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[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 Katrina] New Orleans, LA, 1-13-06 -- Workers from the EPA were on the scene helping the New Orleans Fire Department when a fire broke out at this Hurricane Katrina debris processing plant. The EPA, funded by FEMA, are working to identify, monitor, and clean up any hazards. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo
[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, 9-30-05 -- Houses were destroyed after hurricane Katrina came through the area and the levees broke. Some homes floated off their foundations and bumped into others homes or came to rest on cars. Many New Orleans residents are homeless and now rely on FEMA to help them though the disaster. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo
[Hurricane Rita] Cameron, LA, 11-10-05 -- An environmental specialist carefully disposes 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 Katrina] Empire, LA, 11-10-05 -- Hurricane Katrina left utilities and derbis on roads that will have to be cleared and removed under FEMA's Debris program. FEMA is helping Local governments get Roads, and Utilities back in operation so residents can move back. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo
[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, 12-01-05 -- City of New Orleans Building Inspectors inspect a damaged home on City Right-of-way that ways destroyed when the levee broke and completely destroyed most homes in this 9th ward neighborhood. FEMA is helping the city to remove the many homes that were destroyed. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo
[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, February 19, 2008 -- Aeration ponds that were flooded during Hurricane Katrina are back in operating condition with financial assistance provided by The Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA obligated more than $210 million to rebuilding the water treatment facilities. The two water treatment facilities that service the metropolitan area are again operational as repair work continues. Photo by Manuel Broussard/FEMA.
[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
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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.