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8 Oct 2010
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in 1970 to consolidate numerous federal pollution control responsibilities that had been divided among several federal agencies. EPA’s responsibilities grew over time as Congress enacted an increasing number of environmental statutes and major amendments to these statutes. The major provisions of major statutes are briefly summarized in this report, as laid out in existing law as of this writing.
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Author | David M Bearden, Claudia Copeland, Linda Luther, James E McCarthy, Linda-Jo Schierow, Mary Tiemann |
Series | US Congressional Research Service Reports |
Publisher | Congressional Research Service (CRS) |