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Office of Environmental Management
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Office of Environmental Management
December 1970

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was formed on December 2, 1970. The EPA consolidated a number of environmental activities from many federal agencies into one agency. For the first time, one agency was responsible for setting standards for and enforcing pollution control.

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