Douglas M. Costle

1977-1981

• Biographies
  • Biography
  • from Oral History Interview

• Oral History Interview (EPA publications number 202-K-01-002; January 2001) -- examines the background in the Nixon Administration and the term of Douglas M. Costle as EPA Agency Administrator (1977-1981) during the Carter Administration, including: involvement with President Nixon's Advisory Council on Executive Organization; EPA's implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); energy policy; the growth of risk assessment and regulatory analysis in standard-setting at EPA; and EPA relations with Congress, states, courts, and the public.

• November 1985 article "EPA History (1970-1985)" - Administrator Costle's tenure
• Fall 1980 EPA Journal Interview "The Next Decade"

• Articles by Administrator Costle
  • Women and the Environment from Nov./Dec. 1978 EPA Journal
  • Views from Former Administrators from November 1985 EPA Journal

• Photographs
  • Douglas M. Costle