part_subject: "STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Headquarters"
section_number: "1.31"
section_subject: "Office of General Counsel."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 1.31"
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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The Office of General Counsel is under the supervision of the General Counsel who serves as the primary legal adviser to the Administrator. The office provides legal services to all organizational elements of the Agency with respect to all Agency programs and activities and also provides legal opinions, legal counsel, and litigation support; and assists in the formulation and administration of the Agency's policies and programs as legal adviser.