Unit:Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

EPA works to ensure that:

• Americans have clean air, land and water;
• National efforts to reduce environmental risks are based on the best available scientific information;
• Federal laws protecting human health and the environment are administered and enforced fairly, effectively and as Congress intended;
• Environmental stewardship is integral to U.S. policies concerning natural resources, human health, economic growth, energy, transportation, agriculture, industry, and international trade, and these factors are similarly considered in establishing environmental policy;
• All parts of society--communities, individuals, businesses, and state, local and tribal governments--have access to accurate information sufficient to effectively participate in managing human health and environmental risks;
• Contaminated lands and toxic sites are cleaned up by potentially responsible parties and revitalized; and
• Chemicals in the marketplace are reviewed for safety.

The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.

Focus: Clean air, land and water

Region: United States

Founded: 1970

Hierarchy

Government Organization

United States Government; Executive Branch; Environmental Protection Agency

Affiliations

Parent Organizations: White House

Subsidiaries: National Estuary Program

Contact

Environmental Protection Agency

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20460

Phone: (202) 564-4700

Website: https://www.epa.gov/

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