Who is responsible for the EPA Quality System?
The EPA Quality System is decentralized so each EPA organization designs, implements, and manages its own quality system. The Assistant Administrator for Environmental Information is the Senior Quality Management Official for the Agency as stated in EPA Order CIO 2105.0 (formerly 5360.1) and is responsible for the assessment and approval of each EPA organization’s quality system. The Quality Staff, Office of Environmental Information, supports the Assistant Administrator and is responsible for the development of Agency-wide policy and procedures and for the oversight of implementation of the EPA Quality System. The EPA Assistant Administrators, Associate Administrators, and Regional Administrators have official quality responsibilities and are responsible for the success of their quality system. Line managers within each organization are responsible for the quality of data collected or used by their programs.
