Environmental Protection Agency: Difference between revisions

** Office of Administrative and Executive Services

** Office of Children's Health Protection

*** [[Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee]]

** Office of Civil Rights

** Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations

** Office of Continuous Improvement

** Office of the Executive Secretariat

** Office of Homeland Security

** Office of Policy<ref name="About Policy">{{cite web |title=About the Office of Policy |url=https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-policy-op |date=2023-02-07 |publisher=EPA |access-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213184605/https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-policy-op |url-status=live }}</ref>

** Office of Public Affairs

** Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education

** Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

** [[Science Advisory Board]]

** Office of Resources and Business Operations (ORBO)

** Environmental Appeals Board

** Office of Federal Sustainability

** Office of Administrative Law Judges

** Office of Acquisition Solutions (OAS)

** Office of Administration (OA)

** Office of Human Resources (OHR)

** Office of Grants and Debarment (OGD)

** Office of Customer Advocacy, Policy and Portfolio Management (OCAPPM)

** Office of Digital Services and Technical Architecture (ODSTA)

** Office of Information Management (OIM)Office of Information Security and Privacy (OISP)

** Office of Enterprise Information Programs (OEIP)

** Office of IT Operations (OITO)

** Immediate Office of the Assistant Administrator

** Office of Science Advisor, Policy, and Engagement (OSAPE)

** Office of Science Information Management (OSIM)

** [[Office of Resource Management]]

** Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure (CCTE)

** [[National Exposure Research Laboratory|Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling]] (CEMM)

** Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA)

** Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response (CESER)

** Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation

** Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery

** Office of Underground Storage Tanks

** Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization

** Office of Emergency Management

** Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office

** Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW)

** Office of Science and Technology (OST)

** Office of Wastewater Management (OWM)

** Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW)

** The '''Land Disposal Restrictions Program''' sets treatment requirements for hazardous waste before it may be disposed on land.<ref>{{cite web |title=Land Disposal Restrictions for Hazardous Waste |url=https://www.epa.gov/hw/land-disposal-restrictions-hazardous-waste |date=2023-02-22 |publisher=EPA |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=March 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320215115/https://www.epa.gov/hw/land-disposal-restrictions-hazardous-waste |url-status=live }}</ref> EPA began issuing treatment methods and levels of requirements in 1986 and these are continually adapted to new hazardous wastes and treatment technologies. The stringent requirements it sets and its emphasis on waste minimization practices encourage businesses to plan to minimize waste generation and prioritize reuse and [[Recycling in the United States|recycling]]. From the start of the program in 1984 to 2004, the volume of hazardous waste disposed in landfills had decreased 94% and the volume of hazardous waste disposed of by underground injection had decreased 70%.<ref name="Horinko-2016" />

** The '''RCRA Corrective Action Program''' requires TSDFs to investigate and clean up hazardous releases at their own expense.<ref name="Horinko-2016" /> In the 1980s, EPA estimated that the number of sites needing cleanup was three times more than the number of sites on the national Superfund list.<ref name = "RCRA 25 years"/>{{rp|6}} The program is largely implemented through permits and orders.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.epa.gov/hw/learn-about-corrective-action |title=Learn about Corrective Action |date=2016-01-22 |publisher=EPA |access-date=2018-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223154426/https://www.epa.gov/hw/learn-about-corrective-action |archive-date = December 23, 2018 |url-status = live}}</ref> {{As of|2016}}, the program has led to the cleanup of 18&nbsp;million acres of land, of which facilities were primarily responsible for cleanup costs. The goal of EPA and states is to complete final remedies by 2020 at 3,779 priority facilities out of 6,000 that need to be cleaned up, according to EPA.<ref name="Horinko-2016" />{{Update inline|date=March 2023}}

** Beginning in the mid-1980s EPA developed standards for small quantity generators of hazardous waste, pursuant to HSWA.<ref>{{cite web |title=Categories of Hazardous Waste Generators |url=https://www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/categories-hazardous-waste-generators |date=2022-05-22 |publisher=EPA |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=March 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319210524/https://www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/categories-hazardous-waste-generators |url-status=live }}</ref>

** EPA was mandated to conduct a review of landfill conditions nationwide. The agency reported in 1988 that the effectiveness of environmental controls at landfills varied nationwide, which could lead to serious contamination of groundwater and surface waters. EPA published a national plan in 1989 calling for state and local governments to better integrate their municipal solid waste management practices with [[source reduction]] and recycling programs.<ref name = "RCRA 25 years"/>{{rp|8}}

** '''Regulation of Underground Storage Tanks'''. The [[Resource Conservation and Recovery Act#Subtitle I: Underground Storage Tanks|Underground Storage Tank (UST) Program]] was launched in 1985 and covers about 553,000 active USTs containing petroleum and hazardous chemicals. Since 1984, 1.8&nbsp;million USTs have been closed in compliance with regulations.<ref name="Horinko-2016" /> 38 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico manage UST programs with EPA authorization.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.epa.gov/ust/ust-program-facts |title = UST Program Facts |author = <!--Not stated--> |date = May 2018 |publisher = EPA |access-date = August 27, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180825173609/https://www.epa.gov/ust/ust-program-facts |archive-date = August 25, 2018 |url-status = live}}</ref> When the program began, EPA had only 90 staff to develop a system to regulate more than 2&nbsp;million tanks and work with 750,000 owners and operators. The program relies more on local operations and enforcement than other EPA programs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.epaalumni.org/userdata/pdf/602BCE06FAFAB29B.pdf |title=Interview with Ron Brand re the Underground Storage Tank Program |date=April 24, 2013 |publisher=EPA Alumni Association |access-date=August 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827075349/https://www.epaalumni.org/userdata/pdf/602BCE06FAFAB29B.pdf |archive-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref> Today, the program supports the inspection of all federally regulated tanks, cleans up old and new leaks, minimizes potential leaks, and encourages sustainable reuse of abandoned gas stations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Learn About Underground Storage Tanks |url=https://www.epa.gov/ust/learn-about-underground-storage-tanks-usts |date=2022-08-23 |publisher=EPA |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=March 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323182308/https://www.epa.gov/ust/learn-about-underground-storage-tanks-usts |url-status=live }}</ref>

** [[Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration]]