U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Management and
Office of Administration Organization Division
EPA Organization
and Functions
Manual
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Management and
Office of Administration Organization Division
EPA Organization
and Functions
Manual
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CONTENTS OF CHAPTERS
CHAPTER CHAPTER
TITLES NUMBERS
ORGANIZATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY 1
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 2
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL 3
OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT 4
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 5
OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING AND EVALUATION 6
OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES 7
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 8
OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 9
OFFICE OF WATER 10
OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE 11
OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION 12
OFFICE OF PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES 13
REGIONAL OFFICES 14
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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 and
Cooperative Environmental Management. In addition, the
Administrator is assisted by Associate Administrators for
Regional Operations and State/Local Relations,
Communications 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 resources
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; and coordination of Agency
pollution prevention programs.
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 Agencywide
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. This Office'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. PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES. The Office Of the
Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances
is responsible for: development of national strategies for
the control of toxic substances; criteria for assessing
chemical substances ; standards for test protocols for
chemicals; rules and procedures for industry reporting and
regulations for the control of substances deemed to be
hazardous to man or the environment; enforcement of
standards; and evaluation and assessment of the impact of
new chemicals and chemicals with new uses to determine the
hazard and, if needed, to develop appropriate restrictions.
The Office coordinates activities under the Toxic Substances
Control Act with other agencies for the assessment and
control of toxic substances. Additional activities include
control and regulation of pesticides and reduction in their
use to assure human safety and protection of environmental
quality; establishment of tolerance levels for pesticides
which occur in or on food; monitoring of pesticide residue
levels in food, humans, and nontarget fish and wildlife and
their environments; and investigation of pesticide
accidents.
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
Administrative
Law Judges
Civil Rights
Small &
Disadvantaged
Business Utilization
Science
Advisory Board
Cooperative Environmental
Management
Executive Support
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 Pesticides and
Toxic Substances
Associate Administrator for
Regional Operations &
State/Local Relations
Associate Administrator for
Communications &
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
1
Region VII
Kansas City
1
Region III
Philadelphia
1
Region VIII
Denver
1
Region IV
Atlanta
1
Region IX
San Francisco
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Region V
Chicago
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Region X
Seattle
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. Office of Executive Support. The Office of
Executive Support, 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 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. The Staff is responsible for the
Agency's Freedom of Information (FOI) activities, including
policy coordination, program oversight and guidance. The
Staff develops policies and procedures and administers
processes for the management of congressional and
executive correspondence.
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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
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
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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
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.
b. 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
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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;
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 of October 13, 1971,
"Prescribing Additional Arrangements for Developing and
Coordinating a National Program for Minority Business
Enterprise." Furnishes information and assistance to
components for the Agency's field offices responsible for
carrying out related activities. Develops and implements a
program in accordance with Executive Order 12138 (May 1979)
to provide the maximum utilization of women-owned business
enterprises in all aspects of EPA contracts work. Develops,
in collaboration with the Director, Procurement and
Contracts Management Division, (PCMD) Office of
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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
all aspects of EPA contract work. Develops, in
collaboration with the Director, PCMD, and other
appropriate EPA officials, programs to stimulate and
improve the involvement of small business, minority
business, labor surplus us areas and women-owned business
enterprises in the overall EPA procurement process.
Monitors and evaluates Agency performance in achieving
EPA goals and objectives in the above areas.
Recommends the assignment of EPA technical advisors to
assist designated Procurement Center Representatives of the
Small Business Administration in their duties relating to
Sections 8 and 15 of the Small Business Act as amended
Represents EPA at hearings, interagency meetings,
conferences and other appropriate forums on matters related
to the advancement of the above cited business enterprises
on EPA's Federal Contracting Program.
Is responsible for assuring EPA's implementation of the
President's Urban Policy to establish goals for minority
participation in contracts funded under Federal grants. In
this regard, develops policies and regulations for and
evaluates activities reguired to conceptualize, establish,
and administer the Agency's Minority Business Enterprise
(MBE) Program in connection with construction grants and
other grants.
Coordinates with the Office of Water Program Operations,
Office of Water, on MBE activities for construction grants.
Serves as the Deputy Administrator's alternate on the
Interagency Council for Minority Business Enterprise and
therefore provides for review, monitoring and evaluation of
the Agency's MBE Programs. Develops policy and guidance to
EPA Regional Offices in assuring that minority
architectural and engineering consultants are given a fair
opportunity to participate in Agency construction grants
projects (Attachment O, Procurement Standards, of OMB
Circular No. A-102, Uniform Administrative Requirements for
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Grants-in-Aid to State and Local Governments, dated August
24, 1977). Develops policy and guidance for implementation
of Executive Order 12138 (May 1979) assuring maximum
participation of women-owned business enterprises in
contracts funded under EPA grants.
5. SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD. The Science Advisory Board,
under the supervision of a Staff Director, 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.
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.
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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
Administrator and Assistant/Associate/Regional
Administrators and Headguarters 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
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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
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
AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS. The Associate Administrator for
Communications and Public Affairs serves as the principal
advisor to the Administrator on all Agency communications
activities. The Associate Administrator is responsible for
assuring that communications planning occurs on all Agency
issues through coordination with all EPA Headquarters and
Regional offices; ensuring that the Agency involves the
public in all key issues, educates private citizens and
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responds to their concerns regarding environmental issues;
managing the Agency's relationships with the media;
establishing and maintaining audio-visual technical programs
in support of the Administrator and EPA internal and
external information programs; developing non-technical
publications on major EPA programs for dissemination to the
Agency and the general public; and coordinating overall EPA
publications management policy-
a. Communications Strategy Staff. The Communications
Strategy Staff reports directly to the Associate
Administrator, and serves EPA as the focal point for
assuring that communications planning occurs on all Agency
issues. The staff works directly with communications
contacts in the program offices to coordinate and implement
all aspects of comprehensive communications strategies. As
the interface between program offices and OCPA, the staff
also advises program offices on compliance with A-3 and A-
114 requirements, assures that printing regulations are
adhered to, and assists the program offices in the
development of their annual communications commitments.
b. External Relations and Education Division. The
Division is responsible for ensuring that the Agency
involves the public in all key issues, educates private
citizens and responds to their concerns regarding
environmental issues. Special attention is paid to topics
that are of particular interest to consumers ( such as
recycling and management of household toxics) and those that
require cooperation by individuals, households, and
communities in order for EPA to achieve greater
environmental progress. It designs national strategies for
environmental education and outreach to schools and promotes
and manages the EPA Youth and Scholars Programs. It
participates in the President's National Service effort to
promote the environment as a major focal point for
voluntarism. It develops or assists program offices in the
development of educational materials. It establishes and
maintains relations and communications with citizen and
consumer groups; maintains liaison with the White House and
OMB on public education and environmental voluntarism; and
manages the EPA Speakers Bureau.
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c. Press Division. The Press Division manages the
Agency's relationships with the media. It provides the
principal dissemination system to the media for official
Agency announcements, press releases and statements,
speeches. Congressional and public hearing testimony,
calendars and biographies of principal officers, and other
documents of interest. It provides support to the
Administrator and the Deputy Administrator, and other
Assistant/Associate and Regional Administrators in their
relationships with the media. It monitors nationwide media
coverage of Agency activities and policies as well as media
coverage of other Federal agencies7 environmental
activities. The Press Officers serve as official
spokespersons for the Agency with the media. The Press
Division provides guidance and assistance to the technical
and program staffs of the Assistant and Associate
Administrators in disseminating information to the media.
d. Audio Visual Division. The Division produces
audio-visual materials, including radio/TV, photographies,
exhibits, graphics and video programs in support of EPA
internal and external information programs. It provides
technical guidance for the Administrator, Deputy
Administrator, and other high officials of EPA on audio-
visual applications, designs, and facilities; and assists
EPA components in the review, analysis, and validation of
their audio-visual technical programs and maintains liaison
with audio-visual professional community to keep abreast of
state-of-the-art technology. Tt supports the review and
approval functions for major audio-visual productions as
required by OMB Circular A-114.
e. Publications Division. The Division develops non-
technical publications on major EPA programs for
dissemination to the general public. It develops
publication for internal communications among EPA employees,
and publishes, for both external and internal use, a journal
on environmental issues featuring diverse opinion on topical
problems and the prospectus for solving them. It publishes,
for internal use only, daily news briefs and extensive
clippings of articles and editorials relevant to
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environmental matters, as published in the daily media and
periodicals. It coordinates the review and information-
gathering procedures associated with overall EPA
publications management policy as required by OMB
Circular A-3.
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
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.
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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 Headquarters
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 Headquarters/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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CHAPTER 3 - OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
1. 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.
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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.
e. Grants, Contracts, and General Law Division. The
Grants, Contracts, and General Law Division, under the
supervision of an Associate General Counsel, provides legal
counsel, opinion, litigation support, and services with
respect to making financial assistance awards, information
law matters, entering into contracts for procurement and
construction, and general law matters including personnel,
labor relations, appropriations, claims, patents, government
ethics, and civil rights.
f. 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.
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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 technical 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 reporting process; managing the Agency's
contractor Listing Program pursuant to Sections 306 of the
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Clean Air Act (4 U.S.C. 7606) and 508 of the Clean Water Act
(33 U.S.C. 1368; overseeing the Environmental Review Progam
pursuant to Section 309 of the Clean Air Act and EPA
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act; in
consultation with the Associate Administrator for Regional
Operations and State/Local Relations, overseeing
coordination and compliance with Executive Policy(s) on
American Indian Affairs as it relates to environmental
protection on Indian lands; and directing the Federal
Facility Enforcement Program.
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 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); Develops and implements training programs for
Regional attorneys and support personnel on case
development, policy implementation, standard record-keeping
techniques, etc.; 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
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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 Counsels (in
consultation with the 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 addition, the
Assistant Administrator for Enforcement has the lead in
establishing rating and promotional criteria for for
Regional Counsel attorney-advisors.
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
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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. Within
OCAPO, the Office of Enforcement Policy (OEP) oversees
general enforcement and compliance policy development as
well as strategic planning and evaluation activities. The
Office, through its Compliance Policy and Planning Branch
(CPPB) serves as the OE representative on the Agency-wide
Steering Committee charged with overseeing the regulatory
development process and manages the Agencywide strategic
planning process for national compliance and enforcement
programs assuring inclusion of enforcement priorities in the
Agency's annual priority list and operating guidance. OEP
exercises leadership in identifying and transferring, within
the Agency, information on successful approaches to
achieving compliance while developing new initiatives and
policies to promote improved compliance monitoring and
enforcement programs. OEP plays a major role in building
essential relationships with state and local agency and
enforcement officials, coordinating and developing guidance
and policy directed to these groups, and staffs and supports
the Enforcement Management Council. In addition, it
coordinates staff development and training activities for
OE. OEP's Program Development and Training Branch (PDTB)
is responsible for developing and enhancing Regional and
Headquarter's enforcement programs, particularly the skills
of enforcement staff through policies, training and
consultation. This includes the identification, development
and review of cross - media enforcement policy and
procedures and the communication of these policies through
consultation and training programs. In addition, the PDTB
designs and promotes skills for effective enforcement case
settlements such as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
and models for calculating appropriate penalties (BEN and
ABEL). OEP's Contractor Listing Branch (CLB) oversees the
Agency's Contractor Listing Program pursuant to Section 306
of the Clean Air Act and Section 508 of the Clean Water Act
which authorize EPA to prohibit (list) violating facilities
from receiving federal grants, loans, or contracts. The
Compliance Evaluation Branch (CEB) within OCAPO, is
responsible for the design and operation of the enforcement
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component of the agency's Strategic Targeted Activities
Reporting System (STARS). This responsibility includes
negotiation of performance levels and measures of
performance for compliance programs in Headquarters and in
the Regions, reporting on performance through quarterly and
annual reports, and conducting management reviews and other
analyses to identify areas of actual, exemplary, or
potential poor performance. The Management Operations
Branch (MOB) is responsible for the internal program
management and administrative operations of OE. MOB's broad
and diverse responsibilities include the areas of budget
formulation, preparation and submission, information
management and ADP support, personnel, operating budget
execution, and a variety of program management support
functions and services to OE offices. In this capacity,
staff within the branch must coordinate closely with other
Headquarters administrative and program offices, the Office
of General Counsel, and Regional offices, particularly the
Office of Regional Counsel. The service and support
activities provided by MOB are critical components for the
orderly operation of OE and the actual execution of
enforcement policies and initiatives.
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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. The
Director acts as the national program manager for four major
programs assigned to the Office of Enforcement. 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. 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. 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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. OFFE develops national programs and internal
policies, strategies and procedures for assuring compliance
by Federal entities with all environmental statutes and
implementing regulations. In addition, it is responsible
for development and oversight of procedures for implementing
Executive Order 12088 and other administrative and statutory
provisions concerning compliance with environmental
requirements by Federal facilities; and chairs the Standing
Committee on Implementation of E.O. 12088. OFFE also
conducts the annual OMB Circular A-106 review of other
federal agencies budget submittals to assure that funds are
requested for any needed pollution abatement projects. The
office is responsible for managing and directing a national
program for federal facility enforcement and compliance.
Specific responsibilities include: (a) developing and
maintaining a national priority-setting system for achieving
federal facility cleanups and compliance with all other
environmental laws; (b) developing and managing a federal
facility compliance information system; (c) developing and
coordinating national policies for federal facility
enforcement activities; (d) handling disputes that arise
with federal facilities over national policy, legislation
and priorities; (e) developing budgets and allocating
resources to ensure that federal facility enforcement
receives the priority it deserves across programs. The
office is responsible for coordinating with program offices
on policy development and receives technical support from
those media program offices. To the extent that technical
issues arise in setting national priorities, or in any
specific enforcement action, a joint dispute-resolution
process which includes the AA for OE and the relevant
program AA will be initiated.
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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. The NEIC
manages and directs the Agency criminal investigation
program. In this context the NEIC 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. In coordination with the Assistant
Administrator for OE, Regional Offices, and other EPA
program directors and their staffs, the Center plans,
develops, and provides technical support for criminal
investigations conducted on a national basis and training in
technical aspects of criminal case development. The NEIC
provides expertise and guidance to the Offices of Compliance
Analysis and Program Operations, Criminal Enforcement and
Civil Enforcement for the development of multi-media
compliance monitoring strategies; and national expertise to
Headguarters 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.
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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), 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
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OE on referrals to DOJ under the Clean Air Act The Division
initiates and conducts reviews of selected civil enforcement
litigatic -i 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 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 inquiries, legislative initiatives,
State regulatory and enforcement activities, and
miscellaneous public inquiries.
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
quality of litigation reports prepared, and assures
consistency of individual cases with procedural requirements
and policy. In conjunction with the Regional Administrator
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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 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
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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
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.
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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 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
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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.
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6. OFFICE OF CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL. The Office of
Criminal Enforcement Counsel (OCEC), under the supervision
of a Director, reports to the Assistant Administrator for
Enforcement. OCEC 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. OCEC directs the
establishment of environmental regulations and statutes.
OCEC 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. OCEC
prepares, in conjunction with NEIC, policy guidance and
uniform national standards and procedures for criminal
enforcement activity. The Office participates in the
development, review, and approval of training programs for
EPA's criminal investigators and related personnel; reviews
criminal cases prepared in Area Offices; and provides
recommendations to the Assistant Administrator for OE on
referral of cases to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for
litigation. In addition, OCEC provides, in conjunction with
Regional Counsels, legal support to field investigators
during case development, and 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 OCEC 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.
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Office of Enforcement
Assistant Administrator
for
Enforcement
Office of Civil
Enforcement
Office of Federal
Activities
Pesticides & Toxic
Substances
Enforcement Division
Office of Compliance
Analysis and
Program Operations
Office of
Criminal
Enforcement
Counsel
National
Enforcement
Investigations
Center, Denver
Office of Federall
Facilities
Enforcement
Special Programs and
Analysis Division
Air Enforcement
Division
Federal Agency Liaison
Division
Water Enforcement
Division
Superfund
Enforcement Division
RCRA
Enforcement Division
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CHAPTER 5 - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR ADMINISTRATION
AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. The functions and
responsibilities assigned to the Assistant Administrator for
Administration and Resources Management reflect services
provided to all of the programs and activities of the Agency
except as may be specifically noted. In addition, 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), human resources services,
environmental health and safety, administrative services,
organization and management analysis and systems
development, information management services, automated data
processing systems, procurement through contracts and
grants, and human resources management. 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 of
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.
a. Program Operations Support Staff. The Program
Operations Support Staff, under the supervision of a Staff
Director, provides centralized budget execution and fund
control and reporting services for the Office of
Administration and Resources Management (OARM). The Staff
secures and provides administrative and financial management
services for the Immediate Office of the Assistant
Administrator (AA) and performs other activities at the
request of the Assistant Administrator, Deputy Assistant
Administrator and immediate staff.
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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
certain financial and automated data processing services
Agencywide. The major functions of the Office include
human resources services, financial management, procurement
through contracts, 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, Contracts Management, Human Resources Management,
National Contract Payment and National Data Processing.
a. National Contract Payment Division. The National
Contract Payment Division (NCPD), under the direction of the
Director, directs the OARM financial management and National
Contract Payment programs. In this capacity, it manages the
National Contract Payment System (CPS) and provides a wide
range of fiscal and accounting advice and service to the
Agency's program managers, employees at RTF and four
satellite laboratory facilities. NCPD maintains and
enhances the Contract Payment System (CPS), a highly
automated computer system for recording, monitoring and
paying all Agency contracts and providing contract financial
management information to EPA program managers to support
the administration of contracts. NCPD fiscal and accounting
advice and services fall into the following key activities:
payroll; travel; commodities; general ledger; cash
management; report preparation and review; quality
assurance; financial policies and procedures; systems
maintenance, development and implementation; and audit
coordination. NCPD, in compliance with established Agency
guidelines, develops and implements policies and procedures
as part of the quality assurance function. The quality
assurance program will guarantee the fiduciary integrity of
the Agency contract payments. The program consists of
internal control procedures and a schedule for conducting
reviews. The function of quality assurance will involve
monitoring and evaluating the internal control system,
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division operations, documents, desk procedures and,
performance and productivity measurements in the NCPD
workload model. FMFIA reporting and internal quality
assurance audits will be performed.
b. National Data Processing Division. The National
Data Processing Division is responsible for the management
of information 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 and Research Triangle Park; provides local
support and assistance for ADP operations at all RTF
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 RTP, and the central point for these programs to
access information systems of other EPA libraries, nearby
university libraries, and various data-base systems.
c. 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 career
development; labor-management and employee relations;
incentive awards; personnel record systems; and related
functions. The division coordinates extensively with top
program and Agency officials in order to ensure the proper
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integration of these programs into the total program
responsibility for efficient and effective personnel
management.
d. Contracts Management Division. The Contracts
Management Division plans, organizes, and directs the
procurement support function of the EPA activities located
in the Research Triangle Park area, and, as required, those
satellite and field organizations amenable to RTF area
activities and, as assigned, various EPA Headquarters
activities. Controls redelegation of the procurement
authorities within the framework of regulatory requirements.
It provides leadership, guidance, and technical assistance
to the assigned EPA programs and to EPA management in the
area of procurement; assures compliance with the public law
and procurement regulations and policy; and recruits,
staffs, and budgets for the effective operation of the
Contracts Management Division and manages employee career
development and training programs within the Office of
Administration and Resources Management guidelines.
e. 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 RTP; the National Radiation
Center at Montgomery, Alabama; and Bay St. Louis,
Mississippi. Responsibility of the Division includes:
overall management and maintenance operations of all RTP
facilities and buildings, all RTP 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 RTP, two outlying
laboratories 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
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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, provides administrative support
services: contract management, financial management,
personnel management, facilities management, property
management, computer services, library services, safety, and
security to all EPA programs in Cincinnati and for many
other EPA field locations. Contract and procurement
support, for example, is provided to all Office of Research
and Development (ORD) laboratories except Research Triangle
Park. Agencywide support is also provided in the areas of
literature searching, book cataloging, mini-computer systems
support, Agency statistical applications and coordination of
Agency personal property accounting system.
a. Facilities Management and Services Division. The
Facilities Management and Services Division supports the
Environmental Protection Agency programs in Cincinnati and
in various other EPA field locations in the areas of
facility operations and construction, major repairs and
improvements, real property, space management,
communications, personal property and supply management,
shipping and receiving, transportation, safety, security,
and other associated administrative functions.
b. Contracts Management Division. The Contracts
Management Division provides contract management services
for Water Programs, ORD labs in Cincinnati, OH; Ann Arbor,
MI; Las Vegas, NV; Corvallis, OR; Edison, NJ; Ada, OK; Gulf
Breeze, FL; Narragansett, RI; Duluth, MN; and several other
field stations located throughout the country and the
Facilities and Architectural Branch, FMSD.
c. Human Resources Management Division. The Human
Resources Management Division plans, organizes, directs,
controls, and coordinates a comprehensive management program
for the Center and its tenant activities which comprise
approximately 900 personnel engaged in a wide variety of
research, development and program functions involving
professional and highly technical occupations.
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d. Information Resources Management Division.
Information Resources and Management Division (IRMD) is the
EPA-Cincinnati focal point for information sciences,
services and support to the Andrew W. Briendenbach
Environmental Research Center (AWBERC). IRMD is responsible
for the AWBERC Computer Center which also serves as the
National Disaster Recovery Site for the Agency mainframe
computer systems; management of the Library; maintaining the
secondary national site for Agency Statistical Analysis
System (SAS) support, housing the major telecommunications
node for the Agency; and the AWBERC information Center.
These responsibilities include support for a wide assembly
of services including both mainframe and microcomputer
support, technical and management consultation, library
management with major database access for literature
searches, technical assistance, needs analysis, training and
the telephone system.
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4. OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER. The Office of the
Comptroller,under thesupervision 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.
a. Budget Division. The Budget Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for the following:
(I) Designs and oversees the budget management
process from issue formulation to execution. Prepares EPA
budget requests, appeals and materials for Congressional
hearings as well as special requests. Provides manuals,
forms, tables and schedules in support of the annual budget
process;
(2) Prepares an annual analytic agenda defining
the major policy and resource issues facing the Agency.
Conducts studies of these issues and translates them into
independent recommendations to the Assistant Administrator
for Administration and Resources Management (AA-OARM) and
the Administrator;
(3) Develops the Agency's budget guidance.
Facilitates program policy input to the budget process from
Regional Administrators. Provides analytic and staff
support for all aspects of AA-OARM's resources management
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;
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(5) Reviews and analyzes enabling legislation,
including proposed standards and regulations, to develop
cost estimates for new and changing program initiatives;
(6) Assists program and regional offices in the
formulation, review and modification of workload analysis
models;
(7) Coordinates development, review and approval
of annual operating plans. Conducts periodic budget
execution reviews of Headquarters and Regional components so
as to provide recommendations on resources targets for the
budget process;
(8) Develops the Agency's operating year guidance
in conjunction with other offices in EPA;
(9) Formulates and disseminates a wide range of
budget policy determinations to support budget
implementation and planning needs;
(10) Collects data, conducts certain resource
analyses and completes a wide variety of. status reports on
the budget required by program and budget officers in EPA,
OMB and the Congress. Is responsible for object class
analyses to determine resources utilization and need.
Performs on-site resource utilization audits. Maintains the
Agency's Regional and Headquarters output-
tracking/accountability system as a compatible component of
other Agency information systems;
(11) Is responsible for all funds management,
including the issuing of allowances and apportionments and
the carrying out of reprogrammings. Maintains an
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 numerous reports required to support the budget control,
formulation and review functions; and
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(13) Provides all resource data, analyses and
reports which are required or requested by Agency officials,
other Federal agencies, OMB, and the Congress.
b. Financial Management Division. The Financial
Management Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for the Agency financial management program.
Develops fiscal policies and procedures; develops and
implements financial information systems; directs the
overall Agency financial reporting operations; develops
Agencywide accounting and fiscal services; 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, and Headquarters while coordinating and providing
general direction for all other Agency accounting
operations;
(2) Developing and testing improved accounting
operations for Agency use;
(3) Providing payroll and related accounting
services for the Agency;
(4) Developing and coordinating the utilization
of non-EPA financial services;
(5) Maintaining liaison with the General
Accounting Office (GAO), the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), and the Treasury Department on matters involving
fiscal operations and systems;
(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;
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(9) Maintaining and operating the Agency
financial information systems, and preparing and
distributing or submitting Agency financial reports and
assuring that all accounting systems support the
Administrator's Accountability System, within overall
technical guidance prescribed by the Office of Information
Resources Management;
(10) Developing fiscal policies and procedures
established through regulations, the Agency directives
system, or other instructions; and
(11) Providing accounting and fiscal consultation
to Agency components as needed.
c. Resource Management Division. The Resource
Management Division, under the supervision of a Director,
manages the Agency's Productivity Improvement,
Privatization, Management Control, and Management Assistance
Review Programs. The Director serves as a member of the
Administrator's Privatization Implementation Task Force.
The Division manages the Agency's Productivity and
Management Improvement Programs, the OARM Management Intern
Program, and the personal computer policies and operations
of the Office of the Comptroller. It is responsible for
implementing the privatization activities of the
Environmental Protection Agency, including Agency leadership
for coordination and development of alternative financing
methods for meeting the Nation's environmental needs.
The Division works with primary organization heads and
assessable unit managers to assess the Agency's
vulnerability to fraud, waste, and abuse and to initiate
improvements. Under the Management Assistance Review
Program, this branch organizes and directs study teams that
identify and resolve management issues in the areas of
property, information systems, financial, personnel, human
resources, and contract management. It also manages the
audit resolution process to ensure that Agency management
and the Office of Inspector General reach agreement on the
action to be taken on reported findings and recommendations.
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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,
property and space management; property security; policies,
procedures, and operations related to procurement through
grants, contracts and interagency agreements; 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
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.
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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 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
provides* administrative and logistical support to the
National and Headquarters Emergency Preparedness Programs;
printing, photocopying and distribution of printed
materials; building maintenance operations and services
support for the Headquarters complex; Headquarters mail
operations and national mail management and accountability
systems; real estate and space management including leasing,
space utilization and disposal of real property; and
facilities management resources analysis, policy
development, and contracts and ADP oversight.
d. Grants Administration Division. The Grants
Administration Division, under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for the development and
dissemination of policy and regulations for all assistance
(grants and cooperative agreements). Develops and assures
implementation of guidelines, regulations and procedures for
the processing and awarding of all grants, including
consolidated grants. Coordinates the review of grant
applications with the Procurement and Contracts Management
Division with respect to the those applications which have
elements common to both grants and contracts. Specifically,
the Division:
(1) Provides continuing monitoring, analysis,
evaluation and reporting on grant program activities;
conducts ongoing monitoring and evaluation of all grant
program procedures and develops new and improved techniques
and methods for processing and administering grants.
Develops and maintains the Agency's Grants Information and
Control System (GICS) including milestones to track grant
progress after award within overall technical guidance
prescribed by the Office of Information Resources
Management, and provides grants information to key Agency
officials, other agencies, Congress, and the public,
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(2) Determines the need for and recommends or
reviews proposed legislation, regulations, and directives
involving grants;
(3) Maintains liaison with Federal, State, and
local agencies and grantees to assure that the grant system
provides prompt, effective, and efficient service to
grantees;
(4) Serves as the focal point for Agency
participation in Presidential or interagency efforts of the
Office of Management and Budget to improve the Federal
assistance system, including activities under the Office of
Management and Budget Circulars, and activities of the
Federal Regional Councils and the Federal Executive Boards;
(5) Provides training and technical assistance to
components of the Agency's field establishment responsible
for carrying out related activities; and
(6) Performs administrative management functions
for all applications and awards for all Headquarters-
administered grant programs.
e. Procurement and Contracts Management Division.
The Procurement and Contracts Management Division, under the
supervision of a Director, develops, conducts, and
coordinates the Agency contracts management program,
including advisory financial analysis of grant applications.
Develops Agency procurement policies and regulations for
implementation of the Federal Procurement Regulations.
Conducts Headquarters programs for contract placement,
modification, post-award administration, and termination,
including advertising, location of sources, negotiation,
award, in-process monitoring and termination settlement.
Provides technical guidance to all field contracting
operations and conducts a contracts management technical
review and internal evaluation program. Provides cost and
price analysis services to Headquarters and field
contracting operations. Coordinates action on contract
proposals with the Grants Administration Division with
respect to those proposals which have common elements of
both grants and contracts. Represents the Agency on
contracts management matters with other Federal agencies and
industry. Provides program policy guidance for and
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evaluates activities required to carry out the Agency's
responsibilities regarding enforcement of the Davis-Bacon
Act, the Contracts Work Hours and Safety Act, the Copeland
Anti-Kickback Act.
f. Environmental Health and Safety Division. The
Environmental Health and Safety Division (EHSD), under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for establishing
the Agency's policies and procedures, providing technical
support, and conducting audits to assure safe and healthful
working conditions and sound environmental management of all
Agency units. Specifically the Division:
(1) Identifies needed occupational health and
safety and environmental management policies and procedures,
communicates the relevant issues to all affected parties to
develop consensus and subsequently communicates the final
policies and procedures to those responsible for
implementation;
(2) Provides occupational health and safety and
environmental management technical support to all Agency
units. EHSD responds to requests for support, independently
initiates support, and provides support to Agency units in
correcting deficiencies identified by EHSD conducted audits.
EHSD manages a large, Agencywide, multi-year, multi-task
contract which provides across-the-board occupational health
and safety and environmental compliance support for any unit
requiring it;
(3) Conducts periodic occupational health and
safety and environmental management audits of all Agency
units. The audits consist of evaluations of the units'
health and safety and environmental conditions with respect
to relevant laws, regulations and standards. The audits
include evaluations of how well the health and safety and
environmental functions are managed at each unit. EHSD
tracks and reports to the unit managers and Agency senior
managers the audit results and recommendations;
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(4) Contributes directly to the technical
missions of other Agency programs. EHSD represents these
programs in generating national policy, regulations, and
guidelines for working with toxic and hazardous substances
regulated under such programs as Superfund, Asbestos-in-
Schools, and Construction Grants. EHSD prepares and
presents testimony in Congressional hearings in support of
Agency missions; and
(5) Operates the Headquarters Occupational Health
and Safety and Environmental Compliance Program.
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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. 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
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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
Headquraters integrated office systems which operate in
support of EPA programs and regions. The ASD serves as the
principal point of 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;
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(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
(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.
b. 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 in that capacity is responsible for
formulating and implementing the Agency's Information
Resources Management (IRM) program to oversee, evaluate and
enhance the collection, reporting, storage, manipulation,
analysis, and use of information collected by or otherwise
available to EPA and State and local environmental agencies.
Efforts are directed at improving the availability,
accessibility, accuracy, timeliness, quality, and usefulness
of information EPA needs for analysis and decisions and at
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reducing duplication in data collection and reporting
activities, in compliance with information resources
management requirements established in the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-511) and other legislation
related to information resources management. Specifically,
the Division:
(1) Establishes policies, guidelines, and
standards for the collection, reporting, storage,
manipulation, and use of environmental, technical,
management, and other information and records necessary to
carry out and administer EPA programs; works within EPA and
with appropriate State and Federal officials to develop,
implement, and maintain prescribed or necessary policies,
guidelines, and standards to be adhered to; determines
whether policies and standards are complied with, and works
with program and other offices to make improvements in
systems and activities where compliance is inadequate or
operation is unsatisfactory; and provides Information
Resources Management training for senior Agency managers;
(2) Works with program and regional offices to
evaluate EPA and State and local information and system
support needs; takes necessary action to integrate
information systems or make them more compatible; reviews
programs' information requirements, collection and
storage/retrieval of information (directly or by contract)
to determine how well systems meet those needs and how they
should be upgraded; reviews and approves proposals regarding
investment in new systems and selection of Agency and
program data bases; and coordinates establishment of clear
and agreed-upon priorities for the collection of
information, improvement of existing information systems,
development of new systems for storage and retrieval or
improvement in EPA's and the public's ability to access and
analyze available information;
(3) Develops tools for fully inventorying and
documenting EPA's data collection, processing, handling, and
dissemination activities. Such tools include inventories of
metadata standard definitions to be used in the development
of new information systems, taxonomies, etc.;
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(4) Directs EPA's records management program.
Develops policy and guidance on records management
objectives, requirements, and procedures for all types of
EPA records, as required under the Federal Records Act of
1950, as amended and the Privacy Act, Section 552 of Title 5
U.S. Code; reviews and evaluates Agency programs' compliance
with established requirements and procedures; develops,
implements and manages a micrographics program and applies
other new technologies to records management; and provides
technical assistance and training to promote sound record
management practices;
(5) Assesses information needs in the Agency and
provides services to promote greater availability and more
effective use of environmental, technical, management, and
other information throughout the Agency. Identifies
existing information about the environment, factors
affecting the environment, EPA programs and activities, and
other pertinent information, develops such information where
not otherwise available, and disseminates that information
as appropriate in order to increase EPA use of the best and
most up-to-date information in analysis and decision-making.
Promotes use of such information through preparation of
newsletters, special reports, and guides to new
informational materials, development and provision of
training programs in the use of information services, etc.;
(6) Coordinates development of, operates, and
keeps up-to-date an inventory of manual and automated
information systems in the Agency that allows users to
determine what environmental and other data the Agency
collects, who collects it, and where it is housed, and to
search the inventory to isolate those materials of special
interest on one or more topics;
(7) Administers and oversees contractor provision
of library services and translation services to EPA
Headquarters, regional offices, and laboratories;
(8) Oversees and manages contractor operation of
a Public Information Center (PIC) that responds to general
inquiries from the public about environmental and EPA
activities;
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(9) Operates a Public Information Reference Unit
to provide public access to documentation used to develop
proposed regulations;
(10) Serves as the U.S. Focal Point for the United
Nations Environmental Program's international referral
system, INFOTERRA;
(11) Keeps abreast of, and advances implementation
in EPA of, new developments in Information Resources
Management, and promotes sound information resources
management and use of state-of-the-art information systems
technology throughout EPA;
(12) Serves as the Office Director's liaison with
other EPA offices and with outside agencies, organizations,
and individuals on information resources management policy
and information services issues (e.g., within EPA, with OPPE
on the Information Collection Budget and Agency
environmental monitoring activities, and outside EPA, with
OMB, GSA, and other Federal, State, and local agencies and
individuals, as appropriate); and
(13) Administers the Agency forms analysis, design
and management program.
c. Program Systems Division. The Program Systems
Division (PSD), under the supervision of a Director, has
general oversight responsibility for the development,
enhancement, operation, and maintenance of the Agency's
environmental, facility, and chemical automatic data
processing (ADP) systems in support of EPA programs. The
PSD serves as the principal point of contact in matters
relating to information production for the Office of
Enforcement, Office of Water, Office of Air and Radiation,
Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, and the Office of
Solid Waste and Emergency Response. Specifically, the PSD:
(1) Develops policies and long-term management
plans for environmental, facility, and chemical ADP systems;
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(2) Establishes and implements procedures to
ensure that client offices' needs are met as promptly and
completely as possible. Guides and assists client offices
in defining requirements for ADP support. Prepares work
plans that identify resources and schedules for developing,
enhancing, operating and maintaining specific environmental,
facility and chemical systems that respond to client's
requirements. Meets with program and regional office
officials and provides reports, as necessary, to review
progress and identify problem areas requiring correction;
(3) Analyzes alternatives for the creation or
major enhancement of specific environmental, facility, and
chemical ADP systems. This includes review and approval of
all program office procurements that involve significant
data processing, and of all feasibility studies and logical
designs for data base applications;
(4) Designs, programs, tests, and installs new
environmental, facility, and chemical ADP systems, and makes
major modifications to existing systems, as requested by
program offices;
(5) Operates and maintains the applications
software for certain complex, multi-user data systems;
(6) Updates and provides user support for such
systems; and
(7) Develops and maintains data element standards
and 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.
a. DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIENT SERVICES. The Deputy Office Director reports to the
Director, OHRM, and is responsible for providing general
oversight and coordination of the Headquarters 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
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);
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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 0PM 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 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
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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.
(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;
(d) Representing the Agency where the level
of recognition is at the national level;
(e) Representing Headquarters in all local
labor relations activities;
(f) Developing and issuing Agency policy and
guidance on discipline, adverse actions, time and leave, and
grievance and appeals;
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(g) Developing and administering the Agency
Honor Awards program as well as establishing Agency policies
and guidance concerning employee incentive and benefits
programs;
(h) Managing the development of Agency
policies and positions concerning work place and worklife
issues;
(i) Developing and providing functional
oversight for the Agency's Employee Counseling and
Assistance Program;
(j) Administering the Headquarters Employee
Counseling and Assistance Program;
(k) Serving as the OHRM liaison with
employee groups, constituencies and committees;
(1) Planning and implementing
communication initiatives and efforts; and
OHRM
(m) 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;
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(c) Developing internal administrative proce-
dures and providing management analysis to OHRM officials on
resources and administration;
(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.
b. 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 Human Resources
Development, the Executive Resources and Special Programs,
and the Policy, Research and Development 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.
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(1) Human Resources Development Division. The
Human Resources Development 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, Head-
quarters and National training;
(c) Developing policy and providing support
for employee career development programs (e.g., intern,
upward mobility, and rotation programs);
(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.
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(3) Policy. Research and Development Division. The
Policy, Research and Development 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 manage-
ment 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;
(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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Office of Administration and Resources Management
Office of
Administration
Management &
Organization
Division
Facilities
Management &
Services Division
Grants
Administration
Division
Environmental
Health and
Safety
Division
Procurement
and Contracts
Management
Division
New
Headquarters
Project
Assistant Administrator for
Administration and
Resources Management
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Office of
Human Resources
Management
Employee
Participation &
Communications
Division
Executive Resources
& Special Programs
Division
Field Operations,
Evaluation &
Support Services
Division
Headquarters
Operations & Client
Services Division
Human Resources
Development
Division
Policy Research &
Development
Division
Office of the
Comptroller
Budget
Division
Program
Operations
Support Staff
Office of
Administration &
Resources
Management, RTP
Financial
Management
Division
Resource
Management
Division
Office of
Information
Resources
Management
Contracts
Management
Division
Facilities
Management &
Services
Division
National Contract
Payment
Division
Programs
Systems Division
Administrative
Systems
Division
Information
Management &
Services Division
Human Resources
Management
Division
National Data
Processing
Division
Office of
Administration &
Resources
Management,
Cincinnati
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Information
Resources
Management
Division
Facilities
Management &
Services Division
Contracts
Management
Division
Human Resources
Management
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; 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; and (3)
Strategic planning and pollution prevention activities,
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;
developing integrated pollution control strategies; and
overall development and coordination of the Agency's
pollution prevention program.
In the performance of these functions and
responsibilities, the Assistant Administrator represents the
Administrator in communications with the Congress and with
the Office of Management and Budget, General Accounting
Office, and other Federal agencies prescribing requirements
for the conduct of government policy and program management
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activities and Regional liaison activities, including
coordination of communications between AA/OPPE and Regional
Administrators; ensuring through the Associate Administrator
for Regional Operations and State/Local Relations that
Regions are appropriately informed and involved in OPPE
activities; reviewing and assessing content of Agency policy
for impacts on Regional policy and evaluation operations and
consistency with OPPE or Agencywide policy and procedures.
In areas related to enforcement and compliance planning and
management, OPPE will work directly with the Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring in policy development
and implementation. This assignment of functions shall not
detract from the authority of senior Agency officials to
perform similar functions within their own areas of
responsibility. Staff shall consult on and provide
analytical assistance in 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 direction 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 Administration and Resource Management
Staff. The Program Administration and Resource Management
Staff (FARMS), under the supervision of a Director, serves
as the principal staff to the Assistant Administrator on
matters relating to program management, budget, and
administrative operations. Specific PARMS responsibilities
include the following functions. Provide management advice
and assistance to the Assistant Administrator for Policy,
Planning and Evaluation and components of OPPE. Within OPPE,
develop policies and guidance on administration and program
management and issues procedure/guidelines for
implementation by OPPE's component offices. Exercise
oversight and control of OPPE budget preparation,
justification, and execution; financial management;
personnel and human resources management; and information
resources management (ADP). Oversee OPPE's internal control
process, the tracking of Inspector General reports, and
development of contract plans and contracts/grants
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administration. Ensure that Regional resource allocation is
integrated with budget preparation, serving as contact point
with Regional components. 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. 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
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. 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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2. OFFICE OF POLLUTION PREVENTION. The Office Of Pollution
Prevention (OPP), under the supervision of a Director,
performs the following functions on an Agencywide basis:
(1) development and coordination of the Agency's pollution
prevention program, and (2) the conduct of its planning and
activity tracking functions, including strategic planning,
tracking statutory deadlines, and statutory reforms.
a. Strategic Planning and Management Division. The
Strategic Planning and Management Division (SPMD), under the
supervision of a Director, directs and coordinates the
development, implementation and administration of Agencywide
systems for planning, tracking, and measuring the
accomplishments of Agency programs. In consultation with
other offices within and outside OPPE, SPMD develops a long-
range policy framework for Agency goals, establishes
timetables for objectives, and ensures that programs measure
progress toward the accomplishment of goals. When issues
related to Regional and State planning and management
involve cross Regional planning and Regional/National
interface, SPMD will work with the Office of Regional
Operations and State/Local Relations for the purposes of
support and coordination. SPMD is responsible for
developing a strong framework for strategic planning,
management, and accountability directed toward environmental
results. The Division is responsible for assisting the
Administrator, the Deputy Administrator, and the Office of
Administration and Resources Management in reviewing and
advising on the annual budget submissions of Agency
programs. SPMD also is responsible for developing
integrated pollution control approach to program
integration. Specific SPMD responsibilities include the
following functions: (I) Develop and manage an Agencywide
long-term strategic planning system that focuses on
measurable environmental goals, strategies, and the
identification and use of environmental indicators to track
progress and identify environmental results. Assessments of
annual plans within the context of longer-term goals will be
done, as well as the identification of environmental
priorities for the Agency based on areas of high risk and
potential risk reduction. Reports on progress will be
prepared for the use of the Administrator and the Deputy
Administrator during their regular review of the Agency's
progress; (2) Review and develop tailored management
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tracking and accountability systems for highly visible and
important program components of the Agency (e.g., Permits,
Superfund) to strengthen program management and to avoid
unnecessary duplication. Work with Assistant Administrators
and Regional Administrators to develop effective
accountability systems. Analyze the relationship of program
activity and environmental results to assist in the
identification of efficient and effective environmental
strategies. Prepare reports for the Deputy Administrator on
program progress and facilitate program management reviews
between the Deputy Administrator, Assistant Administrators,
and the Regions. The Office of Enforcement will be
responsible for the analysis of enforcement and compliance
data that is part of their portion of the Strategic Planning
and Management System and will assist in the preparation and
presentation of this information for the Deputy
Administrator's use; (3) Advise the Assistant Administrator,
OPPE, on integrated approaches, develop cost effectiveness
measures for various pollution control options, and provide
technical support for this effort in the fields of health
effects research, risk analysis, and ecological effects
analysis; (4) Develop institutional mechanisms for linking
states and local participants into this process. This
includes procedures for forming local management groups for
supervising geographic studies; for increasing industry
participation in these studies; for developing, and where
appropriate, protecting the confidentiality of, necessary
data (effluent, ambient, process) in support of the studies;
and for funding and managing these studies; (5) Assist
program offices, Regions, and the OPPE Office of Policy
Analysis in the identification and use of environmental
indicators to track environmental trends. Periodically
prepare reports on environmental trends and geographic
variability. 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 on longer-
term environmental problems as well as the identification of
more effective strategy options; (6) 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.
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b. Pollution Prevention Division. The Pollution
Prevention Division (PPD), under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for the overall development and
coordination of the Agency's pollution prevention program.
Specific PPD responsibilities include the following
functions: (1) With Agency media offices, develop an
overall Agency pollution prevention strategy; (2) Work with
the Office of Regional Operations and State/Local Relations
to coordinate outreach to industry, state and local
governments and the public concerning the benefits of source
reduction; (3) Serve as the principal communications contact
on pollution prevention issues at the Agency level and with
external interests, including States, municipalities,
industry, public interest groups, and members of Congress;
(4) Support and staff the EPA Pollution Prevention Advisory
Committee; (5) Work with media offices and the Office of
Research and Development to provide technical assistance
through development and management of a multi-media
clearinghouse of source reduction information; (6) Work with
the regional offices to establish and facilitate
implementation of Regional Pollution Prevention programs;
(7) Develop, manage, and evaluate a multi-media grants
program in support of the development of state and local
pollution prevention demonstration programs; (8) Work with
the media program offices to include regulatory pollution
prevention alternatives as a routine part of the regulation
development process, ensuring the continuing implementation
and promotion of source reduction and recycling measures,
providing technical guidance to States and local governments
in implementing prevention measures, promoting adoption and
use of approved reforms, preparing guidance materials to
assist in implementation, and tracking implementation to
assure sound uses, document results, and make mid-course
corrections; (9) Work with media program offices to design
and coordinate substantive system-wide reform which provides
a pollution prevention approach to meet environmental
objectives, and, in doing so: (a) Solicits participation and
input by state and local government environmental groups and
industry; (b) Prepares and provides informative materials to
interested parties; and (c) Troubleshoots, expedites, and
oversees both generic and case-specific
developments/applications to assure creation of
environmentally sound, legally defensible precedents,
greater predictability, and expand use of reforms.
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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 enviromental
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
sectors of the economy, both domestically and
internationally; conducts major analytical studies on
adaptation strategies; provides support for the
Administrator, the Assistant Administrator for Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, and others involved in
international climate negotiations; and represents the
Agency at conventions on climate change issues.
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
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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 decisionmakers with information on the
transfer of residual risks from one environmental medium to
another, and guidelines for managing those risks; (5)
Providing the Administrator and the Assistant Administrator
for Policy, Planning and Evaluation with support in the area
of regulatory analysis; serving as Agency co-chair of the
Agency's Economic Incentive Task Force, which prepares
reports on the use of economic incentives to improve
environmental management and supplement Agency regulatory
programs; (6) Managing the development of economic
incentives, with emphasis on innovative alternatives to
traditional "command and control" regulations, ensuring that
reforms are technically sound.
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 developing and
recommending new policies in the energy area. Subjects of
concern include national energy policies, EPA regulatory
policies affecting 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 policy issues as well as the United
States Department of Energy and other agencies concerned
with energy development and use. 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
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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
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) Develop and coordinate
proposals for new Agency initiatives in the
energy/environment area; (8) Analyze proposed legislation,
regulations and policies with significant
energy/environmental effects and make recommendations to
senior Agency officials; (9) Develop and evaluate selected
energy/environment policy issues; (10) Provide the Office
Director with a capability to perform special in-depth
analyses on key energy/environment issues; (11) 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; (12) 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 AEPD, with
emphasis is on review of energy-related facilities; (13)
Maintain liaison with universities and other groups active
in developing advanced concepts in the energy/environmental
field to the extent necessary to carry out functions
assigned to AEPD; (14) Coordinate activities on air and
energy issues with the OPPE Climate Change Division, and
provide support to and work with international organizations
involved with air an energy issues.
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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; (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
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risks; (7) Develop and coordinate proposals for new Agency
initiatives in the agriculture/environment area; (8)
Maintain liaison on policy issues with OW, OPTS, 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; (9) Provide analytical assistance to EPA's
Agricultural Policy Committee as is necessary; (10) Analyze
proposed legislation, regulations and policies with
significant agriculture/environmental effects and make
recommendations to senior Agency officials; (11) Develop and
evaluate selected agriculture/environment policy issues;
(12) Provide the Office Director with a capability to
perform special in-depth analyses on key
agriculture/environment issues; (13) Conceptualize, conduct
and communicate analyses of systems approaches to water
quality management including the integration of farm, tax,
land management, and environmental policy; (14) 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;
(15) Maintain liaison with universities and other groups
active in developing advances concepts in the
agriculture/environmental field to the extent necessary to
carry out functions assigned to WAPD.
d. Waste and Chemical Policy Division. The Waste and
Chemical Division (WCPD), under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for identifying critical economic,
scientific, and policy issues and their impacts on Agency
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 Pesticides and Toxic Substances
(OPTS) 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.
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Specific WCPD responsibilities include the following
functions: (l) 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 OPTS 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
OPTS 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; (5) Work with the OPTS 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.
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; (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
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responsibilities under the Global Climate Protection Act to
develop a domestic climate change policy and in coordinating
the Agency's climate change activities; (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).
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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, manages the establishment,
implementation and administration of the Agency's regulation
development and review process, and manages OPPE involvement
in regulatory review. ORME also develops Agency policies
and standards for the conduct of economic and statistical
analysis, and for the incorporation of scientific findings
into policy and regulatory decisions, as well as to support
the work of international environmental organizations. In
ensuring Agency compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act,
ORME evaluates and reviews all Agency information collection
requests and activities, and, in conjunction with OARM,
evaluates Agency management and uses of data for
decisionmaking. ORME also is responsible for directing an
Agency-wide system of program evaluation and incorporating
into that system specific evaluations performed by other
offices.
a. Program Evaluation Division. The Program
Evaluation Division (PED), under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for initiating and conducting
program implementation and evaluation studies. PED conducts
studies either independently or collaboratively with other
offices in OPPE, the Office of the Comptroller, or other EPA
program offices. Specifically, PED 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; (3) To develop
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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.
b. Science. Economics, and Statistics Division. The
Science, Economic, and Statistics Division (SESD), under the
supervision of a Director, provides broad policy analysis
and technical support to the Agency in the areas of science
policy, economics, and statistics. In carrying out these
functions, SESD identifies science issues associated with
Agency regulatory policy, assists in science and technical
methodology development, and leads in integrating science
policy with Agency decisionmaking. SESD ensures that the
combined economic effects of all EPA programs, policies,
regulations, and standards are considered appropriate in
individual Agency decisions; assesses the macroeconomic
effects of EPA's programs; and ensures 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.O. 12291. The Division
ensures the quality of the statistical bases for Agency
regulatory and information collection activities and
methodologies, provides statistical consulting services for
the Agency, and issues statistical policy guidance. SESD
works with program offices in the development of policies
regarding analytical techniques and program implementation.
The Division manages the core social science research
programs which include economics, implementation issues, and
risk communication. In addition, SESD assists program
offices in conducting effective risk communication programs,
and acts as the principal Agency representative in national
and international matters on economics, statistics, and risk
communication. Specific SESD responsibilities include the
following functions: (1) Provide direct technical support
to regulatory _programs, OPPE analytical offices, and EPA
regional offices in science policy, economics, and
statistics; (2) Provide support and coordination on
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environmental concerns to international organizations (e.g.,
OECD) in areas of economic, statistical, and science policy
analysis; (3) Develop guidance materials and sponsor
seminars to inform Agency managers on science issues,
economic methods, and statistical techniques; (4) Work with
Agency programs to identify serious ecological problems and
issues, and lead or coordinate efforts to ensure that the
Agency is adequately dealing with these issues; (5) Identify
and address crucial science-policy issues with regard to
their consequences on Agency policy and regulations; (6)
Work with appropriate Agency groups and personnel, including
OPPE analysts, the Office of Research and Development, and
the program offices, to maximize the scientific credibility
of regulatory studies; (7) Identify or participate in the
development of scientifically sound techniques to evaluate
the environmental consequences and risks from exposure to
toxic chemicals; (8) Conduct in-depth analyses of economic
issues relating to benefits and cost effectiveness of EPA
regulatory programs and alternative regulatory approaches;
(9) Perform analyses 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; (10) Perform analyses of the macroeconomic
impacts of EPA's entire program; (11) 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; (12) Provide advice on benefits analysis and risk
communication to top Agency management, and ensure
compliance with Executive Order 12291 by reviewing selected
Regulatory Impact Analyses and issuing agency-wide guidance;
(13) Provide authoritative 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; (14) 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; (15) Identify, with the
Agency's action which can be significantly improved by
strengthening the statistical analyses supporting the
actions.
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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 maintains liaison with
Small Business Administration; (e) Manage liaison with the
Office of Federal Register and ensures compliance with
Federal Register requirements; and (f) Serve as liaison with
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), coordinate OMB
reviews, and promote resolution of policy issues raised by
OMB; (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; (5) Conduct periodic evaluations of Agency
information collection activities to assess actual and
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potential efficiency and ability to provide requisite
support to Agency regulatory and enforcement activities; (6)
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;
(7) 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 or policy dialogues; (b) Design, conduct, and
evaluate regulatory negotiations or policy dialogues, using
contractor support to provide assistance in convening and
facilitating these processes.
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and Evaluation
Office of Policy Analysis
Office of Pollution
Prevention
Air and Energy Policy
Division
Water and Agriculture
Policy Division
Strategic Planning and
Management Division
Pollution Prevention
Division
Waste and Chemical
Policy Division
Office of Regulatory
Management and
Evaluation
i
Program Evaluation
Division
Science Economics and
Statistical Division
Regulatory
Management 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,
reports to the Inspector General. The Office of Audit
manages, coordinates, and has overall responsibility for
policy direction of all audits relating to Agency programs
and operations; provides liaison with Federal, State and
local governments, private audit organizations, and provides
necessary guidance for Agency auditors in Field 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; ensures that
audits performed by the Office of Inspector General and non-
Federal auditors are carried out in accordance with the
standards established by the Comptroller General of the
United States; and monitors all contracts that the Office
has with CPA firms and State organizations.
a. Operations Staff. The Operations Staff, under the
supervision of a Director, is composed of a Policy and
Planning Unit and a Field Operations Unit. The Policy and
Planning Unit is responsible for: Maintaining information
about the EPA audit universe; Assessing the vulnerability
of EPA programs, and the need for audits; Developing the
annual workplan; Updating the OIG Manual; and Developing
and issuing Office of Audit guidance and procedures. The
Field Operations Unit provides increased liaison and
oversight of field operations. This Unit is responsible
for: Monitoring ongoing audit efforts to speed up the
conduct of audits and obtain thorough coverage of critical
areas; Reviewing drafts and final reports to assure that
such reports meet OIG standards and are issued in a timely
manner; Evaluating performance and reporting achievements
on the monthly Management Accountability Reports; and
Providing liaison between Headquarters and field elements
with respect to policy, programmatic, or administrative
matters.
b. Technical Services Staff. The Technical Services
Staff, under the supervision of a Director, is composed of
an Engineering Unit, ADP Audits Unit, and a Program Analysis
Unit. The Engineering Unit provides technical engineering
review assistance to ongoing audits related to the EPA
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construction grants and toxic substances programs. The ADP
Audits Unit is responsible for identifying, planning, and
overseeing audits of EPA's ADP operations. Additionally,
the ADP Audits Unit: Analyzes the OIG's need for ADP
resources; Provides guidance to the field regarding the
effective utilization of ADP resources; and Assures that
audits of ADP operations are conducted in accordance with
applicable GAO operations standards. The Program Analysis
Unit is responsible for obtaining a detailed working
knowledge of the statutes, regulations, and policies and
procedures related to EPA Programs. This knowledge is used
to plan needed audits. Program experts assist in the
preparation of surveys and audit guides and provide guidance
to field staff to ensure an adequate understanding of the
audits being performed. Audit reports are reviewed to
assure technical accuracy and appropriate recommendations.
c. Field Divisions. The Office of Audit maintains six
Field Divisions:
Field Geographical Area Office Location
Division of Responsibility of Divisional IG
Internal Headquarters & Major Washington, DC
Audits Laboratories
Eastern Federal Regions I and II New York
Mid-Atlantic Federal Region III Philadelphia
Southern Federal Regions IV and VI Atlanta
Northern Federal Region V Chicago
Western Federal Regions VII, San Francisco
VIII, IX & X
Each Field Division, under the supervision of a Divisional
Inspector General for Audit, reports to the Assistant
Inspector General for Audit; conducts a program of internal
and external audits of EPA's activities within the Field
Division; prepares and issues internal and external audit
reports; implements audit policies and standards; arranges
and controls audit assistance performed by other Federal
agencies and non-Federal auditors, and maintains operating
contacts with Agency offices and State government offices in
the assigned area to assist in prompt resolution of problems
requiring audit service or advice. Sub-offices within the
audit Field Division will be located to provide audit
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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 OIG 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
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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
continuing liaison with Federal, State and investigative
agencies. Sub-offices within the Investigations Field
Divisions will be located to provide investigative
capabilities where needed.
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4. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT. The
Office of Management and Technical Assessment, headed by an
Assistant Inspector General, is 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;
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(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;
(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;
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(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;
(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
Operations Staff
Planning and
Resoucres
Management
Staff
Technical
Services Staff
Field Divisions
Office of
Investigations
Field Divisions
Office of Management
and Technical
Assistance
Technical
Assessment and
Fraud Prevention
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. It 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. The Office serves as
the point of liaison with the EPA Science Advisory Board.
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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; program planning; 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 Research Program
Management are specially required to: develop
recommendations on Office of Research and Development (ORD)
programs; identify and develop alternative program goals,
priorities, objectives, and research plans; develop
recommendations on overall Office policies and means for
their implementation; develop and administer the formal
Office of Research and Development planning, budgeting,
reporting and review system in implementation of the Agency
system; provide policy development and review for ORD
planning, budgeting and reporting activities; recommend
resource targets and major objectives for ORD research
offices; coordinate the preparation of ORD program plans and
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.
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b. Office of Technology Transfer and Regulatory
Support (OTTRSl. The Office of Technology Transfer and
Regulatory Support, 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 and
transferring ORD's information and technology to state and
local organizations involved in environmental protection.
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
ORD-scientific implementation of the 1986 Technology
Transfer Act and the increased attention to Regional Offices
needs and networking of national issues. OTTRS will have
the lead role for technology transfer within ORD, will
provide technical and policy assistance to ORD laboratories
and serve 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).
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;
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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 Official—RTF 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 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 AND MONITORING SYSTEMS AND QUALITY
ASSURANCE COMMSOA^. The Office of Modeling and 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 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 and 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 Agencywide Quality Assurance
Program; development and provision of quality assurance
methods, techniques and material 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 assure 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
administration support for the Office and its associated
laboratories; administering the ORD planning, reporting
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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 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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/CI) has as its primary mission:
Conduct research in the development, evaluation, and
standardization of chemical and biological methods for
environmental assessments; conduct research for detecting,
identifying and quantifying microbial pathogens found in
environmental media; and the operation of the USEPA Quality
Assurance (QA) Programs for water, wastewater, and related
analyses in solid wastes/superfund/toxics.
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 samples.
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 analyzes of 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.
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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 quality, 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
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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 quality 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
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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.
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.
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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.
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 behavior of pollutants in terms
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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;
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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.
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
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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.
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
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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 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
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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.
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.
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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
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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
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
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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.
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.
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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 (OHEA).
The Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, under the
supervision of a Director, reports to the Assistant
Administrator for Research and Development and is his/her
principal 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 regulatory review in the Agency
Steering Committee, Science Advisory Board, and in
cooperation with other Federal agencies and the scientific
and technical community; and provides administrative support
services to the components of OHEA. The Director's Office
provides Headquarters coordination for the Environmental
Criteria and Assessment offices located in Cincinnati, Ohio
and Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
a. Exposure Assessment Group. The Exposure Assessment
Group is responsible to the Director of the Office of Health
and Environmental Assessment for advising the Agency's
operating programs on the exposure characteristics and
factors of agents that are suspected of causing 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.
k>. Human Health Assessment Group. The Human Health
Assessment Group is responsible to the Director of the
Office of Health and Environmental Assessment of advising
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the Agency's operating programs on the health risks
associated with suspected 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
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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.
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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CHAPTER 10 - OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR WATER
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR WATER. The
Office of the Assistant Administrator for Water provides
Agencywide policy, guidance and direction for the Agency's
drinking water, water quality, ground-water and wetlands
protection program. In addition to the management of these
programs, the Assistant Administrator serves as principal
advisor to the Administrator in matters pertaining to
drinking water, water quality, ground-water, and wetlands
protection. 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
compliance and permitting activities as they relate to
drinking water and water programs; development of programs
for technical assistance and technology transfer;
development of selected demonstration program; long-term
strategic planning and special studies; economic and long-
term environmental analysis; marine and estuarine
protection; and implementation of EPA's responsibilities
under section 404 (Dredge and Fill Permits) of the Clean
Water Act (CWA).
a. Water Policy Office. The Water Policy Office
(WPO), under the supervision of a Director, serves as the
principal staff to the Assistant Administrator for the
review and analysis of policies and regulations originating
both within and outside the Office of Water (OW) . Also
serves as principal staff on matters of communications,
including the development and management of strategies, for
the release of OW policies. WPO reviews and comments on all
policy and regulatory materials to assure consistency with
the Assistant Administrator's policies; provide expert
advice on benefits analysis to the Assistant Administrator;
provides special 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. It reviews benefit analyses
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performed by program offices to ensure that key policy and
economic questions have been adequately addressed and may
perform analyses of financial impact of alternative
enforcement of regulatory decisions at the Assistant
Administrator's request. It directs special projects in
specific program areas to develop policy and economic
options and develops alternative strategic responses to
economic and technological trends for the Assistant
Administrator and develops policy guidance and evaluates
implementation of that guidance at the regional level.
b. Resources Management and Administration Office.
The Resources Management and Administration Office (RMAO),
under the supervision of a Director, serves as the principal
staff to the Assistant Administrator on matters relating to
budget, administration, and management. The Office manages
the program planning and budget process for OW, including
budget development, hearing preparation, oversight of
operating plan development, implementation, and financial
management. It develops Office of Water travel policy,
reviews travel plans and makes recommendations to the
Assistant Administrator; oversees development of contract
plans and reviews contracts which require the Assistant
Administrator's approval; manages development of OW measures
for the Strategic Planning and Management System 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. It 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 in the areas of budget preparation,
justification, and execution; human resources management;
grants and contracts administration; facilities and support
services; automated data processing; health and safety
services; and organization and management services. Also it
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.
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2. OFFICE OF DRINKING WATER. The Office of Drinking Water
(ODW), under the supervision of a Director, is responsible
to the Assistant Administrator for Water. The Office
Director serves as national program manager for the Safe
Drinking Water Act of 1974 including the Public Water
Systems and Underground Injection Control (UIC) programs and
is responsible for developing regulations and guidelines to
protect drinking water quality and existing and future
under-ground sources of drinking water, developing program
policy and guidance for enforcement and compliance
activities, and recommending policy for water supply
protection activities to the Assistant Administrator. ODW
develops a national program of public information; develops
plans and policy for response to water supply emergencies;
and reviews technical data for the designation of sole
source aquifers with regional offices. ODW coordinates water
supply activities with other Federal agencies as necessary;
serves as liaison with the National Drinking Water Advisory
Council; and works with the Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response, the Office of Pesticides and Toxic
Substances, and the Office of Ground-water Protection to
assure the safety of both surface and ground-water supplies.
ODW 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
evaluates Regional water supply programs.
a. Program Development and Evaluation Division. The
Program Development and Evaluation Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Office
Director for Drinking Water for analytic, budget,
administrative, and risk assessment functions for that
Office. Conducts a variety of analytic studies on policy
issues relating to program priorities and objectives,
resources and legislation; conducts economic analyses of
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proposed regulations and treatment techniques; and reviews
quantitative assessments of carcinogenic risks. It provides
assistance to the Office in sampling techniques and
statistical assessments of quantitative data; performs broad
strategic planning for the drinking water program which
takes into consideration the public health and welfare and
costs; develops and conducts evaluations on the ability of
the program to fulfill statutory objectives; and develops,
implements, and maintains computer systems necessary to
implement the Safe Drinking Water Act. Also, it provides
administrative, budget, and financial support to the Office
of Drinking Water including necessary program planning and
evaluations.
b. Criteria and Standards Division. The Criteria and
Standards Division, under the supervision of a Director,
establishes and revises all regulations and guidelines
relating to primary and secondary drinking water criteria
and standards and prepares guidance on the operation and
maintenance of treatment plants. The Division monitors and
actively studies point of use treatment and other innovative
techniques for achieving compliance with drinking water
regulations, and develops rationale for determination of
Generally Available Technologies and unit cost processes.
It monitors the congressionally mandated National Academy of
Science studies on Drinking Water and Health; identifies
research needs and supervises quality assurance activities
for the Office of Drinking Water; and provides input to
international studies relating to water supply. It reviews,
assesses, and maintains surveillance of direct and indirect
additives to water and their potential health effects, and
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; develops toxicological and
technical guidance for variances and exemptions; 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; develops
programs, policies, and guidance for small water treatment
systems; and assists in emergency situations by providing
scientific and toxicological advice.
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c. State Programs Division. The State Programs
Division, under the supervision of a Director, provides
national program direction for the Public Water Systems
(PWS) and Underground Injection Control (UIC) programs. It
develops and revises regulations and guidelines for the PWS
and the UIC programs and conducts the Headquarters review of
State applications for primacy and State program revisions
for both programs. The Division provides policy, technical
and management guidance, to Regions and States on all phases
of program implementation and compliance with the
regulations, and monitors progress in implementation at the
Regional and State levels; develops overall compliance and
permitting policy and provides guidance to the Regions on
the implementation of permitting, surveillance and
enforcement programs where States do not have primary
enforcement responsibility; develops and maintains models
for the allocation of Regional resources, and allocates PWS
and UIC grant funds and tracks the use of resources by
Regions and States; develops and maintains automated systems
necessary to implement the Safe Drinking Water Act;
establishes policy guidance relating to the Interstate
Carrier Water Supply Certification Program, the monitoring
and surveillance programs for Federal facilities and Indian
reservations; the granting of variances and exemptions; and
responses to national, Regional, and local water supply
emergencies. It identifies research needs, serves as the
program liaison with the Office of Water Enforcement and
Permits and 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.
d. Technical Support Division. Cincinnati. The
Technical Support Division, under the supervision of a
Director, provides technical assistance to the regions and
States in the areas of operation and maintenance, monitoring
and surveillance, treatment technology, and manpower
development. The Division 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;
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and maintains a group of experienced personnel for technical
support in emergency situations; plans and prepares, upon
request, studies of the nature and extent of contaminants in
public water supplies and ground-water sources; and
identifies the source of contamination and develops
recommendations for corrective actions. The Division
develops and improves field investigation techniques for
evaluation of drinking water quality; assists in formulation
and conduct of manpower development programs for State and
local water supply personnel as may be appropriate; and
serves as an ODW representative on various work-groups and
committees.
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3. OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL POLLUTION CONTROL. The Office of
Municipal Pollution Control (OMPC), under the supervision of
the Office Director, is responsible to the Assistant
Administrator for Water for: developing national strategies,
program and policy recommendations, regulations and
guidelines for municipal water pollution control; 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 delegation oversight procedures and
for evaluating Regional municipal point source abatement and
control programs including related water quality and cost
effectiveness issues.
a. Municipal Construction Division. The Municipal
Construction Division, under the supervision of the
Director, is responsible for the national management of the
planning, design and construction phases of the construction
grants program and the oversight of the delegated
construction grants program. The Division develops and
tracks estimates of construction grants obligations and
outlays, develops State-by-State financial allotments and
reallotments for distributing construction grants
appropriations and reallotted amounts to the States in
accordance with the legislation and appropriate regulations;
tracks State-by-state utilization of planning allowances;
conducts financial analyses of the construction grants
program related to the impact of various legislative or
budgetary proposals on the levels of appropriations,
obligations, outlay, or project funding schedules; and
manages the construction grants portion of OW s
accountability and management evaluation systems within the
Office of Municipal Pollution Control including coordination
of program priorities and reporting with Agency
accountability systems. It also conducts evaluations of
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Regional performance in relevant Division priority areas,
and takes corrective action as necessary; oversees the
Construction Grants Management System (CGMS) to ensure ready
availability of management information; reviews grants
applications for the Administrator's concurrence and serves
as the principal point of contact with Regional and State
municipal grants programs for resolution of specific project
issues; manages a program of construction management
evaluations to ensure that projects are completed
expeditiously with fiscal integrity and achieve design
objectives; monitors, analyzes and evaluates the operation
of completed facilities during the first year of operation
and coordinates with the Office of Water Enforcement and
Permits for continued monitoring. It coordinates with the
Office of Inspector General on a continuing program of
investigations and audits of grants projects to prevent
waste, fraud and mismanagement; directs delegation of the
Construction Grants Program to the States; assists regional
offices and State agencies in interfacing State management
assistance grants with sections 402, 404, 208 programs and
106 and 205(j) grants; and tracks delegation status and
205(g) resource utilization. Analyzes State resource needs
and makes recommendations on the role of the States, the
Corps, and EPA after delegation occurs. Develops program
guidance in relevant areas to assist in implementation of
program responsibilities.
b. Municipal Facilities Division. The Municipal
Facilities Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for national management of a program to ensure
that States and municipalities are able to plan, construct,
and operate self-sustaining wastewater treatment works as
Federal construction grant funding is reduced and phased
out, and that as a prerequisite for a construction grant
award, all grant applicants have the financial and
management capabilities necessary for financing,
construction and sound operation of a municipal wastewater
treatment works. The Division maintains and regularly
updates complete inventories of existing and needed future
wastewater treatment works; assists States in developing and
maintaining a water quality-oriented priority system and
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provides guidance for annual preparation of project priority
lists; provides to the States the necessary technical and
managerial tools to assess the water quality impacts of each
wastewater treatment works and to report under section 305
these results in an additive and nationally consistent
manner; evaluates for the nation and each State, in
cooperation with Office of Water Regulations and Standards,
the results of the Construction Grants Program in terms of
water quality and use improvements; and provides the
technical regulations, guidance, training and other
information necessary for design of cost effective
wastewater treatment works. It manages programs for
Innovative/Alternative Technologies, Infiltration/Inflow
Correction, Small Alternative Wastewater Treatment Systems,
sludge management, industrial pretreatment and secondary
treatment; manages review of advanced treatment and Marine
Combined Sewer Overflow projects at Headquarters; develops
policies and guidance for regional office quality review of
such projects; provides guidance for regional office quality
reviews of a sample of completed facility plans; and
provides direction and information on current and future
technology for municipal wastewater facilities. The
Division evaluates facility costs and disseminates
construction and operation and maintenance cost estimating
information nationally and information to encourage
communities to evaluate the entire range of financial issues
associated with proposed treatment facilities; conducts
evaluations of regional performance in relevant priority
areas as determined by the OW and Agency accountability and
management evaluation systems and takes corrective action as
necessary-
c. Planning and Analysis Division. The Planning and
Analysis Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for development and coordination of all
legislative, regulatory, strategic planning and budgetary
activities of OMPC. The Division develops long range program
and resource strategies for the Construction Grants Program
and provides for implementation of such strategies at
Headquarters and field levels; directs and coordinates the
policy-making process for the Construction Grants Program
including the development of legislative proposals,
regulations, guidance documents, priority work plans, and
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new program initiatives; develops strategies for
municipalities to address water pollution problems; and
conducts various special analyses of program performance as
appropriate. It develops the annual budget strategy and
budget justification materials for OMB and Congress. In
line with budget strategy, ensures incorporation of program
priorities into annual program plans and evaluations. The
Division develops and monitors implementation of
Interagency Agreements between EPA regional offices and the
Department of Army, Corps of Engineers, including the
distribution of funds to Corps field offices; collects data
on resource needs and funding activities under the
Interagency Agreement; allocates staffing resources among
Headquarters and regional offices annually in accordance
with Agency priorities and resources availability; assures
that priority Headquarters and regional office activities
are planned and carried out in a coordinated and integrated
fashion; and provides for coordinated data submissions from
regional offices and State agencies to support management
and budget needs. It directs management studies and
develops guidelines and procedures to improve organizational
effectiveness; designs and implements systems for tracking
key Headquarters outputs and management indicators; directs
the development and monitoring of Headquarters operating
plans; directs overall administrative support activities,
including fiscal management of the Interagency Agreement
with the Corps of Engineers; and manages the Office of Water
Regulations and Standards wastewater treatment facility
operator training program.
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4. OFFICE OF WATER REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS. The Office
of Water Regulations and Standards (OWRS), under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Assistant
Administrator for Water. The Director is responsible for
developing an overall program strategy for the achievement
of water pollution abatement in cooperation with other
appropriate program offices; assuring the coordination of
all national water-related activities within this water
program strategy; and monitoring national progress toward
the achievement of water quality goals, including
preparation of reports to Congress under Section 305(b).
The Director is responsible for the development of effluent
guidelines and water quality regulatory and nonpoint source
control programs and also for developing, implementing and
coordinating regulations and guidance for water quality
management planning under sections 303 and 208 and for State
grants programs under section 106 and under the
nonconstruction grants portions of sections 205 (g) and
205(j).
a. Assessment and Watershed Protection Division. The
Assessment and Watershed Protection Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for developing and
implementing surface water quality assessment and monitoring
programs, and for managing a national program for
controlling nonpoint source pollution. It guides and
directs surface water quality assessment programs,
monitoring programs, wasteload allocation/total maximum
daily load programs, and water quality inventory reporting
through development of policies, drafting of guidance, and
provision of technical assistance. The Division facilitates
and directs provisions of the Clean Water Act (CWA), as
amended. It develops and/or conducts outreach activities,
technical assistance, technology transfer, and provides
scientific and engineering tools to support EPA Regions,
other Federal agencies, States, localities, landowners, and
the public in addressing point source problems. With the
Office of Water Enforcement and Permits, it produces
technical guidance for developing water quality-based
controls for point source discharges of toxic pollutants and
for implementation of these controls in National Pollutants
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Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits; and
coordinates these activities with other Office of Water
offices and the Office of Research and Development. The
Division prepares assessments of national water quality,
evaluates environmental consequences of proposed regulatory
approaches, and recommends priorities for control programs
in conjunction with other OW offices, especially the Office
of Marine and Estuarine Protection, Office of Wetlands
Protection, and the Office of Ground-water Protection. It
conducts national studies and evaluations to determine
extent and characteristics of water quality problems such as
bioaccumulation and sediment contamination; and develops and
implements analytical approaches for measuring environmental
effectiveness of water pollution control programs. The
Division serves as point of coordination within the OW for
surface water assessment activities, and for water quality
data systems. It develops and implements a strategy for
data management, and manages computerized water quality
information systems; develops and manages data bases and
analysis programs to assist in performing water quality
assessments and evaluations; and coordinates quality
assurance activities within the Office of Water Regulations
and Standards.
b. Industrial Technology Division. The Industrial
Technology Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for the development of effluent guidelines
regulations for both new and existing sources of industrial
discharge to surface waters and to publicly-owned treatment
works. The Division develops technical reports and guidance
documents for unregulated industries and pollutants. It
provides technical assistance, advice and consultation to
the Office of General Counsel, and Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Monitoring for adjudication of regulations;
provides technical support and assistance to the Office of
Water Enforcement and Permits, regional offices, and State
permit authorities on the interpretation and implementation
of specific effluent guidelines, regulations, and provides
technical advice on water quality management issues
affecting industrial sources. The Division evaluates and
provides program policies on industrial water pollution;
investigates new technologies, processes and emerging
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industries; assesses the treatability of individual
pollutants for industry-specific wastewater and treatment
technologies; and maintains liaison with the Office of
Research and Development, industry, and interest groups to
assure that the most recent advances in technology are
incorporated into guidelines. The Division also manages a
regulations tracking system and consults with the Office of
Policy, Planning and Evaluation on issues of program
integration. The Division initiates development of
analytical methods to support OWRS program areas such as
sludge, sediment, and wastewater analysis, and develops
regulations for analytical methods where appropriate.
c. Criteria and Standards Division. The Criteria and
Standards Division, under the supervision of a Director, has
as its prime objective the development of technical criteria
that will assist in the protection of the public health and
the beneficial uses of the nations waters and wetlands. As
a part of achieving this objective, the Division is
responsible for developing technical regulations and
guidelines on sewage sludge under section 405 of the CWA;
developing water and sediment quality criteria and
advisories, and other criteria-setting activities in support
of section 304 (a) of the Act; developing regulatory
requirements, policy initiatives, and guidelines for
establishing water quality standards under section 303 of
the Act; promulgating Federal water quality standards under
section 303 of the Act; 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 Act; and providing technical assistance and
support to other EPA offices, regional offices, and States
in implementing and interpreting reports, guidelines, and
regulatory requirements related to sewage sludge, sediment
and water quality criteria, and water quality standards.
d. Analysis and Evaluation Division. The Analysis and
Evaluation Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for establishing a framework for implementing
the Agency's water-related activities in a coordinated
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manner; for budget development and management; for
statistical support or analyses, and expert review of all
regulations developed by OWRS and other offices, upon
request. The Division conducts analyses of OWRS programs
and the implementation of OWRS developed regulations and
guidance documents. In particular, it develops and analyzes
alternative control options and prepares necessary issue
and/or option papers detailing costs, benefits, legal
implications, economic impacts, risks, technological
feasibility, administrative ramifications and public
reaction to the alternative control options presented. The
Division develops program regulations and policy guidance to
set national water quality priorities and ensure the
effective disposition of all grants: section 106, and non-
construction grant 205(g), and 205(j), and 319 grants. It
develops annual budget strategy, ensures incorporation of
program priorities into annual program plans and
evaluations, and directs the development and monitoring of
Headquarters' operating plans. The Division directs overall
administrative support activities and provides information
on financial assistance to small businesses adversely
impacted by water regulations.
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5. OFFICE OF WATER ENFORCEMENT AND PERMITS. The Office of
Water Enforcement and Permits (OWEP), under the supervision
of a Director, is responsible to the Assistant Administrator
for Water and is the National Program Manager for the
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
permit, compliance and administrative enforcement program
under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the enforcement
responsibilities under sections 311 and 404 of the Clean
Water Act. The Office Director is responsible for
developing program policy, guidance, and regulations for
permitting and compliance activities; for developing and
defending a national program budget reflecting program needs
and priorities; for ensuring the implementation of Agency
policy and technical direction and support to regional
offices; for developing and implementing delegation
oversight procedures; and for evaluating regional permitting
and compliance programs.
a. Program Management Staff. The Program Management
Staff (PMS), under the supervision of a Director, serves as
principal staff to the Office Director on matters relating
to policy, budget, administration and management. The staff
manages program planning and budget processes for Office of
Water Enforcement and Permits, including budget development,
implementation, and financial management; reviews and
comments on all policy issuances to assure consistency with
Office policy and participates in work groups for
strategy/policy development and resource analyses when
requested by the Office Director; develops contract plans
and reviews contracts which require the Office Director's
signature; develops measures for Office of Water and Agency
accountability systems; coordinates reporting on behalf of
the Office; and manages administrative processes such as
merit pay and performance standards systems, space,
personnel, and organization and management services. It
coordinates the development and negotiation of the
Information Collection Budget.
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t>. Enforcement Division. The Enforcement Division,
under the Supervision of a Director, develops policies,
strategies, procedures and guidance for EPA and State
compliance monitoring, evaluation, and enforcement programs
for the Clean Water Act and Marine Protection, Research and
Sanctuaries Act. The Division evaluates the effectiveness of
regional and State compliance monitoring and enforcement
programs. It provides technical and training support to the
regions and States for pretreatment enforcement programs,
compliance data reviews, facility inspections, issuance of
notices of violations and administrative orders, and
development of evidence in support of judicial enforcement
actions. It coordinates review and approval of compliance
aspects of State program applications for permitting and
enforcement authority and provides assistance on technical
aspects of enforcement action development and follow-up;
reviews proposed judicial enforcement actions, withdrawals
and consent decrees for consistency with national program
policy and guidance, and provides technical support for the
development and follow-up of nationally managed enforcement
cases. The Division maintains liaison with the Office of
Enforcement and other program offices as needed; maintains
compliance statistics for pollutant sources nationally;
develops and maintains national data systems for the storage
of information from self-monitoring reports, inspections,
and other sources; and prepares compliance status and
progress reports for EPA management and the Congress.
c. Permits Division. The Permits Division, under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for providing
national program direction to the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program under
sections 401 and 402 of the Clean Water Act including
issuance of regulations, policy and guidance, development of
national strategies, implementation management, and overview
of regional and State operations. It reviews State
applications for administration of the NPDES program and
major modifications to approved State programs, and develops
regulations and policy governing the State approval and
approved State program review process; provides program,
direction to the national pretreatment program including
local pretreatment program development, review, and
implementation, and reviews and recommends action on
applications for or modifications to State Surface Mining
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Control and Reclamation Act programs; and reviews and
redesigns the NPDES and pretreatment program to be
responsive to statutory and court ordered mandates and
changes in Agency policy. The Division develops model
approaches for management of the NPDES program, such as
developing biomonitoring techniques for evaluating waste
discharges and receiving waters and for establishing
toxicity-based effluent limitations, and also develops new
and unique methods, procedures, or types of permits for
controlling such generalized water pollution discharges as
run-off of stormwater from farms and cities, confined
animal feedlots, and other water pollution sources;
coordinates with the Construction Grants Program in
development of Publicly Owned Treatment Works policies for
issuance of permits to assure that regulatory standards and
funding policies are made as consistent as possible; and
oversees regional and State performance in implementing the
NPDES permit and pretreatment programs.
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6. OFFICE OF MARINE AND ESTUARINE PROTECTION. The Office
of Marine and Estuarine Protection, under the supervision of
a Director, is responsible for the development of policies
and strategies and implementation of a program to protect
the marine/estuarine environment utilizing relevant
authorities contained in the Clean Water Act (CWA), the
Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA), and
other environmental statutes. The office develops policies,
regulations, and procedures for evaluation of 301(h)
waivers; ocean dumping permits; 403(c) discharge criteria
and other activities which impact the marine environment;
and oversees and provides assistance to the regions in the
evaluation of requests for 301(h) waivers to marine waters,
403(c) permits, ocean dumping permits, as well as research
and emergency dumping permits and provides technical
assistance where required. It evaluates and selects
suitable sites for the ocean dumping of dredged materials by
the Army Corps of Engineers and for the disposal of other
wastes permitted by EPA; prepares environmental assessments,
environmental impact statements and general field studies in
support of the permit decision process; coordinates the
development of laboratory and field protocols for
environmental assessments in the marine/estuarine
environment; and develops guidance for and conducts
monitoring programs for identification and collection of
necessary data. The Division integrates the outputs of the
Agency's marine water quality/sediment criteria development
process and wasteload allocation process into marine and
estuarine policy and operating guidance; carries out quality
control/quality assurance programs to ensure gathering of
data of known quality and develops and implements needed
data management programs to provide access to available
technical information to regional offices, other
Headquarters program offices, State and local governments
and other users; and provides expertise to support a wide
range of Agency activities affecting the marine environment,
including the issuance of NPDES ocean discharge permits.
The Office provides National direction for the Chesapeake
Bay and other estuarine programs and provides technical
support to regional offices and acts as the Agency's
Washington spokesperson for these programs. Using the
Chesapeake Bay as a pilot program, it develops a basin-wide
perspective for source management to protect receiving
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waters; and develops generic policy and guidance for
estuaries, bay, and coastal waters. It evaluates monitoring
data available for the Chesapeake Bay and other coastal
programs and relates the data to point and non-point source
controls to measure the effectiveness of pollution-abatement
efforts and represents the Administrator and/or the Deputy
Administrator on these programs when requested.
The Office provides policy oversight of the Great Lakes
Program for the Office of Water, including the review of
budget and workplans. It assures the integration of data
developed through the Great Lakes Program with other
activities in the marine and estuarine program; develops
annual report to Congress on status of Ocean Dumping
programs under the MPRSA and provides technical support on
the London Dumping Convention. It develops, in cooperation
with the Secretaries of Army, Agriculture, and other
appropriate Federal, State, interstate or local public
bodies and private organizations the National Estuarine
report under section 104(n) of the CWA; works with other
State and local governments and private institutions engaged
in marine activities to develop trend data and enters into
formal agreements as necessary; and works closely with other
Federal agencies which have marine protection and regulatory
responsibilities to develop and implement cooperative marine
monitoring strategies. It coordinates with Federal agencies
in such programs as Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas
leasing and development and offshore mining and fishery
resource management.
The Office Director is also responsible for ensuring the
development of performance agreements, required of all EPA
personnel; developing annual resource guidance and program
work plans for presentation to and approval of the Assistant
Administrator; and for monitoring and evaluating the
performance and progress of the Office in implementing
Agency and Office of Water program plans and priorities.
a- Policy and Management Support Staff. The Policy
and Management Support Staff provides overall program
coordination, policy analysis, guidance and issues
management for marine and estuarine activities. The staff
provides ongoing liaison and communication, and evaluation
as appropriate, with regional offices. It establishes and
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implements management and accountability systems, with the
appropriate Regions, for carrying out ocean dumping
activities and Chesapeake Bay/Great Lakes and other
estuarine protection programs; serves as the focal point for
responding to inquiries from Congressional staff,
State/local governments and other external groups; and
conducts special studies and analyses on cross-cutting
issues. The staff provides all budget, planning, contract
management and administrative services for the Office
including program development and evaluation, financial
management, human resources management, correspondence and
policy tracking and management. The staff manages all major
analytical and vessel operations contracts for the Office
and serves as the point of liaison and coordination with the
OW and other Agency offices. It provides management advice
and assistance to all components of the Office.
b. Technical Support Division. The Technical Support
Division, under the supervision of a Director, prepares and
provides direction and guidance on scientific issues related
to marine matters for use by Headquarters, regions, States,
and local governments. The Division provides technical
support in preparation of regulations and guidance for
issuing 301(h) waivers, 403(c) discharge criteria, and ocean
dumping permits, as well as site selection and designation
and impact monitoring; coordinates the development of
laboratory and field groups, environmental groups, the press
and Congressional staffs on matters relating to ground-
water ;and supports the Assistant Administrator for Water,
who serves as the Agency spokesperson on legislative matters
affecting ground-water.
c. Marine Operations Division. The Marine Operations
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for development and implementation of
regulations, policy and procedures for evaluation of permits
issued under 403(c) of the Clean Water Act (CWA); the
evaluation of requests for waivers of treatment requirements
for marine waters under section 301(h) of the CWA; and
issuance of ocean dumping permits under the Marine
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Protection Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA). The
Division provides oversight and technical assistance to
regional offices in evaluating these permits requests and
assuring compliance with the permits; assists the regions
and Permits Division by developing the water quality based
conditions for ocean discharge permits issued under
sections 402 and 403 (c) of the CWA. Maintains a data
base to track national program status and assures
consistency of policies and procedures among the regions.
The Division develops and maintains necessary data, and the
analysis thereof, to respond to petitions for site
designation for ocean dumping of all wastes, including
dredged materials and to the perceived need for designation
of sites which may not yet be the subject of petitions. It
develops and implements the necessary procedures to make
decisions on permanent designation for sites which are
currently designated interim; provides policy support to the
Assistant Administrator for Water in matters relating to the
London Dumping Convention; develops a compliance inspection
survey strategy and guidance for Regional program
implementation; and coordinates enforcement actions with
other Agency program offices including OGC, OWEP, OE, and
other Federal agencies including the U.S. Coast Guard and
State Department. The Division provides technical support
for Agency compliance and enforcement activities in cases
affecting the marine environment.
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7. OFFICE OF GROUND-WATER PROTECTION. The Office Of
Ground-Water Protection, under the supervision of a
Director, reporting to the Assistant Administrator for
Water, oversees implementation of the Agency's Ground-Water
Protection Strategy; establishes and implements an EPA
framework for ground-water protection decisionmaking, and
serves as the focus of internal EPA policy coordination for
ground-water; implements the Wellhead Protection Program,
the Sole Source Aquifer Designation Program and the Sole
Source Aquifer Demonstration Program under the 1986 Safe
Drinking Water Act Amendments; provides program coordination
and policy direction to Regional ground-water programs,
including guidance for use of Clean Water Act grant funds;
works to integrate ground-water protection policies into
various EPA programs such as the Pesticides in Ground-Water
Strategy, the nonpoint source program, RCRA, and Superfund;
develops and promotes increased access and utility of EPA's
ground-water data base, in cooperation with other federal
agencies; coordinates and provides staff support to a
Ground-Water Oversight Committee of Assistant
Administrators. Assesses and evaluates EPA ground-water
program effectiveness. The Regional Offices of Ground-Water
provide the primary points of contact in the Agency for the
various State agencies implementing ground-water protection
programs; ensure consistent application of Agency policies
and appropriate use of State ground-water strategy grants
funds; provide technical and institutional support to States
in developing Wellhead Protection programs and ground-water
protection strategies, and in applying for federal grants;
review Sole Source Aquifer petitions and regulated projects;
work with Indian Tribes to assure EPA understanding of
tribal issues in program development and to assist in
developing tribal ground-water protection programs;
coordinate ground-water data collected by Regional programs.
a. Management and Policy Support Staff. Management
and Policy Support Staff, under the supervision of a
Director, serves as the principal staff to the Office
Director on matters relating to program management and
administrative operations. Provides management advice to
the Office Director and components of the Office of Ground-
Water Protection. Develops policies and guidance on
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administration and program management; issues
procedures/guidelines for implementation by other Office
components. Responsible for long-term strategic planning
and special studies; national program evaluation, economic
and long-term environmental analysis. Serves as point of
liaison and coordination with the Office of Policy, Planning
and Evaluation (OPPE) in the areas of program management
and operations; coordinate with OPPE in the development and
review of standards and regulations pertaining to Ground-
Water Protection programs. Serves as the Executive
Secretary for the Assistant Administrator/Regional
Administrator Ground-Water Oversight Committee. Manages the
Ground-Water Steering Committee of the Office Directors.
Serves as focal point for State and Regional Operations.
Designs and directs policy coordination on ground-water
matters with the Regions. In cooperation with the Regions,
develops strategies for working with States to assure an
understanding of State problems and needs. Provides
leadership in the design and management of relevant State
grant support. Develops appropriate support mechanisms to
facilitate program implementation in the States. Manages
and designs strategy for technical assistance
implementation. Provides liaison with the Office of
Regional Operations and State/Local Relations, other Federal
agencies, public interest groups. Congressional staff, as
appropriate.
b. Source Assessment and Information Management Staff.
The Source Assessment and Information Management Staff,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for
coordinating, throughout the Agency, activities associated
with the Wellhead Protection program (WHP) established under
the 1986 Amendments to Safe Drinking Water Act. Provides
guidance to the States as they develop, administer, and
implement the WHP Program. Develop WHP technical assistance
documents associated with the identification, assessment,
and management of the sources of contamination within
Wellhead Protection Areas. Coordinates the review by the
Agency of States' submittals of proposed Wellhead Protection
programs, with specific emphasis on reviewing the States'
efforts in source assessment. In addition, the Source
Assessment and Information Management Staff is responsible
for coordinating EPA ground-water data management efforts.
Develops and coordinates access systems (e.g., STORET, CIS)
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for providing ground-water data and other information to the
States and site managers. Identifies new information needs
of the States and local governments and designs approaches
to filling in Agency's collection and storage of ground-
water data, and coordinates the use of these standards
across other Federal Agencies, States, local governments,
and other members of the ground-water community- Provides
technical assistance and training to EPA, States, other
Federal Agencies, and others on the use of various ground-
water information management systems. Coordinates the
information needs of OWGP. The Source Assessment and
Information Management Staff provides liaison with OSWER,
OPTS, OARM (OIRM), ORD, and other OW programs.
c. Technical and Regulatory Analysis Staff. This
staff, under the supervision of a Director, serves two
primary functions. First, the staff provides support to
Agency rulemaking and guidance activities, focusing on the
integration of OWGP initiatives under the EPA Ground-Water
Protection Strategy and Safe Drinking Water Act into Agency
operating programs under all relevant statutes. Second, it
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, research
needs. The staff provides the Office Director with
technical and policy analysis in support of the resolution
of key policy issues at the Assistant Administrator and
higher levels. In support of its mission, the staff
establishes and maintains close and cooperative working
relationships with peer groups both inside and outside the
Agency.
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8. OFFICE OF WETLANDS PROTECTION. The Office of Wetlands
Protection (OWP), under the supervision of a Director,
reports to the Assistant Administrator for Water. The
Director is responsible for: serving as the principal
spokesperson and center of expertise for the protection and
management of wetlands and similar and/or closely associated
habitats such as riparian habitats, mud or sand flats, and
vegetated shallows. It coordinates activities with the
Directors of the Office of Federal Activities and the Office
of Marine and Estuarine Protection where such interests and
expertise may overlap; providing overall EPA direction and
leadership in the implementation of the EPA strategic plan
for wetlands protection, any amendments to that plan, and
similar plans or strategies developed in the future;
developing national strategy, programs, policies,
regulations and guidance for 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;
developing national strategy, programs, policies,
regulations and guidance for State programs to protect
wetlands, including programs to assume section 404 authority
from the federal government; assisting other EPA programs
with the design and implementation of measures to ensure
adequate consideration of wetland functions values in
actions undertaken, managed, funded, or permitted by the
agency; coordinating EPA's wetlands program with those of
other federal agencies affecting the regulation, use,
acquisition, or management of wetlands and where possible
enhancing the activities of other agencies to provide for
greater wetlands protections; and maintaining liaison with
industry, environmental and other interest groups on
wetlands issues, and communicating to the public EPA's
objectives in its wetlands programs and the public's role in
achieving those goals.
The immediate office of the Director is responsible for:
developing and implementing guidance, procedures and
tracking systems for managing Headquarters S&E funds and
Headquarters and Regional AC&C funds; conducting all budget
and budget-related activities and analyses; developing and
applying a workload model for the distribution of regional
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workyears; project officer management of OWP's program
support contract; developing annual operating guidance,
establishing SPMS and OWAS measures and targets and
coordinating commitments; managing the OWP correspondence
control function; preparing communication strategies; and
providing OWP administrative services.
a. Regulatory Activities Division. The Regulatory
Activities Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for the following functions: developing
regulations, policy and guidance under section 404(b)(l)
providing environmental criteria for discharges of dredged
and fill material in regulated waters; developing
regulations, policy and guidance on EPA's authority to
restrict or prohibit the use of a discharge site under
section 404(c); developing regulations, policy and guidance
on exemptions from the permitting requirements under
section 404(f); developing regulations, policy and guidance
on enforcement of the provisions of sections 301, 309 and
404 of the Clean Water Act addressing discharges of dredged
and fill material; developing policy and guidance to focus
EPA's regulatory efforts on the most significant wetlands
problems, through wetland priority lists and use of advanced
identification; developing interagency agreements and
guidance on procedures for resolving disagreements between
EPA and the Corps of Engineer over proposed section 404
discharges under section 404(q); developing interagency
agreements and guidance addressing the jurisdictional scope
of waters of the United States regulated by the CWA;
providing day-to-day policy and technical and advice to the
Regions on review of proposed section 10 and section 404
activities, section 404(c) actions, section 404(q)
elevations, section 404 (f) exemptions, jurisdiction
(including special cases), enforcement, and advanced
identification; providing information to regions on
legislative, regulatory, and programmatic developments
affecting wetlands, and serving as a clearninghouse among
the Regions for such information; managing sections 404 and
10 permit cases, and jurisdictional special cases, elevated
to Headquarters under interagency agreements, and final
determinations on 404(c) actions recommended by regions;
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monitoring and evaluating implementation of the sections 404
and 10 Programs by the regions (except for State program
assumption); and developing and implementing an automated
data base for the section 404 and section 10 permitting and
enforcement programs. The Division is also responsible for
developing and managing grants, contracts and interagency
agreements to support the sections 404 and 10 Programs;
serving as liaison with the Department of Army and Corps of
Engineers, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National
Marine Fisheries Service on the sections 404 and 410
regulatory programs, including developing and implementing
interagency agreements; serving as liaison to the Office of
Federal Activities on all matters relating to the sections
404/10 regulatory program and the review of federal
projects/programs under section 309 of the Clean Air Act and
the National Environmental Policy Act. It serves as
Associate Reviewer for Headquarters actions under section
309; serving 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 410 programs; serving
as liaison to OWEP and OE on enforcement/compliance and with
OWEP on solid waste discharges into wetlands and other
NPDES/404 issues; developing and administering a technical
training program for EPA and section 404 and section 10
staff; developing and maintaining data, information, and
documentation on regulatory activities, dredging technology,
dredge spoil disposal, solid waste disposal, navigation and
related engineering, and aquatic chemistry; coordinating EPA
participation in international organizations and activities
affecting wetlands, except in areas directly related to
functions of the Wetland Strategies and State Programs
Division; conducting legislative analysis and Congressional
coordination, except in areas directly related to wetlands
strategies and State programs; and providing necessary
information and support to the immediate office of the
Office Director in the development of resource management
systems, budgets and related analyses, workload models and
related activities, operating guidance (including SPMS and
OWAS measures), communication strategies, and similar
general management activities.
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b. Wetlands Strategies and State Programs Division.
The Wetlands Strategies and State Programs Division (WSSPD) ,
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for:
formulating general strategies, policies, and workplans for
the protection and management of wetlands and similar
resources. It is responsible for providing general OWP
liaison with board strategic planning and analysis efforts
within the outside EPA. Works in close coordination with
the Regulatory Activities Division, particularly where
regulatory authorities/activities may be involved;
developing regulations, policy and guidance on section 404
program assumption by.. the States and the federal role in
oversight of State assumed programs; providing policy and
technical guidance to State and local governments to develop
and implement alternative (other than section 404
assumption) programs, to improve the protection of wetlands;
administering grants for the development of State and local
wetlands programs; administering the grants for the
"Wetlands Forum," a policy dialogue on wetlands involving
representatives of. Federal agencies, State and local
governments, and environmental and development interests,
and staffing the Administrator on his participation in the
Forum; serving .as liaison to the Federal Emergency
Management Administration and the Office of Coastal Resource
Management on administration of federal programs affecting
wetlands protection at the State and local level; serving as
liaison with other federal agencies (except for regulatory
programs of the Corps of Engineers, the Fish and Wildlife
Service, and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service);
developing and implementing programs and policies affecting
wetlands, including those related to agriculture, water
resources, and acquisition, leasing and management of
Federal lands; and serving as liaison with EPA programs
which affect wetlands, including non-point source,
estuarine, ground-water, water quality criteria and
standards, construction grants, SARA, RCRA, and
economic/benefits analysis of aquatic ecosystems; and
serving as liaison with EPA's Office of Regional Operations
and State/Local Relations on public information on wetlands,
intergovernmental and private sector matters, and Federal
agency issues that are not related to regulatory activities.
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The Division is also responsible for serving as liaison to
the Office of Research and Development, the regions, other
Federal agencies and the scientific community on wetlands
research and ecological risk assessment and management;
developing 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. Headquarters led initiatives will
generally be limited to those on the scale of an ecosystem,
watershed, or class of wetlands crossing regional
boundaries, or involving issues having national policy
implications. The need for an ecosystem initiative may be
triggered by a particular regulatory difficulty (for
example, a jurisdictional problem), a class of activities
adversely impacting the wetlands, or an unusual development
trend. An ecosystem initiative requires assessment and
analysis to identify the combination of EPA authorities,
capabilities, and expertise (considering regulatory tools,
public information, research technical training, and EPA
joint ventures with States, the regulated sector, interest
groups, other Federal agencies and private interests) that
optimally addresses the wetlands loss problem. The Wetlands
Strategies and State Programs Division is responsible for
developing the strategic plan and technical guidance and
methods for the initiatives, and for implementing aspects of
the strategies that related to State programs, non-
regulatory Federal programs, EPA programs and public and
interest group outreach.
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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 the recovery of
useful energy from solid waste; development and
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. Office of Program Management.. The Office of
Program Management (OPM), under the supervision of a
Director, reports to the Assistant Administrator for Solid
Waste and Emergency Response and is responsible for OSWER-
wide program administration in the following areas; long-
term strategic planning and analyses crossing program and
media lines; information management; technology transfer;
training; specialized task forces; development and update of
the "Hazardous Waste Plan"; those activities related to the
development of State certification plans for long term
capacity for the disposal of hazardous waste; policy
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development and related review functions; external affairs;
regulatory management; budget; human resources management;
and administrative/program management policy and guidance.
b. Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
Office. The Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
Office, 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); 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, OPTS, 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 method; 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.
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Under the guidance of the Office of International
Activities, coordinating Agency activities dealing with
chemical emergency preparedness and prevention programs in
other nations in order to 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 of
prevention, community right-to-know issues, and other
aspects of the program; coordinating CEPP activities with
other Agency offices and the regions, other Federal
agencies, States, and local governments, industry, labor
unions and public interest groups; 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 conducting related projects,
studies, and analyses that these programs require.
c. 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 technologies to inform the regions, states,
other Federal agencies; and Superfund and RCRA Corrective
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
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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 OSWER7s 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.
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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 External
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Affairs (OEA); the Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Monitoring (OECM); 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 External
Affairs (OEA) and IO-OSWER, represents the program to
external organizations, including the 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.
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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 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.
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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 9oqrdination 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. The oversight
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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. 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; OECM;
OEA, and OPPE. The division coordinates with the Office of
Federal Activities, OEA, 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.
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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. Office of Program Management and Support. The
Office of Program Management and Support, under the
supervision of a Director, reports to the Office Director
and is responsible for the following functions: developing
OSW budget submissions and reporting on OSW's financial
status as required; developing and implementing RCRA
communication strategies; planning and implementing
training for OSW, regional and State staffs; developing
regional workload models; developing and overseeing OSW
workplans; overseeing the Action Tracking System (ATS) for
OSW; and providing administrative support and financial
tracking for all OSW contracts and grants. The division is
also responsible for ensuring compliance with the Federal
Managers Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA); managing OWS
publications; overseeing Federal Register submissions;
coordinating responses to Freedom of Information (FOI)
requests; maintaining the RCRA Docket; developing,
producing and managing controlled correspondence;
managing OSWER's directives system; ensuring compliance with
Paperwork Reduction Act requirements; providing various
administrative services (travel/space planning, etc.);
managing the Confidential Business Information (CBI) System;
and ensuring compliance with conflict of interest
requirements.
b. Office of Policy. Planning and Information. The
Office of Policy, Planning and Information, under the
supervision of a Director, reports directly to the Office
Director and is responsible for the following functions:
providing long-term 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/benefit impacts of regulatory and non-regulatory
strategies; serving as focal point for dealing with OMB
and other agencies and institutions on cost/risk
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assessments for the hazardous waste program; establishing
a strong information support base for the hazardous waste
program; 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; and providing information for all reports to
Congress.
c. 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: developing double liner and
leachate collections system rules; developing leak detection
standards; developing Subpart X rules; issuing guidance and
developing rules for the land disposal restrictions petition
process; studying hazardous waste disposal in salt dome
options; developing a dioxin waste management plan; and
issuing guidance for corrective action for continuing
releases. The division is also responsible for providing
guidance for exemptions from retrofitting existing
surface impoundments; developing regulations and
guidance concerning the disposal of hazardous waste liquids
in landfills; issuing guidance defining vulnerable
hydrogerlogy for hazardous waste land disposal; and
developing rules for the location of new and existing
HWLTSD facilities based on these considerations.
d. Permits and State Programs Division. The Permits
and State Programs Division, under the supervision of a
Director, reports directly to the Office Director and is
responsible for the following functions: developing and
issuing corrective action guidance; developing RCRA/CERCLA
Policy; developing and issuing closure policy guidance,
closure requirements, and financial requirements for
permits; developing regulations and issuing guidance for
the base permit program; developing regulations regarding
permit modification procedures; developing mobile
treatment policy and regulations; developing Subpart Y
regulations; developing and implementing a public
involvement program; and providing ongoing assistance
through Permit Assistance Teams (PATs) for land
disposal, incineration and closing facilities.
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The division is responsible for conducting land disposal
incineration and storage permit training; developing
guidance and providing assistance on Land Disposal
petitions, surface impoundment, retrofitting and double
liner waivers; implementing the delisting program/-
negotiating variances and petitions for the permitting
process; overseeing the A.T. Kearney regional
implementation contract; providing guidance for the
development and assistance of Research, Development and
Demonstration (RL&D) permits; developing the RCRA
Implementation Plan; regulating Federal facilities;
developing the exporter regulation; providing direct
permitting technical assistance to the States overseeing
State permitting activities; and providing State program
oversight.
The Permits and State Programs Division is also responsible
for: issuing State authorization guidance; developing
regulations and standards for metals emissions from
incinerators; regulating the burning of hazardous waste
fuel in boilers and industrial furnaces; characterizing
waste for land disposal restrictions program; determining
the best demonstratable available treatment (BOAT) for
the land disposal restrictions program; developing
regulations for municipal waste combustors; determining
treatment capacities for the land restrictions program;
developing the final rule for storage class permits;
establishing management standards for recycled used oil;
and revising the hazardous waste tank standards.
In addition, the division is responsible for developing
management standards applicable to PCB waste as a RCRA
hazardous waste; conducting studies to extend the useful
life of sanitary landfills and how better to use closed
landfill sites; issuing guidance on Appendix VIII;
developing regulatory amendments on Appendix VIII;
issuing guidance on ground-water monitoring statistics to
detect contamination levels; developing regulatory
amendments for ground-water protection; issuing guidance
describing data needed for ACL demonstrations; completing
mining report to Congress and publishing regulatory
determinations; completing oil and gas report to Congress;
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publishing regulatory determinations; completing
utilities report to Congress and publishing regulatory
determinations; developing mixed waste technical standards
and guidance; developing report to Congress on Waste
Minimization; developing regional liaison; and developing
implementation strategies.
e. Characterization and Assessment Division. The
Characterization and Assessment Division, under the
supervision of a Director, reports directly the Office
Director and is responsible for the following functions:
developing toxicological support for all programs of the
Office of Solid Waste; developing health assessment data
(ADIs) and coordinating with ORD; reviewing toxicological
data; developing and verifying sampling and analytical
methods to support RCRA regulations and implementation;
evaluating laboratory program development and ensuring
quality assurance and quality check; developing
regulations that characterize hazardous waste
(radioactivity, ignitability, toxicity, etc.); and
developing regulations that list waste, streams and
constituents as hazardous. The division is also
responsible for defining solid and hazardous waste, and
developing regulations for reuse and recycling; conducting
industry studies to determine which wastes should be
listed; grouping listed hazardous wastes by toxicity and
volume generated for scheduled decisions on land disposal
restrictions; establishing framework for all land
disposal restrictions decisions—specifically for listed
solvents and dioxin containing wastes; establishing land
disposal restriction decisions on a group of wastes
identified by the statute—known as the California List;
establishing land disposal restriction decisions on
the basis of listed wastes identified by the schedule;
establishing land disposal restriction decisions
characteristic wastes; developing delisting models, rules
and guidances; developing land treatment models; developing
ground-water and air models; and developing risk assessment
models.
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5. 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.
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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:
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
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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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4. OFFICE OF EMERGENCY AND REMEDIAL RESPONSE. The Office
of Emergency and Remedial Response (OERR), under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible to
the Assistant Administrator for the emergency and remedial
response 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
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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 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
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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.
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
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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.
d. Emergency Response Division. The Emergency Response
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for the following functions: preparing draft
SCAP and SPI-IS 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
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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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Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Chemical
Emergency Preparedness
& Prevention Office
Assistant Administrator for
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
Program
Management and
Support Staff
Office of Waste
Programs Enforcement
CERCLA
Enforcement
Division
RCRA
Enforcement
Division
Technology Innovation
Office
Office of Program
Management
Office of Underground
Storage Tanks
-
Implementation
Division
Policy and
Standards Division
Office of
Solid Waste
Waste Management
Division
Permits and State
Programs Division
Characterization
and Assessment
Division
Municipal &
Industrial Solid
Waste Division
Communications,
Analysis & Budget
Division
Office of
Emergency and
Remedial Response
Emergency
Response Division
Hazardous Site
Control Division
Hazardous Site
Evaluation Division
Office of
Program
Management
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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 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 standards;
program policy guidance and overview, technical support or
conduct of compliance activities and evaluation of regional
air and radiation program activities; development of
programs for technical and financial assistance and
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 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
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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 office reviews and evaluations;
administers and monitors demonstration grants and contracts,
related to its functional responsibilities; and serves 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
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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 PROGRAMS. The Office of Radiation
Programs (ORP), under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible to Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation
for EPA's radiation activities, including development of
radiation protection criteria, standards, and policies,
measurement and control of radiation exposure; and research
requirements for radiation programs. ORP provides technical
assistance to States through EPA's regional offices and
other agencies having radiation protection programs;
establishes and directs a national surveillance and
investigation program for measuring radiation levels in the
environment; evaluates and assesses the impact of radiation
on the general public and environment; and maintains liaison
with other public and private organizations involved in
environmental radiation protection activities. It
coordinates with and assists the Office of Enforcement in
enforcement activities where EPA has jurisdiction; and
provides editorial policy and guidance; and assists other
parts of ORP in preparing publications.
a. Criteria and Standards Division. The Criteria and
Standards Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for formulating and recommending policies,
criteria, and standards designed to protect the general
public and the environment from both ionizing and
nonionizing radiation. It develops guidance designed to
protect those occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation.
Standards and Federal guidance are developed under the
authority of the Atomic Energy Act, as amended and
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970. In developing standards,
maintains liaison with recognized authorities and evaluates
new radiation sources to determine the public health
significance of all sources of radiation exposure. The
Division has lead responsibility for those sections of all
EPA standards and guidelines dealing with radioactive
materials, including those for which proposal and
promulgations is located outside of OAR.
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b. Analysis and Support Division. The Analysis and
Support Division (ASD), under the supervision of a Director,
is responsible for providing support to the development of
standards and regulations. The Division support tasks the
form of evaluating human health and environmental risks and
radiation exposure and providing basis understanding of the
biological effects of radiation. In support of standards
and guidance development, conducts economic studies and
alternative choices of controls and evaluates technology and
processes to reduce exposure to ionizing and nonionizing
radiation in the environment. ASD provides statistical and
applied mathematics support to the standards-setting
function; develops mathematical models of the environments
transport of radionuclides; determines and reports findings
on the radiological quality of the environment; determines
if environmental levels are within EPA established
radiological guidelines and standards and recommends changes
to existing control programs; develops general guidance for
design and implementation of surveillance programs; develops
emergency planning criteria; and coordinates Agency support
to other Federal agencies and the States.
c. 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, carried out in ORP- The Radon
Action Program has the responsibility of recommending an
Agencywide radon strategy, and formulates and executes plans
for specific projects which are approved under the Radon
Action Program. 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 programs, collects and analyzes data on EPA
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 coordinates with the regional offices,
States, and the public sector to develop and provide radon
training and public information materials.
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d. Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility.
Montgomery. AL. The Eastern Environmental Radiation
Facility, under the supervision of a Director, conducts
activities in support of the Headquarters components of the
ORP 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 ORP and other technical assistance to the
States, EPA regional offices, and other EPA programs in
their radiation-related activities, and special laboratory
support to other Government agencies as required.
e. 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 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
control 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
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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 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
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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.
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
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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 is responsible
for: characterizing emissions from mobile sources and
related fuels; developing programs for their control,
including assessment of the status of control technology and
in-use vehicle emissions; for carrying out, in coordination
as appropriate with the Office of Enforcement, a regulatory
compliance program to ensure adherence of mobile sources to
standards; and for fostering the development of State Motor
Vehicles Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Programs.
a. Program Management Office. The Program Management
Office, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible
for providing support to the Director in all matters
relating to overall program management control, the
provision of administrative services for facilities in Ann
Arbor and Washington, and the provision of data processing
management and centralized services.
b. Engineering Operations Division. The Engineering
Operations Division (EOD), under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for the complete range of tasks
reguired to provide the necessary facilities and equipment
in support of all emission and fuel economy testing programs
at the Ann Arbor facility. The Division provides emission
testing services in support of the Automobile Emission
Certification Program and the Fuel Economy Testing Program
and other compliance programs and 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. It conducts audits of manufactures, test
facilities to determine the acceptability of their
procedures (and, ultimately, their data) for purposes of
certification program and fuel economy program
implementation and conducts testing for other EPA and OMS
organizations, of a specialized nature in support of
emerging issue assessments, emerging problem areas, of
specialized compliance activities.
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c. Certification Division. The Certification
Division, under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for the review and evaluation of applications
for certification of motor vehicles and engines, including
developing and maintaining the review procedures for the
prototype certification program.
d. Emission Control Technology Division. The Emission
Control Technology Division, under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for assessing emissions from all
mobile sources and developing new emission standards in
cases where the new standards are effective to implement.
To support the goal of standards development, the Division
must consider test procedures development, technology
assessments, characterization of regulated and unregulated
pollutants from currently regulated and nonregulated
sources, cost-effectiveness analyses, fuel economy test
procedures and the relationships between economy and
emissions, infuse vehicle performance assessments and the
feasibility of implementing in-use vehicle control
strategies.
e. Manufacturers Operations Division. The
Manufacturers Operations Division, under the supervision of
a Director, develops and directs compliance programs for
engine manufacturers and reporters to control air pollution
from mobile sources and to adhere to other statutory
requirements. It .develops guidelines, regulations,
criteria, and procedures, as appropriate; designs and
implements enforcement programs involving inspection,
surveillance, and testing of new and in-use vehicles;
collaborates with the Office of 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
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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.
f. Field Operations and Support Division. The Field
Operations and Support Division, under the supervision of a
Director, develops, provides, and directs compliance
programs for the control of in-use mobile source emissions
and related fuels. 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 requirements
under section 176 of the Clean Air Act. It coordinates with
the Emission Control Technology 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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5. OFFICE OF ATMOSPHERIC AND INDOOR AIR PROGRAMS. The
Office of Atmospheric and Indoor Air Programs (OAIAP), under
the supervision of a Director, manages air and radiation
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, acid rain and indoor air. 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.
The OAIAP is responsible for managing the implementation of
the acid rain control program as provided for under Title V
of the Clean Air Act. Because of the scope of the acid rain
control program, significant interaction between OAIAP and
OAQPS is required in implementing the regulatory program.
The OAIAP also provides policy guidance for the
comprehensive research efforts relative to acid rain effects
through the Acid Deposition Subcommittee of the Air and
Radiation Research Committee which the OAIAP Office Director
co-chairs.
OAIAP, working closely with the Office of Regional
Operations and State/Local Relations and the Office of
Communications and 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, OAIAP works with OAQPS and through the
Regions on regulatory and implementation issues. In
addition, OAIAP administers and monitors demonstration
grants and contracts related to programs managed by the
Office and supports the Agency's educational and outreach
efl.irts related to the program areas managed by the Office.
OAIAP 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 CFC's, the Office works
closely with staff from NASA, NOAA, DOI, and others and
through the Office of International Activities with the
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Department of State to develop coordinated, responsive, and
cost-effective strategies for dealing with this important
air pollution issue. The Office is the lead player in intra-
and interagency activities concerning CFC's and acid rain
and is the substantive lead for both in delicate
international negotiations. Internally and externally, it
also plays a supporting role in global change. Regarding
the Offices' of Research and Development; Policy, Planning
and Evaluation; and International Activities; OAIAP works
with them in the development of program and project specific
tasks. In addition, this Office will assure 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. The Global Change Division
(GCD), under the supervision of a Director, is responsible
for policy analysis and regulatory development regarding the
impact that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have on the depletion
of the stratospheric ozone layers, agricultural crops, and
aquatic organisms. The Division's role in global change
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 lead role in Agency
and interagency policy developments for stratospheric ozone,
along with anticipated international leadership with the
Office of International Activities in the future,
characterize some of the activities of the nascent Global
Change Division. Further, GCD is responsible for research
coordination with ORD and policy analysis of CFCs and the
impact that they have on global change. GCD represents OAR
in its role with other groups in the Agency's developing
global change program. This role involves research
coordination with ORD and OPPE and other agencies on the
impacts of climate on air emissions and air emissions on
climate; study of the adverse economic and health effects of
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global change on air emissions; and development and analysis
of mitigation strategies related to air emissions. These
activities have both a national and international focus.
GCD brings to bear on these problems the technical,
scientific, and regulatory resources of OAR and the Clean
Air Act. GCD will also focus on developing standards and
regulations for controlling methane which will help
ameliorate global warming. In addition, regarding energy
issues, this Division will address the interface between CFC
phase-out and energy use and the in-use conservation
techniques of achieving acid rain reductions.
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 OAIAP have two unique characteristics —
they involve intensive interagency efforts, and have strong
international components as well. In the indoor air
program, for example, OAIAP 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 with 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.
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c. Acid Rain Division. The Acid Rain Division (ARD),
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for
developing technical policy, procedures, and regulations to
assure the effective management of programs designed to
control acid deposition. As the Agency lead for acid rain,
ARD's role is to develop and implement traditional programs
as necessary, and nontraditional regulatory programs based
on market forces and emissions trading, to manage acid
deposition programs, and to assure the integration of these
programs with the many existing regulatory programs. The
ARD plans, coordinates, and manages a comprehensive program
and provides communication and assistance between Regional
offices, state agencies and EPA on all matters of mutual
interest and/or responsibility relating to acid deposition
programs. In addition, ARD works with other governmental
agencies, including public utility commissions, Department
of Interior, Department of Energy, TVA, etc., to assure
coordinated and integrated implementation of regulatory
requirements. This Division also provides guidance in
regional program planning, grant allocations and outputs
relating to acid rain programs and provides a continuing
assessment of the development and effectiveness of control
programs for acid deposition and its precursor emissions.
The ARD has a major role on the Bilateral Advisory
Consultative Group (BAGG), which is responsible for
improving U.S. - Canadian relations on acid rain issues.
Similarly, the Division assists the Administrator in his
capacity as Joint Chair of the National Acid Precipitation
Assessment Program (NAPAP), and Chair of the Interagency
Policy Committee.
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 identification of emerging problems and
unmet needs associated with the office's program. The
staff prepares and coordinates OAIAP-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.
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The staff provides financial management services for the
Office and prepares and maintains necessary documentation to
assure the Office is managed within resource allocations.
The staff develops reports covering personnel, contracts,
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
intragency or quasi-governmental agency activities having
OAIAP program or planning significance.
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CHAPTER 13 - OFFICE OF PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES
1. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR PESTICIDES AND
TOXIC SUBSTANCES. The functions and responsibilities
outlined below are assigned to the Assistant Administrator
for Pesticides and Toxic Substances and are carried out by
officials within the Office of Pesticides and Toxic
Substances (OPTS) under his/her supervision.
The Assistant Administrator serves as the principal advisor
to the Administrator in matters pertaining to assessment and
regulation of pesticides and toxic substances and is
responsible for managing the Agency's pesticides and toxic
substances programs under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); the Toxic Substances Control
Act (TSCA); the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984
(ASHAA); the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986
(AHERA); Organtotin Antifouling Paint Control Act of 1988
(OAPCA); and for promoting coordination of all Agency
programs engaged in toxic substances activities.
The Assistant Administrator has responsibility for
establishing Agency strategies for implementation and
integration of the pesticides and the toxic substances
programs under applicable Federal statutes; developing and
operating Agency programs and policies for assessment and
control of pesticides and toxic substances; developing
recommendations for Agency priorities for research,
monitoring, regulatory, and information-gathering activities
relating to pesticides and toxic substances; developing
scientific, technical, economic, and social data basis for
the conduct of hazard assessments and evaluations in support
of toxic substances and pesticides activities; directing
pesticides and toxic substances compliance programs;
providing toxic substances and pesticides program guidance
to EPA regional offices; and monitoring, evaluating, and
assessing pesticides and toxic substances program operations
in EPA Headquarters and regional offices.
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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 OPTS; 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 Pesticides and
Toxic Substances (OPTS). Within OPTS develops policies and
guidance on administration and program management; issues
procedures/guidelines for implementation by the program
office; exercises oversight and control of OPTS 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
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,
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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
OPTS 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 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
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 Projects 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 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
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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 Legislative Analysis or
the AA, and as directed by the Office Director may be
expected to represent the Program in meetings on Capitol
Hill in policy 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.
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.
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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 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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
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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 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 and Compliance Monitoring 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
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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 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 TOXIC SUBSTANCES. The Office of Toxic
Substances (OTS), under the management of a Director and
Deputy Director, is responsible to the Assistant
Administrator for those activities of the Agency mandated by
the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); the Asbestos School
Hazard Abatement Act of 1984 (ASHAA). The Director is
responsible for developing and operating Agency programs and
policies for new and existing chemicals. In each of these
areas, the Director is responsible for information
collection and coordination; data development; health,
environmental and economic assessment; and negotiated or
regulatory control actions. The Director provides
operational guidance to EPA regional offices, reviews and
evaluates toxic substance activities at EPA Headquarters and
regional offices; coordinates TSCA and provides information
to exporters. The Director is responsible for developing
policies and procedures for the coordination and integration
of Agency and Federal activities concerning toxic
substances. The Director is also responsible for
coordinating communication with the industrial community,
environmental groups, and other interested parties on
matters relating to the implementation of TSCA; providing
technical support to international activities managed by the
Office of International Activities; and managing the joint
planning of toxic research and development under the
auspices of the Pesticides/Toxic Substances Research
Committee (CTARC).
a. Office of Program Management and Evaluation. The
Office of Program Management and Evaluation (OPME), under
the supervision of the Director, serves as the principal
staff office to the Director, Office of Toxic Substances, on
matters relating to budgeting, program planning, resource
management, administrative operations, and program
evaluation. In regard to these matters, OPME recommends and
implements administrative policies and procedures office-
wide; prepares official budget submissions to the Agency,
OMB, and the Congress; coordinates the development of all
planning documents; monitors and audits all resources;
evaluates program performance and recommends corrective
action; designs and implements administrative management
information systems; conducts performance agreements
reviews; and provides financial and analytical support. The
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Office of Program Management and Evaluation provides the OTS
Policy Staff with all administrative, human resources, and
financial management services. The Division coordinates
planning activities necessary to develop recommendations on
OTS program, including the identification of alternative
program goals, priorities, objectives and plans; ensures
that OTS programs conform to the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act; recommends and, as directed,
conducts reviews and evaluations of OTS program to determine
effectiveness, efficiency and ability to attain goals and
objectives, including the development of appropriate
criteria to measure program performance and environmental
results; provides inputs to the Agency's Strategic Planning
and Management System; and develops and implements OTS-wide
systems or processes necessary to provide program
evaluation.
b. Environmental Assistance Division. The
Environmental Assistance Division (BAD), under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for comprehensive
outreach, liaison, and technical assistance activities to
enhance development and implementation of OTS toxic chemical
use control programs under the Toxic Substance Control Act
(TSCA), the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act (ASHAA),
the Asbestos Hazard Response Act (AHERA), and Title III of
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA). Such
program include controlling and disposal of toxic chemicals,
and reducing risk by removing chemicals from the
environment. The Division is also responsible for
implementation of statutory requirements, technical
assistance initiatives, and out-reach programs for
addressing health risks of asbestos in schools and
public/commercial buildings. The Division provides
comprehensive environmental assistance activities designed
to: involve EPA Regions, States and the public in OTS
decision-making about toxic chemical use control programs;
increase understanding of toxic chemical use control
programs; enhance State and local capabilities to carry out
toxic chemical use control programs; build national toxic
chemical use control programs with EPA Regions; reduce risk
through communications; develop EPA/private sector non-
regulatory initiatives; and enhance implementation and
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decentralization of OTS programs. The Division develops
assistance and outreach strategies for toxic chemical use
programs in order to increase awareness of and participation
in those 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, and the general public.
c. Chemical Control Division. The Chemical Control
Division (CCD), under the supervision of a Director, is
responsible for developing and implementing appropriate
regulatory and non-regulatory control measures for new and
existing chemicals, and for new uses of such chemicals found
to have the potential to pose unreasonable risks to human
health and/or the environment. With respect to new
chemicals, subject to premanufacturing notices under Section
5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), CCD oversees
and manages the regulatory evaluation and decisionmaking
process, selects appropriate control measures, implements
the necessary control actions — in the form of either
negotiated binding agreements or promulgated orders or rules
— and initiates and carries out actions to follow up, and
if necessary further control, particularly hazardous
chemicals that enter commercial production. With respect to
existing chemicals, CCD evaluates alternative remedial
control measures under TSCA, identifies options and makes
recommendations regarding the appropriate regulatory
controls, and drafts and publishes proposed and final rules
implementing the adopted approach. With respect to
categories of chemicals, CCD develops strategies for (1)
achieving greater efficiency than is possible on a chemical-
by-chemical basis, and (2) reconciling the Office's fact-
finding, assessment and regulatory activities with respect
to new and existing chemicals. This responsibility involves
identifying — from experience in both the new and existing
chemical regulatory programs — likely candidates for
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categorical treatment under TSCA; refining these categories
to exclude less hazardous members, ranking and establishing
priorities among the evaluated categories; developing and
recommending strategies for addressing the categories
selected for treatment, and implementing the regulatory
component of the adopted strategies by developing proposed
and final rules and orders under Sections 5(a), 5(b) (4),
5(e), and 6 of TSCA. The Division also develops generic and
chemical-specific rules for new chemicals under Section 5
and for existing chemicals under Section 6 and 7 of TSCA;
holds public hearings on such rules as required; manages any
necessary post-promulgation programs, such as review of
exemption applications; evaluates the need for, and as
appropriate develops chemical-specific orders and notices
pursuant to Section 5(e), 5(f), and 6(b) of TSCA;
coordinates cross-media risk management projects; and, in
cooperation with the Agency's Office of General Counsel
(OGC), supports court actions under Sections 5(e), 5(f), and
7 of TSCA.
d. Existing Chemical Assessment Division. The
Existing Chemical Assessment Division (ECAD), under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for comprehensive
outreach, liaison, and technical assistance activities to
enhance development and implementation of OTS 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), and Title III of
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA). Such
programs include controlling and disposal of toxic
chemicals, and reducing risk by removing chemicals from the
environment. The Division is also responsible for
implementation of statutory requirements, technical
assistance initiatives, and out-reach programs for
addressing health risks of asbestos in schools and
public/commercial buildings. The Division provides
comprehensive environmental assistance activities designed
to: involve EPA Regions, States and the public in OTS
decision-making about toxic chemical use control programs;
increase understanding of toxic chemical use control
programs; enhance State and local capabilities to carry out
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toxic chemical use control programs; build national toxic
chemical use control programs with EPA Regions; reduce risk
through communications; develop EPA/private sector non-
regulatory initiatives; and enhance implementation and
decentralization of OTS programs. The Division develops
assistance and outreach strategies for toxic chemical use
programs in order to increase awareness of and participation
in those 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, and the general public.
e. Health and Environmental Review Division. The
Health and Environmental Review Division (HERD), under the
supervision of a Director, is responsible for the initial
review and detailed assessment of harmful effects of new
chenp.cals on human health and the environment (assisting the
Chemical Control Division) conducted under section 5 of
TSCA. The Division develops and updates testing guidelines
in support of section 4 implementation; reviews, validates,
and evaluates test dates submitted by industry and other
available information relevant to harmful effects of
chemicals on human health and the environment; and performs
scientific assessments of toxicity and other chemical
hazards to human health and the environment in accordance
with approved Agency policies and in support of the risk
assessment activities in OTS. In addition, HERD provides
technical support to the Existing Chemical Assessment
Division in implementing the TSCA testing and existing
chemicals programs and to the Chemical Control Division in
rule development for existing chemicals under section 6.
HERD also identifies and develops new methods and techniques
for laboratory testing and evaluation of chemical hazards to
human health and the environment through intramural efforts,
extramural studies, and collaboration with the Office of
Research and Development and academic and international
organizations.
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f- Exposure Evaluation Division. The Exposure
Evaluation Division (EED) , under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for the integrated assessment of
human and environmental exposure to chemical substances in
support of OTS risk assessment activities. EED provides
standards, guidance, and rule development support to the
Chemical Control Division and the Existing Chemical
Assessment Division for chemical, physical, and persistence
properties testing, analytical methods, field
sampling, and other exposure-related data and studies,
sections 4, 5, and 6 of TSCA. It reviews, evaluates, and
validates data submitted by industry and other humans and
the environment; evaluates human epidemiological data; and
develops guidelines for epidemiological studies. In
addition, this Division performs scientific assessments of
human and environmental exposure to chemical substances in
support of the risk assessment activities of OTS and
performs risk estimation and statistical support to such
activities; identifies and develops new methods and
techniques for laboratory testing, field study, and
integrated evaluation of human environmental exposure to
chemicals through intramural efforts, extramural studies,
and collaboration with the Office of Research and
Development and other Federal and international
organizations; designs, oversees, conducts,and evaluates
monitoring and field studies in support of OTS exposure
assessment and risk assessment activities; and also provides
modeling support for these activities. It is also
responsible for carrying out the OTS quality assurance
program. EED is responsible for managing and implementing
section 6(e) of TSCA and regulations promulgated,
thereunder, that address the manufacture, processing,
distribution in commerce, use, marking and disposal of
polychlorinated biphenyls. The Exposure Evaluation Division
is also responsible for processing all applications for
exemptions from the requirements of section 6(e)(3)(A).
g. Information Management Division. The Information
Management Division (IMD), under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for all information and security
support of TSCA and is the focal point of toxic chemical
information in EPA Headquarters. The Division is
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responsible for developing and maintaining data bases on
Agency toxics-related activities, for the development of ADP
systems to support analyses of TSCA chemicals, for
maintaining the computer network, and for the collection and
dissemination of data submitted to the Agency and to other
Federal departments and agencies, as required by section
10(b); serves as the focal point for the receipt and control
of all documents received as a result of TSCA rulemaking
activity, including the security of such documents; provides
guidance to OTS as to what security measures are required;
maintains the TSCA Chemical Inventory and provides search
support for all OTS programs; operates the chemical
information library which serves as the primary chemical
collection for the entire Agency, interacts with the
international chemical information community to exchange
data; develops chemical information policy; develops long-
range chemical information strategies; and performs
information integration planning for OTS to relate IMS
information systems to each other and to other OTS sources
of information. In addition, the Division establishes and
manages the OTS Data Management Centers which include
Confidential Business Information (CBI) and non-CBI
information clearinghouses; and provides support services
for multiple user data sources. Services include data
collection, data extraction, data coding, data retrieval,
and accurate and timely updates.
h. Economics and Technology Division. The Economics
and Technology Division (ETD), under the supervision of a
Director, is responsible for economic, industrial chemistry,
and engineering analyses in support of Office of Toxic
Substances program activities. ETD supports the Chemical
Control Division and Exposure Evaluation Division by
supplying any economic, industrial chemistry, and
engineering support needed for sections 5, 6, and 7
rulemaking. It supports the Existing Chemical Assessment
Division by supplying any economic, industrial chemistry,
and engineering support needed for Sections 4 and 8
rulemaking and for section 6 assessment activities. It
provides technological input into major risk assessments
conducted by OTS; participates in the development of
regulations within OTS, ensuring that economic and technical
feasibility issues are fully considered; provides
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engineering, industrial chemistry, and economic analyses as
part of the initial and detailed follow-up reviews of
premanufacture notices; and conducts assessments of the
overall economic, engineering, and industrial chemistry
impacts of TSCA regulatory actions and OTS non-regulatory
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 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 and Compliance Monitoring 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.
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The Office of Compliance Monitoring also coordinates with
the Office of Toxic Substances (OTS) 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 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
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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.
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 Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Science and Policy
Analysis Staff
Assistant Administrator for
Pesticides and
Toxic Substances
Program
Management
Operations Office
1
Office of Program
Management and
Evaluation
Economics and
Technology
Division
Chemical Control
Division
Information
Management
Division
Office of Toxic
Substances
Environmental
Assistance Division
Health and
Environmental
Review Division
Exposure
Evaluation Division
Existing Chemical
Division
1
Office of Pesticide
Programs
Environmental Fate
and Effects
Division
Special Review and
Reregistration
Division
Biological and
Economic Analysis
Division
Policy and Special
Projects Staff
Field
Operations
Division
Health Effects
Division
Registration
Division
Program
Management
and Support
Division
1
Office of
Compliance
Monitoring
Policy and
Grants
Division
Compliance
Division
Laboratory
Data Integrity
Assurance
Division
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CHAPTER 14 - REGIONAL OFFICES
1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. There are ten regional offices of
the Agency with regional boundaries and Headquarters
locations as provided below:
REGION AND AREA
Region I - Boston. MA
Connecticut, Maine, Massa-
chusetts, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island, Vermont
Region II - New York. NY
New Jersey, New York,
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
PA
Region III - Philadelphia.
Delaware, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Virginia,
West Virginia, District of
Columbia
Region IV - Atlanta. GA
Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South.
Carolina, Tennessee
Region V - Chicago. IL
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Region VI - Dallas. TX
Arkansas, Louisiana, New
Mexico. Oklahoma, Texas
Region VII - Kansas City. KS
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
Nebraska
Region VIII - Denver. CO
Colorado, Montana, North
Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
Region IX - San Francisco, CA
Arizona, California, Hawaii,
Nevada, American Samoa, Guam
Trust Territories of Pacific
Islands, Wake Islands
Region X - Seattle. WA
Alaska, Idaho. Oregon,
Washington
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2. TYPICAL AUTHORIZED STRUCTURE AND GENERIC FUNCTIONAL
STATEMENTS.
a. Regional Administrator. The Regional Administrators
are responsible to the Administrator, within the boundaries
of their respective regions, for the execution of the
regional programs of the Agency and such other
responsibilities as may be assigned. They serve as the
Administrator's principal representatives in their regions
on contacts and relationships with Federal, State,
interstate and local agencies, industry, academic
institutions, and other public and private groups. Regional
Administrators are responsible for: accomplishing national
program objectives within their regions as established by
the Administrator, Deputy Administrator, Assistant
Administrators, Associate Administrators, and Heads of
Headquarters Staff Offices; developing, proposing, and
implementing approved regional programs for comprehensive
and integrated environmental protection activities; total
resource management in their regions within guidelines
provided by Headquarters; conducting effective regional
enforcement and compliance programs; translating technical
program direction and evaluation provided by the various
Assistant Administrators, 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 for overall and specific evaluations
of regional programs, both internal Agency and State
activities.
b. Deputy Regional Administrator. Deputy Regional
Administrators assist the Regional Administrators in the
discharges of their duties and responsibilities and serve as
Acting Regional Administrator in the absence of their
Regional Administrator.
c. Office of Regional Counsel. The Regional Counsels
serve as attorney-advisors to the Regional Administrators
and their program and administrative staffs. The Regional
Counsels may also provide legal services to Agency
activities located within the region, but not reporting to
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the Regional Administrator. To the extent necessary,
Regional Counsels consult with and coordinate their
activities with the Headquarters Office of Enforcement and
the Office of General Counsel, consistent with the January
8, 1990 written agreement between the Office of Enforcement
and the Office of General Counsel. The Regional Counsels
report to the Regional Administrators on day-to-day
activities while reporting to the Headquarters, Office of
Enforcement on matters involving national consistency and
the management of Regional Counsel personnel. In addition,
the Regional Counsels are responsible for the specific
activities outlined below.
(1) The Regional Counsels provide client program
offices with support in the conduct of litigation, for
interpreting activities, and for advising program managers
on the legal applications of alternative courses of action.
(2) Regional Counsels provide legal advice and
assistance to the region's construction grants programs and
handle bid protests, grant appeals and other matters as they
arise.
(3) The Regional Counsels assist the Regional
Program Managers in drafting the terms and conditions of
items such as permits, notices of violation, administrative
orders or administrative complaints (particularly where
novel or complex matters are involved) so as to ensure the
enforceability and defensibility of those terms and
conditions.
(4) The Regional Counsels are available to
consult with the Regional Program Managers regarding
delegations of Agency programs to State agencies and
approval of state pollution control programs (such as State
Implementation Plans under the Clean Air Act), including
review of the legal sufficiency of State remedies and other
legal aspects.
(5) The Regional Counsels manage the Agency's
legal participation in hearings and administrative appeals
of actions originating in the regions, including proceeding
relating to permits and administrative civil penalty.
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(6) The Regional Counsels provide assistance in
negotiating enforcement matters and should be present
whenever outside parties are represented by counsel in those
negotiations.
(7) The Regional Counsels prepare documents
needed for the referral package based upon technical
information and support from the regional program offices,
and will concur on each request for judicial action prior to
its referral to the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement.
(8) Following the referral of a case to the
Department of Justice, the Regional Counsel will be
responsible for fulfilling all requests for supplemental
information by the Department or by the U.S. Attorney's
Office.
(9) Regional Counsels manage the conduct of the
Agency's participation in defensive litigation and assist
the Department of Justice or the U.S. Attorney in the
litigation.
d. Office of the Assistant Regional Administrator for
Policy and Management. The Office of the Assistant Regional
Administrator for Policy and Management, provides policy
planning, evaluation, and management advice and
administrative management support to the Regional
Administrator and Deputy Regional Administrator, and all the
components of the regional office. The functions of the
Office shall include the development of program strategies
such as EPA/State Agreements; program evaluations; analytic
studies; human resources (including equal employment
opportunity); organization and management analysis;
financial management; environmental assessment (EIS) ;
regional program planning; automatic data processing; safety
and security; library services; facilities and space
management; general services; and can centralized grants
administration. Program activities shall be in conformance
with national strategy and policy guidelines. [Please note
that an alternative Management Division organizational
structure exists in some regional offices. This alternative
organization unit focuses primarily on management support
services.]
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e. Air Management Division. The Air Management
Division, under the supervision of a Director, recommends to
the Regional Administrator goals, priorities, and objectives
for the regional air, radiation, pesticides and toxic
substances programs and is responsible for the development,
coordination, implementation, evaluation, and permits
issuance and related compliance monitoring of these
programs, including enforcement litigation referrals.
Program recommendations and activities shall be in
conformance with national strategy and policy guidelines The
Division assists the States Implementation Plans and
Transportation Control Programs Plans. In coordination with
the Environmental Services Division, provides or arranges
for technical assistance to State and local agencies in
developing and implementing plans, monitoring systems,
instrumentation, and data collection and analysis systems.
[Please note some regional organization structures may
include the toxic substances and pesticide or radiation
functions in the Air Management Division, Waste Management
Division, or Environmental Services Division.]
f. Waste Management Division. The Waste Management
Division, under the supervision of a Director, recommends to
the Regional Administrator, goals, priorities, and
objectives for the Regional Administrator. This Division is
responsible for the 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 program areas. [Please note that certain activities
related to the emergency response function may be included
in either the Waste Management Division of the Environmental
Services Division.]
g. Environmental Services Division. The Environmental
Services Division, under the supervision of a Director,
collects, analyzes, and evaluates environmental quality
data, including toxic substances and pesticide sampling, in
support of Regional and national monitoring requirements.
The Division directs and coordinates surveillance, pollution
source inventory, and monitoring activities within the
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Region, and provides necessary analytical laboratory support
services. The Division directs the operation of subregional
laboratory elements. It provides advice and assistance to
State and local agencies concerning techniques, methodology,
quality assurance and control, as well as laboratory support
when required, to assure effective monitoring systems. It
conducts special studies, investigations, analyses, and
surveys to acquire the necessary data to support program
offices within EPA. It implements regional monitoring
programs to meet Regional and national objectives not met by
Headquarters programs and conducts, as necessary, CERCLA and
CWA section 311 emergency response activities.
h. 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 programs and is responsible for the
development, coordination, implementation, evaluation and
compliance monitoring of these programs, including
enforcement litigation referrals. The program
recommendations and activities shall be in conformance with
national strategy and policy guidelines. It assists the
States in developing comprehensive programs, including
implementation plans for the achievement of water quality
standards. It operates a municipal waste water systems
program, including reviews of facility plans and
specifications. It monitors the construction programs,
including the external civil rights compliance and minority
business enterprise functions. The Division coordinates
areawide planning and other water quality planning
activities and operates permit issuance and related
compliance monitoring program. The Division develops
control strategies for nonpoint source discharges and ocean
dumping and operates a drinking water, ground-water and
underground injection control program. In coordination with
the Environmental Services Division, provides or arranges
for technical assistance to State and local agencies in
developing and implementing these programs.
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3. STAFF FUNCTIONS.
formal structuring of
Regional Administrator.
Rights, Congressional
This Chapter does not provide for
staff elements reporting to the
Such functions include: Civil
and Intergovernmental Relations,
Regional Counsel, Federal Facilities, and Public Affairs.
These activities shall be represented in the regional office
by an appropriate professional staff capacity-
4. REGIONAL INSPECTOR GENERAL ACTIVITIES.
Audit
office
and
are
inspection personnel located in the regional
under the supervision of the Inspector General, as provided
in Chapter 8 of this Manual.
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General Regional Office Structure
Office of
Enforcement
Regional Administrator
Office of Regional
Counsel
Public Affairs
Office
Congressional and
Intergovernmental
Liasion
Office of Assistant
Regional
Administrator for
Policy and
Management
Equal Employment
Opportunity Office
Water Management
Division
Air Management
Division
Waste Management
Division
Environmental
Services Division
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