1. Regulations
  2. title 40
  3. chapter I
  4. part 1
  5. subpart A
  6. § 1.1

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§ 1.1 - Creation and authority.

Reorganization Plan 3 of 1970, established the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Executive branch as an independent Agency, effective December 2, 1970.

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 552; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, 84 Stat. 2086 (July 9, 1970).

SOURCE: 50 FR 26721, June 28, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 40 CFR 1.1