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APPENDIX A 



FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL R&D PROGRAMS 



ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 



The U.S. Envitoamental Pfotection Agenqr (EPA) is the federal govctninent's single 

 largest regulator, its rules imposing annual costs estimated at mote than $80 

 billion.>^ EPA is also the de facto lead agency for environmental R&D, overseeing 

 several programs that, taken together, comprise the largest internal enviromnental 

 research e%rt in the federal govenunent. Like the agency as a whole, EPA's research 

 program has been focused primarily on regulation and regulatory support, and thus 

 relies upon a strong program in applied research. 



The Office of Research and Development (ORD) is charged with providing 

 the information base EPA needs to carry out its regulatory mission. The $ 502. million 

 appropriated for research at EPA in FY 1991 was pan of a slow but steady upward 

 trend in the research budget sitKC the Agency's founding in 1970, the only cxcep- 

 don being a reduction in funding bcrween 1981 and 1984 (sec Figure A.i)." In 

 constant dollars, however, EPA's R&D budget has declined by about 11 percent be- 

 tween 1980 and 1991. 



ORD is organized into eight offices and twelve field laboratories that corre- 



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