Reorganization Plan No. 3 was an executive order submitted to Congress on July 9, 1970 by President Richard Nixon establishing the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and setting forth the components of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The order consolidated components from different federal agencies to form the U.S. EPA: "a strong, independent agency" that would establish and enforce federal environmental protection laws.^[1] Unlike other agencies such as OSHA, the EPA does not have a single enabling act that established the agency.

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• Text of Reorganization Plan No. 3 & President's Message to Congress from U.S. EPA website