| EPA | |
 Environmental Protection Agency logo | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | December 2, 1970 |
| Employees | 17,384 (2010)[1] |
| Annual budget | $10.486 billion (2010)[1] |
| Agency executive | |
| Website | www.epa.gov |
| Footnotes | |
| [2][3] | |
TheEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an agency of theUnited States government. It works to protecthuman health and theenvironment. The EPA does this job by writing rules and making sure that they are followed.[4] The idea for the EPA was first thought of by PresidentRichard Nixon. The EPA was started on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed a presidential order. The order starting the EPA was approved through discussions in theSenate and theHouse. The agency is led by an administrator, who is appointed by the President, and accepted by the Senate. The EPA is not a cabinet department, but the administrator is usually cabinet rank.
The EPA is headquartered in Washington D.C.. It has regional offices for 10 different regions. It has 27 laboratories. The agency does environmental testing, research, and education. The role of the EPA is to enforce and maintain national standards with different kinds of laws. The agency also works with industriesand all levels of government in many kinds of ways to stop pollutingEarth. They also try to save energy.
Each EPA regional office is responsible within its states for putting into use the Agency's programs, except those programs that have been chosen only for that state.
Each regional office also puts into use of programs on Native American land, except those programs for Tribal authorities.
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