History of the EPA
Below we serve up glimpses of EPA's history in five different "flavors":
Oral History Videos
Alumni have recorded videos on a variety of subjects. Most videos are 45 to 60 minutes in length but are broken down into chapters for easier viewing. Transcripts and podcast versions of these videos are also provided.
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The Anthrax Cleanup on Capitol Hill
This documentary tells the story of how EPA, the National Institutes of Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Center for Communicable Diseases (CDC), and other federal military and civilian agencies, working under severe time pressure and in the full glare of intensive media coverage, collaborated to solve a scientific and engineering challenge never before faced -- the decontamination of an entire building contaminated with deadly anthrax spores.
Chapter 2: EPA's Relationship with the Private Sector
(8 minutes) From Former Deputy Administrator Hank Habicht talks about management at EPAHank Habicht's views of the relationship between EPA and the Private Sector, then and now.
Chapter 2: How EPA was Created using Reorganization Plan #3
(10 minutes) From Behind the Scenes at the Creation of EPA in 1970Chuck Elkins tells why certain programs were chosen to be moved to the new Agency and why others were left behind.
Chapter 1: Joining the Administration: Relationship with the President
(8 minutes) From Reflections on US Environmental Policy: Interview with William K. ReillyBill Reilly describes his decision to accept President H.W. Bush's invitation to become Administrator and the agreements he worked out with the President on selecting staff and organizing...
Chapter 3: Implementation (Standards, Regions, and States)
(18 minutes) From Early Implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Act How Headquarters, Regions, and States worked together.
Half Century of Environmental Progress
High school and college students as well as others may not know about the major environmental problems and issues encountered in the United States in the latter half of the 20th century, how they were addressed, and the importance of continued vigilance in attacking remaining and evolving issues. This history of EPA has been written for them."
Superfund: A Half Century of Progress
From Superfund: A Half Century of ProgressCategories: Superfund
EPA Journals
For many years, EPA published the "EPA Journal" with interesting articles on a very wide variety of topics. The Association is slowly digitizing and categorizing these Journals. To date we have digitized 3034 articles.
20 Lessons from Asbestos by Dr. Irving J. Selikoff
From Secrets of the Forest: Another Challenge for EPA's Research Program, May. 1984Categories: Health, Research
Who Keeps Your Drinking Water Safe?
From Protecting Our Drinking Water, Sep. 1986Categories: Education, Local Programs, Public, The, States, Water: Drinking
Looking Back; Looking Ahead: Earth Day: One View by Denis Hayes
From Earth Day, Jan. 1990Categories: Air: General, International, Local Programs, Pesticides, Toxics
Methanol: The Fuel of the Future? by Richard Wilson
From Protecting Our Air, Sep. 1984Categories: Air: Mobile
Books & Articles by Alumni
Some of the most detailed history of EPA is contained in books and articles written by alumni.
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From Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds by Glenn E. SchweitzerCategories: Toxics
Chapter 7. The Greening of Industry
From Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds by Glenn E. SchweitzerCategories: Toxics
Chapter 8. Exceeding the Absorptive Limits of the Global Commons
From Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds by Glenn E. SchweitzerCategories: Toxics
Cleaning up America: An Insider's View of EPA by John Quarles
From Cleaning up America: An Insider's View of EPA by John QuarlesHistorical Documents
Some documents have made a big difference in the direction that EPA has taken through the years. Here we present some of them.
Reorganization Plan that Created EPA
From Reorganization Plan that Created EPA
Interview with Alvin Alm in 1993
From Interview of Alvin Alm January 1994Categories: Congress, Economic Impact, Enforcement, Management of Agency, OMB, Other Federal Agencies
White House Fact Sheet re Creation of EPA
From White House Fact Sheet re Creation of EPA
Creation of EPA: Message to Congress
From Creation of EPA: Message to CongressSearch all history files.
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