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title: "40 CFR §1.21"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/section-1.21"

title_number: "40"

volume_number: "1"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "A"

subchapter_subject: "GENERAL"

part_code: "1"

part_subject: "STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION"

subpart_code: "B"

subpart_subject: "Headquarters"

section_number: "1.21"

section_subject: "General."

cfr_reference: "40 CFR 1.21"

title_name: "Title 40"

title_subject: "Protection of Environment"

parts_covered: "Parts 1 to 49"

revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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EPA Headquarters is comprised of:

(a)The Office of the Administrator;

(b)Two Associate Administrators and four staff offices which advise the Administrator on cross-cutting Agency headquarters and regional issues and conduct programs with respect to EPA's interface with other national and international governmental organizations;

(c)The Office of Inspector General;

(d)The Office of General Counsel; and

(e)Nine operational offices, each headed by an Assistant Administrator, responsible for carrying out EPA's major environmental and administrative programs.

§1.21 - General.