---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 1.21"
title: "40"
number: "1.21"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/1.21"
---

# §1.21. General.


EPA Headquarters is comprised of:

- (a) The Office of the Administrator;
- (b) Two Associate Administrators and four staff offices which advise the Administrator on cross-cutting Agency headquarters and regional issues and conduct programs with respect to EPA's interface with other national and international governmental organizations;
- (c) The Office of Inspector General;
- (d) The Office of General Counsel; and
- (e) Nine operational offices, each headed by an Assistant Administrator, responsible for carrying out EPA's major environmental and administrative programs.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, 84 Stat. 2086 (July 9, 1970).

### Source

Source: 50 FR 26721, June 28, 1985, unless otherwise noted.