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OPPTS Functional Statements
2000 - (Office of Prevention Pesticides and Toxic Substances) The Office of the Assistant Administrator for Prevention Pesticides and Toxic Substances has responsibility for Agency strategies for implementation and integration of the pollution prevention, pesticides and toxic substances programs and developing and operating Agency programs and policies for assessment and control of pesticides and toxic substances as well as recommending policies and developing operating programs for implementing the Pollution Prevention Act. It is responsible for developing recommendations for Agency priorities for research, monitoring regulatory and information gathering activities relating to implementing the Pollution Prevention Act, pesticides and toxic substances; and monitoring and assessing pollution prevention, pesticides and toxic substances program operations in EPA Headquarters and Regional Offices.
1990 - (Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances) The Office of the Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances is responsible for: development of national strategies for the control of toxic substances; criteria for assessing chemical substances; standards for test protocols for chemicals; rules and procedures for industry reporting and regulations for the control of substances deemed to be hazardous to man or the environment; enforcement of standards; and evaluation and assessment of the impact of new chemicals and chemicals with new uses to determine the hazard and, if needed, to develop appropriate restrictions. The Office coordinates activities under the Toxic Substances Control Act with other agencies for the assessment and control of toxic substances. Additional activities include control and regulation of pesticides and reduction in their use to assure human safety and protection of environmental quality; establishment of tolerance levels for pesticides which occur in or on food; monitoring of pesticide residue levels in food, humans, and nontarget fish and wildlife and their environments; and investigation of pesticide accidents.
1983 - (Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances) The Office of the Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances is responsible for: development of national strategies for the control of toxic substances; criteria for assessing chemical substances, standards for test protocols for chemicals; rules and procedures for industry reporting and regulations for the control of substances deemed to be hazardous to man or the environment; enforcement of standards; and evaluating and assessing the impact of new chemicals and chemicals with new uses to determine the hazard and, if needed, develop appropriate restrictions. It coordinates activities under the Toxic Substances Control Act with other agencies for the assessment and control of toxic substances. Additional activities include control and regulation of pesticides and reduction in their use to assure human safety and protection of environmental quality; establishment of tolerance levels for pesticides which occur in or on food; monitoring of pesticide residue levels in food, humans, and nontarget fish and wildlife and their environments; and investigation of pesticide accidents.