long-range and strategic planning; compiling reports to the Congress and the President on Agency programs and activities; systems analysis of Agency program 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 coordination, including analytic input to the budgetary, legislative, and policy development processes; program progress measurement; and planning, policy direction, needs assessment, program review, and evaluation of Agency manpower development programs.

(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 program-planningbudgeting 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, and systems for payroll and disbursements.

(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.

those Agency laboratories engaged in operations in support of the responsibilities of the Agency Regional Administrators is provided from this office. The Assistant Administrator for Research and Monitoring has the planning responsibility for Agency environmental quality monitoring programs and for selected demonstration programs. The functions and activities of the Office of the Assistant Administrator for Research and Monitoring are performed by Deputy Assistant Administrators for Monitoring, Program Operations, and Research.

(a) Office of Monitoring. The Office of Monitoring, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Monitoring, is responsible for planning, developing, coordinating, and evaluating Agency environmental quality monitoring programs to provide effective support to the Agency's regulatory responsibilities and other program operations and activities. The Office coordinates Agency monitoring efforts with those of Federal agencies, the States, and other public bodies. It devises an overall monitoring strategy to assure the existence of an effective Agency monitoring capability and assures timely incorporation of newly developed monitoring techniques and equipment into monitoring networks. The Office establishes baselines in order that environmental trends may be determined and standards for compliance established. It analyzes and presents monitoring data in an effective manner for use by Agency officials.

(b) Office of Program Operations. The Office of Program Operations, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Program Operations, is responsible for the internal programing operations of the Office of the Assistant Administrator. The Office develops, implements, and coordinates the Agency laboratory operations program, in fulfillment of research requirements established by the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Research, the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Monitoring, other Assistant Administrators, and the Regional Administrators. The Office provides management assistance to and surveillance of the national environmental research centers and field research laboratories. It manages the research information program of the Office. It provides operating control of the research grants review program.

(c) Office of Research. The Office of Research, under the supervision of the

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Research, is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating a comprehensive Agency research program, utilizing both internal and extramural capabilities, to serve as a basis for achieving maximum effectiveness in environmental protection and to provide a sound scientific basis for the Agency's program operations. The Office assures that research goals and relative priorities are appropriately identified and pursued. The Office establishes specific research requirements for the overall in-house, grant, and contract programs responsive to the needs of Agency operating programs and activities. It provides technical direction of Agency laboratory staffs in their conduct of research projects. It assists the program operating offices in assuring that research results are translated into operational solutions to environmental problems. The Office coordinates the Agency research program with environmental research programs of other governmental agencies, industry, universities, and other private and public institutions, and provides for international research programs and coordination.

Subpart C-Field Installations

§ 1.41 Regional offices.

Regional offices are headed by Regional Administrators who are responsible to the Administrator for the execution of the regional programs of the Agency within the boundaries of their regions. The Regional Administrators serve as the Administrator's principal representatives in the regions in contacts and relationships with Federal, State, interstate and local agencies, industry, academic institutions, and other public and private groups. They are responsible for accomplishing national program objectives within their regions as established by the Administrator, Deputy Administrator, Assistant Administrators, and heads of Headquarters staff offices. They develop, propose, and implement an approved regional program for comprehensive and integrated environmental protection activities.

§ 1.43 National Environmental Research Centers and the Western Environmental Research Laboratory. National Environmental Research Centers and their "satellite" laboratories and the Western Environmental Re

search Laboratories are under the supervision of the Assistant Administrator for Research and Monitoring. These installations and their primary areas of responsibilities are as follows:

(a) National Environmental Research Center-Research Triangle Park, N.C. (health effects research);

(b) National Environmental Research Center-Cincinnati, Ohio (pollution control technology and engineering research);

(c) National Environmental Research Center-Corvallis, Oreg. (ecological systems research); and

(d) The Western Envronmental Research Laboratory at Las Vegas, Nev. (radiation effects research).

long-range and strategic planning; compiling reports to the Congress and the President on Agency programs and activities; systems analysis of Agency program 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 coordination, including analytic input to the budgetary, legislative, and policy development processes; program progress measurement; and planning, policy direction, needs assessment, program review, and evaluation of Agency manpower development programs.

(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 program-planningbudgeting 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, and systems for payroll and disbursements.

(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.

those Agency laboratories engaged in operations in support of the responsibilities of the Agency Regional Administrators is provided from this office. The Assistant Administrator for Research and Monitoring has the planning responsibility for Agency environmental quality monitoring programs and for selected demonstration programs. The functions and activities of the Office of the Assistant Administrator for Research and Monitoring are performed by Deputy Assistant Administrators for Monitoring, Program Operations, and Research.

(a) Office of Monitoring. The Office of Monitoring, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Monitoring, is responsible for planning, developing, coordinating, and evaluating Agency environmental quality monitoring programs to provide effective support to the Agency's regulatory responsibilities and other program operations and activities. The Office coordinates Agency monitoring efforts with those of Federal agencies, the States, and other public bodies. It devises an overall monitoring strategy to assure the existence of an effective Agency monitoring capability and assures timely incorporation of newly developed monitoring techniques and equipment into monitoring networks. The Office establishes baselines in order that environmental trends may be determined and standards for compliance established. It analyzes and presents monitoring data in an effective manner for use by Agency officials.

(b) Office of Program Operations. The Office of Program Operations, under the supervision of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Program Operations, is responsible for the internal programing operations of the Office of the Assistant Administrator. The Office develops, implements, and coordinates the Agency laboratory operations program, in fulfillment of research requirements established by the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Research, the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Monitoring, other Assistant Administrators, and the Regional Administrators. The Office provides management assistance to and surveillance of the national environmental research centers and field research laboratories. It manages the research information program of the Office. It provides operating control of the research grants review program.

(c) Office of Research. The Office of Research, under the supervision of the

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Research, is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating a comprehensive Agency research program, utilizing both internal and extramural capabilities, to serve as a basis for achieving maximum effectiveness in environmental protection and to provide a sound scientific basis for the Agency's program operations. The Office assures that research goals and relative priorities are appropriately identified and pursued. The Office establishes specific research requirements for the overall in-house, grant, and contract programs responsive to the needs of Agency operating programs and activities. It provides technical direction of Agency laboratory staffs in their conduct of research projects. It assists the program operating offices in assuring that research results are translated into operational solutions to environmental problems. The Office coordinates the Agency research program with environmental research programs of other governmental agencies, industry, universities, and other private and public institutions, and provides for international research programs and coordination.

Subpart C-Field Installations

§ 1.41 Regional offices.

Regional offices are headed by Regional Administrators who are responsible to the Administrator for the execution of the regional programs of the Agency within the boundaries of their regions. The Regional Administrators serve as the Administrator's principal representatives in the regions in contacts and relationships with Federal, State, interstate and local agencies, industry, academic institutions, and other public and private groups. They are responsible for accomplishing national program objectives within their regions as established by the Administrator, Deputy Administrator, Assistant Administrators, and heads of Headquarters staff offices. They develop, propose, and implement an approved regional program for comprehensive and integrated environmental protection activities.

§ 1.43 National Environmental Research Centers and the Western Environmental Research Laboratory. National Environmental Research Centers and their "satellite" laboratories and the Western Environmental Re

search Laboratories are under the supervision of the Assistant Administrator for Research and Monitoring. These installations and their primary areas of responsibilities are as follows:

(a) National Environmental Research Center-Research Triangle Park, N.C. (health effects research);

(b) National Environmental Research Center-Cincinnati, Ohio (pollution control technology and engineering research);

(c) National Environmental Research Center-Corvallis, Oreg. (ecological systems research); and

(d) The Western Envronmental Research Laboratory at Las Vegas, Nev. (radiation effects research).

This part establishes procedures for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement the provision of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a) (3)) relating to the availability to the public of identifiable records contained in agency files, and not published in the FEDERAL REGISTER. This part is applicable to all EPA components, including all EPA regional offices, field installations and laboratories.

§ 2.101 General policy.

It is the policy of EPA to make the fullest possible disclosure of information to any person who requests information, without unjustifiable expense or delay.

(a) Form of request. A request need not be in any particular form, but it (1) must be in writing, and (2) must describe the records sought with sufficient specificity to permit identification.

(b) Place of request. A request for records may be filed with the EPA Office of Public Affairs, 401 M Street Sw., Washington, D.C. 20460, or with any other EPA office. Requests for records located in the indicated States may be filed with the following EPA Regional Offices:

(1) Region I. (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont), Room 2303, John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, Mass. 02203. (2) Region II. (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands), Room 847, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10007. (3) Region III. (Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia), Post Office Box 12900, Philadelphia, PA 19108.

(4) Region IV. (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee), Suite 300, 1421 Peachtree Street NE., Atlanta, GA 30309. (5) Region V. (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin), 1 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606.

(6) Region VI. (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas), 1114 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75202. (7) Region VII. (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska), Room 702, 911 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO 64106.

(8) Region VIII. (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming), Room 9041, Federal Office Building, 19th and Stout Streets, Denver, CO 80202. (9) Region IX. (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam, Trust Territories of Pacific Islands, Wake Island), 760 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. (10) Region X. (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington), 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101.

§ 2.103 Agency procedures in response to request.

Within 10 working days after receipt of a request for records by an EPA office other than the Office of Public Affairs, such office will forward a copy of the request (with the date and place of receipt

noted thereon) to the EPA Office of Public Affairs. In the event the office receiving the request is not the office responsible for maintaining the records requested, the request shall be forwarded immediately to the office having such responsibility.

§ 2.104 Duties of responsible EPA office. Within 10 working days after receipt of a request for records, the EPA office responsible for maintaining the records requested will:

(a) Obtain, or ascertain the location of, the records requested, and, unless a determination pursuant to § 2.106 is required, inform the requesting party of where the records may be inspected and, if ascertainable, of the charge for furnishing copies; or

(b) Inform the requesting party that the search for the requested records is continuing, and advise him of the anticipated date of completion of the search, and of any necessary subsequent extensions of such date, at which time (but in no event later than 30 days after receipt of a request for records) the provisions of the appropriate paragraph of this section will be promptly followed;

or

(c) Inform the requesting party that the records sought are in the possession of another Government agency; refer the request to the office in such other agency where the records may be found; and notify the requesting party of such referral; or

(d) Inform the requesting party that the records requested do not exist, to the best knowledge of the receiving office; or

(e) Inform the requesting party that the records requested have been published in the FEDERAL REGISTER, or in any other generally available publication, and furnish the citation to such publication and the place or places where it may be obtained; or

(f) Inform the requesting party that disclosure of all or part of the records requested is under review pursuant to § 2.106, and promptly forward the request in accordance therewith: Provided, That with respect to any part of the records requested which is not subject to review pursuant to § 2.106, action shall be taken promptly under the appropriate paragraph of this section; or

(g) Furnish such other information or take such other action as is appropriate; and