Transportation and Air Quality
About the Office of Transportation and Air Quality
This Web page provides general information about EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality: its mission, programs, and organizational structure.
About EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality
- Office Description and Organization
- National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory
- Federal Register Notices
- Press Releases
- Grants & Funding
- Employment Opportunities
Director
- Christopher Grundler (biography)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Office of Transportation and Air Quality (6401A)
- 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
- Washington, DC 20460
- (202) 564-1682
Mission
The Office of Transportation and Air Quality's (OTAQ) mission is to protect human health and the environment by:- Reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources and the fuels that power them.
- Advancing clean fuels and technology.
- Encouraging business practices and travel choices that minimize emissions.
OTAQ's primary activities include:
- Assessing mobile source-related air quality problems and developing sophisticated modeling tools to develop solutions, measure results, and support emission inventories.
- Establishing national standards to reduce emissions from on-road and nonroad mobile sources of pollution.
- Implementing national mobile source standards through certification processes and in-use monitoring strategies.
- Developing fuel efficiency programs and technologies to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases from the transportation sector.
- Researching, evaluating, and developing advanced technologies for controlling emissions, as well as developing new strategies for improving fuel efficiency.
General Information:
- OTAQ Organization Chart (PDF) (1 pp, 40K, April 2013, About PDF)
- OTAQ Contacts: Find a contact person by employee name or by your topic of interest, read answers to frequent questions, or submit a comment/question.
- National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory
- Milestones in Mobile Source Air Pollution Control and Regulations