media regarding actions taken or planned by the Agency. It is responsible for providing direction to the Agency's community relations, public participation, and environmental education and information programs. The office develops and produces publications and other materials necessary to inform the general public, State and local governments, and concerned and/or affected groups about the Agency's mission. It supports, encourages, and promotes public participation in the development, revision, and enforcement of environmental quality standards related to the Agency's program responsibilities.

(g) Office of Regional and Intergovernmental Operations. The Office of Regional and Intergovernmental Operations facilitates communications between the Administrator/Deputy Administrator and the Regional Administrators and provides a headquarters secretariat for the Regional Administrators in dealing with intergovernmental organizations and State control agencies. The office coordinates the efforts of principal headquarters organizational components dealing with broad-gauged and issueoriented intergovernmental and gional problems to assure a concerted effort by the headquarters and regional offices in maximizing the value of intergovernmental activities for environmental programs. It works with the regional administrators and headquarters program offices on a continuing basis to develop and encourage the adoption of improved methods for dealing effectively with State and local governments and communities on specific EPA program initiatives.

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(h) Office of General Counsel. The General Counsel serves as the principal legal adviser to the Administrator and as chief law officer of the Agency. The Office, including the regional counsels, which are under the supervision of the General Counsel, provides legal opinions, legal counsel, and litigation support; and assists and advises in the formulation and administration of the Agency's policies and programs. [43 FR 28479, June 30, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 45131, Aug. 1, 1979]

§ 1.27 Office of the Assistant Administrator for Air, Noise, and Radiation. The Assistant Administrator for Air, Noise, and Radiation serves as principal adviser to the Administrator in matters pertaining to air, noise, and radiation programs, and shall be responsible for the management of the air, noise, and radiation programs of the Agency, including; program policy development and evaluation; environmental and pollution sources standards development; program policy guidance and overview, technical support and evaluation of regional air, noise, and radiation program activities; development of programs for technical assistance and technology transfer; and selected demonstration programs. The Offices of Air Quality Planning and Standards; Mobile Source Air Pollution Control; Noise Abatement and Control; and Radiation Programs program activities of the Office of Assistant Administrator.

(a) Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. The Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Air Quality Planning and Standards, is responsible for developing national standards for air quality, emission standards for new stationary sources, and emission standards for hazardous pollutants; for developing national programs, technical policies, regulations, guidelines, and for assessing the national air pollution control program and the success in achieving air quality goals; for providing assistance to the States, industry and other organizations through manpower training activities and technical information; for providing technical direction and support to regional offices and other organizations; for evaluating regional programs with respect to State implementation plans and strategies, technical assistance, and resource requirements and allocations for air-related programs; for developing and maintaining a national air programs data system, including air quality, emissions and other technical data; and for providing effective technology transfer through the translation of technological devel

opments into improved control program procedures.

(b) Office of Mobile Source Air Pollution Control. The Office of Mobile Source Air Pollution Control, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Mobile Source Air Pollution Control, is responsible for characterizing emissions from mobile sources and developing programs for their control, including assessment of the status of control technology; for developing and recommending emission standards and related test procedures for mobile sources; for carrying out a regulatory compliance program to insure adherence of mobile sources to standards; and for carrying out surveillance activities with respect to mobile source emissions.

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(c) Office of Noise Abatement and Control. The Office of Noise Abatement and Control, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Noise Abatement and Control, is responsible for developing noise protection criteria, standards, policies; developing methodologies for measuring and controlling noise exposure; developing research requirements for the Agency's noise control and abatement programs; coordinates all Federal noise control programs, including evaluating all other Federal agency standards and regulations, existing and proposed, with respect to noise to determine if such standards protect the public health and welfare; provides technical assistance to States, through EPA's regional offices, and to other agencies having noise control and abatement programs; establishes and directs, through the regional offices and with appropriate headquarters inputs, national surveillance and monitoring systems for measuring noise levels in the environment; evaluates and assesses the impact of new and developing noise control technology; assists in the training of personnel, such as for State noise control and abatement programs; and maintains liaison with other public and private organizations interested in environmental noise control.

(d) Office of Radiation Programs. The Office of Radiation Programs, under the supervision of the Deputy

Assistant Administrator for Radiation Programs, is responsible for the radiation activities of the Agency, including development of radiation protection criteria, standards, and policies; measurement and control of radiation exposure; and research requirements for radiation programs. It provides technical assistance to States through EPA regional offices and other agencies having radiation protection programs, establishes and directs a national surveillance and investigation program for measuring radiation levels in the environment, evaluates and assesses the impact of new and developing radiation technology on man and the environment, assists in the training of personnel for radiation protection programs in the States and for other purposes, maintains liaison with other public and private organizations interested in environmental radiation.

§ 1.29 Office of the Assistant Administrator for Water and Waste Management. The Assistant Administrator for Water and Waste Management serves as principal adviser to the Administrator in matters pertaining to water and hazardous materials programs, and is responsible for the management of the water and solid waste programs of the Agency, including program policy development and evaluation, environmental and pollution sources standards development, program policy guidance and overview, technical support, and evaluation of regional water and solid waste management, development of programs for technical assistance and manpower development, and selected demonstration programs. The Offices of Water Planning and Standards, Water Program Operations, Drinking Water, and Solid Waste perform program activities of the Office of Assistant Administrator.

(a) Office of Water Planning and Standards. The Office of Water Planning and Standards, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water Planning and Standards, is responsible for developing an overall program strategy for the achievement of water pollution abatement. It assures the coordination

of all national water-related activities within this water program strategy, and monitors national progress toward the achievement of water quality goals. The office is responsible for the development of effluent guidelines and water quality standards, and other pollutant standards, regulations, and guidelines. The office exercises overall responsibility for the development of effective State and regional water quality planning and control agencies. It is responsible for the development and maintenance of a centralized water programs data system including compatible water quality, discharger, and program data files.

(b) Office of Water Program Operations. The Office of Water Program Operations, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water Program Operations, is responsible for developing national programs, technical policies, regulations, and guidelines for water pollution control in the areas of municipal wastewater treatment, construction grants for treatment plants, municipal point source abatement and control, oil and hazardous materials spills, and other water related activities. Specifically, the Office of Water Program Operations articulates EPA strategies for implementing legislative mandates in the municipal wastewater treatment field; provides national direction for interstate, State, and local authorities in the planning, design, and construction of municipal wastewater treatment systems; provides technical direction and support to regional offices and other organizations; and evaluates regional programs with respect to municipal point source abatement and control, oil and hazardous materials spills prevention and response, oceanrelated technical activities, construction grants, and manpower development for water related activities.

(c) Office of Drinking Water. The Office of Drinking Water, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Drinking Water, is responsible for the drinking water activities of the Agency, including implementation strategy. This Office establishes policies and standards, and develops regulations and guidelines for drinking water quality and treatment

requisite to protect the public health and welfare, and to protect existing and future underground sources of drinking water; provides guidance and technical information to State agencies, local utilities, and Federal facilities through the regional offices on program phasing and implementation; evaluates the national level of compliance with the regulations. The office plans and develops policy guidance for response to national, regional and local emergencies; reviews and evaluates, with regional offices, technical data for the designation of sole-source aquifers; designs a national program of public information; identifies research needs and develops monitoring requirements for the national drinking water program; and develops national accomplishment plans.

(d) Office of Solid Waste. The Office of Solid Waste, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste, is responsible for providing program policy direction to and evaluation of solid waste management activities throughout the Agency; establishes, monitors, and evaluates solid waste research requirements for the Agency; and carries out resource recovery, hazardous waste, and waste systems management activities.

§ 1.31 Office of the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement.

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The Assistant Administrator for Enforcement serves as the principal adviser to the Administrator in matters pertaining to the enforcement of standards for environmental quality, and is responsible for the conduct of enforcement activities on agencywide basis. This Office is responsible for the conduct of Agency activities for enforcement of environmental quality standards, including the gathering and preparation of evidential data and conduct of enforcement proceedings. The Deputy Assistant Administrators for Water Enforcement, General Enforcement, and Mobile Source and Noise Enforcement perform the functions and activities of the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement.

(a) Office of Water Enforcement. The Office of Water Enforcement,

under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water Enforcement, provides program policy direction to the water quality enforcement, drinking water enforcement, and National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program activities of the Agency, including direct supervision of those enforcement activities reporting directly to the Office of Water Enforcement and technical program direction to the regional water enforcement activities. It develops agencywide objectives and programs for water enforcement and permit activities, including the development of procedures, regulatory material, guidelines, criteria, and policy statements designed to bring about actions by individuals, private enterprise, and governmental bodies to improve the quality of the water.

(b) Office of General Enforcement. The Office of General Enforcement, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for General Enforcement, provides program policy direction to Agency enforcement activities in the stationary sources of air pollution, radiation, pesticides, solid waste, and toxic substances program areas. The Office develops agencywide objectives and programs for general enforcement activities, including the development of procedures, regulatory materials, guidelines, criteria, and policy statements designed to bring about actions by individuals, private enterprise, and governmental bodies in the areas of stationary sources of air pollution, radiation, pesticides, toxic substances, and solid waste.

(c) Office of Mobile Source and Noise Enforcement. The Office of Mobile Source and Noise Enforcement, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Mobile Source and Noise Enforcement, provides program policy direction to Agency enforcement activities in the mobile sources of air pollution and noise abatement program areas. The Office develops agencywide objectives and programs for enforcement activities, including the development of procedures, regulatory materials, guidelines, criteria, and policy statements designed to bring about actions by individuals, private and governmental

bodies in the areas of mobile sources of air pollution and noise abatement.

§ 1.33 Office of the Assistant Administrator for Planning and Management. The Assistant Administrator for Planning and Management is responsible on an agencywide basis for planning overall program activities; managing the Agency's resources; developing and conducting a comprehensive audit program; developing and conducting administrative programs and systems; developing and conducting comprehensive occupational safety and health programs, and representing the Administrator in dealings with other Federal agencies in areas including Government fiscal, management, and administrative activities. The Deputy Assistant Administrators for Administration, Planning and Evaluation, and Resources Management, and the Director of Audit, perform the functions and activities of the Office of Assistant Administrator.

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Office of Management and Agency Services. The Office of Management and Agency Services, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Administration, is responsible for development and conduct of programs for organization and management systems, control, and services; personnel policies, procedures, and operations; personnel, physical, and document security and inspections; emergency preparedness; management information systems, automatic data processing management and operations; facilities and space management; contracting and procurement services; general administrative and support services; and other areas of administrative management, including records management, committee management, directives systems, and an Agency library system.

(b) Office of Planning and Evaluation. The Office of Planning and Evaluation, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Planning and Evaluation, is responsible for development and conduct of programs for long-range and strategic planning; compiling reports to the Congress and the President on Agency programs and activities; systems anal

ysis of Agency programs and activities, including the development, initiation, and monitoring of new and redirected Agency programs and goals; coordinating the Agency's environmental standards and regulations development process; economic and industrial analysis of the impact of abatement regulations and programs on firms, industries, and functional and geographic sectors; policy development processes; program progress measurement; and planning policy direction, needs assessment, program review.

(c) Office of Resources Management. The Office of Resources Management, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Resources Management, is responsible for resources management, including developing and administering a zero-basebudgeting system in accordance with Office of Management and Budget directives; budget formulation, preparation, and execution, including funding allotments and allocations; and financial management and services; including developing and maintaining accounting systems, fiscal controls, systems for payroll and disbursement, and grants policies and procedures.

(d) Office of Audit. The Office of Audit, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for development and conduct of a comprehensive audit program for the Agency, including the conduct of internal and external audits of Agency programs and the provision of an independent appraisal for the Administrator and other Agency officials of the program, financial, and administrative operations of the Agency.

[43 FR 28479, June 30, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 41778, July 18, 1979]

§ 1.35 Office of the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development. The Assistant Administrator for Research and Development serves as the principal science adviser to the Administrator, and is responsible for the development, direction, and conduct of a national research, development, and demonstration program in: Pollution sources, fate, and health and welfare effects; pollution prevention and control and waste management and utilization technology; environmental sci

ences; and monitoring systems. The Office participates in the development of Agency policy, standards, and regulations. The Office provides for dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge, including analytical methods, monitoring techniques, and modeling methodologies. It serves as coordinator for the Agency's policies and programs concerning carcinogenesis and related problems. The Office assures appropriate quality control and standardization of analytical measurement and monitoring techniques (for which he is assigned responsibility) utilized by the Agency; and exercises review and concurrence responsibilities on an agencywide basis in all budgeting and planning actions involving monitoring which require Headquarters approval. The Deputy Assistant Administrators for Monitoring and Technical Support; Energy, Minerals and Industry; Air, Land, and Water Use; and Health and Ecological Effects perform the functions and activities of the Office of the Assistant Administrator.

(a) Office of Monitoring and Technical Support. The Office of Monitoring and Technical Support, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Monitoring and Technical Support, is responsible for planning, managing, and evaluating a comprehensive program for: (1) The development of reference or standard environmental monitoring, methods and systems; (2) the development of agencywide quality assurance programs including standardization of analytical methods and sampling techniques, and quality control; (3) the provision of technical support to the Agency utilizing the unique equipment and personnel expertise available in the Office of Research and Development; and (4) the provision of regional services and regional liaison between the EPA regional offices and the Office of Research and Development.

(b) Office of Energy, Minerals, and Industry. The Office of Energy, Minerals, and Industry, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Energy, Minerals, and Industry, is responsible for planning, managing, and evaluating a comprehensive program for the: (1) Assess