About the Office of Transportation and Air Quality
This Web page provides general information about EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality: it's mission, programs, and organizational structure.
About EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality
- Office Description and Organization
- National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory
- Federal Register Notices
- Press Releases
- Grants & Funding
- Employment Opportunities
- Director
- Margo T. Oge
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Office of Transportation and Air Quality (6401A)
- 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
- Washington, DC 20460
- (202) 564-1682
- Deputy Director
- Chris Grundler
- National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory
- 2000 Traverwood Drive
- Ann Arbor, MI 48105
- (734) 214-4207
- Mission
- The Office of Transportation and Air Quality's (OTAQ) mission is to reconcile the transportation sector with the environment by advancing clean fuels and technology, and working to promote more liveable communities. OTAQ is responsible for carrying out laws to control air pollution from motor vehicles, engines, and their fuels. Mobile sources include: cars and light trucks, large trucks and buses, farm and construction equipment, lawn and garden equipment, marine engines, aircraft, and locomotives. Activities include: 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; carrying out a regulatory compliance program, in coordination with the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, to ensure adherence of mobile sources to standards; fostering the development of State Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Programs; and implementing programs for the integration of clean-fueled vehicles into the market. A diagram showing where OTAQ and its National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory fit into EPA is shown here.
- OTAQ Organization Chart (PDF)
- OTAQ Contacts: Find a contact person by employee name or by your topic of interest, read answers to frequent questions, or submit a comment/question.
- Office of Transportation and Air Quality (PDF) (4 pp, 99K, EPA420-F-05-054, November 2005) This fact sheet provides an overview of the Office: its programs and organization.
- "Toward a Cleaner Future: Office of Transportation and Air Quality Progress Report 2005" (EPA420-R-05-011, November 2005)
- Executive Summary (PDF) (5 pp, 363K)
- Full Report (PDF) (36 pp, 1.8MB)
- OTAQ on the World Wide Web (PDF) (4 pp, 53K, EPA420-F-01-005, February 2001) This fact sheet describes the office's Web site: how it is organized and what kind of information is available electronically.
- National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (also availale as a PDF) (3 pp, 67K, EPA420-F-04-058, December 2004) This fact sheet provides an overview of the lab, which is part of OTAQ.
- Map to NVFEL (National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan)
- OTAQ Web Statistics This link takes you to the EPA Web statistics page for "orcdizux," which is OTAQ's directory for the public access usage statistics. You will find historical and current information on the number of hits per page or document, information on referring Web sites, and other general statistics.
For more information or assistance regarding this Web page, contact Jennifer France by email (france.jennifer@epa.gov) or by phone: (734) 214-4510.