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[Hurricane Rita] Cameron, LA, 11-10-05 -- Environmental specialists carefully dispose of chemicals that Hurricane Rita spilled. The EPA, funded by FEMA is involved in a massive operation to identify and clean up any hazards so that people will not be exposed to any hazards. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo
[Hurricane Rita] Cameron, LA, 11-19-05 -- The local environmental was damaged when storage tanks like these broke and leaked and mixed with other unknown chemicals from Hurricane Rita. The EPA, funded by FEMA is involved in a massive operation to identify and clean up any hazards so that people will not be exposed to any hazards. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo
[Hurricane Katrina] Venice, LA, 11-10-05 -- Environmental hazards are collected and brought to a EPA facility where they are idenitifed, sorted, and disposed correctly. The EPA, funded by FEMA is involved in a massive operation to identify and clean up any hazards so that people will not be exposed to any hazards created by hurricane Katrina. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo
[Hurricane Katrina] Venice, LA, 11-10-05 -- Environmental hazards are brought to this EPA facility where they are idenitifed, sorted, and disposed correctly. The EPA, funded by FEMA is involved in a massive operation to identify and clean up any hazards so that people will not be exposed to any hazards created by hurricane Katrina. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo
[Hurricane Katrina] Venice, LA, 11-10-05 -- Environmental hazards are brought to this EPA facility where they are idenitifed, sorted, and disposed correctly. The EPA, funded by FEMA, is involved in a massive operation to identify and clean up any hazards so that people will not be exposed to any hazards created by hurricane Katrina. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo
[Hurricane Katrina] Naim, LA, 11-10-05 -- These oil tanks ruptured causing an environmental hazard. The EPA, funded by FEMA is involved in a massive operation to identify and clean up any hazards so that people will not be exposed to any hazards created by hurricane Katrina. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo
[Hurricane Rita] Cameron, LA, 1-26-06 -- A truck with Construction Debris heads for the FEMA debris dump site which contains 458,000 cubic yards and is expected to contain 1.5 million cubic yards before shutting down. FEMA is working with the local Parishes (Counties) who have requested FEMA's help in removing homes severely damaged by Hurricane Rita. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo
[Hurricane Rita] Cameron, LA, 1-26-06 -- Excavator owner/operator Tracy Bearden loads construction debris into a truck for removal to a debris dump site. FEMA is working with the local Parishes (Counties) who have requested FEMA's help in removing homes severely damaged by Hurricane Rita. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo
[Hurricane Rita] Cameron, LA, 11-10-05 -- An environmental specialist checks a barrel to try and determine it's contents. The EPA, funded by FEMA is involved in a massive operation to identify and clean up any hazards so that people will not be exposed to any hazards. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo
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Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
In the 1950s and through the 1960s public concern about the impact that human activity could have on the environment increased. President Nixon signed NEPA into law on January 1, 1970. NEPA required that a detailed statement of environmental impacts be prepared for all major federal actions significantly affecting the environment. Six months later, On July 9, 1970, Nixon proposed an executive reorganization that consolidated many environmental responsibilities of the federal government under one agency, a new Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA was created 90 days before it had to operate, and officially opened its doors on December 2, 1970. The burning Cuyahoga River in 1969 had led to a national outcry. A federal grand jury investigation of water pollution allegedly being caused by about 12 companies in northeastern Ohio began leading to a filing of a lawsuit against the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation for discharging substantial quantities of cyanide into the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland. Congress enacted the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, known as the Clean Water Act. Since that, EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment. Our priorities are Making a Visible Difference in Communities across the Country, Addressing Climate Change and Improving Air Quality, Taking Action on Toxics and Chemical Safety, Launching a New Era of State, Tribal and Local Partnerships, Embracing EPA as a High Performing Organization, and Working Toward a Sustainable Future.