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Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Functional Statement
The Office of the Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response provides Agency-wide policy, guidance, and direction for the Agency's solid waste and emergency response programs. This Office's responsibilities include: development of guidelines and standards for the land disposal of hazardous wastes and for underground storage tanks; technical assistance in the development, management, and operation of solid waste management activities; analyses on the recovery of useful energy from solid waste; development and implementation of a program to respond to hazardous waste sites and spills (including oil spills).
[Functional statement chronology]
Office Chronology
Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response | 1980 | present |
Office of Water and Waste Management | 1979 | 1979 |
Office of Water and Hazardous Materials | 1976 | 1978 |
Office of Air and Waste Management | 1974 | 1975 |
Office of Hazardous Materials Control | 1973 | 1973 |
Office of Categorical Programs | 1971 | 1972 |
Solid Waste Office | 1970 | 1970 |
Documents
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Superfund Reforms
[EPA press release - May 25, 1995]
Related
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Assistant Administrators for Solid Waste and Emergency Response - tenures and biographies