Creation of the Environmental Projection Agency

Creation of Environmental Protection Agency origins4.jpg ACHIVEMENTS BEFORE & AFTER EPA: Soil Conservation Service Pittman-Robertson Act Tennessee Valley Authority Environmental Quality Council Citizens' Adviory Committee on Environmental Quality National Environmental Policy Act Council of Environmental Quality Clean Air Act of 1970 Rachel Carson- ''Silent Spring'' (1962) Theodore Roosevelt- ''western'' conservation camping trip (1903) Franklin Roosevelt- Soil Conservation Service, Pittman-Robertson Act, & Tennessee Valley Authority Kennedy & Johnson- speeches & legislative programs William D. Ruckelshaus 1st administrator origins7.jpg origins5.jpg On December 2, 1970, in Washington D.C., the EPA opened it's doors. The purpose or mission of the agency, in general was: protect human health safeguard the natural environment Department of Health, Education, & Welfare (HEW) *National Air Pollution Control Administration (NAPCA) *bureaus of Water Hygiene & Soild Waste Management Bureau of Radiological Health Food & Drug Administration Interior's Water Quality Administration (FWQA) Nixon's wants for the EPA: *establish & enforce environmental protection standards *conduct environmetal research *provide assistance to others combatting environmental pollution *assist the CEQ (council on environmental quality) in developing & recommending to the President new policies for environmental protection Video 1 Video 2