contracts and grants. Ensuring
compliance with the Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act
(FMFIA). Developing an outreach and communication program to
increase public awareness about the hazardous and solid waste
programs, in accordance with guidelines set forth by the Office of
Communications and Public Affairs. Investigating and developing
media tools to publicize hazardous and solid waste management
initiatives. Coordinating with OSW Divisions and other EPA offices
on hazardous and solid waste outreach efforts.
The Division is also responsible for developing and implementing
RCRA communications strategies and overseeing Federal Register
submissions. Developing and managing OSW publications. Managing
the RCRA Docket, RCRA Hotline and Confidential Business Information
(CBI) System. Providing access to hazardous waste data. Managing
policy directives system and coordinating responses to Freedom of
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Information Act (FOIA) requests. Ensuring compliance with
Paperwork Reduction Act requirements. Developing, producing, and
managing controlled correspondence.
c. Characterization and Assessment Division. The
Characterization and Assessment Division (CAD), under the
supervision of a Director, reports directly to the Office Director
and is responsible for the following functions. Evaluating
toxicological and exposure data, and developing health-based
numbers in coordination with the Office of Research and
Development. Providing the risk assessment support to all RCRA
programs. Developing and evaluating sampling and analytical
methods to support RCRA regulations. Implementing the RCRA quality
assurance program. Developing fate and transport models.
Developing regulations that identify hazardous wastes based on
characteristics of ignitability, toxicity, etc., and providing
technical support and interpretations for regions and states.
The Division is also responsible for: Conducting industry studies
to determine which wastes should be listed as hazardous, and
developing regulations when warranted, and providing technical
support and interpretations for regions and states. Evaluating
delisting petitions to exclude certain listed wastes from
regulations under Subtitle C. Developing regulations and guidance
regarding medical wastes. Defining solid and hazardous wastes.
Developing regulations for the reuse, recycling and export of
hazardous wastes. Developing regulations regarding generators and
transporters of hazardous wastes. Revising the hazardous waste
tank standards. Establishing management standards for recycled used
oil. Providing technical guidance on regulations and guidelines
with respect to waste identification and technical assessments, to
industry, regional and State officials, and the general public.
d. Permits and State Programs Division. The Permits and
State Programs Division (PSPD), under the supervision of a
Director, reports directly to the Office Director and is
responsible for the following functions: Developing and issuing
State authorization regulations and guidance. Providing State
program oversight. Developing programs to enhance State capability
for RCRA program authorization and implementation. Managing the
Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management
Officials grant. Developing the State grant formula. Implementing
SPMS tracking. Providing regional liaison and coordination.
Coordinating regional views. Developing and implementing
corrective action regulations and guidance and providing technical
support and interpretations for regions and states.
Overseeing/tracking of correction action program. Providing
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corrective action technical support and training for States and
regions. Developing and implementing corrective pipeline strategy;
out-year strategy-
The Division is also responsible for: Providing mixed waste
liaison and legislative analysis. Developing guidance and policy
for handling/permitting mixed waste and working with Federal
agencies on these matters. Implementing delisting program;
developing delisting policies and procedures; reviewing petitions
and developing site-specific rule decisions. Implementing
no-migration petition program. Providing RCRA compliance guidance
for the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP). Developing Land
Disposal Unit standards, guidance, and policy, and providing
technical assistance for States, regions and regulated community.
Developing and implementing siting standards, procedures and
policies and technical assistance for State, regions and regulated
community. Developing guidance and providing technical assistance
on land disposal petitions and waivers for States, regions and
regulated community. Developing regulations and guidance for
groundwater protection standards; monitoring and providing
technical assistance.
The Division is responsible for: Developing RCRA/CERCLA policy.
Developing regulations and issuing policy guidance for the permit
program and for interim status. Developing Subpart Y regulations
for experimental facilities. Providing direct permitting technical
assistance to the regions and States; overseeing State permitting
activities. Evaluating and processing variances and petitions for
the permitting process. Developing technical guidance on permit
appeals. Developing, issuing technical guidance and implementing
public involvement programs. Providing liaison for regional
permitting staff.
The Division is also responsible for: Developing long-term permit
strategy and five-year review policy. Providing technical
assistance and training to the regions and States on incineration,
Subpart X, and other alternative technologies. Providing technical
assistance and training on storage requirements. Directing the
Federal facilities inventory. Coordinating Federal facilities
permitting. Coordinating corrective action at Federal facilities.
Developing and issuing closure/post-closure policy guidance and
requirements for interim status and permits. Providing financial
assurance assistance and training to regions and States. Providing
financial assurance regulations and guidance for Subtitle C and D
and for special wastes. Procuring and managing regional RCRA
implementation contracts. Providing technical guidance on
regulations and guidelines to industry, regional and State
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officials, and the general public. Issuing guidance on groundwater
monitoring statistics to detect contamination levels. Developing
regulatory amendments for groundwater protection and providing
technical support and interpretations for regions and States.
e. Waste Management Division. The Waste Management
Division, under the supervision of a Director, reports directly to
the Office Director and is responsible for the following functions:
Issuing guidance and developing rules for land disposal
restrictions petitions regarding treatability and "no migration."
Providing technical guidance on regulations and guidelines with
respect to waste management, to industry, regional, and State
officials, and the general public. Processing petitions for
treatability variances from the land disposal restrictions.
Developing regulations and standards for metals emissions from
incinerators and providing technical support and interpretations
for regions and States.
The Division is responsible for: Regulating the burning of
hazardous waste fuel in boilers and industrial furnaces and
providing technical support and interpretations for regions and
States. Characterizing waste for land disposal restrictions
program. Determining the best demonstrated available treatment
(BOAT) for the land disposal restriction program. Completing mining
report to Congress and publishing regulatory determinations.
Developing a regulatory programs for mining wastes not regulated as
"hazardous waste." Developing oil and gas regulatory program.
Completing the regulatory determinations, and any follow-on program
development, on wastes from combustion of fossil fuels by
utilities. Developing OSW program on waste minimization.
Developing policies and procedures for States making assurances of
capacity for hazardous waste management. Grouping listed hazardous
wastes by toxicity and volume generated for scheduled decisions on
land disposal restrictions. Establishing framework for all land
disposal restriction decisions, specifically for listed solvents
and dioxin-containing wastes. Establishing land disposal
restrictions decisions on a group of wastes identified by the
statute, known as the California list. Establishing land disposal
restriction decisions on the thirds of listed wastes identified by
the schedule. Establishing land disposal restriction decisions for
characteristics wastes and contaminated media (soil and debris).
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4. OFFICE OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. The Office of Underground
Storage Tanks (OUST), under the supervision of a Director, defines,
plans, develops, and implements the legislative requirements
established under the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to RCRA
of 1984, mandating that the EPA regulate leaking underground
storage tanks that contain Petroleum and hazardous substances (all
substances defined as hazardous under CERCLA). The Office defines
the extent of the existing problem, formulates strategies, and
implements activities to reduce future contamination of the
Nation's ground water.
The Office develops and promulgates rules such as notification
requirements for underground storage tanks (USTs), technical and
corrective action requirement for existing tank systems, new tank
standards, interim prohibition regulation, and State program
approval requirements.
The Office develops strategies to communicate to the public and the
regulated community the mandated requirement and environmental
benefits of the UST program. The regional offices manage the State
program approval process which includes the review and approval of
State programs for compliance with federally-established
performance standards, and the distribution of grant monies to
States to implement and carry out UST program activities.
The Office performs overall coordination of the UST program within
and outside the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
including coordination with the Office of Research and Development
regarding regulation development and the assessment of leak
detection/monitoring systems, tank material compatibility
protocols, and tank installation standards. In addition, the
Office serves as the point of contact within the Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response to ensure effective and timely
response to ground- water contamination incidents.
The Office plans, implements, and oversees the utilization of the
UST Trust Fund established by the Superfund Amendment and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA); develops the organization,
budget, and reporting structures and systems to manage the Trust
Fund; provides policy framework and guidance to regions to assess
State capabilities to undertake enforcement and corrective actions;
conducts oversight of program implementation including Regional
State cooperative agreements and expenditure of Trust Fund monies;
and develops policy and guidance to ensure that Trust Fund usage is
consistent with the Office's regulatory responsibilities under
Subtitle I of RCRA. Specific responsibilities of each Division
within OUST are are follows:
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a. Implementation Division. The Implementation Division,
under the supervision of a Director, reports directly to the Office
Director. The Division: maintains contact with EPA regions to
monitor the status of UST program activities throughout the
country; conducts Regional oversight visits and reviews;
coordinates activities, as needed, with the OERR's Emergency
Response Division; manages the State program approval process; and
prepares financial reports. It provides additional grant
management and strategic planning services; provides communications
services for all of OUST; develops training and technical
assistance programs; and develops a strategy and implementing
mechanisms for enforcement activities and for State program
approvals.
b. Policy and Standards Division. The Policy and Standards
Division, under the supervision of a Director, reports directly to
the Office Director. The Division: proposes and promulgates
technical regulations for task systems and guidance materials for
EPA Regions and States; conducts or coordinates technical studies
and research; develops policy and guidance materials for EPA
regions and States; conducts regulatory impact analysis; develops
regulations for financial responsibility; formulates policy for
Trust Fund utilization; reviews Site Actions Plans; maintains the
Removal Tracking System; processing requests for waivers of
removal ceiling limits; and tracks, oversees and evaluates regional
immediate and planned removal activities; conducts Spill Prevention
Control and Countermeasure and prevention activities; supports
removal enforcement activities and removal response claims;
developing removal implementation policy, guidance and training
policy; participates in Regional program reviews; and managing
removal contracts and coordination with Regional Deputy Project
Officers; develops supplementary contract capabilities; manages the
removal cost control system; and manages State Superfund Contracts
and Interagency Agreements for removal activities as required. The
division is also responsible for developing policy on reportable
quantities and coordinating with OSW on the listing of reportable
quantities; developing oil sheen, designation and dispersants
(subpart H) rules and regulations; reviewing Agency listings and
actions impacting the removal program; conducting analyses and
participating in activities related to under-ground leaking
storage tanks; maintaining the RCRA/Superfund Hotline; and
coordinating, as necessary, with other OERR and Agency
organizations in activities related to the removal and response
programs.
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5. 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 functions of the Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response. The Director is responsible for:
developing national strategy- programs, technical policies,
regulations and guidelines for the control of abandoned hazardous
Waste site response to and prevention of oil and hazardous
substance spills; providing direction, guidance and support to the
Environmental Response Teams and overseeing their activities;
providing direction, guidance and support to the Agency's
nonenforcement emergency and remedial response to environmental
emergencies; providing direction, guidance and support to the
Agency's nonenforcement emergency and remedial response to
emergency and remedial hazardous waste sites. The office is also
responsible for providing direction and guidance for hazardous
waste related emergency preparedness activities; developing
national accomplishment plans and resources; scheduling guidelines
for program plans required of the Divisions; assisting in the
training of personnel; monitoring and evaluating the performance,
progress and fiscal status of the regions and the divisions in
implementing program plans; maintaining liaison with concerned
public and private national organizations for emergency response;
supporting State emergency response programs; and coordinating
Office activities with other EPA programs.
a. Office Of Program Management. The Office of Program
Management, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for
the following functions: developing policies and guidance for
compliance with other laws and programs at CERCLA sites; revising
the National Contingency Plan (NCP); preparing CERCLA delegations
of authority; managing the OERR docket and Directives System;
evaluating program implementation activities; identifying and
developing strategies for long-term problems related to hazardous
waste response and management; designing, implementing and
maintaining the CERCLA Information Management System (CERCLIS); and
developing and supporting technical databases and systems. It is
also responsible for managing the OERR ADP budget; managing
paperwork reduction, information collection and FMFIA
responsibilities; developing Regional review guidance and
coordinating regional reviews; coordinating OERR administrative
services; developing and evaluating CERCLA financial policies and
procedures; developing annual and quarterly operating plans;
managing OERR policy contracts and lAG's; conducting all budget and
budget-related activities and analyses; developing and operating
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the regional workload model and FTE distribution; developing and
operating other resource models; and establishing SCAP and SPMS
requirements and coordinating preparation of annual targets.
b. Hazardous Site Evaluation Division. The Hazardous Site
Evaluation Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for the following functions: managing site discovery
activities; managing the CERCLIS inventory process; preparing
guidance and managing the PA and ATSDR petition processes;
preparing PA/SI guidance; coordinating, overseeing and evaluating
contractor site evaluations; preparing guidance for expanded site
expanded site evaluations; managing and evaluating ESI activities;
and overseeing and assessing Federal facility evaluation
activities; administering contracts for PA/SI activities;
developing protocols for chemical analyses.
The division is responsible for managing scheduling of analytical
services; developing and implementing automated sample data base;
managing Environmental Service Assistance Teams in providing
technical assistance to the regions; coordinating Regional
workgroups to improve comprehensive management of analytical
services; managing EMSL/Las Vegas quality assurance support
activities; preparing, implementing and evaluating CERCLA QAPP;
administering contracts for the CLP program, sample management,
quality assurance and ESAT support completing technical studies to
support HRS revisions; developing the revised HRS model and
promulgating revisions; developing HRS scoring policies;
establishing NPL eligibility polices; proposing and promulgating
NPL updates; managing contractor resources to conduct HRS scoring
for Federal facilities; administering contracts for NPL listing and
HRS revision activities; developing policies and procedures for
evaluating health risks in the Superfund program; developing
cleanup levels for toxics of concern and preparing technical
manuals on assessment of risk; managing health research and
development activities for Superfund; serving as liaison with other
offices and Agencies on public health and risk issues; preparing
guidance for implementing requirements for ATSDR health assessments
in selection of remedy; and preparing guidance on use of treatment
technologies consistent with the RCRA land disposal restrictions.
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c. Hazardous Site Control Division. The Hazardous Site
Control Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for the following functions: preparing draft SCAP and
SPMS remedial targets and negotiating final target with the
Regional Offices; monitoring SCAP and SPMS remedial progress and
progress toward meeting statutory deadlines; evaluating remedial
program implementation and performance issues; evaluating State
cost share ability; managing and updating construction cost model
for pre- RI/FS sites to provide early planning for outyear budget
estimates; developing policies and guidance on selection of
remedies; developing policies and guidance on RI/FS activities;
preparing ROD guidance; preparing guidance on treatment technology
integration on a site-specific basic; providing day-to-day policy
and technical guidance and advice to the regions on major RI/FS and
expedited response action projects; providing policy and technical
guidance and advice to regions in processing site deletions;
preparing guidance on data quality objectives and field
procedures-QAPP for remedial activities preparing guidance on
response claims and mixed funding; providing day-to-day policy and
technical guidance and advice to Regions on major design and
construction projects; monitoring implementation of design and
construction policies and guidance; evaluating performance of
remedies; managing MOU's with the Corps of Engineers and Bureau of
Reclamation; developing and managing the value engineering program;
establishing biddability and constructability review process;
developing and implementing the Alternative REM Contract;
administering contracts for RI/FS, remedial design and remedial
action activities; implementing contractor indemnification
policies; proposing and promulgating State involvement regulations;
preparing guidance and implementing program to track status of
State credits; developing policies for Cooperative Agreements;
managing grants with State organizations to provide for their
participation in development of OERR policies, regulations and
guidance; managing the Technical Assistance Grants Program,
including proposing and promulgating regulations; developing
community relations policy and guidance materials; providing day-to
day guidance and advice to Regional, State and other HQ community
relations offices; and managing development and delivery of
seminars and workshops.
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d. Emergency Response Division. The Emergency Response
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for
the following functions: preparing draft SCAP and SPMS removal
targets and negotiating final targets with the Regional Offices;
monitoring SCAP and SPMS removal progress; preparing quarterly
reports on funds utilization; preparing daily action reports and
reports on special removal incidents; evaluating Regional Removal
Exemption Requests, coordinating with other offices and obtaining
AA decisions on Requests; analyzing removal data to ensure
consistency in program implementation; coordinating with the Office
of Chemical Emergency Preparedness Prevention on responses to
incidents of national significance; providing staff support to the
National Response Team and OCS's on removal issues. The division
is also responsible for negotiating MOU's and coordinating with
U.S. Coast Guard on 311/CERCLA removals; administering contract for
removal management, technical assistance, and cleanup personnel,
materials and equipment; preparing guidance needed to implement the
removal program; proposing and promulgating regulations on
reimbursement to local governments for temporary emergency
measures; proposing and promulgating regulations on reportable
quantities; developing and implementing the Emergency Response
Notification System; maintaining and updating the Oil and
Hazardous Materials Technical Assistance Data System (OHMTADS);
managing the Superfund Hotline; managing the oil dispersants
program; and proposing and promulgating regulations on oil
discharge requirements.
The division is also responsible for monitoring implementation of
oil discharge prevention regulations (SPCC program); providing
on-site technical support for removal and remedial; providing
support for implementation of the Preparedness Program;
implementing safety program activities for all OSWER field
employees; managing development and delivery of seminars and;
coordinating with OSHA in developing standards for health and
safety protection of workers in hazardous waste operations;
managing development and delivery of workshops and seminars; and
administering contracts for EERU and Technical Assistance Teams and
to support development of regulations.
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Resource Management
and Information Staff
Policy Analysis and
Regulatory Management
Staff
Organizational Management
and Integrity Staff
Assistant Administrator for
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
Program
Management and
Support Staff
Office of Waste
Programs Enforcement
CERCLA
Enforcement
Division
RCRA
Enforcement
Division
Superfund Revitalization
Office
Technology Innovation
Office
Chemical
Emergency Preparedness
& Prevention Office
Office of Underground
Storage Tanks
Implementation
Division
Policy and
Standards Division
Office of
Solid Waste
Municipal &
Industrial Solid
Waste Division
Communications,
Analysis & Budget
Division
Waste Management
Division
Permits and State
Programs Division
Characterization
and Assessment
Division
Office of
Emergency and
Remedial Response
Office of
Program
Management
Emergency
Response Division
Hazardous Site
Control Division
Hazardous Site
Evaluation Division
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CHAPTER 12 - OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR AIR AND RADIATION.
The functions and responsibilities assigned to the Assistant
Administrator for Air and Radiation and outlined hereafter are
under the Assistant's Administrator's supervision, and carried out
by officials within the Office of the Assistant Administrator for
Air and Radiation (OAR). The Assistant Administrator for Air and
Radiation serves as principal advisor to the Administrator in
matters pertaining to air and radiation programs, and is
responsible for the management of these programs including: program
policy development and evaluation; environmental and pollution
sources standards development; enforcement of standard; program
policy guidance and overview, technical support or conduct of
compliance activities and evaluation of regional air and radiation
program activities; development of technology transfer to States;
and selected demonstration programs.
a. Office of Program Management Operations. The Office of
Program Management Operations (OPMO), under the supervision of a
Director, serves as the principal advisor to the Assistant
Administrator on matters relating to budget formulation, program
planning, tracking and review, resource allocation, and
administrative operations. The Office serves as a point of liaison
and coordination with the Office of Policy, Planning and
Evaluation and the Office of Administration and Resources
Management in the areas of priority setting, program planning,
accountability, budget, financial management, and program tracking
and evaluation. It makes recommendations to the Assistant
Administrator with respect to budget formulation, program planning,
resource analysis and control, program evaluation and tracking.
The Office of Program Management Operations is also responsible
for Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act compliance,
accountability system tracking, including negotiation of OAR
commitments and audit resolution. The Office is responsible for
project control on behalf of the Assistant Administrator, with
emphasis on the procedural compliance and timeliness of
environmental standards and supporting regulations. It conducts
national and regional evaluations for the Assistant Administrator
to assure that OAR and regional offices are meeting Agency
priorities in a timely and efficient manner and pursues
nonregulatory initiatives in support of OAR goals. OPMO
coordinates a program of regular regional offices reviews and
evaluations; administers and monitors demonstration grants and
contracts, related to its functional responsibilities; and serves
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as point of liaison and coordination with the Office of
Administration and Resources Management in areas of contracts
management, security and inspections, data systems and general
services. It also works with OAR's offices to which it supplies
management information, evaluation results, and reports, to assure
the resource allocation process reflects Agency policy and
priorities of the Assistant Administrator, and performance of
recipients.
b. Office of Policy Analysis and Review. The Office of
Policy Analysis and Review (OPAR), under the supervision of a
Director, coordinates and reviews the analytical basis of all major
OAR regulations and policies. It develops, formulates and carries
out analytical studies, both in-house and through contracts, to
support the policy decisions of the Assistant Administrator. It
performs cost-benefit, economic and long-term environmental
analysis in support of OAR long-term strategic planning; and
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. OPAR
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. The Office
works closely with the Legislative Analysis Division in the Office
of Congressional and Legislative Affairs to provide 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; and
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 RADIATION AND INDOOR AIR. The Office of Radiation and
Indoor Air (ORIA), under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for EPA's radiation and indoor air activities,including
development of protection criteria, standards, and policies; works
with other regulatory programs within EPA and other agencies to
control radiation and indoor air exposures; provides technical
assitance to States through EPA's regional offices and other
agencies having radiation and indoor air protection programs;
establishes and directs an environmental radiation monitoring
program; evaluates and assesses the overall risk and impact of
radiation and indoor air pollutants on the general public and the
environment; and maintains liaison with other public and private
organizations involved in environmental radiation and indoor air
pollution protection activities. ORIA is also EPA's lead office
for intra- and interagency activities coordinated through the
Committee for Indoor Air Quality. It coordinates with and assists
the Office the Enforcement in enforcement activities where EPA has
jurisdiction. ORIA also disseminates information to educate the
public about indoor air radiation health risks.
a. Criteria and Standards Division. The Criteria and
Standards Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for formulating and recommending policies, criteria,
and standards designed to protect the general public and the
environment from ionizing radiation. It develops guidance designed
to protect those standards and Federal guidance under the authority
of the Clean Air Act, the Atomic Energy Act, as amended, and
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of the 1970, and other Federal statutes.
It evaluates human health and envrionmental risks from radiation
exposure and provide 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. It provides
statistical and applied mathematics support to the
standards-setting function. The Division develops mathematical
models of the environmental transport of radionuclides and develops
emergency planning criteria and coordinates Agency support to other
Federal agencies and the States. In developing standards,
maintains liaison with recognized authorities and organizations in
this field. It surveys and conducts geological studies as they
pertain to radon. It manages and coordinates measurement and
demonstration programs, collects and analyzes data on EPA and
non-EPA mitigation activities and provides technical support to
State and local governments on mitigation techniques and model
building codes. It performs policy and management task and
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coordinates with the regional offices, States, and the public
sector to develop and provide radon training and public information
materials.
b. Indoor Air Division. The Indoor Air Division (IAD),
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for research
coordination and policy analysis of the impact that pollutants
found at the working place have on the general public. The main
objectives of the IAD are: to establish EPA policy by carrying out
risk management studies of available data on exposure and health
risks associated with indoor air pollution; to implement a plan
which abates present levels of exposure; to work with other
regulatory programs within EPA and with other agencies to prohibit
the use of new products which could exacerbate the present level of
exposure; and to educate the public about indoor air pollution and
its associated health risks. The Division is the lead for intra-
agency activities coordinated through the Committee for Indoor Air
Quality (CIAQ). The programs under the jurisdiction of ORIA have
two unique characteristics they involve intensive interagency
efforts, and have strong international components as well. In the
indoor air program, for example, ORIA chairs the CIAQ which has
sixteen Federal agencies on its roster. This committee coordinates
joint efforts and activities including joint authorship of a public
information brochure which the Consumer Product Safety Commission;
coordination with the Department of Energy on ventilation
strategies; and development of a manual on Environmental Tobacco
Smoke with the agencies within the Department of Health and Human
Services.
c. Radiation Studies Division. The Radiation Studies
Division, under the supervision of the Director, is responsible for
several aspects of the Agency's ionizing and non-ionizing radiation
programs. For ionizing radiation such as radionuclides, the
function covers both regulatory and technical responsibilities for
contaminated site clean-up. This includes guidance and/or
regulations establishing criteria for the clean-up of radioactively
contaminated sites and technical assistance and support to OSWER
and other Federal agencies in their efforts to deal with the clean-
up of radioactively contaminated sites. The involvement with site
clean-up of radioactively contained sites. The involvement with
site clean-up will include: Coordination, facilitation,
remediation, technology development/identification, development of
assessment tools, and other forms of technical assistance.
Responsibilities in the area of non-ionizing radiation cover both
regulatory and non-regulatory aspects over the entire spectrum,
from ELF to microwaves. The technical functions include:
assessing health risks, assessing exposures, developing measurement
protocols and measurement devices, and assessing mitigation
techniques. Other non-regulatory functions include: Data
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collection and dissemination, public communications, coordination
and facilitation among the government, industry, and the public,
evaluation of societal impacts, and non-regulatory solution to non-
ionizing issues, should that prove appropriate. The Division
coordinates with Regional offices on all the above functions.
d. Radon Division. The Radon Division, under the supervision
of a Director, is responsible for all activities related to
naturally occurring indoor radon, otherwise known as the Radon
Action Program (RAP), carried out in ORIA. The Radon Action
Program has the responsibility of recommending an Agencywide radon
strategy, formulates and executes plans for specific projects which
are approved under RAP. The Division develops radon measurement
methodologies; develops and conducts a national radon survey and
provides technical assistance to States conducting radon surveys;
and conducts geological studies as they pertain to radon. It
manages and coordinates measurement and demonstration program,s
collects and analyzes data on EPA and non-EPA mitigation activities
and provides technical support to State and local governments on
mitigation techniques and model building codes. It performs policy
and management tasks and coordinates with the regional offices,
States, and the public sector to develop and provide radon training
and public information materials.
e. National Air and Radiation Laboratory. The National Air
and Radiation Laboratory.- under the supervision of a Director,
conducts activities in support of the Headquarters components of
the ORIA programs. The facility provides direct and indirect
support to the development of standards and guidance; evaluates
potential sources of environmental contamination; develops
technical reports to define the extent of the problems; provides
analytical laboratory support for the Environmental Radiation
Ambient Monitoring System and prepares summaries of the findings;
provides capability for the evaluation and assessment of
environmental radiation sources and through field studies; and
makes independent measurements as required. It provides technical
evaluation for the environmental impact statement reviews. The
Division has lead responsibility within EPA for providing
capability for field measurement in emergency situations involving
releases of radioactivity to the general environment. It provides
technical support to Headquarters division of ORIA 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.
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f. Office of Radiation Programs. Las Vegas. NV. The Office
of Radiation Programs, Las Vegas, under the supervision of a
Director, conducts activities in support of the Office of Radiation
and Indoor Air Programs. The Office evaluates potential 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 fields studies, and makes independent
measurements at operating nuclear facilities; and provides
technical support for environmental impact statement reviews. It
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, and
coordinates program activities and support requirements with the
Director, Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Las Vegas,
(ORD).
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3. OFFICE OF AIR QUALITY PLANNING AND STANDARDS. The Office of
Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS), under the supervision
of a Director, is responsible to the Assistant Administrator for
Air and Radiation. The Director is responsible for: developing
national standards for air quality, emissions standards for
hazardous pollutants; developing national programs, technical
policies, regulations, guidelines, and criteria for air pollution
coptrol and enforcement; assessing the national air pollution
control program and the success in achieving air quality goals;
providing assistance to the States, industry and other
organizations through personnel training and technical information.
The Office is responsible for providing technical direction and
support to regional offices and other organizations; evaluating
regional programs with respect to State Implementation Plans and
strategies, technical assistance, and resource requirements and
allocations for air related programs; developing and maintaining
a national air programs data system, including air quality
emissions and other technical data; and providing effective
technology transfer through the translation of technological
developments into improved control program procedures.
a. Planning and Management Staff. The Planning and
Management Staff, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for the following functions: developing
recommendations on OAQPS programs, including the identification and
development of alternative program goals priorities, and
objectives; conducting reviews and evaluations of OAQPS programs to
determine responsiveness to stationary and Agency mandates,
including developing appropriate criteria to measure program
performance; conducting strategic planning activities within OAQPS,
using task forces and other means to recommend strategic policy and
resources choices for air pollution control programs; serving as
the principal advisor to the Office Director on matters relating to
program planning, tracking and review, resource management, and
administrative operations; serving as a liaison and point of
coordination with the Office of Program Management and Operations
and the Office of Administration and Resources Management in the
areas of program planning, accountability, budget, financial
management, human resources management, program tracking and
evaluation, contracts management, security and inspections, data
systems, and general services; and making recommendations to the
Office Director with respect to program planning, resource analysis
and control.
b. Emission Standards Division. The Emission Standards
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for
the following functions: developing national emission standards
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for hazardous pollutants, developing national performance standards
for new sources; evaluating the need to regulate potential air-
pollutants and for proposing appropriate regulatory strategies;
performing economic, energy, and environmental impact studies in
support of national emission standards: conducting comprehensive
surveys and studies of stationary source categories to determine
the nature and magnitude of air pollution and air pollution
emissions, control methods and procedures, and economic data; and
providing technical assistance and documentation regarding emission
control technology, reviewing technological developments for
translation into improved control procedures, and reviewing
standard development alternatives for compatibility with technology
and regulatory authority.
c. Air Quality Management Division. The Air Quality
Management Division, under the supervision of a Director, reports
directly to the Office Director and is responsible, for the
following functions: developing technical policy, procedures, and
guidelines for effective control programs and allocation of
resources; developing, periodically reviewing, and revising ambient
air quality standards; performing economic, energy, and
environmental impact studies in support of ambient air quality
standards; planning, coordinating, and reviewing a comprehensive
program to provide intercommunication and assistance between
regional offices and OAQPS on all matters of mutual interest and/or
responsibility; providing guidance in regional program planning and
outputs; with regional offices, effectiveness of control programs
in achieving air quality objectives; providing technical direction;
support, and evaluation of regional activities including
implementation plans; conducting human resources development and
training programs to meet current and projected needs for air
pollution control activities; and compiling and disseminating air
pollution technical information.
d. Technical Support Division. The Technical Support
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for
the following functions: providing detailed analysis and
evaluation of air quality, source emissions and related engineering
data; developing methodology for the determination of significant
trends leading to the attainment or nonattainment of air quality
standards and preparing reports pertaining to national, State, and
regional trends; developing, operating, and maintaining a national
data bank for the collection and distribution of air quality and
emissions data; evaluating air pollution control strategies as to
attainment of air quality standards through the use of simulation
models; and conducting emission tests in support of Federal
standards development and evaluating standard test methods.
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e. Stationary Source Compliance Division. The Stationary
Source Compliance Division, under the supervision of a Director,
reports directly to the Office Director and is responsible for the
following functions: developing and providing technical program
direction to enforcement programs within each region and nationally
for the control of air pollution from stationary sources;
conducting abatement conferences; and with the Office of
Enforcement, developing Agency policies, guidelines, and
regulations pertaining to citizen suits and the exercising of the
Agency's authority to inspect facilities and to require
recordkeeping reports on emission sampling, and monitoring by
owners and operators of facilities. The division is responsible
for providing 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; developing other compliance policies, guidelines,
criteria, and procedures as required; in collaboration with the
Office of Enforcement, as required, to resolve legal issues;
maintaining information on the status of Agency compliance plans in
its areas of responsibility; and providing assistance to regional
compliance activities, as appropriate, and resolving compliance
problems which are national or multi-regional in scope.
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4. OFFICE OF MOBILE SOURCES. The Office of Mobile Sources (OMS),
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for the mobile
sources air pollution control functions of the Office of Air and
Radiation. The Office of Mobile Source carries out a broad range
of activities to reduce pollutants emitted from motor vehicles and
their fuels. Activities include: 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; carrying out a regulatory compliance
program to ensure adherence of mobile sources to standards in
coordination with the Office of Enforcement; fostering the
development of State Motor Vehicle Emission Inspection and
Maintenance Programs; and implementing programs for the integration
of clean-fueled vehicles into the market. National Program
Managers within the Office shall ensure that quality assurance (QA)
is an identifiable activity with associated resources adequate to
accomplish program goals in the development and execution of all
projects and tasks, both intramural, involving environmentally
related measures.
a. Regulatory Development and External Affairs Office. The
Regulatory Development and External Affairs Office (RDEAO), under
the supervision of the Assistant Office Director for OMS, is
responsible for the oversight of regulatory development and
management, for providing meaningful outreach activities to the
many external entities with an interest in our work, and to assist
the Office Director in administering the overall mobile sources air
pollution control program.
b. 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.
c. 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 at the national Motor Vehicle
Emission Laboratory in support of the Office of Mobile Sources
programs. The Division provides emission testing services for the
motor vehicle certification, fuel economy, and in-use compliance
programs, the in-use heavy duty engine program, and other
compliance and assessment programs. The Division analyzes fuel and
fuel additives in support of the fuels enforcement programs,
perform chemical analysis of certain exhaust compounds, and designs
and conducts special fuel testing programs to support rulemaking,
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enforcement actions, and procedures development. In addition, the
Division conducts correlation activities with other governmental
and industry emission test facilities on a nationwide and
international basis in the form of evaluation and diagnostic
testing and technical consultation. National Program Managers
within the Office shall ensure that quality assurance (QA) is an
identifiable activity with associated resources adequate to
accomplish program goals in the development and execution of all
projects and tasks, both intramural, involving environmentally
related measures.
d- Certification Division. The Certification Division, under
the supervision of a Director, is responsible for administration of
the motor vehicle emissions certification and fuel economy
programs. The Division establishes and implements the procedures
required for manufacturer's to demonstrate compliance with the
standards and for applying for certification. Division staff audit
manufacturers' compliance programs, review information provided in
applications for certification, and after exercising the option to
confirmatory test manufacturer's test vehicles, determines if the
issuance of a certificate is appropriate. Implementation of the
fuel economy program includes: determination of the "EPA estimated
gas mileage" which is used in advertising and which must be
affixed to the window of each new vehicle; preparation of the
annual Gas Mileage Guide; calculation of each manufacturer's
corporate average fuel economy (CAFE); and identification of
vehicles subject to a Gas Guzzler Tax. The Division is responsible
for a variety of regulatory development projects, including those
associated with enhancements to or development of new aspects of
the certification and fuel economy programs, as well as,
initiatives for increasing the likelihood that vehicles and engines
will meet emissions standards in actual use. Additionally, at the
discretion of the Office Director, the Division's regulatory
expertise is applied to other regulatory development matters as
necessary to distribute fluctuating work loads throughout the
office. National Program Managers within the Office shall ensure
that quality assurance (QA) is an identifiable activity with
associated resources adequate to accomplish program goals in the
development and execution of all projects and tasks, both
intramural, involving environmentally related measures.
e. Regulation Development and Support Division. The
Regulation Development and Support Division (RDSD), under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for developing and
administering national programs to reduce air pollution from mobile
sources and their fuels. As necessary, the Division develops
regulations and studies to support these programs. In carrying out
its mission, the Division assesses environmental benefits, overall
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economics, and safety impacts associated with motor vehicle and
transportation fuel emission controls, develops test procedures,
performs air quality assessments, assesses new technology, and
provides implementation support to existing standards and
regulations. In addition, the Division conducts a program that
evaluates new engine and emission control technologies, and
provides unique engine and vehicle testing support to other
Divisions. National Program Managers within the Office shall
ensure that quality assurance (QA) is an identifiable activity with
associated resources adequate to accomplish program goals in the
development and execution of all projects and tasks, both
intramural, involving environmentally related matters.
f. Emission Planning and Strategies Division. The Emission
Planning and Strategies Division (EPSD), under the supervision of
a Director, is responsible for assisting the Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, the EPA Regional Offices, the States, and
local governments and planning agencies in the definition and
implementation of programs that are required by the Clean Air Act
to be included in the State Implementation Plans (SIPs) to address
the emission of vehicles in actual use. This incudes in particular
programs such as vehicle inspection and maintenance programs and
transportation control measures. EPSD provides methods and values
for estimating emissions from motor vehicles and other mobile
sources for use by state and local agencies. EPSD is the single
point of initial contact for OMS review of SIP approval or
disapproval actions and Department of Transportation (DOT)
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and conformity determinations,
referring sections to other Divisions as appropriate. EPSD provides
and supports common-use statistical data bases to other Divisions,
and by agreement performs all or portions of cost and environmental
impact analyses for regulations developed by other divisions of
OMS. EPSD conducts preliminary need and feasibility studies for
potential new emissions from motor vehicles. EPSD provides the OMS
co-chair for the Mobile Source Development Air and Radiation
Research Committee, and is generally responsible for disseminating
relevant outside research results to interested OMS units.
National Program Managers within the Office shall ensure that
quality assurance (QA) is an identifiable activity with associated
resources adequate to accomplish program goals in the development
an execution of all projects and tasks, both intramural, involving
environmentally related measures.
f- 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. It develops guidelines,
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regulations, criteria, and procedures, as appropriate; designs and
implements enforcement programs involving inspection, surveillance,
and testing new and in-use vehicles; collaborates with the Office
of Enforcement to resolve problems in the application of compliance
policies; and 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. It makes recommendations with respect to
waiver of Federal auto emission standards for any State which has
adopted such standards prior to March 30, 1966 and ensures
compliance with the after market 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. It consults with the Department of Transportation on
compliance matters and coordinates activities to review
applications for statutory emission standards waivers. National
Program Managers within the Office shall ensure that quality
assurance (QA) as an identifiable activity with associated
resources adequate to accomplish program goals in the development
and execution of all projects and tasks, both intramural, involving
environmentally related measures.
g. 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.
The Division develops guidelines, regulations, criteria, and
procedures with respect to in-use vehicles and related fuels
programs and collaborates as necessary with the Office of
Enforcement to resolve legal issues in the application of statutory
sanctions for noncompliance with State Implementation Plans (SIP)
requirements under section 176 of the Clean Air Act. It
coordinates with the Emission Planning and Strategies Division and
regional offices regarding inspection/maintenance and other in-use
compliance programs and 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 to entry to
inspect such records. The Division reviews applications for fuel
additive waiver requests and consults with other Federal agencies,
regional offices, and State agencies on compliance matters.
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National Program Managers within the Office shall ensure that
quality assurance (QA) is an identifiable activity with associated
resources adequate to accomplish program goals in the development
and execution of all projects and tasks, both intramural, involving
environmentally related measures.
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5. THE OFFICE OF ATMOSPHERIC PROGRAMS (OAP). The Office of
Atmospheric Programs (OAP) under the supervision of a Director,
manages air programs of a cross-cutting nature on behalf of the
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation and serves as
principal program management advisor to the Assistant Administrator
on specific program areas that include: global change,
stratospheric protection, and acid rain. The Office develops,
formulates, and carries out both short and long-term studies to
provide the basis for policy decisions, and a structure for
implementation.
OAP, working closely with the Office of Regional Operations and
State/ Local Relations and the Office of Communications, Education
& Public Affairs, serves as the principal point of contact in the
Agency for associations, states, and local governments and
industries related to the programs managed by the Office. The
Office provides technical assistance to these outside groups.
Regarding state and local governments, OAP works with OAQPS and
through the Regions on regulatory and implementation issues. In
addition, OAP administers and monitors demonstration grants and
contracts related to programs managed by the Office and supports
the Agency's educational and outreach efforts related to the
program areas managed by the Office. OAP plays a critical advisory
role in the Clean Coal Technology Program run by the Department of
Energy. In the field of global change as with CFCs, the Office
works closely with staff from NASA, NOAA, DOI and others and
through the Office of International Activities to develop
coordinated, responsive, and cost-effective strategies for dealing
with these important air pollution issues. Regarding OAP programs,
our international role cannot be overstated. The Office is the
lead player in intra- and interagency activities concerning CFCs
and acid rain. Internally and externally, OAP also plays a
supporting role in global change. Regarding the Offices of
Research and Development; Policy, Planning and Evaluation; and
International Activities, OAP works with each office in the
development of program and project specific tasks. In addition,
OAP ensures that pollution prevention programs are integrated
throughout the Divisions and that pollution prevention options are
evaluated during policy and program development.
a. Global Change Division (GCD). The GCD, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for implementing
voluntary programs as a means to reduce global warming. Through
demonstrating the pollution prevention benefits of energy
efficiency, the Division educates manufacturers, designers and
customers on the purchase, installation, and use of energy
efficient products (e.g., lighting, computers, motors, appliances,
heating/cooling systems, and other electrical machinery). Further,
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GCD is responsible for managing the reduction of methane emissions
into the atmosphere from each of the major methane sources. The
GCD works to attain this goal by identifying, developing and
promoting profitable options for reducing methane emissions and
supporting this technology with industry and members of the
international community devoted to effective methane source control
measures. Finally, the GCD works to realize commercially
attractive, environmentally sound products and remove institutional
and regulatory roadblocks to these products entering the
marketplace.
b. Stratospheric Protection Division (SPD). The SPD, under
the direction of a Director, is responsible for policy analysis and
regulatory development regarding the impact that
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other compounds have on the
depletion of the stratospheric ozone layers. The Division's role
includes not only research coordination for stratospheric ozone,
but development of options for rulemaking, response to potential
litigation, and responsibility for development and implementation
of a final rule. The SPD provides the lead role in Agency,
interagency and international policy developments for the
stratospheric ozone effort. Further, the SPD is responsible for
research coordination with ORD and policy analysis of research on
ozone depleting substances and their impact on human health and the
environment. These activities have both a national and
international focus.
c. The Acid Rain Division (ARD) . The Acid Rain Division,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for developing
strategic policy, a full regulatory program, and technical and
procedural guidance for Regions and states to assure the effective
management of national activities designed to control acidic
deposition. In addition, the Division is responsible for directly
implementing the national marketing aspects of the program, the
certification of all utility emissions monitors, the tracking of
all allowances and emissions, and the permitting of all Phase I
sources and any Phase II sources for which state programs have not
been established., The Division works with OAQPS Title V staff and
the Regions to authorize state permit programs that assure
consistency with the national Title IV program. AS the Agency lead
on acid rain issues, the Division coordinates internal research and
Agency input to the research agendas of other federal, private, and
international organizations. Finally, the Division conducts
outreach and education activities directed to the regulated
community, environmental groups, state regulatory bodies, and the
general public.
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d. Program Management Staff. The Program Management Staff is
responsible for management planning, development, and communication
of program policies and information, along with policy analysis and
coordination. The staff is responsible for identifying emerging
problems and unmet needs associated with the Office's programs.
The staff office prepares and coordinates OAP-wide work plans,
management plans, and any necessary new or revised program plans.
In addition, the staff directs the development of the budgetary
process and associated budget justifications. The staff provides
financial management services for the Office and prepares and
maintains necessary documentation to assure that the Office is
managed with resource allocations. The staff develops reports
covering personnel, contacts, grants, and salary and expense
accounts for such items as publications, ADP equipment and
services, and training and travel. The program management staff is
responsible for management accountability systems such as FMFIA.
The staff also represents the Office Director at intra EPA and
interagency or quasi-governmental agency activities having OAP
program or planning significance.
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Office of Air and Radiation
Office of
Program
Management
Operations
! Assistant Administrator for
Air and Radiation
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Office of
Radiation
and Indoor Air
Criteria and
Standards
Division
Radiation
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Division
Radon
Division
Indoor Air
Division
National
Air and
Radiation
Environmental
Laboratory
Las Vegas
Facility
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Analysis and Review
Office of
Air Quality Planning
and Standards
Planning and
Management Staff
Office of
Mobile Sources
Air Quality
Management
Division
Emissions
Standards
Division
Technical Support
Division
Stationary Source
Compliance
Division
Program
Management
Office
Regulatory
Development &
External Affairs
Office
Office of
Atmospheric
Programs
Emission Planning
and Strategies
Division
Regulation
Development
and Support
Division
Program
Management
Staff
Acid Rain
Division
Global Change
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Stratospheric
Protection
Division
Manufacturers
Operations
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Field Operations
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CHAPTER 13 - OFFICE OF PREVENTION, PESTICIDES.
AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR PREVENTION,
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 officials within the Office of
Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) under
his/her supervision.
The Assistant Administrator serves as the principal advisor
to the Administrator in matters pertaining to pollution
prevention, pesticides and toxic substances and is
responsible for implementing the Pollution Prevention Act of
1990 (PPA); 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); the Asbestos School
Hazard Abatement Act of 1984 (ASHAA); the Asbestos Hazard
Emergency Response Act of 1986 (AHERA); Organotin
Antifouling Paint Control Act of 1988 (OAPCA); section
104(i) Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and
Liability Act of 1986 (CERCLA); sections 313, 322 and other
sections of the Emergency Planning and Community-Right-To-
Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA); 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 pollution prevention, 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 as
well as recommending policies and developing programs for
implementing the Pollution Prevention Act; developing
recommendations for Agency priorities for research,
monitoring, regulatory, and information-gathering activities
relating to implementing the Pollution Prevention Act,
pesticides and toxic substances; developing scientific,
technical, economic, and social data basis for the conduct
of hazard assessments and evaluations in support of
pollution prevention, pesticides and toxics substances
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activities; directing pollution prevention, 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 advisors on program and policy
issues. The staff reviews 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 in
the OPPTS; provides total program information 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 Program Management Operations. The
Office of Program Management Operations, under the
supervision of a Director, serves as the principal staff to
the Assistant Administrator/Deputy Assistant Administrator
on matters relating to program management and administrative
operations. It provides management advice and assistance
to the AA/DAA and components of the Office of Prevention,
Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS). Within OPPTS
develops policies and guidance on administration and program
management; issues procedures/guidelines for implementation
by the program office; exercises oversight and control of
OPPTS budget preparation, justification and execution;
financial management; contracts and grants administration;
human ^resources management; information management;
automatic data processing; and correspondence management.
The office is responsible for operating the management
accountability system for tracking General Accounting Office
and Inspector General reports and for monitoring program
office performance. It serves as point of liaison and
coordination with the Office of Policy, Planning and
Evaluation (OPPE) in the areas of program management and
operations and serves as
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operations and serves point of liaison and coordination with
the Office of Administration and Resource Management (OARM)
in the areas of budget preparation, justification and
execution, human resources management, grants and contracts
administration, financial management, facilities and
support services, automatic data processing; health and
safety services, and organization and management services.
The office 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. It
represents the AA/DAA on Agency and interagency task forces
and committees regarding OPPTS policy, administrative and
program management issues and responsibilities. It ensures
that regional resource allocation is integrated with budget
preparation. The office serves as liaison with the
Administrator's Staff Offices of Civil Rights and Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization. It develops data in
support of reguirements for testimony and other public
appearances placed upon the AA and other principals in the
office. The office coordinates publication reviews and
outreach programs with appropriate Administrator's staff
offices and the Office of Communications, Education, and
Public Affairs. Responsibilities described herein are
carried out through two subordinate staffs: Resource
Management Staff and the Federal Register Staff.
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2. OFFICE OF PESTICIDE PROGRAMS. The Office of Pesticide
Programs is responsible to the Assistant Administrator for
Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, for leadership of the
overall pesticide activities of the Agency (under the authority of
the Federal Insecticide, 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 (OPP),
other EPA components, other Federal agencies, or by State, local,
and private sectors. The Office is also responsible for
establishment of tolerance levels for 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 pesticide area; development of research needs and
monitoring requirements for pesticide programs and related areas;
review of impact statements dealing with pesticides, and the
carrying out of assigned international activities.
a. Policy and Special Prelects Staff. The Policy and Special
Projects Staff, under the supervision of a Director, serves as the
Office Director's primary means of analyzing and responding to
external critiques of program activities and policies, analyzing
the impact of legislative amendments, analyzing and responding to
activities of other Federal agencies as they may affect the
pesticide program, preparing top management for non-budget
Congressional hearing as well as drafting hearing statements,
preparing policy documents on the program decisions, and performing
special projects which are particularly complex, sensitive, or
urgent. This is accomplished under the policy guidance of and in
accordance with directives established by the Assistant
Administrator (AA) for Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic
Substances. Capitol Hill liaison is particularly demanding, given
the volume of inquiries generated by Congress, the complexity of
risk/benefit issues and the intense participation of special
interest groups in all rulemaking and decision-making activities of
the program. The staff will also be responsible for doing the
staff work under the Office Director's direction regarding internal
policy problems in the implementation of the pesticides law, and
for developing policy statements in response to the solution of
those problems identified by higher management. The staff, as
requested by the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs or
the AA, and as directed by the Office Director may be expected to
represent the Program in meetings on Capitol Hill in policy
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meetings involving other Agency offices, in high level inter- and
intra-Agency work groups, and in regulation development on
international affairs. It must be capable of representing the
program in meetings at the State Department and serve to form OPP
internal task groups to resolve program policy issues which cut
across division lines, as appropriate, and serve as the OPP liaison
point with other programs in the Agency on matters of policy as
defined by the Office Director and higher management. The Staff
provides the international notifications required under FIFRA
Section 17(a) and Section 17(b).
b. Registration Division. The Registration Division, under
the supervision of a Director, manages the registration of
pesticide products, including the development of registration
standards for new chemical pesticides, under the authority of
section 3 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA). The Division also establishes tolerance for pesticides
residue on food and animal feed under the Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act. Experimental Use Permits are issued by the Division
under the authority of section 5 of FIFRA. The Division also
issues emergency exemptions from registration requirements under
the authority of section 18 of FIFRA. In addition, the division
provides guidance to State Special Local Need (SLN) activities
under the authority of sections 5 and 24 of FIFRA. The Division
offers advice and technical expertise to the Office of General
Counsel and the Enforcement Division regarding FIFRA enforcement
activities. The Division manages and is responsible for data
systems which support division activities. The Division office
consists of a director, deputy director, special assistant and
persons responsible for policy, budget, document security, and
administrative (e.g., human resources, procurement, space)
activities.
c. 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
Pesticide Program management, planning, evaluation, formulation of
OPP budgets, administrative management, and information resources
management and services. PMSD 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 interdivisional efforts,
evaluations are made of performance to determine adequacy of
response to plans and policies. It recommends approaches to program
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improvements based upon such findings. Under the overall
supervision of the Division Director, PMSD provides direction,
assistance, and guidance to divisions on administrative and human
resources activities? including advice on employee relation
problems; and provides centralized fund control and reporting
services for OPP. PMSD is responsible for managing systems whereby
persons owning pesticides which have been suspended by the Agency
and subsequently canceled because of imminent hazard are
indemnified as provided for under FIFRA section 15. PMSD is
responsible for the overall leadership of OPP's complete
information management program. This includes technical
information services; management of a very large central collection
of company data, assessment of information needs and development of
information and records management policies, systems, and
procedures; centralized support services for digital computer
systems analyses and the design and operation of ADP systems. PMSD
is responsible for the direction of OPP's confidential business
information security program. The Division Office consists of a
director, deputy director and two special assistants.
d. Field Operations Division. The Field Operations Division
(FOD), under the supervision of a Director, is the lead Division
within OPP for overseeing the orderly and effective implementation
of EPA regulatory actions, policies and programs. It seeks to
increase understanding of pesticides issues and in particular
regulatory decisions and policies by the pesticides user community,
persons who in the course of their employment are routinely exposed
to pesticides, the media, public interest groups, other agencies of
government, EPA's regions, USDA, State Cooperative Extension
Services, State Regulatory Agencies and the general public. It
also directs and operates the Agency's regulatory and nonregulatory
pesticide applicator training and certification activities provided
for under FIFRA sections 4 and 23. It is concerned with
establishing and maintaining communications with persons who may be
occupationally exposed to pesticides; developing regulatory and
non-regulatory approaches to reduce unnecessary exposure to
pesticides; and encouraging use of effective reduction procedures
and equipment. The Division encourages development and use of IPM
practices particularly in the non-agricultural environment in order
to reduce dependency on traditional pest control practices.
Transfer of IPM information is called for by FIFRA section 4(c).
In addition, FOD has lead responsibility within OPP for
establishing, developing and operating programs providing to the
public information on pesticides. This includes operation of the
Freedom of Information Act function, a public docket whereby
interested parties may examine appropriate documents related to
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OPP's decision-making management of telecommunications systems to
respond to public inquiries, and development and management of
communication strategies whereby the public, media, governmental
agencies, interest groups and others are informed of Agency
pesticide decisions in a timely and effective manner.
FOD assists the Office Director and the other OPP divisions and
their staff in the formulation of pesticide regulatory decisions
and implementation strategies to ensure that final decisions are
implemented in an orderly, efficient, and effective manner in the
field with a mutual understanding by all interested parties of
the reasons for the decisions. FOD provides direction, assistance,
and guidance to divisions on decision implementation activities
including advice on State and EPA regional relations. The Division
provides to State lead agencies and EPA regions current information
on EPA pesticide strategies and, on a regular basis solicits their
constructive input on those actions, engages them in program
implementation and obtains from the State information on pesticide
issues and practices in the field which require EPA investigation
and action.
This Division also has the lead in managing all activities related
to pesticides storage, disposal and transportation including the
preparation of nationwide assessments of pesticide disposal
problems and the development and implementation of comprehensive
OPP strategies for dealing with unusual events or crisis situation.
It also includes persons responsible for budget formulation and
execution, document security and administrative (e.g. human
resources, procurement, space, tracking) activities. The Division
Office consists of a Director, Deputy Director, special assistants
responsible for high level interaction with the agricultural,
pesticide user community, other agencies of government, State and
EPA regional offices.
e. Environmental Fate and Effects Division. The
Environmental Fate and Effects Division (EFED), under the
supervision of a Director, reviews, evaluates, and validates all
data submitted on the toxicological and adverse effects on fish and
wildlife, and other biological species resulting from the use of
pesticides and performs risk assessments on proposed and existing
pesticide uses. This assessments of risk involves the examination
of scientific data from a wide variety of sources, including
registration applications, experimental use permits, emergency
exemption requests, state registrations under section 24(c),
tolerance petitions, reregistration actions, special review data
validations, substitute chemical reviews, special document those
of the Registration Division and Special Review and Reregistration
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Division; provides scientific expertise on adverse effects of
pesticides including ground water vulnerability to other agency
programs and other Federal agencies; supports societies, industry,
international organizations, and other countries in hazard
assessments, regulatory programs, and standard setting with
guideline development; and interacts with the Health Effects
Division in the overall risk assessment of pesticides.
f. Health Effects Division. The Health Effects Division,
under the supervision of a Director, reviews, evaluates, and
validates all data submitted on the toxicological and adverse
effects on humans and domestic animals resulting from the use of
pesticides and performs risk assessments on proposed and existing
pesticide uses. This assessment of risk involves the examination
of scientific data from a wide variety of sources, including
registration applications, experimental use permits, emergency
exemption requests, state registrations under section 24(c),
tolerance petitions, reregistration actions, special document
reviews, general scientific literature and laboratory and
contractor reports. The Division supports the regulatory programs
of the Office of Pesticide Programs, principally those of the
Registration Division and the Special Review and Reregistration
Division; provides scientific expertise on adverse effects of
pesticides to other agency programs and other Federal agencies;
supports agency collaborative efforts with academia, scientific
societies, industry, international organizations, and other
countries in hazard assessments, regulatory programs, and standard
and tolerance setting; and interfaces with the reviews, general
scientific literature and laboratory and contractor reports. The
Division has lead responsibility for biotechnology, ground-water,
pesticide monitoring, endangered species, disposal activities, and
implementation of the Agency's Quality Assurance Program for the
Office of Pesticide Programs. The Division supports the regulatory
programs of the Office of Pesticide Programs, principally
Environmental Fate and Effects Division in the overall risk
assessment of pesticides. The Health Effects Division also
includes the Executive Secretariat for the Science Advisory Panel
(SAP) . The SAP comments on the impact on health and the
environment of the actions proposed in notices of intent issued
under section 6(b) and of the proposed and final form of
regulations issued under section 259(a) within the same time
periods as provided for the comments of the Secretary of
Agriculture under such sections. The SAP also provides the
Administrator with evaluations and recommendations for operating
guidelines to improve the effectiveness and quality of scientific
analyses made by personnel of the Environmental Protection Agency
that lead to decisions by the Administrator in carrying out the
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provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA). Finally, the SAP and its subpanels provide scientific
peer review for Agency-initiated and pivotal studies.
g. Special Review and Reregistration Division. The Special
Review and Reregistration Division, under the supervision of a
Director, manages the special review and reregistration of
pesticide products under the authority of sections 3 and 6 of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). As
part of this process, the Division calls in data related to the
special review and reregistration processes, issues position
documents, and follows up to assure conformance with all
requirements. This division also issues Label Improvement Program
Notices, PR notices, and tolerance revocation actions related to
the special review and reregistration activities. The Division
manages and is responsible for data systems which support division
activities. The Division offers advice and technical expertise to
the Office of General Counsel and the Office of Enforcement
regarding litigation and FIFRA enforcement activities. The
Division office consists of a director, deputy director, special
assistant and persons responsible for policy, budget, document
security, and administrative (e.g. human resources, procurement,
space) activities.
h. Biological and Economic Analysis Division. The Biological
and Economic Analysis Division, under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for pesticide use and benefit analysis and
data gathering support for the Office of Pesticide Programs. The
Division acquires, validates and interprets scientific and
technical data, relative to pesticide use and the benefits derived
from that use. It acquires and maintains data on regional
production of pesticide products; conducts economic analyses on
the impacts of alternative regulatory decisions and on special or
emergency pesticide use applications as well as on the plans and
policies of individual program actions; develops scientific data on
the potential for exposure to pesticides by determining residues
and metabolites through analytical methods development; and
provides data on the amount of environmental exposure from
pesticides of particular regulatory concern to the Agency that may
trigger regulatory activities. The Division maintains pesticides
laboratory capability to detect pesticide traces in environmental
media, and to characterize components of complex chemical
formulations. It also determines contaminants in pesticide products
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for consideration in registration decisions; develops comprehensive
methods and assurance capabilities for pesticides program within
the Agency's quality assurance program; and provides accurate
chemical standards to support the scientific data needs of OPP and
the regional offices (States).
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3. OFFICE OF POLLUTION PREVENTION AND TOXICS. The Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), under the management of a
Director and Deputy Director, is responsible to the Assistant
Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
(OPPTS) for implementation of those activities of the Agency, as
mandated by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); the Asbestos
School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984 (ASHAA), the Asbestos Hazard
Emergency Response Act of 1986 (AHERA); Section 104(i) Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1986 (CERCLA) ; Sections 313, 322, and other sections of the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA);
and the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA). The Director is
responsible for developing, implementing, and operating Agency pro-
grams and policies for new and existing chemicals for Design for
the Environment program activities, acquisition analysis and
dissemination of the Toxic Release Inventory and for the Pollution
Prevention Act, and providing support to the TSCA Interagency
Testing Committee. In each of these areas, the Director is
responsible for information collection and coordination; data
development; health, environmental and economic assessment tech-
nical support; and negotiated or regulatory control actions. The
Director works cooperatively with the Administrator's Pollution
Prevention Policy Staff, which is responsible for coordinating,
guiding, and mediating prevention activities throughout EPA.
The Director provides operational guidance to EPA regional offices,
reviews and evaluates pollution prevention and toxic substances
activities at EPA Headquarters and regional offices, coordinates
TSCA activities and provides information to exporters. The
Director is also responsible for coordinating communication with
EPA's regions, industrial community, environmental groups and other
interested parties on matters relating to the implementation of the
statutes named above; providing technical support to international
activities managed by the Office of International Activities; and
collaborating with EPA's Office of Research and Development in
defining and reviewing Agency research related to characterizing
the health and environmental effects of chemicals and
microorganisms.
a. Office of Program Management and Evaluation. The Office
of Program Management and Evaluation (OPME), under the supervision
of a Director, is responsible for: (1) serving as the principal
staff office to the Office Director for Pollution Prevention and
Toxics (OPPT) on matters relating to budgeting, program planning,
resource management, administrative operations, and program
evaluation; (2) recommending and implementing administrative
policies and procedures OPPT wide; (3) preparing OPPT's official
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budget planning instructions, consolidations and submissions for
OPPT to the Agency, OMB and the Congress; (4) coordinating the
development of all planning documents for OPPT; (5) monitoring and
auditing all OPPT resources; (6) evaluating program performance and
recommending corrective action(s); (7) designing and implementing
administrative management information systems; (8) conducting
performance agreement reviews; (9) providing financial and
analytical support; (10) providing the immediate office of OPPT
with all administrative, personnel management, and financial
management services; (11) coordinating planning activities
necessary to develop recommendations on OPPT programs, including
the identification of alternative program goals, priorities,
objectives and plans; (12) ensuring that OPPT's programs conform to
the requirements of the Federal Paperwork Reduction Act; (13)
recommending and, as directed, conducting reviews and evaluations
of OPPT programs to determine effectiveness, efficiency and ability
to attain goals and objectives, including the development of
appropriate criteria to measure program performance and
environmental results; (14) providing input to the Agency's
Management Accountability and Reporting System; (15) developing and
implementing OPPT-wide systems or processes necessary to provide
program evaluation; (16) coordinating OPPT input to the major
Agency tracking systems including Strategic Tracking for Activities
with Results System (STARS), Action Tracking System (ATS), and the
Regulatory Agenda; (17) ensuring that OPPT's programs conform to
the requirements of the Federal Manager's Financial Integrity Act
(FMFIA); (18) coordinating development of, or modifications to
delegations of authority affecting OPPT, and maintaining an up-to-
date compilation of such delegations; (19) providing support for
OPPT-wide human resources including staff training and career
development, internal communications and Total Quality Management
(TQM) implementation; (20) providing oversight of TSCA security and
determining that contractor/regional sites are physically secure
through annual site inspection; (21) providing guidance to OPPT and
other authorized parties as to what security measures are required
for handling TSCA CBI; (22) implementing the EPA conflict of
interest program; and (23) carrying out the OPPT quality assurance
program.
b. Environmental Assistance Division. The Environmental
Assistance Division (EAD), under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for: (1) providing comprehensive outreach, liaison, and
technical assistance activities to enhance development and
implementation of OPPT pollution prevention and toxic chemical use
control programs under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the
Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act (ASHAA), the Asbestos Hazard
Response Act (AHERA), Section 104 (i) Comprehensive Environmental
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Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1986, the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), and the
Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) 1990; (2) implementing statutory
requirements, technical assistance initiatives, and outreach
programs for the development and implementation of the reporting
provisions of section 313 of The Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (SARA) as amended by the PPA; and promoting the
use, availability and understanding of the information collected;
(3) providing comprehensive environmental assistance activities
designed to: (a) involve EPA Regions, States, industry, non-
governmental organizations, and the public in OPPT initiatives and
decision-making; (b) increase understanding of pollution prevention
and toxic chemical use and control programs; (c) enhance State and
local capabilities to carry out pollution prevention and toxic
chemical use and control programs; (d) build national pollution
prevention and toxic chemical use and control programs with
EPA/OPPT Regional staff; (e) reduce risk through communications;
and (f) enhance implementation and decentralization of OPPT
programs; (4) developing assistance, OPPT outreach and information
exchange strategies for pollution prevention and toxic chemical use
and control programs to increase awareness of, participation in,
and input to the development and implementation of these programs
by external constituent groups such as industry associations,
environmental groups, other public interest groups, labor unions,
State and local environmental officials, EPA staff from Regional
offices or other headquarters program offices, international
organizations or foreign governments in consultation with the
Office of International Activities, and the general public; (5)
coordinating the development and implementation of major Agency
non-regulatory initiatives with the private sector, other Federal
agencies, and, in cooperation with the Office of International
Activities, with Canada and Mexico addressing the border
environments, to promote pollution prevention and toxic use and
control programs; (6) responding to Congressional correspondence
and inquiries in coordination and cooperation with the Office of
Congressional and Legislative Affairs; (7) preparing Congressional
testimony; and (8) providing Regional Offices with technical
information in risk assessment and risk management activities for
chemicals reviewed and evaluated by OPPT Existing Chemicals
Program; and (9) as appropriate, provide support for enforcement
activities.
c. Chemical Control Division. The Chemical Control Division
(CCD), under the supervision of a Director, provides program
management and rule development support for the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA) new chemicals program, the chemical testing
program, information reporting and recordkeeping rules; and for
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chemicals or chemical categories of the existing chemicals program
not designated for management by the Chemical Management Division
(CMD) or another OPPT Division. The Division is responsible for:
(1) developing and implementing appropriate regulatory and non-
regulatory control measures for new and existing chemicals under
the authorities of TSCA Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 13; (2)
developing generic and chemical-specific orders and notices
pursuant to TSCA Sections 5(a), 5(e), 5(f), and 6(b) for new
chemicals and under TSCA Sections 4, 5(a), 6, 7, 8, 9, and 13 for
existing chemicals; (3) holding public hearings on such rules as
required; (4) managing any necessary post-promulgating programs
such as review of exemption applications; (5) overseeing and
managing the risk management-1 (RMl) and risk management-2 (RM2)
phases of the existing chemicals program, including developing
project work plans, schedules, outputs, and budgets; (6)
coordinating RMl assessment activities with the support of the
Chemical Screening and Risk Assessment Division (CSRAD), (and other
OPPT divisions), and chairing RMl meetings; (7) overseeing and
managing RM2 assessments (scoping and decision reports), guidance
meetings, and decision meetings; (8) developing and publishing
referrals of chemical problems to other Federal Agencies, when
appropriate, under Section 9 (a) or 9 (d) of TSCA and coordinating,
with the support of CSRAD, the preparation of chemical advisories;
(9) overseeing and managing the new chemical regulatory evaluation
and decision-making process under Section 5 of TSCA; (10) selecting
appropriate control measures; (11) implementing necessary control
actions (in the form of either negotiated binding agreements or
promulgated orders or rules); (12) overseeing and managing the
regulatory evaluation and decision-making process for existing
chemicals under TSCA Sections 5(a), 6, 7, and 9; (13) evaluating
alternative remedial control measures available under TSCA and
other authorities administered by EPA and other Federal Agencies;
(14) identifying options and making recommendations regarding
appropriate regulatory controls; (15) drafting and publishing
proposed and final rules under TSCA implementing the adopted
approaches; and (16) initiating and carrying out actions to follow-
up, and, if necessary, further control, particularly hazardous new
chemicals entering commercial production; (17) overseeing and
managing the chemical testing program under TSCA Section 4; (18)
developing and implementing information gathering rules under TSCA
Section 8 and import certifications under Section 13; (19) managing
development and implementation of the Master Testing List (MTL) for
the selection of specific chemicals or categories of chemicals for
testing under TSCA Section 4; (20) negotiating industry testing
without rulemaking; (21) developing testing actions (rules, consent
orders, or voluntary agreements) on high priority chemicals from
the MTL and responses to the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee
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(ITC); (22) evaluating modifications to and exemptions from
testing; (23) providing support for enforcement activities; and
(24) developing and cooperating with other Federal agencies in the
development of rules and guidelines under TSCA Section 13.
d. Health and Environmental Review Division. The Health and
Environmental Review Division (HERD), under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for: (1) assessing the health and
environmental hazards of new and existing chemicals and
microorganisms and preparing integrated hazard assessment documents
as needed to support the full range of OPPT's regulatory and non-
regulatory programs; (2) reviewing and evaluating health and
environmental effects test data submitted under TSCA or other
authorities administered by OPPT, and providing expert scientific
support to Agency audits of testing programs producing such data;
(3) managing the OPPT Structure Activity Team (comprised of senior
level scientists from several OPPT divisions and the academic
community) which provides expert technical guidance to OPPT and
other EPA program offices and Regions on the potential
environmental fate, health hazards and ecological hazards of new
and existing chemicals and microorganisms; (4) developing and
updating health and environmental effects test methods and
guidelines in support of OPPT programs; (5) managing and
coordinating OPPT's participation in activities to harmonize test
guidelines among programs and internationally; (6) developing and
updating procedures and criteria for assessing the health and
environmental hazards of chemicals and microorganisms and ensuring
that procedures and criteria employed by OPPT are consistent with
Agency guidelines and the current scientific state-of-the art; and
(7) collaborating with EPA's Office of Research and Development in
defining and reviewing Agency research related to characterizing
the health and environmental effects of chemicals and
microorganisms; and (8) providing support for enforcement
activities.
f. Chemical Management Division. The Chemical Management
Division (CMD), under the supervision of a Director, is responsible
for the development and management of multi-media regulatory and
non-regulatory control programs, and other private or public sector
initiatives to reduce and manage risks from designated National
Program Chemicals (NPCs) or other priority risk management
chemicals within the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
(OPPT). The CMD is responsible for developing national strategies,
regulations, non-regulatory initiatives and operating programs to
reduce and manage risks from NPCs and other priority risk
management chemicals. CMD carries out these responsibilities in
coordination and communication with international organizations,
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other Federal Agencies, EPA Program Offices, and Regional Offices,
States, localities, environmental groups, industry associations,
interest groups, and the general public. CMD uses the authorities
granted under TSCA Sections 5, 6, 7, 9 and 11, specifically, and
other parts of TSCA for other OPPT administered statutes, as
appropriate and necessary to carry out its responsibilities and to
support enforcement activities. CMD will also carry out post
promulgation activities concerning permits, exemptions, or similar
activities necessary to implement regulations governing its
assigned chemicals including Section 21 or other citizen petitions.
The CMD also designs, develops and implements technical programs as
necessary to support management of NPCs and other priority
chemicals, by providing special expertise and office-level program
technical leadership in the professional skill areas of statistical
analysis, modelling, survey design, monitoring programs technical
design, operations research, chemical measurement, and analytical
methods. CMD technical programs are developed and managed in
support of CMD-assigned chemicals, and other OPPT projects where
CMD skills are essential. CMD technical program resources are also
used to provide analytical support to other EPA Programs, and the
EPA Regional Offices.
Specifically, CMD: (1) under ASHAA and AHERA authorities,
develops and manages comprehensive Federal grants, outreach,
liaison, technical assistance and other programs, to enhance
development and implementation of State and local response actions
to reduce asbestos health risks in schools and public/commercial
buildings; (2) uses TSCA Section 5, 6, or 7 authorities, or other
enabling statutes, as appropriate, to establish programs to reduce
asbestos risks in schools or public/commercial buildings, or in
commercial products; (3) develops and manages the Agencywide lead
program, including the use of regulatory controls, non-regulatory
control measures, and other private or public sector initiatives
such as rulemaking, negotiation and voluntary agreements, outreach,
liaison, public education, and technical assistance programs to
reduce risks of lead exposure; these responsibilities include
fostering Regional, State and local networks and training programs;
(4) manages and implements Section 6(e) of TSCA and regulations
promulgated thereunder that address the manufacture, processing,
distribution in commerce, use, marketing and disposal of
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); processes applications for
exemptions from the requirements of Section 6(e)(3)(A) of TSCA;
develops and manages outreach, public education, liaison, and
technical assistance programs to assist in reducing risks of PCBs,
in coordination with Regional, State and local authorities; (5)
provides statistical and quantitative analysis expertise to OPPT,
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other EPA programs, and other Federal Agencies in support of risk
management decision-making for NPCs and other designated chemicals
of concern; provides similar technical support to EPA Regions,
States and localities in evaluating site-specific risks associated
with emergencies, disposals and other clean-up activities involving
NPCs or other chemicals of concern; and (6) develops and
administers rules, voluntary agreements, program strategies and
other public or private sector initiatives to reduce and manage
risks from designated NPCs and other program priority chemicals
such as mineral and organic fibers, metals, halogenated organics,
or other substances appropriate to CMD management.
g. Information Management Division. The Information
Management Division (IMD), under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for establishing a strong information base to support
implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA), and the
Pollution Prevention Act (PPA). IMD is the primary source of
chemical information in EPA. Responsibilities of IMD include (1)
developing and implementing OPPT-wide strategies, policies, and
standards for information management technology, public
accessibility, information integration, systems development, data
quality, data definitions, and records management; (2) developing
and implementing policies and procedures for disseminating chemical
data within EPA, to other Federal agencies, state and local
governments, Congress, environmental and public interest groups,
the general public, and other countries; (3) developing,
implementing, and evaluating policies and procedures for control
and security of TSCA CBI; (4) developing and operating automated
and non-automated information systems to process, store, and make
accessible information under TSCA, EPCRA, and PPA; (5) supporting
other OPPT Divisions in collecting, storing, maintaining and
accessing information under TSCA, EPCRA, and PPA; (6) managing
receipt and handling of all data and documents submitted under
TSCA, EPCRA, and PPA; (7) serving as the OPPT lead for all
activities under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); (8)
developing information products and providing them to the user
community; (9) providing information retrieval services that search
scientific literature, commercial databases, OPPT databases, and
other Agency and Federal databases; (10) maintaining a collection
of scientific literature relating to health and environmental
effects of chemicals; (11) operating the OPPT public docket and
public reading room which serve as the primary source of
information on OPPT rulemakings and other administrative actions;
(12) providing policies, management and support for personal
computers and local area networks in OPPT; (13) supporting
enforcement activities under TSCA, EPCRA, and PPA through
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information/data collection activities; and (14) serving as the
OPPT focal point for coordination with the Agency's Office of
Information Resources Management (OIRM).
h. Chemical Screening and Risk Assessment Division. The
Chemical Screening and Risk Assessment Division (CSRAD), under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for (1) identifying,
evaluating and developing human and ecological risk assessment
techniques and providing analyses based upon these techniques to
support the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act
(EPCRA) and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulatory
needs; (2) providing technical program management for the TSCA
testing program and risk identification and risk assessment
components of the new and existing chemicals programs; (3)
developing assessments and chemical profiles in support of TSCA
rule development including Section 6, and Sections 110 and 313 of
EPCRA; (4) participating with CCD in identification of chemicals
and categories of chemicals of sufficient risk for priority
attention for possible control; (5) developing and implementing
procedures for systematically screening information on new and
existing chemicals including section 8(e) information and uses of
chemicals for further evaluation as well as management of section
8(e) Compliance Audit Program (CAP) implementation; (6) supporting
risk management-1 (RMl)/risk management-2 (RM2) assessments; (7)
participating in development of the Master Testing List to include
coordinating the review of relevant data on candidate substances
and making priority recommendations to the Chemical Control
Division; (8) assisting in evaluations of requests for exemptions
from testing; (9) interacting with other EPA Offices, Federal
agencies, and international bodies including the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD) on development of cooperative programs, in
cooperation with the Office of International Activities; (10)
serving as the focal point for Regions and other individuals and
organizations requiring technical assistance and risk guidance
information; and (11) providing support for enforcement activities.
i- Pollution Prevention Division. The Pollution Prevention
Division (PPD) under the supervision of a Director, has lead
responsibility within the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
for implementing the Office's responsibilities under Section 4(b)
°f the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA) . PPD's
responsibilities include both programmatic responsibilities, and
coordination with other Agency programs and Regional offices to
promote pollution prevention. Specifically it includes: (1)
coordinate cross program pollution prevention initiatives with
regional pollution prevention coordinators; (2) implementation (in
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cooperation and assistance from Regions) of the Pollution
Prevention State Grants Programs; (3) develops and implements the
pollution prevention Technical Assistance Program (in cooperation
with the Office of Research and Development); (4) implements the
pollution prevention outreach program; (5) develops Pollution
Prevention Sector strategies in cooperation with other EPA
programs; (6) manages the development and implementation of the
Agency Pollution Prevention Training Program (in cooperation with
the Training Institute); (7) develops and implements pollution
prevention educational initiatives; (8) provides oversight of
pollution prevention Model Community Programs; (9) promotes
pollution prevention with international organizations in
cooperation with the Office of International Activities; (10)
develops and evaluates methods for Agency use in its internal
management systems to promote pollution prevention; (11)
coordinates OPPT's involvement in the Source Reduction Review
Project; (12) develops measurement methodology using Toxic Release
Inventory (TRI) data; (13) serves as OPPT and Agency lead on
labeling and environmental marketing issues; (14) develops Reports
to Congress as required under the PPA; and (15) provides support
for enforcement activities.
j. Ecomomics, Exposure. and Technology Division. The
Economics, Exposure and Technology Division (EETD) performs all
technical analyses in the areas of economic, industrial chemistry,
engineering, and exposure assessment in support of all OPPT
regulatory and non-regulatory programs. EETD, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for: (1) developing and
implementing rules and policies for maintaining and updating the
TSCA Chemical Substances Inventory and providing inventory search
support for all TSCA programs; (2) providing all economic,
industrial chemistry, and engineering analyses including integrated
assessments of human and environmental exposure to chemical
substances and microorganisms in support of OPPT program
activities; (3) providing exposure assessment, economic, industrial
chemistry and engineering support needed for the Toxics Release
Inventory program activities and for Sections 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of
TSCA rulemaking, assessment activities, and voluntary programs and
technical outreach activities; (4) providing state of the art
methodologies for the applications of economics (including
incentives and other innovative approaches) , engineering, exposure
assessment, and industrial chemistry to support risk analysis, risk
reduction, and regulatory and non-regulatory risk management
activities of OPPT; (5) ensuring that the economic and technical
feasibility and relative costs, benefits, and socio-economic
impacts of alternative approaches to reducing risks are fully
considered in the formulation, selection, and justification of risk
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reduction options for all regulatory and non-regulatory activities
of OPPT; (6) integrating the assessment of total chemical exposure,
direct and indirect, to humans and the environment for all OPPT
program areas; (7) providing scientific assessments of total
exposure to chemicals and microorganisms, including materials
balances, treatment systems, efficiencies of releases from these
systems, population information, assessment methods for direct and
indirect exposure, chemical fate and biological fate; (8)
developing and preparing all environmental fate test guidelines for
Sections 4 and 5 of TSCA, supporting data auditing activities for
testing; and (9) identifying and developing new methods and
technig_ues for laboratory testing and evaluation of the transport
and transformation of chemical substances through intramural
efforts, extramural studies, and collaboration with EPA's Office of
Research and Development and other Federal and international
organizations; and (10) providing support for enforcement actions.
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4. OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE MONITORING. The Office of Compliance
Monitoring (OCM), under the supervision of a Director, plans,
directs, and coordinates, the pesticides and toxic substances
compliance programs of the Agency. More specifically, the Office
provides a national pesticides and toxic substances compliance
overview and program policy direction to the regional offices and
the States; prepares guidance and policy on compliance issues,
establishes compliance priorities; provides technical support for
litigation activity; concurs on enforcement actions; maintains
liaison with the National Enforcement Investigations Center;
develops annual fiscal budgets for the national programs; and
manages fiscal and personnel resources for the Headquarters
programs. The Office directs and manages the Office of Prevention,
Pesticides, and Toxic Substances Laboratory Data Integrity Program
which conducts laboratory inspections and audits of testing data.
The Office issues civil administrative complaints and other
administrative orders in case of first impression, overriding
national significance, or violations by any entity located in more
than one region. The Office coordinates with the Office of
Enforcement in an attorney-client relationship, with those offices
providing legal support for informal and formal administrative
resolutions of violations; for conducting 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.
The Office of Compliance Monitoring coordinates with the Office of
Pesticides Program (OPP) in the conduct of pesticide enforcement
compliance and registration program under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and participates in
decisions involving the cancellation or suspension of registration.
The Office establishes policy and operating procedures for
pesticide compliance activities including sampling programs, export
certification, monitoring programs to assure compliance with
experimental use permits, pesticide use restrictions, and
recordkeeping requirements, and determines when and whether
compliance actions are appropriate. The Office establishes policy
and guidance for the State Cooperative Enforcement Agreement
Program and the Applicator Training and Certification Program. The
Office of Compliance Monitoring also coordinates with the Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) in the conduct of regulatory
and compliance programs under the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) and participates in regulation development for TSCA. The
Office participates in the control of imminent hazards under TSCA,
inspects facilities subject to TSCA regulation as a part of
investigations which are National in scope or which require
specialized expertise, and samples and analyzes chemicals to
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determine compliance with TSCA. The Office coordinates and
provides guidance to other TSCA compliance activities, including
the State cooperative enforcement agreement program and the
preparation of administrative suits.
a. Policy and Grants Division. The Policy and Grants
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for
developing overall compliance monitoring policies and strategies,
proposed legislation and guidance to the States and the regions.
The Division also develops and revises the policy and procedures
for the FIFRA and the TSCA State Cooperative Enforcement Agreement
Programs; makes revisions to policy, guidance, priorities,
strategies, and operating plans following program evaluations made
by other divisions within the Office? conceives new programs;
assists the regions in implementing and managing State Cooperative
Enforcement Agreement Programs; plans, implements and manages a
National Pesticide Applicator Certification and Training Program;
reviews and evaluates State certification plans for consistency
with the regulatory requirement of FIFRA; monitors disbursement of
EPA funds to the USDA/Extension Service for private and commercial
applicator training; provides data to other Divisions, other EPA
offices, the regions, States, and other Federal agencies; and
develops and operates ADP systems.
b. Compliance Division. The Compliance Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for developing procedures
for controlling imminent hazards involving pesticides and toxic
substances; develops national compliance monitoring procedures in
support of TSCA and FIFRA; performs regional coordination functions
for the purpose of compliance monitoring; provides liaison with the
National Enforcement Investigations Center (NEIC); provides
inspector training programs for the regions and the States;
promulgates guidelines or administrative rules for case preparation
procedures for enforcement cases, provides case development
support for Headquarters and regional enforcement cases;
coordinates intra- and inter-Agency case development efforts;
provides scientific and technical support to Headquarters, regions
and the States for case development purposes; and provides
Headquarters concurrence on enforcement cases and evaluates
Headquarters, regional and State case development efforts. Other
functions of the Division, includes management of contracts for
inspectional support and sample analysis, development or revision
of reference manuals, and publication of Notices of Judgment under
FIFRA.
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c. Laboratory Data Integrity Assurance Division. The
Laboratory Data Integrity Assurance Division, (LDIAD), under the
supervision of a Director, reports to the Director of the Office of
Compliance Monitoring. To help the Agency accomplish its
environmental mission, LDIAD develops and executes Good Laboratory
Practice (GLP) Compliance Programs under both the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA). The lab validates studies submitted
to the Agency as requirements published under FIFRA or TSCA. The
Office of the Director, LDIAD, provides compliance and data audit
guidance as well as policies and procedures for the operation of
FIFRA section 3(c) and TSCA sections 4 and 5(e) compliance
monitoring programs and for the conduct and reporting of the
results of GLP compliance inspections and data audits. It assesses
the quality and effectiveness of these programs and provides normal
administrative support for the Program Support and Compliance
Referral Branch and the Scientific Support Branch of the division.
It provides liaison with other Federal agencies, similar
authorities and foreign governments to conserve resources and
standardize procedures both nationally and internationally.
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Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Office of
Program
Management and
Evaluation
Assistant Administrator for
Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances
Office of Program
Management
Operations
Office of Pollution
Prevention
and Toxics
Chemical
Management
Division
Economics,
Exposure, and
Technology
Division
Environmental
Assistance Division
Health and
Environmental
Review Division
Chemical
Control
Division
Information
Management
Division
Chemical Screening
and Risk
Assessment
Pollution
Prevention Division
Policy
and
Special
Projects
Staff
Office of Pesticide
Programs
Environmental Fate
and Effects
Division
Special Review and
Reregistration
Division
Biological and
Economic Analysis
Division
Field
Operations
Division
Health Effects
Division
Registration
Division
Program
Management
and Support
Division
Office of
Compliance
Monitoring
Policy and
Grants
Division
Compliance
Division
Laboratory
Data Integrity
Assurance
Division
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CHAPTER 14 - REGION I
1. REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. The Regional Administrator's Office
represents national environmental concerns, policies and programs
within Region I; advises the Administrator/Deputy Administrator on
program issues within the Region; provides a Regional perspective
on national policy issues, and makes decisions in delegated areas
of responsibility; manages the Region's resources to ensure
effective use and development of personnel, high productivity,
cost-efficient operations and support of the Agency's EEO goals;
manages intergovernmental activities by working closely with State
and local governments to attain national, Regional, State and local
goals; translates national policy into programs which meet Regional
need; makes decisions and manages programs in partnership with
State environmental agencies to meet annual Agency initiatives,
ongoing program goals, and the Administrator's goal of managing for
environmental results.
2. OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL. The Office of Regional Counsel is
a component of the Office of Enforcement and serves as the Regional
contact for the Headquarters Office of General Counsel, the U.S.
Department of Justice, the Offices of U.S. Attorney and the State
Offices of Attorney General. The Office is responsible for
providing to the Regional Administrator, the Deputy Regional
Administrator, and the Region's program managers legal advice and
policy recommendations relating to the statutes and regulations
which the Agency administers.
3. OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND URBAN AFFAIRS. This Office serves
as the principal advisor to the Regional Administrator with respect
to EPA's internal and external equal employment opportunity and
civil rights, program policies and the impact of the Regional
programs on minorities and women; ensures the implementation of the
Region's special emphasis programs by addressing the concerns,
needs, and aspirations of blacks, hispanics, asians, indians,
handicapped and women; assures that recipients of EPA financial
assistance do not discriminate on the bases of race, color,
national origin, sex, age or physical handicap pursuant to the Act;
manages the Regional Discrimination Complaints Program; advises the
Regional Administrator on the Agency's policies, programs, and
goals to designated constituency groups; and oversees and
coordinates the Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Programs to assure implementation of existing mandates.
4. OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. This
Office represents the Regional Administrator; serves as the primary
link with Congress, elected state and local officials, other
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federal agencies, and senior appointed officials? promotes a good
working relationship between the EPA Regional Office and key public
officials; acts as the Regional Administrator's principal adviser
on intergovernmental relations and international activities; acts
as an ombudsman-advocate with EPA for the problems and interests of
State and local governments; provides timely and accurate responses
to inquiries; conducts an outreach program designed to inform key
public officials of significant developments; assists in developing
intergovernmental strategies for critical EPA issues and programs;
undertakes a State liaison program; advises the Regional
Administrator and appropriate Headquarters staff offices of
significant intergovernmental issues; and participates in regional
intergovernmental activities.
5. OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. The Office advises the Regional
Administrator on the public affairs aspects of EPA's policies,
activities, and programs; provides public affairs assistance and
guidance to the organization with respect to Regional programs and
activities; represents the Regional Administrator in relations with
electronic and print media; prepares press releases, fact sheets,
Regional publications, press briefing documents, policy statements
and supporting materials; maintains channels of communication
between the Regional Administrator, the program offices and the
public; acts as the Freedom of Information Act coordinating office;
carries out environmental youth awards programs and the
environmental merit awards program; coordinates the Speakers Bureau
and film library; maintains stock of general informational
materials for public distribution; and provides oversight and
coordination for community relations programs under Superfund.
6. PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT-DIVISION. The Division provides for
the leadership, support, communications, and direction necessary to
ensure efficient operations and a productive work environment;
provides planning and management advice, services, and support to
the Regional Administrator, the Deputy Regional Administrator, and
to all components of the Regional Office. The Division also
provides: Regional program planning, analysis, management and
coordination, regulatory and policy review, coordination and
analysis; human resources development and personnel management;
employee health and safety services; financial management; budget
formulation, coordination, and execution; State assistance
management; and management and coordination of information
services, space management and a variety of other support services.
The Division encourages effective communication within the Regional
office, with the States, and within EPA nationally, to aid in the
provision of timely, necessary, and effective management systems
and services. *
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7. AIR. PESTICIDES AND TOXICS MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Division
is responsible for the implementation of the air pollution control,
radiation, protection, pesticides regulation,, toxic substances
control and Toxics Release Inventory (SARA Title III, section 313)
programs. The Division oversees State enforcement programs under
the Clean Air Act; develops and provides technical assistance to
the States for their program plans and commitments? provides
assistance through program grants; plans and executes Federal
enforcement actions; and provides education and outreach directed
to the regulated community. The Division also provides technical
support to States and other EPA programs in air toxics control,
regulation, and risk assessment in general; is responsible for
radiation programs, including the radon action program; and manages
outreach and enforcement efforts under the Toxics Release
Inventory-
8. WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Division, which includes the
Deputy Division Director as well as support staff, recommends to
the Regional Administrator goals, objectives, and priorities for
the Regional Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Program, all
nonemergency aspects of the Toxic Substances Program under the
authority of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) , the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA, a.k.a. Superfund) and the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA); is responsible for the development, coordination,
implementation, and evaluation of the above programs in the Region
in conformance with national strategy and policy; exercises lead
responsibility in the Region for guiding, assisting, and evaluating
State hazardous waste management programs and the identification
and cleanup of hazardous waste sites by States, responsible parties
and/or by direct Federal action; and is responsible for assuring
compliance with appropriate Federal laws and regulations by
initiating Federal administrative enforcement action or referring
appropriate cases to the Regional Counsel for potential litigation.
All technical aspects of the above activities are performed by the
Division, which conducts program management activities in
coordination with other Regional program divisions and offices to
effect the implementation of a coherent, overall program for solid
and hazardous waste management and planned removal and remedial
responses. The Division serves as the Regional fund manager under
CERCLA and serves as the Region's program focal point for
Headquarters coordination through the Assistant Administrator for
Solid Waste and Emergency Response and subordinate Headquarters
organizations.
9. WATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Division plans, organizes,
directs, controls, and coordinates the Regional Water Quality
Management Program; NPDES Program; Construction Grant and Loan
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Management Program; Safe Drinking Water Program; Ground Water
Management Program; Wetland Protection Program; Marine and Near
Coastal and Estuarine Management Program; NEPA compliance and EIS
preparation; is responsible for setting program policies,
priorities, objectives and associated procedures and ensuring that
the Division meets established priorities, objectives, and
procedures; integrates major surface and ground water protection
activities into an overall program for the entire water media in
the Region; has principal responsibility for supporting the
Regional Administrator in all areas established by Federal law and
Agency policy; and ensures full coordination with other EPA
Divisions on matters of common concern and interest.
10. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION. The Division is responsible
for managing the collection, analysis, and evaluation of
environmental quality data in support of Regional and national
monitoring requirements for air, water, toxic and hazardous
materials programs; has primary responsibility for ambient
monitoring data, quality assurance of environmental data and data
analysis and reporting; provides field and laboratory services to
Regional and national program offices and technical assistance to
State agencies; is responsible for emergency response activities
for spills of oil and hazardous materials to the air, water, and
land; is responsible for the program and enforcement aspects of the
removal provisions of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act (SARA); coordinates closely with the Waste Management Division
in providing field support for remedial actions under SARA;
provides 24-hour response capability in order to activate technical
personnel and coordinate Regional activities during national
emergencies, natural disasters, oil and hazardous materials spills,
air pollution alerts> pesticide abuse episodes and other
environmental emergencies; and has primary responsibility for
implementation for all aspects of the SARA Title III provisions,
with the exception of the provisions of section 313.
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REGION I
Office of
Enforcement
OFFICE OF
REGIONAL
COUNSEL
REGION !
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
I
ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES
DIVISION
I
AIR,
PESTICIDES &
TOXICS MGMT.
DIVISION
OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW
OFFICE OF
EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS
OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS AND
URBAN AFFAIRS
I
ASST. REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
FOR PLANNING
& MANAGEMENT
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
WATER
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
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CHAPTER 15 - REGION II
1. REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. The Regional Administrator has
primary responsibility to the Administrator for the planning,
programming, implementation, control, and direction of the
technical, legal, and administrative aspects of Region II
activities of the Environmental Protection Agency; serves as the
Administrator's principal representative in the Region with
Federal, State, interstate and local entities, industry, academic
institutions, and other public and private groups; is responsible
for accomplishing national program objectives in the Region as
established by the Administrator, Deputy Administrator, Assistant
and Associate Administrators, and Headquarters Staff Office
Directors; within the administrative and technical framework set up
by these officials, develops, proposes, and implements a Regional
program for comprehensive and integrated environmental protection
activities; is responsible for total resource management in the
Region within guidelines provided by Headquarters; is responsible
for translating technical program direction and evaluation provided
by various Assistant and Associate Administrators and Headquarters
Staff Office Directors into effective operating programs at the
Regional level and assuring that such programs are executed
efficiently; and exercises approval authority for proposed State
standards and implementation plans and provides for overall and
specific evaluations of Regional programs, both internal Agency and
State activities.
2. REGIONAL COUNSEL. Responsible for the development,
implementation, and coordination of all Regional legal activities.
These include coordination and conduct of enforcement and defensive
litigation; legal aspects of the Region's financial assistance
activities including grant appeals and bid protest; review for
legal sufficiency of many Regional actions such as State
delegations, permit actions, Federal Register notices, etc., and
various other Regional actions and activities which raise legal
questions; interpretation of Agency guidance, regulations and
statutes; coordination of legal and enforcement activities with
State and local governments and administering the Agency's ethics
program in the Region.
3. EXTERNAL PROGRAMS DIVISION. Responsible for the development,
implementation and coordination of public affairs, Congressional
and intergovernmental relations, international activities, and the
community relations program for Region II; represents the Region in
contact with the press, the public, and elected officials; develops
and implements programs on environmental education; and advises the
Regional Administrator on all external program aspects of the
Region's activities.
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4. CARIBBEAN FIELD OFFICE. Represents the Regional Administrator
in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Territory of the Virgin
Islands? is responsible for liaison with the Commonwealth and
Territorial governments on matters concerning environmental
problems requiring EPA action; aids in communicating EPA program
objectives to local government agencies and provides scientific and
technical assistance in meeting these goals; advises the Regional
Administrator on all local environmental aspects of the Region's
activities, including recommendations and suggestions on preventive
and corrective measures to be taken by EPA; and provides guidance
regarding relations with the press, radio, television, and the
general public.
5. ASSISTANT REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR POLICY AND MANAGEMENT.
Directs the accomplishment of the policy making and managerial
phases of the Regional Administrator's overall responsibility.
Responsible for providing policy coordination and analytical
support across Regional programs; implementing EP&'s Strategic
Targeted Activities for Results System (STARS); ensuring that
management, organization, and decision-making processes function
efficiently; providing review coordination of State program grant
submissions; coordinating cross-divisional programs such as
pollution prevention, public-private partnerships, risk assessment,
data integration, strategic planning, and federal facilities
compliance. Serves as the Region's Chief Financial Officer and
Senior Procurement Official, responsible for the integrity of the
Region's financial and contracts management programs. Responsible
for Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA)
implementation throughout the Region; conducts reviews and
analyses to ensure effective internal controls. Responsible for
assuring efficient and effective management of resources in order
to accomplish Regional objectives. Coordinates Region 2's lead
region functions. Responsible for providing various functions of
the Office, including policy and program integration, planning and
evaluation, environmental assessment, grants administration, audit
management, financial management, information systems, human
resources management, equal employment opportunity, total quality
management (TQM), health and safety and facilities management.
6- ME AND WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION. Responsible for the
development, implementation and coordination of the air, solid and
hazardous waste and radiation programs in the Region; assists
States in developing comprehensive environmental programs in these
areas, and supplies the appropriate technical assistance; actively
participates in the negotiation and implementation of State work
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plans, cooperative agreements, and State/EPA agreements to
prioritize and integrate pollution control activities at all levels
of government; administers the air and hazardous waste permit
programs; and reviews State program plans and recommends grant
awards.
7. WATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION. Responsible for all Regional
activities regarding water pollution control, water quality
management, and the safe drinking water program; assists States and
localities in developing comprehensive pollution control programs
in areas, especially through the mechanism of State/EPA agreements
to prioritize and integrate pollution control, pollution
prevention, and risk reduction efforts at all levels of government;
reviews State program plans and recommends grant awards; is
responsible for the technical preparation of NPDES municipal and
industrial permits, and the review and analysis of section 301(h)
waiver requests and their enforcement; develops control strategies
for section 316 thermal discharges and for nonpoint source
discharges; conducts the evaluation and monitoring of compliance
for ocean disposal permit applications; conducts the evaluation of
section 10 and 404 permits for environmental acceptability and the
protection of marine and wetland ecosystems; and supervises the
overall construction grants, coastal cities, national estuarine
study, and State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs.
8. EMERGENCY AND REMEDIAL RESPONSE DIVISION. Responsible for the
development, implementation, and coordination of Regional
activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA); manages a comprehensive
program for site evaluation, expedited response actions, immediate
removals and long-term remedial actions including cost recovery
activities; serves as the focal point for all emergency response
and emergency contingency planning activity; and is responsible for
spill control and monitoring programs under the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990 and section 311 of the Clean Water Act.
9. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION. Responsible for setting
priorities and identifying resources needed to collect
environmental samples, analyze collected samples and evaluate the
resulting data in support of Regional and national compliance
monitoring programs; directs and coordinates the field and
laboratory support for the Region; directs the implementation of
the Regional Quality Assurance Program Plan; and directs special
studies, investigations and surveys to support Regional enforcement
actions or define environmental quality problems. Provides advice
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and assistance to State and local agencies and oversight of State
programs in monitoring, analytical testing, quality assurance, and
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
Directs the compliance programs for the Toxic Substances Control
Act (TSCA), the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
(EPCRA), and the Federal portion of FIFRA.
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REGION II
Office of
Enforcement
REGION II
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
OFFICE OF
REGIONAL
COUNSEL
AIR & WASTE
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
WATER
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
CARIBBEAN
FIELD OFFICE
EMERGENCY
AND REMEDIAL
RESPONSE
DIVISION
ASST. REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
FOR POLICY
& MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES
DIVISION
EXTERNAL
PROGRAMS
DIVISION
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CHAPTER 16 - REGION III
1. REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. The Regional Administrator (RA) is
responsible to the Administrator, within the boundaries of Region
III, for the execution of the Regional programs of the Agency and
such other responsibilities as may be assigned. The RA serves as
the Administrator's principal representative in the Region in
contacts and relationships with Federal, State, interstate and
local agencies, industry, academic institutions, and other public
and private groups. The RA is responsible for accomplishing
national program objectives within the Region as established by the
Administrator, Deputy Administrator, Assistant Administrators, and
Heads of Headquarters Staff Offices. The RA develops, proposes and
implements an approved Regional program for comprehensive and
integrated environmental protection activities. The RA is
responsible for total resource management in the Region within
guidelines provided by Headquarters. The RA is responsible for
translating technical program direction and evaluation provided by
the various Assistant Administrators and Heads of Headquarters
Staff Offices into effective operating programs at the Regional
level and assuring that such programs are executed efficiently.
The RA exercises approval authority for proposed State standards
and implementation plans. The RA provides for overall and specific
evaluations of Regional programs, both internal Agency and State
activities.
2. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR POLICY AND
MANAGEMENT. The Office of the Assistant Regional Administrator
(ARA) for Policy and Management (OP&M), under the supervision of
the ARA and Deputy ARA, is responsible for planning, reviewing,
organizing, directing, controlling, coordinating and supporting the
Regional programs involving personnel, administrative and financial
management, contracting and procurement, cash reimbursements for
small purchases (Imprest Fund); Regional planning and policy
formulation; development of State relations and oversight policy;
regulatory reform; and Regional participation in regulation
development, advising on the management process, and resolving
audits. OP&M is also responsible for the Equal Employment
Opportunity Program.
3. REGIONAL COUNSEL. The Office of Regional Counsel (ORC) is a
component of the Office of General Counsel.in Headquarters. ORC,
under the supervision of the Regional Counsel and Deputy Regional
Counsel, is responsible for providing legal advice and services to
the Regional Administrator, the Region's programs and
administrative staffs, as well as legal enforcement support to the
Regional program managers in enforcement-related matters.
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4. OFFICE OF EXTEBMML^EFAIES. The Office of External Affairs
(OEA), under the supervision of the Director and Deputy Dzreetor,
is responsible for planning and implementing the Regional programs
involving community relations, communications, outreach,
Congressional and State legislative relations, contacts with
education, industrial, environmental, and public interest groups,
and liaison with Federal, State and local agencies and
international groups, representatives and their governments. OEA
is responsible for developing and managing the Region's external
affairs plan, Regional communications strategy, and all other
outreach activities.
5. CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM OFFICE. The Chesapeake Bay Program
Office (CBPO), under the supervision of an Office Director and
Deputy Director, is responsible for developing and implementing a
program which addresses the impact of all types of pollution and
media for the transport of pollution which impact the overall
environmental health of the Chesapeake Bay. The Program is derived
from section 117 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) as modified by formal
Agreements between EPA, on behalf of the Federal Government, and
States in the Basin. Under section 117, the CBPO is responsible
for monitoring, collecting data and supporting staff activities as
well as preparation and maintenance of an interstate management
plan; CBPO is also authorized to make grants to the States for
implementation of the plan.
6. WATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Water Management Division
(WMD), under the supervision of the Division Director and Deputy
Division Director, is responsible for the management and
implementation of programs authorized under the Clean Water Act
(CWA) and Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). These programs include
Water Quality Planning and Standards, Water Quality Compliance and
Enforcement, the Non-Point Source Program, Municipal Facilities
Construction, Public Water Supply, and Ground Water Protection.
Recommends to the Regional Administrator goals, priorities,
objectives, and policies relating to these programs. Assists
States and localities in developing comprehensive environmental
programs for achievement of environmental goals and standards.
Oversees the delegation of programs to State Agencies and directs
the Federal overview of these delegable programs.
7- . AIR. RADIATION. AMD TOXICS DIVISION. The Air, Radiation and
Toxics Division (ARTD), under the supervision of the Division
Director and Deputy Division Director, is responsible for all
Regional activities regarding the implementation of the Clean Air
Act (CAA), the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), section 313 of
the Emergency Preparedness and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA,
also referred to as Title III of the Superfund Amendments and
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Reauthorization Act-SARA), the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response
Act (AHERA), the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act (ASHAA) and
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
The Division recommends to the Regional Administrator goals,
priorities, and objectives of the Regional air quality and
compliance program, toxic substances programs and the asbestos and
pesticides programs. The Office is responsible for coordinating,
supporting and facilitating current and future activities as they
relate to addressing intra-Divisional, Regional and national multi-
media/cross-media and comparative risk areas, as well as Division
office excellence activities. The Office also engages in
activities that enhance performance and efforts in these areas.
These activities include, but are not limited to, the overall
coordination of the Chesapeake Bay Strategy, leading Regional
activities under the Industrial Toxics Project, national lead
region activities that are assigned to ARTD, strategic planning and
environmental indicators. The Indoor Air Pollution Program
provides technical and program assistance to State/local agencies
on indoor air pollution matters and responds to public inquiries on
indoor air pollution. Responses are also made to inquiries
regarding stratospheric ozone depletion. Activities relating to
the coordination of Division-wide initiatives in the areas of
pollution prevention, the Geographic Information system, (CIS),
implementing Total Quality Improvement (TQI) facilitating,
Measurable Environmental Results Initiatives (MERITS) and the Local
Area Network System (LANS), and internal Division quality and
procedural audits are also conducted.
8. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Hazardous Waste
Management Division (HWMD), under the supervision of the Director
and Deputy Director, is responsible for all Regional activities
regarding the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (CERCLA) as amended; the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
of 1984 (HSWA); the Underground Storage Tank (UST) program; the
Medical Waste Tracking Act (MWTA); and the Shore Protection Act.
HWMD recommends to the Regional Administrator goals, priorities and
objectives of the Regional solid/hazardous wastes, hazardous
materials, and Superfund Programs.
9. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION. The Environmental Services
Division (BSD), under the supervision of the Director and Deputy
Director, is responsible for the collection, analysis, and
evaluation of environmental quality data in support of the Regional
and national EPA air, water, and hazardous waste programs. ESD
directs and coordinates surveillance and monitoring services within
the Region, and provides the necessary laboratory analytical
services in support of various activities. The Division provides
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specific and technical advice and assistance to State and local
agencies concerning laboratory and field techniques, methodology
and quality control, and laboratory analyses as required to assure
the success of field investigations. BSD conducts special studies,
investigations, analyses and surveys to acquire the necessary data
to support program offices within EPA; and implements monitoring
programs to meet Regional and National objectives. Provides
technical assistance and the transfer of technology to Regional and
State programs. ESD is also responsible for integrating
environmental management programs in the Region including
Environmental Planning Initiatives, Pollution Prevention,
environmental indicators, quality assurance, and risk assessment
coordination and overview. ESD is responsible for the
implementation of ambient air and water quality monitoring
programs, the National Environmental Policy Acts (NEPA), §404 of
the Clean Water Act (CWA), Ocean Dumping and Marine Protection, the
National Estuary Program (CWA), and for coordinating and overseeing
the environmental management of federal facilities.
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REGION III
Off ice of
Enforce mem
REGION III
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
OFFICE OF
REGIONAL
COUNSEL
CHESAPEAKE
BAY
PROGRAM
OFFICE
OFFICE OF
EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS
ASST. REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
FOR POLICY
& MANAGEMENT
HAZARDOUS
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
WATER
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
AIR, RADIATION
AND TOXICS
DIVISION
ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES
DIVISION
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CHAPTER 17 - REGION IV
1. REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. The Regional Administrator (RA) is
responsible to the Administrator, within the boundaries of the
Region, for the execution of the Regional programs of the Agency
and such other responsibilities as may be assigned. The RA serves
as the Administrator's principal representative in the Region in
contacts and relationships with Federal, State, interstate, and
local agencies, industry, academic institutions, and other public
and private groups. The RA is responsible for accomplishing
national program objectives within the Region as established by the
Administrator, Deputy Administrator, Assistant Administrators, and
Heads of Headquarters Staff Offices. The RA develops, proposes,
and implements an approved Regional program for comprehensive and
integrated environmental protection activities; is responsible for
total resource management in the Region within guidelines provided
by Headquarters; translates technical program direction and
evaluation provided by the various Assistant Administrators and
Heads of Headquarters Staff Offices into effective operating
programs at the Regional level, assuring that such programs are
executed efficiently- The RA exercises approval authority for
proposed State standards and implementation plans; and provides for
overall and specific evaluations of Regional programs, both
internal Agency and State activities.
2. OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS. The Office is responsible for
matters pertaining to Congressional and intergovernmental
relations. Functions of the staff include developing strategies
for and maintaining an effective liaison with Congress on Agency
and Regional activities; providing guidance to the Agency and
Regional activities; providing guidance to the Office Director on
the time and depth of activities needed to further Congressional
understanding of EPA objectives and program efforts in meeting the
Agency's legislative mandate; preparing and/or coordinating
responses to the White House, congressional and similar sensitive
correspondence; and developing, coordinating and maintaining active
inter-relationships with Regional operating divisions and EPA
Headquarters' counterparts to assure a coordinated and timely
notification to Congress of significant events and activities.
Additional functions include the performance of interagency
and intergovernmental relations functions not specifically
delegated-to other Regional programs;- representing the Office in
dealing with state, interstate, federal, and local officials;
interpreting EPA policies and actions for these officials.
Provides principal liaison with inter-governmental organizations
such as the Council of State Governments, State, county and
municipal associations, Southern Governors' Association, Southern
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Legislative Conference, and other associations of state and
locally-elected officials to assure effective communication on
environmental protection matters.
3. OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. The Office of Public Affairs is
responsible for coordinating the Region's programs and objectives
with respect to Regional public affairs components, and other
functions as may be directed by Regional Management. The office
provides guidance and recommendations to the Regional Administrator
on mechanisms for including information activities in Regional
programs. Functions of the Office include the design, development,
coordination and implementation of programs to assure the
effectiveness of EPA Region IV in relations with strategies for
obtaining support for EPA from the public and administration of a
comprehensive, cohesive Agency information program for the Region.
4. OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT. The Office of Policy and
Management, under the direction of an Assistant Regional
Administrator, oversees resource allocations; policy, standards,
regulations and legislative analysis and development processes and
their implementation; program management and evaluation activities,
providing planning and management advice and services; and
administrative management support to the Regional Administrator,
all components of the Regional Office, and to such others as the
Regional Administrator may direct. The Office is responsible for
personnel management; financial management; automatic data
processing; safety and security; facilities and space management;
general services; Regional program planning, development and
evaluation activities; and the management of the Region's grant-
making responsibility, as well as the coordination and monitoring
of interstate, State, and substate agencies receiving EPA program
grants assistance including consolidated or integrated program
grants, and the integration and coordination of Regional,
interstate, State, and substate grant assistance programs.
Services as the Regional focal point for grants and audit
management; and contracts administration procurement activities.
Also serves as Senior Procurement Officer for Region IV contracts.
Recommends, to the Regional Administrator, the assignment of those
activities which have not been specifically delegated to an
activities 1V1S1°n' and coordinates intermedia and multimedia
In consultation with the Region's operating divisions
formulates develops, and monitors toe Regional operating budget
.
comments and response to environmental impact statements
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prepared by other agencies. Provides a focal point with the
Regional Office for various assigned Federal activities including
TVA and provides liaison, including the drafting of Federal NPDES
permits which will be issued by the Water Division, and assures
coordination between the various Regional programs, divisions and
other Federal agencies. Provides new source/energy coordination
within the Region, divisions, and other agencies. Maintains
control of all policy and regulatory issuance.
As the Region's EEO Director, the ARA provides advice and
assistance to the Regional Administrator, Deputy Regional
Administrator, Divisions, and other staff offices on matter
relating to the Regional civil rights program.
5. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION. Provides overview, field
assessment and analytical support to the air, water supply, water
quality, pesticide, toxic substance, water management, RCRA and
Superfund and criminal programs in EPA, Region IV. The Division is
responsible for: (1) planning, coordinating, and conducting field
studies/investigations; (2) overseeing implementation of the
quality assurance programs in Regional IV; (3) providing technical
assistance to State and local agencies; and (4) in cooperation with
program divisions, providing environmental analysis support to the
Office of Policy and Management to identify and implement
integrated environmental information management techniques and
technologies for Regional and State use.
6. WATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Water Management Division under
the supervision of a Director, recommends for the Regional Water
Quality Management Program, NPDES Program, Construction Grants
Management Program, Land and Water 201 Program, Wetlands Program,
Coastal Program, State Revolving Fund, and Safe Drinking Water
Programs, and is responsible for the planning, development,
coordination, implementation, and evaluation of these programs.
The Division* operates within policies and guidelines provided by
the Assist Administrator for Water and the Regional Administrator.
Manages the State Water Program grants activities for sections 106,
205, 319 of the Clean Water Act; the Safe Drinking Water Act; and
the Underground Storage Tank program under RCRA. Coordinates all
the Water program grants activities with Indian tribes throughout
the Region. Coordinates water related issues with the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
7- AIR. "PESTICIDES "AND TOXICS MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Air,
Pesticides, and Toxics Management Division under the supervision of
a Director is responsible for the development, coordination,
implementation, and evaluation of the Regional Air, Radiation,
Pesticides and Toxics Substances Programs and title III of SARA.
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The Division recommends goals, priorities, and objectives for these
programs to the Regional Administrator and other appropriate
Regional management; assists in the development of comprehensive
programs within responsible areas; provides technical assistance^©
State and local agencies forming necessary plans; coordinates with
the Region's Environmental Services Division (BSD) on monitoring
systems, instrumentation, data collection and analysis systems, and
emergency response involving imminent hazards; provides technical
assistance concerning radiation matters, including NESHAPS
radionuclides, indoor air pollution sources and radon measurement,
mitigation and demonstration; and represents the Region in
implementing programs for which it is responsible.
8. WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION, The Waste Management Division,
under the supervision of a Director, assisted by two program
Associate Directors, is responsible for the development,
coordination, implementation, and evaluation of the Regional Solid
and Hazardous Waste Programs, and CERCLA (Superfund). The
Division recommends goals, priorities, and objectives for these
programs to the Regional Administrator and other appropriate
Regional management; assists the States in developing comprehensive
programs within responsible program areas including providing or
arranging for technical assistance to State and local agencies in
developing necessary plans, monitoring systems, instrumentation,
data collection on and analysis systems, and emergency response
including imminent hazards; and represents the Region in carrying
out the implementation of programs for which it is responsible.
9. OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL. The Office of Regional Counsel
(ORC) serves as the primary attorney/adviser to the Regional
Administrator and ensures coordination and consultation with the
Office of Enforcement, with the Office of General Counsel (OGC),
and with the Department of Justice. The Regional Counsel.serves.as
advocate and facilitator of integrated, cross program environmental
enforcement, and provides necessary leadership for the Region in
such integration and problem solve. The Regional Counsel reports
to the Regional Administrator on day-to-day activities while
reporting to the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement on all
matters involving national consistency and the management of
Regional Counsel personnel. The Regional Counsel establishes the
policy and direction for ORC and retains overall management
responsibility for setting and achieving standards for ORC.
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REGION IV
Office of
Enforcement
REGION IV
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
OFFICE OF
REGIONAL
COUNSEL
AIR, PESTICIDES
AND TOXICS
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
OFFICE OF
CONGRESSIONAL
AFFAIRS
OFFICE OF
PUBLIC
AFFAIRS
ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES
DIVISION
ASST. REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
FOR POLICY
& MANAGEMENT
WATER
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
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CHAPTER 18 - REGION V
1. REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. The Regional Administrator (RA) is
responsible to the Administrator of EPA for the supervision and
direction of the programs and activities of the agency within
Region V. The RA also serves as the National Program Manager for
the Great Lake National Program Office.
2. OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. The Office of Public Affairs, under
the management of a director, provides advice and assistance to the
RA and Region V staff concerning the Region's information,
education, and public involvement activities; is responsible for
visual communications support; Superfund community relations;
participates in National and Regional public affairs activities;
and maintains the Regional Library.
3. GREAT LAKES NATIONAL PROGRAM OFFICE. The Great Lakes National
Program Office, under the management of a Director, provides
assistance to the Regional Administrator in the performance of the
Regional Administrator's responsibilities as the National Program
Manager. The Office has primary Regional responsibility for
developing and recommending policies and coordinating programs that
relate to the Great Lakes and are both national and international
in scope and effect. It is the principal liaison with the
International Joint Commission, other Regions, and the Office of
International Activities on Great Lakes issues; and coordinates
EPA's activities as stated in the Great Lakes Water Quality
Agreement.
4. OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL. The Office of Regional Counsel
provides legal advice to the Regional Administrator and other
senior managers of the Region on all matters relating to their
official responsibilities; and is part of the Office of General
Counsel in Headquarters. The Regional Counsel and staff represent
the Region, with the concurrence of the RA, in legal negotiations
and litigation concerning Regional matters which include
enforcement actions, defense work, and dealings with other Federal
departments and agencies, State and local officials, and industrial
and public interest groups; are responsible for the defense of
Regional officials in actions taken pursuant to their
responsibilities under the statutes and regulations governing their
program, and working with the Office of General Counsel and the
Department of Justice in litigating and negotiating these cases.
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5. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS STAFF. The Intergovernmental
Relations staff provides a State-oriented perspective to the
Regional Administrator, and program managers; and coordinates
responses to Congressional inquiries and correspondence, keeps
Congressional members and staff informed of EPA's regional programs
and serves as the liaison to Congressional members and staff.
6. PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Assistant Regional
Administrator's Office provides planning and management advice and
services, coordination of the Equal Employment Opportunity Program,
administrative management support, and a variety of analytic
services to the Region. The Division is responsible for personnel
management, grants' management, contract placement and management,
coordination of Regional and State program planning, safety and
security, facilities and space management, procurement, general
support services, Freedom of Information Requests, coordination of
responses to audit reports pertinent to Regional activities and
financial management.
7. AIR AND RADIATION DIVISION. The Air and Radiation Division
under the management of a Director, is responsible for the
oversight and operations of the Regional air quality management
program in Region V; provides program guidance and technical
assistance to State and local air agencies; ensures that emission
sources and the regulated community are in compliance with
requirements of the Clean Air Act and applicable regulations; is
responsible for initiating appropriate administrative compliance
actions and/or referring appropriate cases to the Office of
Regional Counsel for possible litigation; provides technical
support for development of enforcement cases under the Clean Air
Act; and is responsible for the Regional radiation program
including investigating potential radiation threats to human
health, providing technical assistance to State radiation programs,
and participating in the development of emergency response plans
for nuclear facilities.
8t WATER DIVISION. The Water Division, under the management of a
Director, is responsible for planning, organizing, directing,
controlling and coordinating the Regional water quality, water
compliance, water supply and groundwater programs; is responsible
for setting program policies, priorities, objectives, and
associated procedures, and for meeting established objectives; and
is responsible for program monitoring and audit findings to ensure
that water programs meet legislative goals and objectives and to
determine the progress of program decision making.
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9. WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Waste Management Division,
under the management of a Director, is responsible for the
development, implementation and oversight of the Waste Management
Program in Region V: and assures that the regulated community is in
compliance with applicable Federal laws and regulations, and
initiates appropriate corrective action, administrative compliance
actions and/or refers appropriate cases to the Office of Regional
Counsel for possible litigation.
10. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DIVISION. The Division, under the
management of a Director, is responsible for collecting, analyzing,
and evaluating environmental quality data and assuring the data
meets Regional and National monitoring requirements for
environmental programs; providing risk assessment, risk management
and risk communications to media programs and State agency risk
assessment staff; the oversight and operation of the Toxic
Substances and Pesticides programs under the authority of the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); monitoring data; quality
assurance of environmental data; data analysis and reporting;
provides field and laboratory services to Regional and national
program offices; assuring the regulated community complies with
applicable Federal laws and regulations under FIFRA and TSCA;
initiating appropriate administrative compliance actions and/or
referring appropriate cases to the Office of Regional Counsel for
possible litigation; and providing technical support for
development of enforcement cases under TSCA and FIFRA.
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS STAFF
Off ice of
Enforcement
REGION V
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
OFFICE OF
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
GREAT LAKES
NATIONAL
PROGRAM
OFFICE
OFFICE OF
REGIONAL
COUNSEL
ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCES
DIVISION
AIR AND
RADIATION
DIVISION
PLANNING
& MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
1 1
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
WATER
DIVISION
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CHAPTER 19 - REGION VI
1. REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. The Regional Administrator is
responsible to the Administrator, within the boundaries of the
Region, for the execution of the Regional programs of the agency
and such other responsibilities as may be assigned; serves as the
Administrator's principal representative in the Region in contacts
and relationships with Federal, State, interstate, and local
agencies, industry, academic institutions, and other public and
private groups; is responsible for accomplishing national program
objectives within the Region including Total Quality Management
initiatives, as established by the Administrator, Deputy
Administrator, Assistant Administrators, and Headquarters Staff
Office Directors; develops, proposes, and implements an approved
Regional program for comprehensive and integrated environmental
protection activities; manages resources in the Region within
guidelines provided by Headquarters; and translates technical
programs at the Regional level and assures for proposed State
standards of Regional programs, both internal agency and State
activities.
2. OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL. Responsible for maintaining the
highest standards of quality for legal work performed in the
Region; provides high quality and timely legal service to the
Regional Administrator, or his designee, on a day-to-day basis; and
through legal determination, recommendations and decisions,
influences major litigation and Regional program operations, and
represents the government in administrative litigation cases.
3. OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. The Office of External Affairs,
under the supervision of a Director, recommends to the Regional
Administrator and other management officials, the goals,
priorities, and objectives for the Region's external affairs
programs, including methods of implementing these programs; ensures
that the development, implementation, coordination, evaluation and
enforcement of these programs conforms to National strategy and
policy guidelines; coordinates and cooperates with other Regional
programs on matters of mutual concern; provides assistance and
advice to the Regional Administrator in developing and maintaining
effective relationships with legislative bodies and government
agencies at Federal, State, and local levels of government; and
serves as the primary contact point with Regional and national news
media, including daily and weekly newspapers, television, radio,
and magazines.
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4. MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Assistant Regional Administrator's
Office carries out all resources management, strategic planning,
risk assessment, human resources management, information management
and administrative functions supporting Regional operations;
coordinates development of the Regional operating plan, budget and
funds control, and management systems and analysis activities;
provides administrative support for personnel services, health and
safety, security, grants administration, procurement and
contracting, facilities and property management, information
management, and civil rights.
5. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Division, under the
supervision of a Director, recommends to the Regional
Administrator, goals, priorities, and objectives for all Regional
non-emergency hazardous materials management programs; communicates
national and Regional operating guidance to States and assists
States in developing their own comprehensive RCRA, Superfund and
UST/LUST program capabilities; provides or arranges for technical
and financial assistance to State or local agencies; ensures that
the development, implementation, coordination, evaluation, and
enforcement of these programs conform to national strategy and
policy guidelines; and coordinates and cooperates with other
Regional programs on matters of mutual concern.
6. WATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Water Management Division,
under the supervision of a Director, recommends to the Regional
Administrator goals, priorities, and objectives for the Regional
water program including for water quality planning and management,
State Revolving Funds, public water supply, groundwater protection,
construction grants, and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System Permit issuance, compliance evaluation, and enforcement;
communicates national and Regional operation guidance to States and
Indian Tribes;, assists States and Indian Tribes in developing
comprehensive water programs, and provides or arranges for
technical assistance to State and local agencies and Indian Tribes;
ensures that the development, implementation, coordination,
evaluation, and enforcement of the Regional water program conforms
to national strategy and policy guidelines; and coordinates and
cooperates with other Regional programs on matters of mutual
concern.
7: . ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION. The Environmental Services
Division, under the supervision of a Director, collects, analyzes,
and evaluates environmental data in support of Regional and
national monitoring requirements and enforcement programs; directs
and coordinates in-house and contracted field investigations,
special studies, compliance monitoring, and analytical laboratory
services in support of Regional programs; directs the Regional
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emergency response program, including response to oil spills under
Section 311 of the Clean Water Act and certain releases of
hazardous substances as required by the Comprehensive Emergency
Response, Compensation and Liability Act; directs the Regional
quality assurance program; directs environmental assessments in
support of the National Environmental Policy Act, section 404 of
the Clean Water Act and section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act;
serves as liaison for the Region with the Office of Research and
Development; provides advice and assistance to Federal, State, and
local agencies concerning study design, field techniques,
analytical methodology, quality control, and data evaluation as
well as laboratory support when required; and coordinates and
cooperates with other Regional components on matters of mutual
concern.
8. AIR PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES DIVISION. Under the
supervision of a Director, recommends to the Regional Administrator
goals priorities, and objectives for the Regional Air, Pesticides,
Radiation and Toxic Substances Programs; communicates national and
Regional operating guidance to States and assists States in
developing their own comprehensive programs; provides or arranges
for technical assistance to State or local agencies; ensures that
the development, implementation, coordination, evaluation and
enforcement of these programs conforms to National strategy and
policy guidelines; and coordinates and cooperates with other
Regional programs on matters of mutual concern.
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REGION VI
Office of
Enforcement
REGION VI
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
OFFICE OF
REGIONAL
COUNSEL
AIR,
PESTICIDES &
TOXICS
DIVISION
EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS
ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES
DIVISION
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
HAZARDOUS
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
1
WATER
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
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CHAPTER 20 - REGION VII
1. REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. The Regional Administrator is
responsible to the Administrator, within the boundaries of the
region, for the execution of the Regional programs of the Agency,
and other responsibilities as may be assigned; serves as the
Administrator's principal representative in the Region in contacts
and relationships with Federal, State, interstate, and local
agencies, industry, academic institutions, and other public and
private groups; is responsible for accomplishing national program
objectives within the Region as established by the Administrator,
Deputy Administrator, Assistant Administrators, and Headquarter's
Staff Office Directors: develops, proposes, and implements an
approved Regional program for comprehensive and integrated
environmental protection activities; is responsible for total
resource management in the Region within the guidelines provided by
Headquarters; is responsible for translating technical program
direction and evaluation provided by the various Assistant
Administrators and Headquarters Staff Office Directors into
effective operating programs at the Regional level, and assuring
that such programs are executed efficiently; exercises approval
authority for proposed State standards and implementation plans;
provides for Agency and State activities; is responsible for
Regional liaison and coordination with Federal, State, Regional and
local organizations and congressional, state and local executive
offices in areas of general environmental concerns; participates in
activities of the Federal Regional Council and Federal Executive
Board to develop strategies and mechanisms for program delivery,
review program plans jointly with governors and mayors, and resolve
Regional interagency issues expeditiously; and assures the
development and implementation of an effective Regional civil
rights and EEO program.
2. CONGRESSIONAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL LIAISON OFFICE. Represents
the Regional Administrator in matters concerned with Congressional
and Intergovernmental relations and coordinates contacts of
personnel in the Regional Office; coordinates responses to
Congressional inquiries, prepares informational briefings for
members of Congress and establishes contact with Congressional
staff; provides liaison between the Regional Office and governor's
staffs, State legislators and administrators, local officials, and
State associations of local government officials and interest
groups; and tracks significant State and local issues, and
coordinates development of Regional position.
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3. OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. The Office is responsible for the
development and implementation of an information program designed
to keep the public informed of EPA activities through the press,
radio, television and other informational media; serves as advisor
to the Regional Administrator and Regional Staff and represents the
Region in relations with the media; keeps key management officials
advised on emerging and current issues which need to be addressed
and provides services, assistance, guidance and support to Agency
programs and operations in order to be responsive to individual
program public information needs; plans, develops, and implements
community relation programs to ensure involvement of State and
local officials and citizens? oversees- Regional environmental
education programs; and serves as Regional Freedom of Information
officer.
4. OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL. The Office of Regional Counsel,
a component of the Office of General Counsel, is headed by the
Regional Counsel who is the chief legal officer for the Region and
the principal legal advisor to the Regional Administrator on all
matters of legal importance. The Office assists the Regional
Administrator in implementing and executing Regional programs
designed to attain the objectives of Federal statutes, executive
orders, and regulations relating to the Agency's mission, and in
assuring legal adequacy of Regional programs; provides legal advice
to the Regional Administrator and to the Regional program and
administrative staff regarding interpretation of statutes,
regulations, policy guidelines and instructions; and exercises
responsibility for resolution of all legal problems pertaining to
development of standards to be applied within the Region, including
responsibility for advising the Regional Administrator regarding
establishment of standards and procedures, and conduct of
negotiations, conferences, public meetings and hearings, and
similar proceedings.
5. ASSISTANT REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR OFFICE OF POLICY AND
MANAGEMENT. The Office includes a combination of administrative,
line, and staff functions, all of which are directed toward
successful achievement of Regional environmental objectives. Civil
rights functions included are: (1) overview and oversight of EEO
and MBE/WBE programs being administered elsewhere in the Region;
(2) maintenance of informal and formal complaints processing
mechanisms within the Region; and (3) providing a Regional focal
point for contact regarding broad civil rights issues and policies.
Other functions of the office are embodied in the various parts of
the Office as follows: Policy, Analysis, and Evaluation, State/EPA
Coordination, Program Evaluation, Program Planning and Budgeting,
Grants Administration, EIS Review and Preparation, Indian Program
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Coordination, Federal Facility Program Coordination, Ecosystem
Protection Initiatives; Integrated Environmental Analysis using
GIS, 404 Program Permits, Wetland Protection Program, Fiscal
Accounting, Contract Management, Information Management, Facilities
Management, Human Resources, and Internal Control Activities.
6. WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Division is responsible for
management of programs for hazardous waste as required by the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).
The Division selects strategies and techniques for achieving
compliance and develops and recommends appropriate enforcement
action in the above program areas. The Division interprets Federal
standards and regulations related to these programs, provides
technical assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies, makes
technical review of grants to States, issues permits, coordinates
all Superfund activities, and implements remedial programs under
Superfund and the UST Trust fund.
7. AIR AND TOXICS DIVISION. The Division is responsible for
management of programs for air, pesticides, toxic substances, EPCRA
and radiation as required by the following legislation: the Clean
Air Act (CAA), the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Emergency
Planning and Communit Right to Know Act (EPCRA), and the Indoor
Radon Abatement Act. The Division selects strategies and techniques
for achieving compliance and develops and recommends appropriate
enforcement action in the above program areas. The Division
interprets Federal standards and regulations related to these
programs; provides technical assistance to Federal, State and local
agencies; makes technical review of grants to State and local
jurisdictions; issues permits; and processes State implementation
plan revisions for attainment of air quality standards.
8. WATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Water Management Division
recommends to the Regional Administrator goals, priorities, and
objectives for the Regional water programs, and is responsible for
the development, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of
these programs. The Division assists the States in developing
comprehensive programs including implementation plans for
achievement of water quality standards; is responsible for
construction grants, State program grants, and other grant
programs; coordinates area-wide planning and other water quality
planning activities; develops control strategies for point and
non-point source dischargers; manages the drinking water and
Underground Injection Control (EACH) programs pursuant to the Safe
Drinking Water Act (SDWA) ; reviews, interprets, develops, approves,
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and promulgates State water quality standards revisions as needed;
provides technical assistance to States and local governments and
coordinates with field and laboratory staff in the Environmental
Services Division and permit compliance program in the Air and
Toxics Division and Waste Management Division; maintains an
inventory of all major National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) permits issued by the States or EPA to major
dischargers located in the Region; plans, initiates and coordinates
water compliance activities, including evaluation of compliance
status, section 308 letters, compliance sampling and evaluation
inspections, biomonitoring, and review of State and local files;
and assists States in developing information required for the 305B
report to Congress which deals with point source pollution
inventories.
9. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION. The Environmental Services
Division manages the Superfund Removal Program The Division
evaluates the environmental impact of hazardous waste sites and
takes action to remediate those sites having the greatest adverse
impact. The Division is also responsible for environmental
monitoring activities in Region VTI. These responsibilities
include the collection and analysis of environmental samples;
overview of state, local Agency and contractor data collection
efforts; review of air and water permits, grants and contracts;
implementation of monitoring regulations; evaluation of the quality
of ambient water and air in the Region; support of enforcement
actions; planning for and responding to environmental emergencies;
providing technical assistance and advice to Federal and state
agencies, foreign government and the general public; coordinating
the Regional Quality Assurance Program; and planning, initiating
and coordinating all aspects of regional research and development
activities.
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REGION VII
Office of
Enforcement
REGION VII
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
OFFICE OF
REGIONAL
COUNSEL
ASST. REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
FOR POLICY
& MANAGEMENT
CONGRESSIONAL
& INTER-
GOVERNMENTAL
LIAISON
OFFICE OF
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
WATER
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES
DIVISION
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
AIR AND TOXICS
DIVISION
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CHAPTER 21 - REGION VIII
1. REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. The Regional Administrator's office is
responsible for the planning, programming, implementation, control,
and direction of the technical and administrative aspects of the
Regional activities of the Environmental Protection Agency;
exercises responsibility for developing plans, establishing
internal operating policies and procedures, and resolving
operational problems; is responsible for total resource management
in the Region, and continuing evaluation of regional programs and
activities as to their effectiveness and progress in accomplishment
of planned objectives; resolves conflicts of proposals or interest
among major program segments of Regional activities; and selects,
assigns, provides direction and guidance to EPA staff as necessary
to achieve program objectives.
2. OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. The Office of External Affairs
(OEA) represents the Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII
to the general public, news media, environmental groups, Federal,
State, Tribal, county and local elected government officials, and
other Federal agencies. Ensures two-way communication between EPA
and its constituencies, ensures mechanisms are in place to allow
the public to voice concerns and provide information back to EPA.
Manages the State/EPA/Enforcement Agreement process;
facilitates State/Federal/Tribal relations; provides leadership and
coordinates community relations activities at Superfund and RCRA
sites; and proves leadership and direction of the Indian Lands
program.
3. OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL. The Office of Regional Counsel is
responsible for carrying out the legal aspects of the Region's
implementation of the Agency's enabling legislation; is responsible
for providing legal advice and support to the Region in the area of
enforcement and compliance of the Agency's enabling legislation and
for providing legal counsel to Regional management and staff.
4. MONTANA OPERATIONS OFFICE. The Montana Operations Office is
responsible for environmental clean-up plans and implementation of
environmental programs in the State of Montana and seven Indian
reservations. The Office determines the programmatic basis for
enforcement actions, and represents the Agency on international
study boards established to investigate and resolve trans-boundary
issues between the United States and Canada.
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5. OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT. The Office of Policy and
Management provides and coordinates Regional policy, program
planning, and administrative management services to the Regional
Office; coordinates strategy for cross-divisional programs and
directs the functions of the office including policy and program
development and integration, planning and evaluation, economic
analyses, grants administration, management and planning,
computer/data systems, financial management, human resources and
organizational, and management and office administrative/support
services; administers the discrimination complaint process, the
internal EEO program, and the community liaison efforts.
6. WATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Water Management Division
coordinates the planning, programming, policy implementation,
direction, and control of the technical and administrative aspects
of all water activities within the Region. Provides operational
management and direction for abatement and control of water
pollution; administers financial assistance planning and program
support; water quality monitoring and field laboratory aspects of
bio-monitoring to meet Regional needs. Provides technical
assistance to Federal, State and Local agencies in the development
of environmental plans, including assistance in meeting planning
regulations to meet EPA regulations. Reviews and develops
environmental impact statements. Manages the operation and
direction of the safe drinking water program in the Region,
including the public water supply and underground injection control
programs. Coordinates Federal activities policy, budgeting,
priorities and resources in achieving the objectives of the
National Environmental Policy Act and of Executive Orders 11541 and
11001 and of the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations.
Manages a multi-media program for developing, promotion,
implementing, and maintaining information and outreach.
7: ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION. The Environmental Services
Division provides multi-media services in support of the Regional
air, water, and hazardous materials programs by providing and
coordinating quality assurance activities; multi-media field
enforcement investigation; and coordination of both direct and
contractual analytical laboratory support for the Region.
*! . AIR ANp TOXICS DIVISION. The Air, Radiation, and Toxics
Division establishes, plans, manages, and implements the provisions
of the Clean Air Act, as amended (PL 95-396) ; the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended (PL 92-
516) ; and the Toxic Substances Control Act, (PL 94-4691 th*»
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA)'- and
the Indoor Radon Abatement Act of 1988, amendment to TSCATand ?L
OD.J/3.
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Recommends goals, objectives, and priorities? develops,
coordinates, implements, and evaluates programs,* aids the states in
developing comparable programs; administers grants? and provides
technical assistance to state and local agencies and industry.
Conducts a coordinated air environmental and enforcement monitoring
and surveillance system in support of all Regional Programs.
Prepares and issues notices of violation, letters of warning, civil
and administration complaints, notice letters, and administrative
orders pursuant to the laws and regulations it administers.
9. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Hazardous Waste
Management Division establishesf plans, manages, and implements the
provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) including response and
remedial actions; SARA Title III; the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA); Resources Conservation and
Recovery Act; Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HWSA).
Manages and oversees all environmental activities at Federal
Facilities.
Recommends goals, objectives, and priorities for Regional
programs and is responsible for the development, coordination,
implementation, and evaluation of these programs. Assists states
with developing comparable programs. Administers grants, contracts
and interagency agreements for the purpose of assisting industry,
federal, state and local agencies meet program requirements.
Implements the enforcement provisions of the programs it
administers. Develops a Regional emergency response plan for
environmental emergencies and administers response activities
related to these plans.
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REGION VIII
Off ice of
Enforcement
REGION VIII
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
OFFICE OF
REGIONAL
COUNSEL
MONTANA
OPERATIONS
OFFICE
1
AIR, RADIATION
AND TOXICS
DIVISION
OFFICE OF
EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS
HAZARDOUS
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES
DIVISION
1
WATER
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
ASST. REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
FOR POLICY
& MANAGEMENT
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CHAPTER 22 - REGION IX
1. REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. The Regional Administrator is
responsible to the Administrator, within the boundaries of the
Region, for the execution of the Regional programs of the Agency
and such other responsibilities as may be assigned; serves as the
Administrator's principal representative in the Region in contacts
and relationships with Federal, State, interstate and local
agencies, industry, academic institutions, and other public and
private groups; is responsible for accomplishing national program
objectives within the Region as established by the Administrator,
Deputy Administrator, Assistant Administrator and Headquarters
Staff Office Directors; develops, proposes and implements an
approved Regional program for comprehensive and integrated
environmental protection activities; is responsible for total
resource management in the Region within guidelines provided by
Headquarters; is responsible for translating technical program
direction and evaluation provided by the various Assistant
Administrators and Headquarters Staff Office Directors into
effective operating programs at the Regional level, and assuring
that such programs are executed efficiently; exercises approval
authority for proposed State standards and implementation plans;
provides for overall and specific evaluations of Regional programs,
for both internal Agency and State activities; develops and assures
the implementation of Region IX 's Equal Employment Opportunity and
External Compliance programs; and conducts prompt, impartial
investigations of allegations of discrimination and recommends
disposition or appropriate remedial action.
2. OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL. The Office of Regional Counsel
provides legal advice and litigation support to the Regional
Administrator, program divisions, and staff offices. The Regional
Counsel and Deputy Regional Counsel advise the Regional
Administrator and senior management on legal matters and provide
overall direction and management of the office. The immediate
office also advises the Regional Judicial Officer who presides over
administrative enforcement cases under the Clean Water Act, Safe
Drinking Water Act and the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act,
as well as the Regional Hearing Clerk who provides administrative
support to the Judicial Officer and Administrative Law Judges in
Washington.
3. OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. The Office of External Affairs is
an immediate staff office to the Regional Administrator and serves
as the focal point for communicating EPA Region IX program
activities and policies to the public, Congress, other Federal
agencies, the media, the regulated community and special interest
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of Native American activities within Region IX.
The Office provides
accountability,
development of administrative policies ana proceuu^, ««« t-~-*
consultation and operational support in the areas of: human
resources and organization management; contracts management; grants
administration; office support services; information resources
management; equal employment opportunity and occupational health
and safety; development and implementation of the Regional Quality
Assurance Program and laboratory support operations; and management
of regional financial operations, which includes development of the
regional operations plan and budget, budget execution and budget
analyses. It serves as a fully participating advisor and
consultant to the Regional Administrator in all significant policy
and managerial decisions; and contributes policy advice during the
formative stages of managerial planning and policy-making to
reflect all aspects of EPA's operations.
5. AIR AND TOXICS DIVISION. The Air and Toxics Division is
responsible for implementing the Clean Air Act (CAA) the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Title III of Superfund (SARA), -and the
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) within EPA Region
IX. The Division is charged with conducting all program activities
in these areas, except enforcement litigation activities which are
cooperatively managed with the Office of Regional Counsel (ORC);
ensures that air pollution, toxic releases, and pesticide use do
not constitute threats to public health, safety, well-being and
the environment; works with other Federal agencies, State and local
agencies, school districts and the university community, as well as
the private sector; administers grants to State and local agencies,
issues permits, determines compliance with Federal regulations, and
reviews and approves State implementation plans; and is headed by
a Division Director who acts as the Regional Administrator's
principal adviser on the CAA, TSCA, FIFRA, SARA, Title III, and
AHERA.
6. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION- The Hazardous Waste
Management Division is responsible for implementing the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
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within EPA Region IX; is charged with conducting all program
activities, except enforcement litigation activities which are
cooperatively managed with the Office of Regional Counsel (ORC);
ensures that hazardous wastes do not constitute a threat to public
safety, well-being, and the environment; works with other Federal
agencies, State and local agencies, and the private sector; issues
permits for hazardous waste disposal, and corrects uncontrolled
hazardous waste site problems; and is headed by a division director
who acts as the Regional Administrator's principal advisor on the
two acts.
7. WATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Water Management Division is
responsible for implementing the provisions of the Water Quality
Act of 1987 (also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended); the
Safe Drinking Water/Act, as amended in 1986 (SDWA); and the Marine
Protection, Research and Sanctuary Act (MPRSA), within the
geographic boundaries of Region IX; and is charged with conducting
all program activities under these Acts, except enforcement
litigation activities which are cooperatively managed with the
Office of Regional Counsel (ORC) and program activities in the
"Islands" (Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
American Samoa and the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands
which includes the Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall
Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia), which are
cooperatively managed with the Office of Territorial Programs in
the Office of External Affairs. Under these acts and in accordance
with implementing regulations and agency guidelines, the Division
has the ultimate responsibility for assuring that the chemical,
physical, and biological integrity of the Region's water are
restored and maintained, that drinking water supplies do not
constitute a threat to public health, and that the Region's
wetlands are adequately protected.
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REGION IX
Office of
Enforcement
OFFICE OF
REGIONAL
COUNSEL
REGION IX
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
HAZARDOUS
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
DEPUTY REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
AIR AND
TOXICS
DIVISION
OFFICE OF
EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS
WATER
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
ASST. REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
FOR POLICY
& MANAGEMENT
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CHAPTER 23 - REGION X
1. REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. Responsible to the Administrator for
the direction and management of agency programs in the Region.
Within the framework of national policies, goals, and objectives
and delegated authorities set forth by the Administrator,
establishes Regional goals, objectives and policies and directs the
Regional program for environmental protection, including approval
authority as delegated by the Administrator. Office includes
coordination of Environmental Sustainability Program and
Intergovernmental Liaison.
a. OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. Provides public information,
advice, and assistance to the Regional Administrator and staff.
Provides a coordinated focal point for Congressional relations,
press, environmental groups, business and industry, and the general
public. Responsible for overseeing the regional FOIA office. The
Public Information Center provides information to the general
public.
b. STATE OPERATIONS OFFICES. Operations Offices of EPA
Region 10 are located in the four states (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon,
and Washington) which comprise Region 10. These Offices are
responsible to the Regional Administrator and Deputy Regional
Administrator, and receive technical and policy guidance from the
regional division directors. The operations Offices perform
specified program functions according to approved work plans as
field components of the Regional Office and provide technical
assistance in efforts for which the states carry primary
responsibility for implementation within the framework of the
Federal law or regulation. Actual assignments to each Operations
Office may very according to the needs of the state and nature of
EPA activates in each state as documented in program plans.
2. OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT. Ensures that Region 10 will be more
effective in achieving compliance through enforcement by using
innovative and vigorous enforcement methods, i.e., provides
oversight and coordination between programs and with the States,
tracks enforcement activities, coordinates the Regional multimedia
targeting and inspection programs, and provides program direction
and guidance to the Regional enforcement and compliance efforts.
3. OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL. This office provides legal advice
to the Regional Administrator (and all programs) and serves as
Regional enforcement attorney. The majority of the resources
expended by the Office of Regional Counsel are for enforcement
related activities; the general legal work performed by the Office
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of Regional Counsel concerns the full range of professional
activities relating to law including interpretation of regulations,
legislation, and policies and drafting recommended changes to these
documents, and defending EPA determinations in administrative and
judicial forums.
4. MANAGEMENT DIVISION. The Management Division oversees Regional
planning and analysis, budget and resources management, personnel
and employee development, data systems and information management,
civil rights, grants administration, safety and occupation health,
library services, contracts, and pollution prevention, and provides
administrative support services for the Regional Office.
5. AIR AND TOXICS DIVISION. Manages and directs Agency efforts for
abatement, control, permitting and/or compliance in the air, toxic
substances, pesticides and radiation programs, and advises and
assists the Regional Administrator in the establishment of Regional
programs and priorities.
6. HAZARDOUS WASTE DIVISION. The Hazardous Waste Policy Office has
the general responsibility of dealing with problems and issues that
cut across the Superfund and RCRA programs, or require special
attention not possible within the normal operating programs. The
Office is responsible for overall development and implementation of
the Superfund program in Region 10, except Federal Facilities?
solid and hazardous waste management; Regional hazardous waste
policy development; provides technical and financial assistance
through grants to federal, state and local agencies, and technical
assistance to industry. Develops and implements a program to carry
out the section 120 requirements of the Superfund Amendments.
7. WATER DIVISION. Manages and directs the development,
coordination,, implementation and evaluation of the Federal drinking
water, ground-water protection, water pollution control,
underground storage and leaking tank, Puget Sound Estuary and Near
Coastal Waters Programs, and overall environmental evaluation
programs within the Region. Advises and assists the Regional
Administrator in carrying out Regional programs.
8- ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DiVTSTOM. under the supervision of a
Director, the Division directs the Regional air and water
monitoring program, environmental data (acquisition, storage
retrieval, analysis, and interpretation) program; laboratory
support program; field investigations; risk assessment support;
civil investigations; Regional quality assurance program; and is
responsible for technical and scientific support to all Regional
EPA programs as well as support to other Federal, State, and local
agencies. ' J-^waj,
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REGION X
Office of
Enforcement
OFFICE OF
REGIONAL
COUNSEL
REGION X
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR
1
WASHINGTON
OPERATIONS
OFFICE
OREGON
OPERATIONS
OFFICE
HAZARDOUS
WASTE
DIVISION
OFFICE OF
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICE OF
EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS
ALASKA
OPERATIONS
OFFICE
IDAHO
OPERATIONS
OFFICE
WATER
DIVISION
MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
AIR AND
TOXICS
DIVISION
ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES
DIVISION
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TSCA Handbook, 2nd Edition
Get a comprehensive look at your requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The national law firm of McKenna & Cuneo details
existing chemical regulation under TSCA; EPA's program for evaluating and regulating new chemical substances; PMN preparations and follow
through; civil and criminal liability; inspections and audits; required testing of chemical substances and mixtures; exemptions from PMN requirements;
the TSCA Chemical Inventory; reporting and retention of information; and special obligations of importers/exporters. Contains charts, figures, tables,
and multiple indexes.
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Toxicology Handbook
Get a basic, non-technical understanding of lexicological principles and have the relevant EPA Key Guidance and Implementation Documents high-
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Toxicology Studies; Exposure Assessment; Risk Assessment; Dioxins; and much more.
Softcover, 180 Pages, Sep '86, ISBN: 0-86587-142-6 (Code 714) $58
TSCA Inspection Guidance
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turing, processing, distribution, use, and disposal of chemicals. Contains detailed inspection guidance for ensuring compliance with TSCA Sec. 5
(DMN) and Sec. 8 (Recordkeeping & Reporting) as well as Sec. 4 (Testing), Sec. 12 (Exports), Sec. 13 (Imports), and a review of the current
biotechnology program under TSCA.
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TSCA Confidential Business Information Security Manual
Contains the stringent procedures to be followed by EPA personnel, other Federal agencies, and contractors in handling information, submitted or
collected under TSCA, that is claimed by companies as confidential business information. These confidentiality procedures are designed to provide
companies their right to declare inspection data confidential and to ensure secure handling of this information at each stage of a TSCA inspection.
ISBN: 0-86587-363-1 Softcover/154 pageslOct '931 $69
Clean Air
Clean Air Handbook, 2nd Edition
In this 2nd Edition, the nationally-recognized law firm of Hunton & Williams provides comprehensive coverage of compliance with the Clean Air Act
with a sharp focus on how the law affects the regulated community. Chapters cover the Federal/S tate relationship; enforcement; air-quality-based regulations;
nonattainment; mandatory control technology; preconstruction & operating permits; the acid deposition control program; hazardous air pollutants; air permits;
air toxics; mobile-sources; stratospheric ozone protection; total pollutant loadings; the future for clean air; and more that you must know for accurate
compliance.
Softcover, 340 Pages, July '93, ISBN: 0-86587-343-7 $84
Control Technologies for Hazardous Air Pollutants
This comprehensive EPA handbook has been completely updated - in it's first revision since 1986! With extensive tables and charts throughoutIt provides
you with a methodology to determine the performance and cost of air pollution control techniques designed to reduce or eliminate emissions of potentially
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from industrial/commercial sources. Covers HAP Emissions by Source Category and Key Physical Properties, Control
Device Selection, and Design and Cost of HAP Control Technologies. Appendices include: Listing of Compounds Currently Considered Hazardous; Potential
HAPs for Solvent Usage Operations, Dilution Air Requirements Calculations, HAP Emission Stream Data Form, and more!
Softcover, 260 pages June '92, ISBN: 0-86587-301-1 $85
Building Air Quality
This EPA handbook will serve as a guide to help building owners and facility managers prevent indoor air quality (IAQ) problems and resolve these problems
if they should arise. This comprehensive guide is organized into 5 major sections The Basics, Preventing IAQ Problems, Resolving IAQ Problems,
Appendices, andlndoor Air Quality formscovering: Sources of Indoor Air Contaminants, HVAC System Design and Operation, Communicating to Prevent
IAQ Problems, Steps in an IAQ Profile, Developing an IAQ Management Plan, conducting an IAQ Investigation, Collecting Information, Using the Data,
and much more.
Softcover, 230pages, Nov. '92, ISBN: 0-86587-312-7 $58
Clean Water
Clean Water Handbook
This authoritative handbook was written by attorneys from the highly regarded Washington, D.C., law firm of Patton, Boggs & Blow, along with a team
of other legal and technical experts. In it, they offer straightforward, non-legalese explanations of Enforcement; Toxics; Water Quality Standards; Effluent
Limitations; NPDES; Stormwater & Nonpoint Discharge Control.
Softcover, 446 Pages, Jun '90, ISBN: 0-86587-210-4 $90
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NPDES Permit Handbook, 2nd Edition
Practical, clearly written advice on engineering and compliance issues to help you in negotiating an NPDES or state water permit. Written by experts at
the Washington, D.C., law firm of Swidler & Berlin, this comprehensive handbook will help you understand the water permit program so that you can
participate most effectively in permit discussions and negotiations. Covers what a permit is; who needs one; how to apply and renew; establishing effluent
limits; compliance deadlines and schedules; special provisions; permitting procedures; enforcement, and more. Features new sections on stormwater
regulations and permits, and development of the surface water toxics control pro gram for selected waters and issuance of new state numerical water quality
criteria for toxic pollutants.
Softcover, 216 Pages, May '92, ISBN. 0-86587-303-8 $78
Ground Water Handbook, 2nd Edition
EPA's technical guide for assessing and monitoring ground water contamination. Over 165 charts, tables and illustrations highlight chapters on Ground
Water Contamination; Use of Models in Managing Ground Water Protection Programs; Ground Water-Surface Water Relationships; Ground Water
Restoration; Ground Water Quality Investigations; Basic Hydrogeology; Monitoring Well Design and Construction; Sampling; Transport and Fate of
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Softcover, 295 Pages', March '92, ISBN: 0-86587-279-1 $73
Storm Water Management for Industrial Activitie: Developing Pollution Prevention Plans and Best Management Practices
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appropriate Best Management Practices. Full of put-to-use forms, charts illustrations, lists and fact sheets, this handbook provides useful, easy to follow
technical assistance and support to all facilities subject to pollution prevention requirements for storm water point source discharges.
Softcover, 380 pages.Dec. '92, ISBN: 0-86587-331-3 $62
OSHA
OSHA Compliance Handbook
In this handbook, W. Scott Railton from the law firm of Reed Smith Shaw & McClay provides easy-to-understand explanations of OSHA that will put you
on track toward meeting your OSHA requirements. Covers: OSHA Standards, The General Duty Clause, Recordkeeping, Hazard Communication/Right-
to-Know, Employer Compliance, Employee Rights, OSHA Inspections, Civil Penalties and Violations, Contesting Alleged Violations and Penalties,
Imminent Dangers, Criminal Prosecutions, Effect of OSHA on Civil Litigation.
Softcover, 450 pp., May '92, ISBN: 0-86587-290-2 $83
Health and Safety Audits
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can conduct audits to assist in the development and management of comprehensive health and safety programs. This guide when applied in tandem with
your company's acceptance of corporate responsibility will provide a foundation for protecting your employees' health and safety enhance your
corporate image in the community better insure your compliance with regulations reduce or eliminate any future litigation, and reduce your costs
associated with lost time, injuries and illnesses.
Softcover, 336pages, Apr '92, ISBN: 0-86587-297-X $69
Process Safety Management Standard Inspection Manual
This new OSHA inspection manual provides you with the requirements you need to comply with the new Process Safety Management Standard. Facilities
that store, handle or process highly hazardous chemicals will use this guide to develop an effective process safety management system, and conduct process
hazard analyses to identify and evaluate potential problems, prevent accidents, ensure workplace safety and avoid public uproar and costly penalties. Covers:
Process Safety Management (PSM) Compliance Guidelines; The PSM Final Rule; PSM Audit Guidelines; Clarifications and Interpretaitons of the PSM
Standard; SIC Codes Targeted for the Program Quality Verification Inspections; References for Compliance; Sample Letter; and much more!
Softcover, 120 pages, May '93, ISBN: 0-86587-336^ $52
OSHA Field Operations Manual, 6th Edition
Be prepared in advance for your next OSHA inspection! Conduct your own inspection with the same detailed technical guidance given OSHA inspectors.
This newly revised step-by-step manual, developed by OSHA for use by its own Compliance Safety and Health Officers in carrying out their inspections,
will show you where the inspectors will look, what they'll look for, how they'll evaluate your working conditions, and how they'll actually proceed once
inside your facility.
Softcover, 456 Pages, Feb '94, ISBN: 0-86587-380-1 $85
OSHA Technical Manual, 3rd Edition
Covering both health and safety inspections and procedures, this manual includes chapters on: 1) Personal Sampling Techniques and Procedures for Air
Contaminants; 2) Sampling for Surface Contamination; 3) Heat Stress; 4) Noise Measurement; 5) Back Disorders and Injuries in Industry; 6) Indoor Air
Quality Investigations; 7) Hospital Investigations: Health Hazards; 8) Technical Equipment for Testing and Monitoring; 9) Shipping and Handling of
Samples; 10) Pressure Vessel Guidelines; 11) Demolition; 12) Chemical Protective Clothing; 13) [Reserved]; 14) Oilwell Derrick Stability: Guywire Anchor
System; 15) Metric System Conversion; 16) Polymer Matrix Materials: Advanced Composites; 17) Laser Hazards; and 18) Industrial Robots and Robot
System Safety.
Softcover, 300 pages, Nov '93, ISBN: 0-86587-366-6 $75
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Hazard Communication Standard Inspection Manual, 4th Edition
This OS HA inspection manual covers: what you must have in writing for your Hazard Determination procedures and your Hazard Communication Program;
the requirements for employee information and training; the requirements for labeling and how OSHA will treat your trade secrets; OSHA's 24-question
"Guide for Reviewing MSDS Completeness"; the specific instances in which OSHA instructors are required to issue citations; enforcement guidance for the
construction industry; MSDS requirements on consumer products, FDA regulated drugs, and multi-employer worksites; plus much more! New PELs!
Includes Z-l Tables with revised Z-2 and Z-3 Tables, and a revised Carcinogen Report.
SoficoverllSOpageslNov '931 ISBN: 0-86587-365-8 $69
Environmental References
Environmental Law Index to Chemicals
In this index, C.C. Lee has provided you with an easy way to quickly identify which chemicals are regulated under what regulations and where the
standards are specified. With this useful guide in hand you can locate a chemical in an alphabetical chart, and then run your finger across the page to quickly
see which law or laws regulate that particular chemical (CERCLA & SARA, RCRA, CAA, FIFRA, TSCA, CWA, SDWA or OSHA). Or if you know
only the CAS number, you can use the numeric CAS chart to find out the chemical name, and then proceed to the alphabetical chart.
Soficover, 250 pages, May '93, ISBN: 0-86587-338-0 $59
Book of Lists for Regulated Hazardous Substances, 1993 Edition
The source for the lists you need most often for environmental and regulatory information has been completely updated in this new 1993 Edition! Features
68 regulatory lists to reference for accurate compliance including the Air Pollutants List, the Land Ban Lists, the National Priorities List (NPL), the
Toxicity Characteristic List, the OSHA "Z" Tables, and 63 more regulatory lists. These lists were selected by a panel of nationally-known top
environmental attorneys, engineers and consultants, and cover RCRA, CERCLA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, TSCA and
OSHA, and were culled from the nineteen environment, health and safety Code of Federal Regulations as well as from other selected governmentresources.
Softcover, ISBN: 0-86587-337-2, 345 pages, June '93 $72
Environmental Telephone Directory, 1994
Features administration offices, key contacts, and phone numbers! This handy directory contains extensive EPA information; complete addresses and
phone numbers for all Senators and Representatives with their Environmental Aides, full information on Senate and House Committees and Subcommittees
and Federal and Executive agencies dealing with environmental issues; and detailed info, on state environmental agencies. Includes 20 Hotline Numbers
on the inside cover for quick and easy reference!
Soficover, 256 Pages, July '93, ISBN: 0-86587-345-3 $59
Directory of Environmental Information Sources, 4th Edition
Now you can save time and effort by doing all of your research for environmental information in one place! Packed with vital information for your search,
this directory gives the address, phone number, and a brief description of over 1,700 hard-to-find resources. Includes more than: 170 Federal Government
Resources; 1,000 State Government Resources; 150 Professional, Scientific, and Trade Organizations; 250 Newsletters, Magazines, Periodicals; and 140
Databases and Data Services. Special features include a helpful description of the entry where appropriate, a detailed index, and over eighteen
environmental "hotline" numbers on the inside covers for quick and easy reference.
Softcover, 322 Pages, Nov.'92, ISBN: 0-86587-326-7 $78
Environmental Engineering Dictionary, 2nd Edition
This 2nd edition, compiled by C.C. Lee, Ph.D., clearly defines over 12,000 engineering terms relating to pollution control technologies, monitoring, risk
assessment, sampling and analysis, quality control, permitting, and environmentally- related engineering and science. This dictionary is intended to
provide a comprehensive source of environmental engineering definitions along with their origins and provide at your finger tips, a guidebook for obtaining
additional information by using the unique references provided at the end of the definitions.
Hardcover, 630 pages, Oct. '92, ISBN: 0-86587-328-3 $94
EPA Engineering Bulletins: Current Treatment and Site Remediation Technologies
Now you can get the complete set of 21 Engineering Bulletins that have been released from EPA's Office of Research & Development over the past 2
years! Each bulletin covers in a standard format Purpose, Technology Applicability, Limitations, Technology Description, Process Residuals, Site
Requirements, Performance Data, Technology Status, and EPA Contact. Includes: Solvent Extraction Treatment; MobileAransportable Incineration
Treatment; Chemical Dehalogenation Treatment; Slurry Biodegradation; Soil Washing Treatment; InSitu Steam Extraction; InSitu Soil Vapor Extraction;
Thermal Desorption Treatment; Control of Air Emissions from Material Handling During Remediation; Granular Activated Carbon Treatment; Chemical
Oxidation Treatment; Supercritical Water Oxidation; Pyrolysis Treatment; Design Considerations for Ambient Air Monitoring at Superfund Sites; and
Air Pathway Analysis.
Softcover, 178 Pages, August '93, ISBN: 0-86587-347-X $55
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