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Why did President Nixon sign an Executive Order starting the EPA

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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. ... At its start, the EPA was primarily a technical assistance agency that set goals and standards.

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