42 USC § 4370a - Assistant Administrators of Environmental Protection Agency; appointment; duties

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title: "42 USC § 4370a - Assistant Administrators of Environmental Protection Agency; appointment; duties"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "4370a"
section_name: "Assistant Administrators of Environmental Protection Agency; appointment; duties"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–80, § 1, Aug. 23, 1983, 97 Stat. 485.)"
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# § 4370a. Assistant Administrators of Environmental Protection Agency; appointment; duties

**(a)** The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may appoint three Assistant Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency in addition to—

**(1)** the five Assistant Administrators provided for in section 1(d) of Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1970 (5 U.S.C. Appendix);

**(2)** the Assistant Administrator provided by section 2625(g) of title 15; and

**(3)** the Assistant Administrator provided by section 6911a of this title.

**(b)** Each Assistant Administrator appointed under subsection (a) shall perform such duties as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may prescribe.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–80, § 1, Aug. 23, 1983, 97 Stat. 485.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1970, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is set out under .

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.