[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR1.3]

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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 A_Introduction
 
Sec. 1.3  Purpose and functions.

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency permits coordinated and 
effective governmental action to assure the protection of the 
environment by abating and controlling pollution on a systematic basis. 
Reorganization Plan 3 of 1970 transferred to EPA a variety of research, 
monitoring, standard setting, and enforcement activities related to 
pollution abatement and control to provide for the treatment of the 
environment as a single interrelated system. Complementary to these 
activities are the Agency's coordination and support of research and 
antipollution activities carried out by State and local governments, 
private and public groups, individuals, and educational institutions. 
EPA reinforces efforts among other Federal agencies with respect to the 
impact of their operations on the environment.