Office of Federal Activities

The Office of Federal Activities (OFA) is responsibile for:

coordinating EPA's review of all federal Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) prepared by other agencies under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA);
maintaining a national EIS filing system and publishing a weekly notice of EIS documents available for review;
assuring that EPA's own actions comply with NEPA and other environmental requirements;
providing technical assistance and capacity building for environmental compliance, enforcement and impact assessment in other countries; and
working with federal and state agencies, foreign governments and international organizations in order to ensure compliance with United States environmental laws.

OFA is responsible for these functions through the direction of its two divisions:

leads cooperation between federal and state agencies and governments of neighboring countries to promote effective enforcement and compliance of environmental laws along the United States Border.
helps fulfill the United States' commitments by delivering enforcement and compliance components of environmental assistance worldwide.

coordinates EPA's NEPA review program, including the review of EISs and maintaining the national EIS filing system.