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Office of Administration and Resources Management - enhances public health and environmental protection through effective management of EPA's human, financial, and physical resources.
Office of Air and Radiation - oversees the air and radiation protection activities of the Agency including national programs, technical policies, and regulations.
American Indian Environmental Office - coordinates the Agency-wide effort to strengthen public health and environmental protection in Indian Country, with a special emphasis on building Tribal capacity to administer their own environmental programs.
Chief Financial Officer - manages and coordinates EPA's planning, budgeting, analysis and accountability processes as well as provide financial management services.
Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance - delivers compliance with U.S. environmental laws while inspiring the regulated community to employ methods that focus on pollution prevention.
Office of Environmental Justice - serves as a focal point for ensuring that communities comprised predominately of people of color or low income populations receive protection under environmental laws.
Office of Environmental Information - responsible for establishing an innovative center of excellence that advances the creation, management and use of information as a strategic resource at EPA.
History Office - preserves the Agency's institutional memory and provides background information and publications to the public.
Office of General Counsel - provides legal service to all organizational elements of the Agency with respect to Agency programs and activities. The Office of General Counsel provides legal opinions, legal counsel, and litigation support. In addition, the Office assists in the formulation and administration of the Agency's policies and programs as legal advisor.
Office of Inspector General - conducts audits and investigations of Agency programs and operations.
Office of International Affairs - manages Agency involvement in international policies and programs that cut across Agency offices and regions. Provides leadership and coordination on behalf of the Agency and acts as the focal point on international environmental matters.
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances - develops national strategies for toxic substance control and promotes pollution prevention and the public's right to know about chemical risks.
Office of Research and Development - is responsible for the research and development needs of the Agency's operating programs and the conduct of an integrated research and development program for the Agency.
Science Policy Council - is responsible within the Agency to address and resolve cross-media, cross-program, and cross-disciplinary science policy issues. The Council is chaired by the Deputy Administrator.
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - provides policy, guidance, and direction for the land disposal of hazardous wastes, underground storage tanks, solid waste management, encouragement of innovative technologies, source reduction of wastes and the Superfund Program.
Office of Water - is responsible for the Agency's water quality activities including development of national programs, technical policies, and regulations relating to drinking water, water quality, ground water, pollution source standards, and the protection of wetlands, marine, and estuarine areas.
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina - the Agency's center for research on how humans and ecosystems are exposed to various pollutants, the extent of that exposure, and the health and ecological effects which result from such exposure. RTP is also the hub of EPA's air pollution programs under the Clean Air Act, and home of the EPA National Computer Center.
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