Nixon Reorganization Plan creating EPA

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The Nixon Reorganization Plan creating the EPA was a 1970 executive reorganization initiative that consolidated various federal environmental responsibilities into the newly formed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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instanceOf United States federal reorganization plan ⓘ
environmental policy initiative ⓘ
executive branch reorganization ⓘ
announcedIn Special Message to the Congress on Environmental Quality ⓘ
announcementDate 1970-07-09 ⓘ
approvedBy United States Congress ⓘ
archivedAt National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
branchOfGovernment executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdAgency United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
createdPosition Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
dateProposed 1970-07-09 ⓘ
documentType presidential reorganization plan ⓘ
firstAdministrator William D. Ruckelshaus ⓘ
focusArea air pollution control ⓘ
pesticide regulation ⓘ
radiation protection ⓘ
solid waste management ⓘ
water pollution control ⓘ
hasOfficialName Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 ⓘ
historicalContext United States environmental movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s ⓘ
implementedBy Office of Management and Budget ⓘ
legalBasis Reorganization Act of 1949 ⓘ
opposedBy some members of Congress ⓘ
policyDomain environmental protection ⓘ
public health ⓘ
proposedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
proposedByOffice President of the United States ⓘ
purpose to consolidate federal environmental responsibilities into a single agency ⓘ
relatedEvent first Earth Day ⓘ
relatedEventDate 1970-04-22 ⓘ
resultedIn centralization of federal environmental regulation ⓘ
signedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
tookEffectOn 1970-12-02 ⓘ
transferredFunctionFrom Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
Council on Environmental Quality (certain functions) ⓘ
Department of Agriculture ⓘ
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
Department of the Interior ⓘ
Federal Radiation Council ⓘ
transferredProgram Bureau of Radiological Health (certain functions) ⓘ
Bureau of Solid Waste Management ⓘ
Bureau of Water Hygiene ⓘ
Federal Water Quality Administration ⓘ
National Air Pollution Control Administration ⓘ
Pesticides regulatory functions of the Department of Agriculture ⓘ
Radiation protection functions of the Federal Radiation Council ⓘ

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Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 → alsoKnownAs → Nixon Reorganization Plan creating EPA ⓘ