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United States Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. federal government agency
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United States Environmental Protection Agency

Summary

United States Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States government[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 41 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's field of work was environmental protection[3].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's field of work was regulation[4].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency was a member of ORCID, Inc.[5].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency is in the country of United States[6].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's instance of is recorded as independent agency of the United States government[7].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's instance of is recorded as publishing house[8].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's founder is recorded as Richard Nixon[9].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[10].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's flag is recorded as flag of the United States Environmental Protection Agency[11].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's child organization or unit is recorded as Office of Air and Radiation[12].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's child organization or unit is recorded as Environmental Protection Agency Office of the Inspector General[13].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's Commons category is recorded as United States Environmental Protection Agency[14].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's industry is recorded as environment[15].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's chairperson is recorded as Lee Zeldin[16].
  • December 2, 1970 marks the founding of United States Environmental Protection Agency[17].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 38.8959025, 'longitude': -77.0309076, 'precision': 1e-05}[18].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's parent organization or unit is recorded as Federal Government of the United States[19].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's authority is recorded as Federal Government of the United States[20].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's official website is recorded as https://epa.gov/[21].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's official website is recorded as https://epa.govarchive.us/[22].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's topic's main category is recorded as Category:United States Environmental Protection Agency[23].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's described at URL is recorded as https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency[24].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Federal Government of the United States[25].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's employees is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15376'}[26].
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency's employees is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14172'}[27].

Body

Founding

United States Environmental Protection Agency's founder is recorded as Richard Nixon[9]. December 2, 1970 marks the founding of it[17].

Identity

United States Environmental Protection Agency's official name is recorded as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency[28].

Leadership

United States Environmental Protection Agency's chairperson is recorded as Lee Zeldin[16].

Operations

United States Environmental Protection Agency's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[10]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Federal Government of the United States[19]. Subsidiaries include Office of Air and Radiation[12], a government agency[29], in United States[30] and Environmental Protection Agency Office of the Inspector General[13].

Industry

United States Environmental Protection Agency's industry is recorded as environment[15]. Fields of work include environmental protection[3], an academic discipline[31] and regulation[4], a social science concept[32].

Why It Matters

United States Environmental Protection Agency has Wikipedia articles in 41 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . epa.gov. epa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . n2t.net. Retrieved . n2t.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . epa.gov. epa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . law.cornell.edu. law.cornell.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder → Richard Nixon
    Bhl creator id → 3505, 89361
    Bibsys id → 11035187, 7063315
    Flag image → Flag of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.sv
    + 121 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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