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provisions as be shall deem appropriate authorizing the 

 performance of an; of the functions transferred to him 

 by the provisions of this reorganization plan by any other 

 officer, or by any organizational entity or employee, of the 

 Agency. 



SBC. 4. iNCmENTAI. TSANsrsss 



(a) So much of the personnel, property, records, and 

 unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and 

 other funds employed, used, held, available or to be made 

 available In connection with the functions transferred 

 to the Administrator or the Agency by this reorganiza- 

 tion plan as the Director of the Office of Management 

 and Budget shall determine shall be transferred to the 

 Agency at such time or times as the Director shall direct. 



(b) Such further measures and dlaposltloos as the 

 Director of Office of Management and Budget shall deem 

 to be Necessary In order to effectuate the transfers re- 

 ferred to In subsection (a) of this section shall be carried 

 out In such manner as he shall direct and by such agen- 

 cies as he shall designate. 



Sec 5. Interim Ofticers 



(a) The President may authorize any person who Im- 

 mediately prior to the effective date of this reorganization 

 plan held a position In the executive branch of the Gov- 

 ernment to act as Administrator until the office of 

 Administrator Is for the first time filled pursuant to the 

 provisions of this reorganization plan or by recess appoint- 

 ment, as the case may be. 



(b) The President may similarly authorize any such 

 person to act as Deputy Administrator, authorize any 

 such person to act as Assistant Administrator, and au- 

 thorize any such person to act as the head of any 

 principal constituent organizational entity of the Admin- 

 istration. 



(c) The President may authorize any person who serves 

 In an acting capacity under the foregoing provisions of 

 this section to receive the compensation attached to the 

 office In respect of which he so serves Such compensa- 

 tion. If authorized, shall be In lieu of. but not in addition 

 to, other compensation from the United States to which 

 such person may be entitled. 



Sec. 6. AaoLmoNS 



(a) Subject to the provisions of this reorganization 

 plan, the following, exclusive of any functions, are hereby 

 abolished: 



(1) The Federal Water Quality Administration In the 

 Department of the Interior (33 U.S.C 466-1). 



(2) The Federal Radiation Council (73 Sut. 690; 42 

 U.S.C. 2021(h) ). 



(b) Such provisions as may be necessary with respect 

 to terminating any outstanding affairs shall be made by 

 the Secretary of the Interior In the case of the Federal 

 Water Quality Administration and by the Administrator 

 of General Services In the case of the Federal Radiation 

 Council. 



Sec. 7. Effectivb Date 

 The provisions of this reorganization plan shall take 

 effect sixty days after the date they would take effect 

 under 5 U.S.C. 906(a) In the absence of this section. 



Message of the President 

 To the Congress of the United States: 



I transmit herewith Reorganization Plan No 3 of 1970. 

 prepared In accordance with chapter 9 of title 5 of the 

 United States Code and providing for an Environmental 

 Protection Agency My reasons for transmitting this plan 

 are stated In a more extended accompanying message. 



After Investigation, I have found and hereby declare 

 that each reorganization Included In Reorganization 

 Plan No, 3 of 1970 Is necessary to accomplish one or more 

 of the purposes set forth In section 901(a) of title 5 ef 

 the United States Code. In particular, the plan Is respon- 

 sive to section 901(a) (1), "to promote the better execu- 

 tion of the laws, the more effective management of the 

 executive branch and of Its agencies and functions, and 

 the expedlUous administration of the public business;' 

 and section 901(a)(3), "to Increase the efficiency of the 

 operations of the Government to the fullest extent 

 practicable." 



The reorganizations provided for In the plan make 

 necessary the appointment and compensation of new 

 officers as specified in section 1 of the plan. The rates of 

 compensation fixed for these officers are comparable to 

 those fixed for other ofBcers In the executive branch who 

 have similar responsibilities. 



Section 907 of title 5 of the United States Code will 

 operate to preserve admlnlstratlv, proceedings. Including 

 any public hearing proceedings, related to the transferred 

 functions, which are pending Immediately prior to the 

 taking effect of the reorganization plan. 



The reorganization plan should result In more efficient 

 operation of the Government It Is not practical, however, 

 to Itemize or aggregate the exact expenditure reductions 

 which win result from this action. 



Richard Nixon 



The White House, 

 July 9, 1970. 



Message of the Presqent 

 To the Congress of the United States: 



As concern with the condition of our physical environ- 

 ment has intensified. It has become Increasingly clear 

 that we need to know more about the total environment — 

 land, water and air It also has become Increasingly clear 

 that only by reorganizing our Federal efforts can we de- 

 velop that knowledge, and effectively ensure the protec- 

 tion, development and enhancement of the total environ- 

 ment Itself. 



The Government's environmentally-related activities 

 have grown up piecemeal over the years The time has 

 come to organize them rationally and systematically. As 

 a major step In this direction. I am transmitting today two 

 reorganization plans; one to establish an Environmental 

 Protection Agency, and one to establish, within the 

 Department of Commerce, a National Oceanic and 

 Atmospheric Administration 



Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 



Our national government today Is not structured to 

 make a coordinated attack on the pollutants which debase 

 the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land that 

 grows our food. Indeed, the present governmental struc- 

 ture for dealing with environmental pollution often 

 defies effective and concerted action 



Despite Its complexity, for pollution control purposes 

 the environment must be perceived as a single, inter- 

 related system. Present assignments of departmental re- 

 sponsibilities do not reflect this interrelatedness 



Many agency missions, for example, are designed pri- 

 marily along media lines — air, water, and land. Yet the 

 sources of air. water, and land pollution are Interrelated 

 and often Interchangeable. A single source may pollute 

 the air with smoke and chemicals, the land with solid 

 wastes, and a river or lake with chemical and other 

 wastes. Control of the air pollution may produce more 

 solid wastes, which then pollute the land or water. Con- 

 trol of the water-polluting effluent may convert It Into 

 solid wastes, which must be disposed of on land. 



Similarly, some pollutants — chemicals, radiation, pesti- 

 cides — appear In all media. Successful control of them at 

 present requires the coordinated efforts of a variety of 

 separate agencies and departments The results are not 

 always successful. 



A far more effective approach to pollution control 

 would: 



— Identify pollutants. 



— trace them through the entire ecological chain, ob- 

 serving and recording changes In form as they occur. 



— Determine the total exposure of man his environ- 

 ment. 



— Examine Interactions among forms of pollution. 



— Identify where In the ecological chain Interdiction 

 would be most appropriate 



In organizational terms, this requires pulling together 

 Into one agency a variety of research, monitoring, stand- 

 ard-setting and enforcement activities now scattered 

 through several departments and agencies. It also requires 

 that the new agency Include sufficient support ele- 

 ments — In research and In aids to State and local antl- 

 polutlon programs, for example — to give It the needed 

 strength and potential for carrying out Its mission. The 

 new agency would also, of course, draw upon the results 

 of research conducted by other agencies 



