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Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency, commonly known as the EPA, is an active government agency in the United States. Established in 1970, it is located in Washington. The organization serves as a funder and operates with a budget of 10500000000. It employs 17964 people and maintains a social media following of 628775.
The agency’s official websites are epa.gov and epa.govarchive.us. It is also described at federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency. The organization is categorized under the United States Environmental Protection Agency on Commons.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, ROR, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Formed
- December 2, 1970
- Jurisdiction
- Federal government of the United States
- Employees
- 14,130
- Annual budget
- $9,559,485,000
- Agency executives
- Lee Zeldin , Administrator David Fotouhi , Deputy Administrator
- Website
- epa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Funder, Government
- Founded
- 1970
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Also known as
- EPA, U.S. EPA, United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.418698.a · ISNI 0000 0001 2146 2763
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- publishing house
- Official name
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Field of work
- regulation
- Country
- United States
- Founded by
- Richard Nixon
- Headquarters
- Washington, D.C.
- Parent organization
- Federal Government of the United States
- Chairperson
- Lee Zeldin
- Employees
- 14130
- Official website
- epa.govarchive.us
- Image
- EPA HQ - WJ Clinton Building - Main entrance - 2018a.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- applies to jurisdiction
- Federal Government of the United States
- Commons category
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- topic's main category
- Category:United States Environmental Protection Agency
- inception
- 1970-12-02
- position held by head of the organization
- Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- budget
- 10500000000
- described at URL
- www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency
- social media followers
- 30000
- language used
- English language
- watercraft prefix
- US EPA
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Encyclopedic overview
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. The order establishing the EPA was ratified by committee hearings in the House and Senate.
The agency is led by its administrator, who is appointed by the president and approved by the Senate. Since January 29, 2025, the administrator is Lee Zeldin. The EPA is not a Cabinet department, but the administrator is normally given cabinet rank. The EPA has its headquarters in Washington, D.C. There are regional offices for each of the agency's ten regions, as well as 27 laboratories around the country.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Environmental Protection Agency” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.