Office of Environmental Quality Law and Legal Definition
According to 42 USCS § 4372, an Office of Environmental Quality is established in the Executive Office of the President. The Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality will be the Director of the Office. The Director is authorized to employ relevant officers and employees as necessary. The Director must assist and advise the President on policies and programs of the Federal Government affecting environmental quality by:
1. Providing professional and administrative staff and support for the Council on Environmental Quality;
2. Assisting the Federal agencies and departments in appraising the effectiveness of existing and proposed facilities, programs, policies, and activities of the Federal Government, and those specific major projects designated by the President which do not require individual project authorization by Congress, which affect environmental quality;
3. Reviewing the adequacy of existing systems for monitoring and predicting environmental changes in order to achieve effective coverage and efficient use of research facilities and other resources;
4. Promoting the advancement of scientific knowledge of the effects of actions and technology on the environment and encourage the development of the means to prevent or reduce adverse effects that endanger the health and well-being of man;
5. Assisting in coordinating among the Federal departments and agencies those programs and activities which affect, protect, and improve environmental quality;
6. Assisting the Federal departments and agencies in the development and interrelationship of environmental quality criteria and standards established through the Federal Government;
7. Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data and information on environmental quality, ecological research, and evaluation.
Legal Definition list
- Office of English Language Acquisition
- Office of Engineering and Technology [Federal Communications Commission]
- Office of Engineering and Technology [FCC]
- Office of Elementary and Secondary Education [OESE]
- Office of Electronic Government
- Office of Environmental Quality
- Office of Environmental Quality Management Fund
- Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity [HUD]
- Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
- Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
- Office of Federal Lands Highway
