The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or sometimes USEPA) is an agency of the federal government of the United States established to regulate chemicals and protect human health by safeguarding the natural environment: air, water, and land.
The EPA was proposed by President Richard Nixon and began operation on December 2, 1970, and has since been chiefly responsible for the environmental policy of the United States. Presently, it is led by its Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, who is appointed by the President of the United States.
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