
[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR1]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 1--STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B--Headquarters

Sec. 1.21  General.

    EPA Headquarters is comprised of:
    (a) The Office of the Administrator;
    (b) Two Associate Administrators and four staff offices which advise 
the Administrator on cross-cutting Agency headquarters and regional 
issues and conduct programs with respect to EPA's interface with other 
national and international governmental organizations;
    (c) The Office of Inspector General;
    (d) The Office of General Counsel; and
    (e) Nine operational offices, each headed by an Assistant 
Administrator, responsible for carrying out EPA's major environmental 
and administrative programs.

Sec. 1.23  Office of the Administrator.

    The Environmental Protection Agency is headed by an Administrator 
who is appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the 
Senate. The Administrator is responsible to the President for providing 
overall supervision to the Agency, and is assisted by a Deputy 
Administrator also appointed by the President, by and with the consent 
of the Senate. The Deputy Administrator assists the Administrator in the 
discharge of Agency duties and responsibilities and serves as Acting 
Administrator in the absence of the Administrator.

Sec. 1.25  Staff Offices.

    (a) Office of Administrative Law Judges. The Office of 
Administrative Law Judges, under the supervision of the Chief 
Administrative Law Judge, is responsible for presiding over and 
conducting formal hearings, and issuance of initial decisions, if 
appropriate, in such proceedings. The Office provides supervision of the 
Administrative Law Judges, who operate as a component of the Office of 
Administrative Law Judges, in certain Agency Regional Offices. The 
Office provides the Agency Hearing Clerk.
    (b) Office of Civil Rights. The Office of Civil Rights, under the 
supervision of a Director, serves as the principal adviser to the 
Administrator with respect to EPA's civil rights programs. The Office 
develops policies, procedures, and regulations to implement the Agency's 
civil rights responsibilities, and provides direction to Regional and 
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activities in the Office's area of responsibilities. The Office 
implements and monitors the Agency's equal employment opportunity 
program; provides advice and guidance to EPA program officials and 
Regional Administrators on EEO matters; serves as advocate for 
furthering career opportunities for minorities and women; and processes 
complaints of discrimination for Agency disposition. The office assures:
    (1) Maximum participation of minority business enterprises under EPA 
contracts and grants;
    (2) Equal employment opportunity under Agency service contracts, 
construction contracts, and grants;
    (3) Compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act and related acts;
    (4) Compliance with the provisions of laws affecting Agency programs 
requiring nondiscrimination on account of age and physical handicap and;
    (5) Services or benefits are dispensed under any program or activity 
receiving Agency financial assistance on a nondiscrimination basis.
    (c) Science Advisory Board. The Science Advisory Board, under the 
direction of a Director, provides expert and independent advice to the 
Administrator on the scientific and technical issues facing the Agency. 
The Office 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.
    (d) 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 Agency's small and disadvantaged business 
utilization responsibilities. The Office provides information and 
assistance to components of the Agency's field offices responsible for 
carrying out related activities. The Office develops and implements a 
program to provide the maximum utilization of women-owned business 
enterprises in all aspects of EPA contract work; in collaboration with 
the Procurement and Contracts Management Division, develops programs to 
stimulate and improve involvement of small and minority business 
enterprises; and recommends the assignment of technical advisers to 
assist designated Procurement Center Representatives of the Small 
Business Administration in their duties. The Office represents EPA at 
hearings, interagency meetings, conferences and other appropriate forums 
on matters related to the advancement of these cited business 
enterprises in EPA's Federal Contracting Program.
    (e)(1) Environmental Appeals Board. The Environmental Appeals Board 
is a permanent body with continuing functions composed of no more than 
four Board Members designated by the Administrator. The Board shall 
decide each matter before it in accordance with applicable statutes and 
regulations. The Board typically shall sit on matters before it in 
three-Member panels, and shall decide each matter by a majority vote. In 
the event that absence or recusal prevents a three-Member panel, the 
Board shall sit on a matter as a panel of two Members, and two Members 
shall constitute a quorum under such circumstances. The Board in its 
sole discretion shall establish panels to consider matters before it. 
The Board's decisions regarding panel size and composition shall not be 
reviewable. In the case of a tie vote, the matter shall be referred to 
the Administrator to break the tie.
    (2) Functions. The Environmental Appeals Board shall exercise any 
authority expressly delegated to it in this title. With respect to any 
matter for which authority has not been expressly delegated to the 
Environmental Appeals Board, the Environmental Appeals Board shall, at 
the Administrator's request, provide advice and consultation, make 
findings of fact and conclusions of law, prepare a recommended decision, 
or serve as the final decisionmaker, as the Administrator deems 
appropriate. In performing its functions, the Environmental Appeals 
Board may consult with any EPA employee concerning any matter governed 
by the rules set forth in this title, provided such consultation does 
not violate applicable ex parte rules in this title.

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    (3) Qualifications. Each member of the Environmental Appeals Board 
shall be a graduate of an accredited law school and a member in good 
standing of a recognized bar association of any State or the District of 
Columbia. Board Members shall not be employed by the Office of 
Enforcement, the Office of the General Counsel, a Regional Office, or 
any other office directly associated with matters that could come before 
the Environmental Appeals Board. A Board Member shall recuse himself or 
herself from deciding a particular case if that Board Member in previous 
employment performed prosecutorial or investigative functions with 
respect to the case, participated in the preparation or presentation of 
evidence in the case, or was otherwise personally involved in the case.

[50 FR 26721, June 28, 1985, as amended at 57 FR 5323, Feb. 13, 1992; 63 
FR 67780, Dec. 9, 1998]

Sec. 1.27  Offices of the Associate Administrators.

    (a) Office of International Activities. The Office of International 
Activities, under the supervision of an Associate 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 Associate Administrator are 
Agencywide, and apply to all international activities of the Agency. 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. It conducts continuing evaluations of the Agency's 
international activities and makes appropriate recommendations to the 
Administrator. The Office advises the Administrator and principal Agency 
officials on the progress and effect of foreign and international 
programs and issues. The Office serves as the Administrator's 
representative in contacts with the Department of State and other 
Federal agencies concerned with international affairs. It negotiates 
arrangements or understandings relating to international cooperation 
with foreign organizations. The Office coordinates Agency international 
contacts and commitments; serves as the focal point for responding to 
requests for information relating to EPA international activities; and 
provides an initial point of contact for all foreign visitors. The 
Office maintains liaison with all relevant international organizations 
and provides representation where appropriate. It establishes Agency 
policy, and approves annual plans and modifications for travel abroad 
and attendance at international conferences and events. It 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. The Office supervises 
these programs with respect to activities which are completely within 
the purview of EPA.
    (b) Office of Regional Operations. The Office of Regional 
Operations, under the supervision of an Associate Administrator, reports 
directly to the Administrator and Deputy Administrator. The Office 
serves as the primary communications link between the Administrator/
Deputy Administrator and the Regional Administrators. It provides a 
Headquarters focus for ensuring the involvement of Regions, or 
consideration of Regional views and needs, in all aspects of the 
Agency's work. The Office 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. The 
Associate Administrator coordinates Regional issues, organizes Regional 
Administrator meetings and work groups; and coordinates Regional 
responses to specific issues. In addition, the Office is 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 through initiation 
of reviews of significant Regional issues of interest to the 
Administrator. It continually monitors responsiveness

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and compliance with established policies and technical needs through 
formal and informal contact and free dialogue. The Office initiates and 
conducts on-site field visits to study, analyze, and resolve problems of 
Regional, sectional, and national scale.

Sec. 1.29  Office of Inspector General.

    The Office of Inspector General assumes overall responsibility for 
audits and investigations relating to EPA programs and operations. The 
Office 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 is such programs and operations. 
The Office of the Inspector General informs the 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; and reviews existing and proposed 
legislation and regulations to assess the impact on the administration 
of EPA's programs and operations. The Office recommends policies for, 
and conducts or coordinates relationships between, the Agency and other 
Federal, State and local government agencies, and nongovernmental 
entities on 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.

Sec. 1.31  Office of General Counsel.

    The Office of General Counsel is under the supervision of the 
General Counsel who serves as the primary legal adviser to the 
Administrator. The office provides legal services to all organizational 
elements of the Agency with respect to all Agency programs and 
activities and also provides legal opinions, legal counsel, and 
litigation support; and assists in the formulation and administration of 
the Agency's policies and programs as legal adviser.

Sec. 1.33  Office of Administration and Resources Management.

    The Office of Administration and Resources Management is under the 
supervision of the Assistance Administrator for Administration and 
Resources Management who provides services 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 and systems (including budget and financial management), 
personnel services, occupational health and safety, administrative 
services, organization and management analysis and systems development, 
information management and 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) Office of Administration and Resources Management, Research 
Triangle Park, North Carolina, (RTP). The Office of Administration and 
Resources Management (OARM), RTP, under the supervision of a Director, 
provides services to all of the programs and activities at RTP and 
certain financial and automated data processing services Agencywide. The 
major functions of the Office include personnel services, financial 
management, procurement through contracts, library and other information 
services, general services (including safety and security, property and 
supply, printing, distribution, facilities and other administrative 
services) and providing both local RTP and Agencywide automated data 
processing systems services. The Director,

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OARM, RTP, supervises the Office of Administration, Financial Management 
and Data Processing, RTP.
    (b) Office of Administration, Cincinnati, Ohio. The Office of 
Administration at Cincinnati, Ohio, under the supervision of a Director, 
provides and administers personnel, procurement, safety and security, 
property and supply, printing, distribution, facilities, and other 
administrative service programs at Cincinnati and other specified 
geographic locations.
    (c) Office of the Comptroller. The Office of the Comptroller, under 
the supervision of the Comptroller, is responsible for Agencywide 
budget, resources management and financial management functions, 
including program analysis and planning; budget formulation, preparation 
and execution; funding allotments and allocations; and developing and 
maintaining accounting systems, fiscal controls, and systems for payroll 
and disbursements. The Assistant Administrator's resource systems 
responsibilities are administered by this Office.
    (d) Office of Administration. The Office of Administration, under 
the supervision of a Director, is responsible for the development and 
conduct of programs for personnel policies, procedures and operations; 
organization and management systems, control, and services; facilities, 
property and space management; personnel and property security; 
policies, procedures, and operations related to procurement through 
grants, contracts, and interagency agreements; and occupational health 
and safety.
    (e) Office of Information Resources Management. The Office of 
Information Resources Management (OIRM), under the supervision of a 
Director, provides for an information resource management program (IRM) 
consistent with the provisions of Public Law 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 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 Public 
Law 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, inculding those systems and services 
acquired by grantees and contractors using Agency funds; the operation 
of all Agency computers and telecommunications hardware and facilities; 
and the establishment and/or application of telecommunications and 
Federal information processing standards. 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.
    (f) The Office of Human Resources Management. The Office of Human 
Resources Management (OHRM), under the supervision of a Director, 
designs strategies, plans, and policies aimedat developing and training 
all employees, revitalizing EPA organizations, and matching the right 
people with the right jobs. The Office is responsible for developing and 
assuring implementation of policies and practices necessary for EPA to 
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workforce needs. This includes consideration of the interrelationships 
between the environmental protection workforce needs of EPA and State 
governments. For Senior Executive Service (SES) personnel, SES 
candidates, Presidential Executive Interchange Participants, and 
Management Interns, OHRM establishes policies; assesses and projects 
Agency executive needs and workforce capabilities; creates, establishes, 
and implements training and development strategies and programs; 
provides the full range of personnel functions; supports the Performance 
Review Board (PRB) and the Executive Resources Board (ERB); and 
reassigns SES personnel with the concurrence of the ERB. For the areas 
of workforce management and employee and organizational development, 
OHRM develops strategies, plans, and policies; coordinates Agencywide 
implementation of those strategies, plans, and policies; and provides 
technical assistance to operating personnel offices and States. OHRM, in 
cooperation with the Office of the Comptroller, evaluates problems with 
previous workyear use, monitors current workyear utilization, and 
projects future workyear needs in coordination with the Agency's budget 
process. The Office is the lead office for coordination of human 
resources management with the Agency's Strategic Planning and Management 
System. The Office develops methodologies and procedures for evaluations 
of Agency human resources management activities; conducts evaluations of 
human resources management activities Agencywide; and carries out human 
resources management projects of special interest to Agency management. 
The Office coordinates its efforts with the Office of Administration 
(specifically the Personnel Management Division and the Management and 
Organization Division), the Office of the Comptroller, the Office of 
Information Resources Management, and the Office of Policy, Planning and 
Evaluation.

Sec. 1.35  Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring.

    The Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring, under the 
supervision of the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and 
Compliance Monitoring, serves as the principal adviser to the 
Administrator in matters concerning enforcement and compliance; and 
provides the principal direction and review of civil enforcement 
activities for air, water, waste, pesticides, toxics, and radiation. The 
Assistant Administrator reviews the efforts of each Assistant and 
Regional Administrator to assure that EPA develops and conducts a strong 
and consistent enforcement and compliance monitoring program. The Office 
manages the 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.

Sec. 1.37  Office of External Affairs.

    (a) Office of Federal Activities. The Office of Federal Activities 
is headed by a Director who reports to the Assistant Administrator for 
External Affairs and supervises all the functions of the Office. The 
Director acts as national program manager for five major programs that 
include:
    (1) The review of other agency environmental impact statements and 
other major actions under the authority of Section 309 of the Clean Air 
Act;
    (2) EPA compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 
and related laws, directives, and Executive policies concerning special 
environmental areas and cultural resources;
    (3) Compliance with Executive policy on American Indian affairs and 
the development of programs for environmental protection on Indian 
lands; and
    (4) The development and oversight of national programs and internal 
policies, strategies, and procedures for implementing Executive Order 
12088 and other administrative or statutory provisions concerning 
compliance with environmental requirements by Federal facilities. The 
Director chairs the Standing Committee on Implementation of Executive 
Order 12088. The Office serves as the Environmental Protection Agency's 
(EPA) principal point of contact and liaison with other Federal agencies 
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and technical assistance to those agencies relating to EPA's areas of 
expertise and responsibility. The Office administers the filing and 
information system for all Federal Environmental Impact Statements under 
agreement with the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and provides 
liaison with CEQ on this function and related matters of NEPA program 
administration. The Office provides a central point of information for 
EPA and the public on environmental impact assessment techniques and 
methodologies.
    (b) Office of Public Affairs. The Office of Public Affairs is under 
the supervision of a Director who serves as chief spokesperson for the 
Agency and as a principal adviser, along with the Assistant 
Administrator for External Affairs, to the Adminstrator, Deputy 
Administrator, and Senior Management Officials, on public affairs 
aspects of the Agency's activities and programs. The Office of Public 
Affairs provides to the media adequate and timely information as well as 
responses to queries from the media on all EPA program activities. It 
assures that the policy of openness in all information matters, as 
enunciated by the Administrator, is honored in all respects. Develops 
publications to inform the general public of major EPA programs and 
activities; it also develops informational materials for internal EPA 
use in Headquarters and at the Regions, Labs and Field Offices. It 
maintains clearance systems and procedures for periodicals and 
nontechnical information developed by EPA for public distribution, and 
reviews all publications for public affairs interests. The Office of 
Public Affairs provides policy direction for, and coordination and 
oversight of EPA's community relations program. It provides a system for 
ensuring that EPA educates citizens and responds to their concerns about 
all environmental issues and assures that there are opportunities for 
public involvement in the resolution of problems. The Office supervises 
the production of audio-visual materials, including graphics, radio and 
video materials, for the general public and for internal audiences, in 
support of EPA policies and programs. The Office provides program 
direction and professional review of the performance of public affairs 
functions in the Regional Offices of EPA, as well as at laboratories and 
other field offices. The Office of Public Affairs is responsible for 
reviewing interagency agreements and Headquarters purchase request 
requisitions expected to result in contracts in the area of public 
information and community relations. It develops proposals and reviews 
Headquarters grant applications under consideration when public affairs 
goals are involved.
    (c) Office of Legislative Analysis. The Office of Legislative 
Analysis, under the supervision of a Director who serves in the capacity 
of Legislative Counsel, is responsible for legislative drafting and 
liaison activities relating to the Agency's programs. It exercises 
responsibility for legislative drafting; reports to the Office of 
Management and Budget and congressional committees on proposed 
legislation and pending and enrolled bills, as required by OMB Circular 
No. A-19 and Bulletin No. 72-6; provides testimony on legislation and 
other matters before congressional committees; and reviews transcripts 
of legislative hearings. It maintains liaison with the Office of 
Congressional Liaison on all Agency activities of interest to the 
Congress. The Office works closely with the staffs of various Assistant 
Administrators, Associate Administrators, Regional Administrators, and 
Staff Office Directors in accordance with established Agency procedures, 
in the development of the Agency's legislative program. The Office 
assists the Assistant Administrator for External Affairs and the 
Agency's senior policy officials in guiding legislative initiatives 
through the legislative process. It advises the Assistant Administrator 
for Administration and Resources Management in matters pertaining to 
appropriations legislation. It works closely with the Office of Federal 
Activities to assure compliance with Agency procedures for the 
preparation of environmental impact statements, in relation to proposed 
legislation and reports on legislation. The Office coordinates with the 
Office of Management and Budget, other agencies, and congressional staff 
members on matters within its area of responsibility; and develops 
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State and local environmental legislative proposals, using inputs 
provided by other Agency components. The Legislative Reference Library 
provides legislative research services for the Agency. The Library 
secures and furnishes congressional materials to all EPA employees and, 
if available, to other Government agencies and private organizations; 
and it also provides the service of securing, upon request, EPA reports 
and materials for the Congress.
    (d) Office of Congressional Liaison. The Office of Congressional 
Liaison is under the supervision of a Director who serves as the 
principal adviser to the Administrator with respect to congressional 
activities. All of the functions and responsibilities of the Director 
are Agencywide and apply to the provision of services with respect to 
all of the programs and activities of the Agency. The Office serves as 
the principal point of congressional contact with the Agency and 
maintains an effective liaison with the Congress on Agency activities of 
interest to the Congress and, as necessary, maintains liaison with 
Agency Regional and field officials, other Government agencies, and 
public and private groups having an interest in legislative matters 
affecting the Agency. It assures the provision of prompt response to the 
Congress on all inquiries relating to activities of the Agency; and 
monitors and coordinates the continuing operating contacts between the 
staff of the Office of the Comptroller and staff of the Appropriations 
Subcommittees of Congress.
    (e) Office of Community and Intergovernmental Relations. The Office 
of Community and Intergovernmental Relations is under the supervision of 
a Director who serves as the principal point of contact with public 
interest groups representing general purpose State and local 
governments, and is the principal source of advice and information for 
the Administrator and the Assistant Administrator for External Affairs 
on intergovernmental relations. The Office maintains liaison on 
intergovernmental issues with the White House and Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB); identifies and seeks solutions to emerging 
intergovernmental issues; recommends and coordinates personal 
involvement by the Administrator and Deputy Administrator in relations 
with State, county, and local government officials; coordinates and 
assists Headquarters components in their handling of broad-gauged and 
issue-oriented intergovernmental problems. It works with the Regional 
Administrators and the Office of Regional Operations to encourage the 
adoption of improved methods for dealing effectively with State and 
local governments on specific EPA program initiatives; works with the 
Immediate Office of the Administrator, Office of Congressional Liaison, 
Office of Public Affairs, and the Regional Offices to develop and carry 
out a comprehensive liaison program; and tracks legislative initiatives 
which affect the Agency's intergovernmental relations. It advises and 
supports the Office Director in implementing the President's 
Environmental Youth Awards program.

[50 FR 26721, June 28, 1985, as amended at 52 FR 30359, Aug. 14, 1987]

Sec. 1.39  Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation.

    The Assistant Administrator for Policy, Planning and Evaluation 
services as principal adviser to the Administrator on Agency policy and 
planning issues and as such is responsible for supervision and 
management of the following: Policy analysis; standards and regulations; 
and management strategy and evaluation. The Assistant Administrator 
represents the Administrator with Congress and the Office of Management 
and Budget, and other Federal agencies prescribing requirements for 
conduct for Government management activities.
    (a) Office of Policy Analysis. The Office of Policy Analysis is 
under the supervision of a Director who performs the following functions 
on an Agencywide basis: economic analysis of Agency programs, policies, 
standards, and regulations, including the estimation of abatement costs; 
research into developing new benefits models; benefit-cost analyses; 
impact assessments; intermediate and long-range strategic studies; 
consultation and analytical assistance in the areas described above to 
senior policy and program officials and other offices in the Agency; 
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major new Agency initiatives; liaison with other agencies; universities, 
and interest groups on major policy issues and development of a 
coordinated Agency position; and development of integrated pollution 
control strategies for selected industrial and geographical areas.
    (b) Office of Standards and Regulations. The Office of Standards and 
Regulations is under the supervision of a Director who is responsible 
for: involving the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation (OPPE) in 
regulatory review; conducting technical and statistical analyses of 
proposed standards, regulations and guidelines; serving as the Agency 
focal point for identifying, developing and implementing alternatives to 
conventional ``command and control'' regulations; conducting analyses of 
Agency activities related to chemical substances and providing 
mechanisms for establishing regulatory priorities and resolving 
scientific issues affecting rulemaking; ensuring Agency compliance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act; evaluating and reviewing all Agency 
information collection requests and activities, and, in cooperation with 
the Office of Administration and Resources Management and the Office of 
Management Systems and Evaluation, evaluating Agency management and uses 
of data for decision-making.
    (c) Office of Management Systems and Evaluation. The Office of 
Management Systems and Evaluation is under the supervision of a Director 
who directs and coordinates the development, implementation and 
administration of Agencywide systems for planning, tracking, and 
evaluating the accomplishments of Agency programs. In consultation with 
other offices, the Office develops a long-range policy framework for 
Agency goals, and objectives, identifies strategies for achieving goals, 
establishes timetables for objectives, and ensures that programs are 
evaluated against their accomplishments of goals.

Sec. 1.41  Office of Air and Radiation.

    The Office of Air and Radiation is under supervision of the 
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation who serves as principal 
adviser to the Administrator in matters pertaining to air and radiation 
programs, and is responsible for the management of these EPA programs: 
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 assistance and 
technology transfer; and selected demonstration programs.
    (a) Office of Mobile Sources. The Office of Mobile Sources, under 
the supervision of a Director, is responsible for the mobile source 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 with the Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring as appropriate, a regulatory 
compliance program to ensure adherence of mobile sources to standards; 
and for fostering the development of State motor vehicles emission 
inspection and maintenance programs.
    (b) Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. The Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards, under the supervision of a Director, is 
responsible for the air quality planning and standards functions of the 
Office of Air and Radiation. The Director for Air Quality Planning and 
Standards is responsible for emission standards for new stationary 
sources, and emission standards for hazardous pollutants; for developing 
national programs, technical policies, regulations, guidelines, and 
criteria for air pollution control; for assessing the national air 
pollution control program and the success in achieving air quality 
goals; for providing assistance to the States, industry and other 
organizations through personnel training activities and technical 
information; for providing technical direction and support to Regional 
Offices and other organizations; for

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evaluating Regional programs with respect to State implementation plans 
and strategies, technical assistance, and resource requirements and 
allocations for air related programs; for developing and maintaining a 
national air programs data system, including air quality, emissions and 
other technical data; and for providing effective technology transfer 
through the translation of technological developments into improved 
control program procedures.
    (c) Office of Radiation Programs. The Office of Radiation Programs, 
under the supervision of a Director, is responsible to the Assistant 
Administrator for Air and Radiation for the radiation activities of the 
Agency, including development of radiation protection criteria, 
standards, and policies; measurement and control of radiation exposure; 
and research requirements for radiation programs. The Office provides 
technical assistance to States through EPA 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 the environment; and maintains 
liaison with other public and private organizations involved in 
environmental radiation protection activities. The Office coordinates 
with and assists the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring in 
enforcement activities where EPA has jurisdiction. The Office provides 
editorial policy and guidance, and assists in preparing publications.

Sec. 1.43  Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

    The Assistant Administrator serves as the principal adviser 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; the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); 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 bases 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.
    (a) Office of Pesticide Programs. The Office of Pesticide Programs, 
under the management of a Director and Deputy Director are responsible 
to the Assistant Administrator for leadership of the overall pesticide 
activities of the Agency under the authority of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and several provisions of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 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, other 
EPA components, other Federal agencies, or by State, local, and private 
sectors. The Office is also responsible for establishment of tolerance 
levels for pesticide residues which occur in or on food; registration 
and reregistration of 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 
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technical and manpower training activities in the pesticides area; 
development of research needs and monitoring requirements for the 
pesticide program and related areas; review of impact statements dealing 
with pesticides; and carrying out of assigned international activities.
    (b) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. The Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), under the management of a 
Director and Deputy Director is responsible to the Assistant 
Administrator for those activities of the Agency mandated by the Toxic 
Substances Control Act. 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 substances activities at EPA Headquarters and 
Regional Offices; coordinates TSCA activities with other EPA offices and 
Federal and State agencies, and conducts the export notification 
required by TSCA and provides information to importers. 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.
    (c) Office of Compliance Monitoring. The Office of Compliance 
Monitoring, under the supervision of a Director, plans, directs, and 
coordinates the pesticides and toxic substances compliance programs of 
the Agency. More specifically, the Office provides a national pesticides 
and toxic substances compliance overview and program policy direction to 
the Regional Offices and the States, prepares guidance and policy on 
compliance issues, establishes compliance priorities, provides technical 
support for litigation activity, concurs on enforcement actions, 
maintains liaison with the National Enforcement Investigations Center, 
develops annual fiscal budgets for the national programs, and manages 
fiscal and personnel resources for the Headquarters programs. The Office 
directs and manages the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic 
Substances' laboratory data integrity program which conducts laboratory 
inspections and audits of testing data. The Office issues civil 
administrative complaints and other administrative orders in cases of 
first impression, overriding national significance, or violations by any 
entity located in more than one Region. The office coordinates with the 
Office of General Counsel and 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 Pesticide Programs in the conduct of 
pesticide enforcement compliance and registration programs under the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 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 
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Compliance Monitoring also coordinates with the Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics in the conduct of regulatory and compliance 
programs under the Toxic Substances Control Act 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.

[50 FR 26721, June 28, 1985, as amended at 57 FR 28087, June 24, 1992]

Sec. 1.45  Office of Research and Development.

    The Office of Research and Development is under the supervision of 
the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development who serves as 
the principal science adviser to the Administrator, and is responsible 
for the development, direction, and conduct of a national research, 
development and demonstration program in: Pollution sources, fate, and 
health and welfare effects; pollution prevention and control, and waste 
management and utilization technology; environmental sciences; and 
monitoring systems. The Office participates in the development of Agency 
policy, standards, and regulations and provides for dissemination of 
scientific and technical knowledge, including analytical methods, 
monitoring techniques, and modeling methodologies. The Office 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 utilized by the Agency. The Office exercises review and 
concurrence responsibilities on an Agencywide basis in all budgeting and 
planning actions involving monitoring which require Heardquarters 
approval.
    (a) Office of Acid Deposition, Environmental Monitoring and Quality 
Assurance. The Office of Acid Deposition, Environmental Monitoring and 
Quality Assurance (OADEMQA), under the supervision of an Office 
Director, is responsible for planning, managing and evaluating a 
comprehensive program for:
    (1) Monitoring the cause and effects of acid deposition;
    (2) Research and development on the causes, effects and corrective 
steps for the acid deposition phenomenon;
    (3) Research with respect to the transport and fate of pollutants 
which are released into the atmosphere;
    (4) Development and demonstration of techniques and methods to 
measure exposure and to relate ambient concentrations to exposure by 
critical receptors;
    (5) 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;
    (6) Establishment, direction and coordination of Agencywide Quality 
Assurance Program; and
    (7) 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.
    (b) Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology 
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Technology Demonstration (OEETD) under the supervision of a Director, is 
responsible for planning, managing, and evaluating a comprehensive 
program of research, development, and demonstration of cost effective 
methods and technologies to:
    (1) Control Environmental impacts associated with the extraction, 
processing, conversion, and transportation of energy, minerals, and 
other resources, and with industrial processing and manufacturing 
facilities;
    (2) Control environmental impacts of public sector activities 
including publicly-owned waste water and solid waste facilities;
    (3) Control and manage hazardous waste generation, storage, 
treatment, and disposal;
    (4) Provide innovative technologies for response actions under 
Superfund and technologies for control of emergency spills of oils and 
hazardous waste;
    (5) Improve drinking water supply and system operations, including 
improved understanding of water supply technology and water supply 
criteria;
    (6) Characterize, reduce, and mitigate indoor air pollutants 
including radon; and
    (7) Characterize, reduce, and mitigate acid rain precursors from 
stationary sources. Development of engineering data needed by the Agency 
in reviewing premanufacturing notices relative to assessing potential 
release and exposure to chemicals, treatability by waste treatment 
systems, containment and control of genetically engineered organisms, 
and development of alternatives to mitigate the likelihood of release 
and exposure to existing chemicals. 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 reseach and development and the 
control of pollution discharges.
    (c) Office of Environmental Processes and Effects Research. The 
Office of Environmental Processes and Effects Research, under the 
supervision of the Director, is responsible for planning, managing, and 
evaluating a comprehensive research program to 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 upon nonhuman organisms and 
ecosystems. The comprehensive program includes:
    (1) The development of organism and ecosystem level effect data 
needed for the establishment of standards, criteria or guidelines for 
the protection of nonhuman components of the environment and ecosystems 
integrity and the prevention of harmful human exposure to pollutants;
    (2) The development of methods to determine and predict the fate, 
transport, and environmental levels 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;
    (3) The development and demonstration of methods for the control or 
management of adverse environmental impacts from agriculture and other 
rural nonprofit sources;
    (4) The development and demonstration of integrated pest management 
strategies for the management of agriculture and urban pests which 
utilize alternative biological, cultural and chemical controls;
    (5) The development of a laboratory and fieldscale screening tests 
to provide data that can be used to predict the behavior of pollutants 
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movement in the environmental, accumulation in the food chain, effects 
on organisms, and broad escosystem impacts;
    (6) Coordination of interagency research activities associated with 
the health and environmental impacts of energy production and use; and
    (7) development and demonstration of methods for restoring degraded 
ecosystem by means other than source control.
    (d) Office of Health Research. The Office of Health Research under 
the supervision of a Director, is responsible 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 tests 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 use 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/Environment 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 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 staffs, the Office provides a focal point 
for matters pertaining to the effects of human exposure to environmental 
pollutants.
    (e) Office of Health and Environmental Assessment (OHEA). The Office 
of Health and Environmental Assessment, under the supervision of a 
Director, is the principal adviser on matters relating to the 
development of health criteria, health affects assessment and risk 
estimation, to the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development. 
The Director's Office: Develops recommendations 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.
    (f) Office of Exploratory Research. The Office of Exploratory 
Research (OER), under the supervision of a Director, is responsible 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 Assistance 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; developing research proposal solicitations; managing grant 
projects; and ensuring project quality and optimum dissemination of 
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The OER is responsible for analyzing EPA's long-range environmental 
research concerns; forecasting emerging and potential environmental 
problems and manpower needs; identifying Federal workforce training 
programs to be used by State and local governments; assuring the 
participation of minority institutions in environmental research and 
development activities; and conducting special studies in response to 
high priority national environmental needs and problems. This office 
serves as an ORD focal point for university relations and other Federal 
research and development agencies related to EPA's extramural research 
program.

[50 FR 26721, June 28, 1985, as amended at 52 FR 30360, Aug. 14, 1987]

Sec. 1.47  Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.

    The Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER), under the 
supervision of the Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, provides Agencywide policy, guidance, and direction for the 
Agency's solid and hazardous wastes and emergency response programs. 
This Office has primary responsibility for implementing the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA--``Superfund''). In 
addition to managing those programs, the Assistant Administrator serves 
as principal adviser 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 and hazardous wastes and emergency 
response activities; development of programs for technical, 
programmatic, and compliance assistance to States and local governments; 
development of guidelines and standards for the land disposal of 
hazardous wastes; analyses of 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 analyses; 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 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 
CERCLA and 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. The Office provides program 
guidance through the development and issuance of policies, guidance and 
other documents and through training and technical assistance. The 
Office oversees and supports Regions and States in the implementation of 
the CERCLA and RCRA enforcement programs. 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. The Office serves as the national technical 
expert for all matters relating to CERCLA and RCRA compliance and 
enforcement. It represents the interest of the CERCLA and RCRA 
enforcement programs to other offices of the Agency. 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, U.S. Department of Justice and other Federal 
agencies, the media, public interest and industry groups, State and 
local governments and their associations and the public.
    (b) Office of Solid Waste. The Office of Solid Waste, under the 
supervision of a Director, is responsible for the solid and hazardous 
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Agency. In particular, this Office is responsible for implementing the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The Office provides program 
policy direction to and evaluation of such activities throughout the 
Agency and establishes solid and hazardous wastes research requirements 
for EPA.
    (c) Office of Emergency and Remedial Response. The Office of 
Emergency and Remedial Response, under the supervision of a Director, is 
responsible for the emergency and remedial response functions of the 
Agency (i.e., CERCLA). The Office is specifically responsible for:
    (1) Developing national strategy, programs, technical policies, 
regulations, and guidelines for the control of abandoned hazardous waste 
sites, and response to and prevention of oil and hazardous substance 
spills;
    (2) Providing direction, guidance, and support to the Environmental 
Response Teams and overseeing their activities;
    (3) Providing direction, guidance, and support to the Agency's non-
enforcement emergency and remedial response programs, including 
emergency and remedial responses to hazardous waste sites;
    (4) Developing national accomplishment plans and resources;
    (5) Scheduling the guidelines for program plans;
    (6) Assisting in the training of personnel;
    (7) Monitoring and evaluating the performance, progress, and fiscal 
status of the Regions in implementing emergency and remedial response 
program plans;
    (8) Maintaining liaison with concerned public and private national 
organizations for emergency response;
    (9) Supporting State emergency response programs; and
    (10) Coordinating Office activities with other EPA programs.
    (d) Office of Underground Storage Tanks. The Office of Underground 
Storage Tanks, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for 
defining, planning, and implementing regulation of underground storage 
tanks containing petroleum, petroleum products, and chemical products. 
In particular, this Office is responsible for overseeing implementation 
of Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as 
amended. The Office develops and promulgates regulations and policies 
including notification, tank design and installation, corrective action, 
and State program approvals. It also plans for an oversees utilization 
of the Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund established by the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA).

[50 FR 26721, June 28, 1985, as amended at 52 FR 30360, Aug. 14, 1987]

Sec. 1.49  Office of Water.

    The Office of Water, under the supervision of the Assistant 
Administrator for Water who serves as the principal adviser to the 
Administrator in matters pertaining to water programs, is responsible 
for management of EPA's water programs. Functions of the Office include 
program policy development and evaluation; environmental and pollution 
source standards development; program policy guidance and overview; 
technical support; and evaluation of Regional water 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 programs; economic and long-term environmental analysis; 
and marine and estuarine protection.
    (a) Office of Water Enforcement and Permits. The Office of Water 
Enforcement and Permits, 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 the Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act. 
The Office also provides national program direction to the National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program. The office has 
overview responsibilities and provides technical assistance to the 
regional activities in both enforcement and permitting programs.
    (b) Office of Water Regulations and Standards. The Office of Water 
Regulations and Standards, under the supervision of a Director, is 
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the Agency's water regulations and standards functions. The Office is 
responsible for developing an overall program strategy for the 
achievement of water pollution abatement in cooperation with other 
appropriate program offices. The Office assures the coordination of all 
national water-related activities within this water program strategy, 
and monitors national progress toward the achievement of water quality 
goals and is responsible for the development of effluent guidelines and 
water quality standards, and other pollutant standards, regulations, and 
guidelines within the program responsibilities of the Office. It 
exercises overall responsibility for the development of effective State 
and Regional water quality regulatory control programs. The Office is 
responsible for the development and maintenance of a centralized water 
programs data system including compatible water quality, discharger, and 
program data files utilizing, but not displacing, files developed and 
maintained by other program offices. It is responsible for developing 
national accomplishment plans and resource and schedule guidelines for 
monitoring and evaluating the performance, progress, and fiscal status 
of the organization in implementing program plans. The Office represents 
EPA in activities with other Federal agencies concerned with water 
quality regulations and standards.
    (c) Office of Municipal Pollution Control. The Office of Municipal 
Pollution Control, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible 
for the Agency's water program operations functions. The Office is 
responsible for developing national strategies, program and policy 
recommendations, regulations and guidelines for municipal water 
pollution control; for providing technical direction and support to 
Regional Offices and other organizations; and for evaluating Regional 
and State programs with respect to municipal point source abatement and 
control, and manpower development for water-related activities. The 
Office assures that priority Headquarters and regional activities are 
planned and carried out in a coordinated and integrated fashion, 
including developing and implementing data submission systems.
    (d) Office of Drinking Water. The Office of Drinking Water, under 
the supervision of a Director, is responsible for water supply 
activities of the Agency, including the development of an implementation 
strategy which provides the national policy direction and coordination 
for the program. This Office develops regulations and guidelines to 
protect drinking water quality and existing and future underground 
sources of drinking water, develops program policy and guidance for 
enforcement and compliance activities, and recommends policy for water 
supply protection activities. The office provides guidance and technical 
information to State agencies, local utilities, and Federal facilities 
through the Regional Offices on program planning and phasing; evaluates 
the national level of compliance with the regulations; plans and 
develops policy guidance for response to national, Regional, and local 
emergencies; reviews and evaluates, with Regional Offices, technical 
data for the designation of sole-source aquifers; designs a national 
program of public information; provides program policy direction for 
technical assistance and manpower training activities in the water 
supply area; identifies research needs and develops monitoring 
requirements for the national water supply program; develops national 
accomplishments' plans and resource schedule guidelines for monitoring 
and evaluating the program plans, and program performance, and fiscal 
status; develops program plans, and budget and program status reports 
for the water supply program; coordinates water supply activities with 
other Federal agencies as necessary; and serves as liaison with the 
National Drinking Water Advisory Council.
    (e) Office of Ground-Water Protection. The Office of Ground-Water 
Protection, under the supervision of a Director, oversees implementation 
of the Agency's Ground-water Protection Strategy. This Office 
coordinates support of Headquarters and regional activities to develop 
stronger State government organizations and programs which foster 
ground-water protection. The Office directs and coordinates Agency 
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and approaches to unaddressed problems of ground-water contamination; is 
principally responsible for establishing and implementing a framework 
for decision-making at EPA on ground-water protection issues; and serves 
as the focus of internal EPA policy coordination for ground-water.
    (f) 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, 
including ocean dumping. The Office provides national direction for the 
Chesapeake Bay and other estuarine programs, and policy oversight of the 
Great Lakes Program.
    (g) Office of Wetlands Protection. The Office of Wetlands 
Protection, under the supervision of a Director, administers the 404/
Wetlands Program and develops policies, procedures, regulations, and 
strategies addressing the maintenance, enhancement, and protection of 
the Nations Wetlands. The Office coordinates Agency issues related to 
wetlands.

[50 FR 26721, June 28, 1985, as amended at 52 FR 30360, Aug. 14, 1987]
