Claim Listing
If this is your listing you must be registered and logged in to claim. If you are logged in you will see an icon similar to this to the left that you will click to claim the listing. Once a listing has been claimed it can be edited. You must be logged in to edit a listing.
General Listing
Title of Listing:
EPA Region 6
Category:
Federal/National - Agencies
Subcategory:
US Environmental Protection Agency-EPA, All Listings
Date:
Document #:
Web Site:
http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/
Email:
Abstract:

EPA's Region 6 office is responsible for EPA regional programs within Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Region 6 includes the following offices and divisions:

          Office of the Regional Administrator (oversees the implementation of EPA programs within Region 6, includes the Border Outreach Office)

          Management Division (laboratory analysis, strategic planning, budget and financial resources, human resources, information planning and management, automated processing, administrative support)

          Superfund Division (implements and enforces the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), and the Oil Pollution Act (OPA))

          Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division (Clean Air Act (CAA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Underground Storage Tank (UST) program, and pesticides program)

          Water Quality Protection Division (wetlands protection; water quality planning, evaluation and management; water quality monitoring and data assessment; public water supply; groundwater protection; state revolving funds/construction grants; and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issuance)

          Compliance Assurance and Enforcement Division (multimedia inspections, investigations, quality assurance, and enforcement actions for the CAA, Clean Water Act (CWA), Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), RCRA, and TSCA, pollution prevention, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review, Federal facilities, comparative risk assessment, geographic information systems (GIS), and technology transfer coordination)

          Office of External Affairs (maintains effective relationships with federal, state, and local legislative bodies; community groups; and media. Serves as the Regional Administrator's focal point for Native American Programs, Environmental Justice, State Capacity, and the U.S./Mexico Border Program)

          Office of Regional Counsel (advises on the legal sufficiency of permits, program delegation to the States, grants, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), general law, personnel and ethics issues, and provides official legal interpretation of Agency regulations).
Topics
Federal Environmental Agencies

Additional Topics/Tags/Keywords
EPA, Region 6

Organization:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 6
Address:
1445 Ross Avenue
Fountain Place, Suite 1200
Phone:
DescriptionNumber
City:
Dallas
1.
Primary (214) 665-6444
State/Province/Territory:
TX
2.
Zip/Postal Code:
75202-2733
3.
Country:
United States
4.
Fax:(214) 665-7113
Branch Locations: