EPA DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITY AIR & WATER POLLUTION

EPA Director Responsibility Air & Water Pollution

EPA Director Responsibility Air & Water Pollution

Congress passed the first federal Clean Air Act, which gave the Public Health Service responsibility for establishing national air-quality standards, but again, enforcement was limited. The Public Health Service could regulate only interstate air pollution. EPA also gained responsibility for the Federal Water Quality Administration, Water Pollution Control Advisory Board, Gulf Breeze (Florida) Biological Laboratory managed by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries and pesticide research functions of the Fish and Wildlife Service. The EPA also assumed responsibility for setting environmental radiation ...