Creation of the Environmental Projection Agency

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Creation of Environmental Protection Agency

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

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