(f) Office of Intergovernmental Liaison. The Office of Intergovernmental Liaison, under the supervision of a Director, is the principal point of contact with public interest groups representing State and local governments, and the principal source of advice and information for the Administrator on intergovernmental relations. The Office maintains liaison on intergovernmental issues with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget; identifies and seeks solutions to emerging intergovernmental issues; recommends and coordinates personal involvement by the Administrator and Deputy Administrator in relations with State, county and local government officials; coordinates and assists Headquarters and Regional organizations in addressing intergovernmental issues.

(g) Science Advisory Board. The Science Advisory Board, under the direction of a Director, provides expert and independent advice to the Administrator on the scientific and technical issues facing the Agency. The Office advises on broad, scientific, technical and policy matters; assesses the results of specific research efforts; assists in identifying emerging environmental problems; and advises the Administrator on the cohesiveness and currency of the Agency's scientific programs.

(h) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for developing policy and procedures implementing the Agency's business utilization responsibilities. The Office provides information and assistance to components of the Agency's field offices responsible for carrying out related activities. The Office develops and implements a program to provide the maximum utilization of women-owned business enterprises in all aspects of EPA contract work; in collaboration with the Procurement and Contracts Management Division develops programs to stimulate and improve involvement of small and minority business enterprises; and provides technical advisers to assist designated Procurement Center Representatives of the Small Business Administration in

their duties. The Office represents EPA at hearings, interagency meetings, conferences and other appropriate forums on matters related to the advancement of these cited business enterprises in EPA's Federal Contracting Program.

(i) Office of Public Affairs. The Office of Public Affairs, under the supervision of a Director, serves as Chief Agency spokesman and principal adviser to the Administrator, Deputy Administrator, and key officials on the Public Affairs aspects of the Agency's activities and programs. The Office provides policy direction, coordination and oversights for the Agency's consumer activities. In cooperation with Agency officials, it develops and implements public affairs strategies and plans; assures that adequate and timely responses are made to media-related inquiries; provides liaison and assistance to other agencies and groups; develops effective communications on behalf of the Agency with public groups; and provides program direction and professional review of the performance of public affairs functions at the Regional Offices, laboratories and other field activities. The Office is responsible for providing direction to the Agency's community relations, public participation, and environmental education and information programs. The Office develops and publishes publications and other materials necessary to inform the general public, State and local governments, and concerned and/or affected groups about the Agency's missions. The Office supports, encourages and promotes public participation in the development, revision, and enforcement of environmental quality standards related to the Agency's program responsibilities.

§ 1.26 Office of the Inspector General.

The Office of the Inspector General assumes overall responsibility for audits and investigations relating to programs and operations of EPA. The Office provides leadership and coordination and recommends policies for other Agency activities designed to promote economy and efficiency and to prevent and detect fraud and abuse

in such programs and operations. The Office of the Inspector General informs the Administrator, Deputy Administrator, and Congress of serious problems, abuses and deficiencies relating to EPA programs and operations, and of the necessity for and progress of corrective action, and reviews existing and proposed legislation and regulations to assess the impact on the administration of EPA's programs and operations. The Office recommends policies for, and conducts or coordinates relationships between the Agency and other Federal agencies, State and local government agencies, and nongovernmental entities with respect to all matters relating to the promotion of economy and efficiency in the administration of, or the prevention and detection of fraud and abuse in, programs and operations administered by the Agency.

§ 1.27 Office of Legal and Enforcement Counsel and General Counsel.

The Associate Administrator for Legal and Enforcement Counsel and General Counsel serves as primary legal adviser to the Administrator and principal adviser in matters pertaining to the enforcement of standards and regulations for environmental quality; provides policy direction to enforcement activities in water, air, noise, radiation, toxic substances, pesticides, and solid waste and emergency response programs.

(a) Office of Deputy General Counsel. The Deputy General Counsel, provides legal service to all of the organizational elements of the Agency with respect to all programs and activities of the Agency; provides legal opinions, legal counsel, and litigation support; and assists in the formulation and administration of the Agency's policies and programs as legal adviser.

(b) Office of Enforcement Counsel. The Office of Enforcement Counsel provides the principal direction and review of civil enforcement activities for air, water, waste, pesticides, toxics, and radiation. The Office manages a national criminal enforcement program; ensures coordination of media office administrative compliance programs and civil and criminal enforcement activities; and provides technical

expertise for enforcement activities, through the National Enforcement Investigations Center (NEIC), to Headquarters, Regions, and States.

(c) Regional Counsel. Regional Counsels in each of the ten Regional Offices operate as a component of the Office of Legal and Enforcement Counsel and General Counsel. The Regional Counsel serves as attorney-adviser to the Regional Administrator and program and administrative staffs. The Regional Counsel may also provide legal services to Agency activities located within his Region but not reporting to the Regional Administrator.

§ 1.28 Office of Policy and Resource Management.

The Associate Administrator for Policy and Resource Management serves as principal adviser to the Administrator on Agency policy and resource management issues and as such is responsible for supervision and management of the following activities, including: resources management; standards and regulations; and management systems evaluations. The Associate Administrator represents the Administrator with Congress and the Office of Management and Budget, and other Federal agencies prescribing requirements for conduct of government management activities.

(a) Office of the Comptroller. The Comptroller is responsible for the following: Designs and oversees the entire resource management process from issue formulation to execution; prepares EPA budget requests, appeals and materials for Congressional hearings as well as special requests; provides manuals, forms, tables and schedules in support of the annual budget process; and prepares an annual analytic agenda defining the major policy and resource issues facing the Agency. The Office coordinates the development of the Agency's Congressional budget justification and testimony for the appropriations process, and monitors the progress of estimates through the Congressional phase. It assists and provides staff support to Congressional committees; assists program and Regional Offices

in the formulation, review and modification of workload analysis models; coordinates development, review and approval of annual operating plans. The Office develops a wide range of budget policy determinations to support budget implementation; maintains an allocation, control and reporting system for all manpower and financial resources; provides ADP systems support to monitor budget trends and generate the numerous reports required to support the budget control, formulation and review functions; and provides all resource data, analyses and reports which are required or requested by Agency's officials, other Federal agencies, OMB, and the Congress.

(b) Office of Policy Analysis. The Director, will perform the following functions on an Agencywide basis: conducts economic evaluations of Agency programs, policies, standards and regulations, including the estimation of abatement costs, cost/benefit analyses, impact assessments, and monitoring of plant closings throughout the Nation; consults on and providing analytical assistance in the areas described above to senior policy and program officials and other offices in the Agency; performs coordination functions with respect to energy policy matters; evaluates Agency policies affecting energy development and use; and develops and recommends new policies in the energy area.

(c) Office of Standards and Regulations. The Director is responsible for the procedural management and substantive evaluation of the development process for Agency standards, regulations, and guidelines mandated by law, and otherwise scheduled for FEDERAL REGISTER publication, or designated by the Administrator. The Office coordinates the development and submission of selected statutory reports to the Congress. The Director serves concurrently as the Agency Reports Management Program Officer and is responsible for the direction of the Agencywide management program. The Office provides substantial review and approval of reporting requirements contained in Agency promulgated standards, and regulations;

and of reporting requirements supporting information systems.

(d) Office of Management Systems and Evaluation. The Director directs and coordinates the development, implementation and administration of Agencywide systems for planning, tracking, and evaluating the accomplishment of Agency programs. In consultation with other offices, the Office develops a long-range policy framework for Agency goals and objectives, identifies strategies for achieving goals, establishes timetables for objectives, and ensures that programs are evaluated against their accomplishment of goals.

$1.29 Office of Administration.

The Assistant Administrator for Administration serves as the principal adviser to the Administrator in matters pertaining to administrative management and is responsible for the management and supervision of the following areas of responsibility, including; financial management and services, including developing and maintaining accounting systems; fiscal controls and systems for payroll and disbursements; control and monitoring of interagency agreements; grant policies and procedures; and contracting and procurement services. The Assistant Administrator is responsible for the development of personnel policies, procedures, and operations; development and conduct of programs for organization and management analysis; personnel and physical security; forms management; and Agency directives system. The Office of Administration supervises the management information systems development; automatic data processing management and operations; facilities and space management; Agency library system; records management; and the data systems information clearinghouse. The Assistant Administrator represents the Administrator in communications with the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, and other Federal agencies prescribing requirements for the conduct of Government fiscal, management, and administrative activities.

(a) Office of Fiscal and Contracts Management. The Office of Fiscal and Contracts Management, under the supervision of a Director, manages these recurring functions: financial management and related services, including development and maintenance of accounting systems, fiscal controls, and payroll and disbursements; Headquarters grant program administration, including development and implementation of grant policies regulations, guidelines, and procedures for processing and awarding grants for all grant programs; and contracting and procurement services. The Director supervises the performance of these assigned functions at Headquarters as well as at Agency field establishments, and coordinates financial matters with other Federal organizations as appropriate.

(b) Office of Management Information and Support Services. The Office of Management Information and Support Services, under the supervision of a Director, performs the following functions on an Agencywide basis: Management information systems development and coordination of its ADP applications; automatic data processing operations on a service bureau basis; facilities and space management; and coordinates the Agency Library system. The Office is also responsible for the technical supervision of comparable activities at Agency field establishments.

(c) Office of Personnel and Organization. The Office of Personnel and Organization, under the supervision of a Director, manages the following activities, including; development of Headquarters personnel and organization policies; management of personnel procedures and operations; conduct of studies of management systems and practices; ensures central control, review and assessment of proposed organizations, and coordinates Agency delegations of authority and other Agency directives; and supervises the Agency occupational safety and health responsibilities.

§ 1.30 The Office of Air, Noise, and Radiation.

The Assistant Administrator for Air, Noise, and Radiation serves as princi

pal adviser to the Administrator in matters pertaining to air, radiation and noise programs, and is responsible for the management of these Agency programs, including: Program policy development and evaluation; environmental and pollution sources standards development; enforcement of standards; program policy guidance and overview, technical support or conduct of compliance activities and evaluation of Regional air and radiation program activities; development of programs for technical assistance and technology transfer; and selected demonstration programs.

(a) Office of Mobile Sources. The Office of Mobile Sources, under the supervision of a Director, is responsible for the mobile sources functions of the Agency. The Office is responsible for characterizing emissions from mobile sources and related fuels; developing programs for their control, including assessment of the status of control technology and in use vehicle emissions; managing, in coordination with the Office of Legal and Enforcement Counsel and General Counsel regulatory compliance programs to ensure adherence of mobile sources to standards; and for fostering the development of State motor vehicles.

(b) Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. The Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, under the supervision of a Director, 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 criteria for air pollution control; 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; 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 developments into improved control program procedures.

(c) Office of Radiation Programs. The Office of Radiation Programs, under the supervision of a Director, 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. The Office provides technical assistance to States through Regional Offices and other agencies having radiation protection programs; establishes and directs a national surveillance and investigation program for measuring radiation on the general public and the environment; and maintains liaison with other public and private organizations involved in environmental radiation protection activities. The Office coordinates and assists the Office of Legal and Enforcement Counsel and General Counsel in enforcement activities where EPA has jurisdiction.

§ 1.31 Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

(a) Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances. The Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances serves as the principal adviser to the Administrator in matters pertaining to assessment and regulation of pesticides and toxic substances. The Assistant Administrator is responsible for managing the Agency's pesticides and toxic substances programs, and for promoting coordination of all Agency programs engaged in toxic substances activities; for establishing Agency strategies for implementation and integration of the pesticides and the toxic programs under applicable Federal statutes; for developing and operating Agency programs and policies for assessment and control of pesticides and toxic substances; for developing recommendations for Agency priorities for research, monitoring, regulatory, and information-gathering activities relating to pesticides and toxic substances; for developing scientific, technical, economic, and social data bases for the conduct of hazard assessments and

evaluations in support of toxic substances enforcement programs; for providing toxic substances and pesticides program guidance to Regional Offices; and for monitoring, evaluating and assessing pesticides and toxic substances program operations in Headquarters and Regional Offices.

(b) Office of Pesticide Programs. The Office of Pesticide Programs, under the management of a Director, is responsible for leadership of the overall pesticide activities of the Agency, including the development of strategic plans for the control of the national environmental pesticide situation. Such plans are implemented by the Office of Pesticide Programs, other EPA components, other Federal agencies, or by State, local and private sectors. The Office is responsible for the establishment of tolerance levels for pesticide residues which occur in or on food; registration and re-registration of pesticides; special review of pesticides suspected of posing unreasonable risks to human health or the environment; monitoring of pesticide residue levels in food, humans, and nontarget fish and wildlife; preparation of pesticide registration guidelines; development of standards for the registration and re-registration of pesticide products; provision of program policy direction to technical and manpower training activities in the pesticides area; development of research needs and monitoring requirements for the pesticide program and related areas; review of impact statements dealing with pesticides; and carrying out of assigned international activities.

(c) Office of Toxic Substances. The Office of Toxic Substances, under the management of a Director, is responsible for the toxic substances activities of the Agency. The Office is responsible for developing and operating Agency programs and policies for assessment and control of toxic substances; developing recommendations for Agency priorities for research, monitoring, regulatory, and information gathering activities relating to toxic substances; developing scientific, technical, economic, and social data bases for the conduct of hazard assessments and evaluations in support of toxic substances activities. The Office