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The EPA, or Environmental Protection Agency, is the U.S. federal agency responsible for protecting human health and the environment, including regulating asbestos. It sets rules on how asbestos can be used, handled, and removed, and it has studied and restricted asbestos over several decades. Its regulations, bans, and investigations are often part of the historical record in asbestos cases.

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Origin

The EPA was created in 1970 by an executive order under President Richard Nixon, consolidating federal environmental responsibilities into a single agency. It soon took a lead role in asbestos regulation under laws like the Clean Air Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act.

Significance in Asbestos Context

The EPA's history matters to your case because its actions, and its delays, document what the government knew about asbestos danger and when. Milestones include the 1973 Clean Air Act rules limiting asbestos in spray insulation, the 1989 attempted ban that was largely overturned in court in 1991, the AHERA rules for asbestos in schools, and the emergency response at Libby, Montana. These records can help establish that risks were recognized, and that regulation lagged behind the science. The EPA also sets standards for safe removal, which come up when exposure happened during renovation or demolition.

OSHA, AHERA, Toxic Substances Control Act, Clean Air Act, Libby Montana, Government Regulation

Notes

  • Ask your legal team how EPA regulatory milestones line up with your exposure dates to help show what was known at the time.
  • If your exposure involved building renovation or demolition, ask whether EPA and state removal rules were followed.
  • Note that the EPA and OSHA have different roles; workplace exposure limits come from OSHA, while EPA focuses on environmental and public exposure.

People

People the documents tie to EPA, most often named first, with the titles the documents give them.

Court cases

1 court decision in our case-law library name EPA as a defendant.

In our library

6 documents in our library name EPA, by collection.

Other library documents (6)

In the Union Carbide documents

EPA is named in 549 Union Carbide documents dated 1971 to 2003 (18 as the source, 548 mentioned), from asbestos lawsuits over Union Carbide's Calidria asbestos. 548 of them are published in our collection.

And 398 more documents.

Names in the documents

The spellings documents use for EPA, OCR misreadings included, so a search for any of them finds this page: Environmental Protection Agency · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · United States Environmental Protection Agency · U. S. Environmental Protection Agency · EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) · U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III · Federal Environmental Protection Agency · EPA Asbestos Training Center · E.P.A · US EPA · USEPA Region 3 · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III · United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. EPA, Region III · United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region III · United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards · U.S. EPA · Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Enforcement Division · EPA, Dallas · Enforcement Division, U.S. EPA, Region III · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Carcinogen Assessment Group · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 · Office of Toxic Substances (TS793), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · U.S. EPA Office of Toxic Substances · United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII (Kansas City, Missouri) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Water Programs · GCA Corporation, GCA/Technology Division, for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina · U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VI · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (text reproduced by The Bureau of National Affairs, Environment Reporter) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory, Cincinnati · EPA Hotline · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6 (Dallas) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40; Federal Register excerpts) · Air Management Division, U.S. EPA, Region III · Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6 · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6 · EPA Office of Toxic Substances · Division of Air Pollution Control, Environmental Protection Agency, State of Illinois · Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Air Pollution Control · Source Control Branch, Division of Compliance, Office of Air Programs, Environmental Protection Agency · Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Programs · United States Environmental Protection Agency, Standards Development Branch · United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6 · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 6 · U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region VII · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region IX Enforcement Division · Enforcement Division, Region IX (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) · EPA Region 6 · US/EPA · US Environmental Protection Agency (Federal Register) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory · Enforcement Division, Environmental Protection Agency · EPA Enforcement Division · EPA Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

Where this comes from

This page brings together every document in our library that names EPA, across collections. Titles and affiliations are taken from the documents themselves, and units and subsidiaries are grouped under the company they belong to.

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