Origins of the Environmental Protection Agency
Consolidation of Federal Anti-Pollution Programs into the EPA
In 1969, President Richard M. Nixon established a Cabinetlevel Environmental Quality Council, as well as a Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality. The Council requested a study of whether all Federal environmental activities should be unifed in one agency. Following are the recommendations of the Advisory Council on Executive Organization, also known as the Ash Council for its chair, Roy L. Ash, founder of Litton Industries. The President’s Advisory Council on Executive Organization recommends that key anti-pollution programs be merged into an Environmental Protection Administration, a new independent agency of the Executive Branch. In your February 10 Environmental Message, you…
