As of Thursday, June 25, 2009, the EPA's Office of Solid
Waste is now the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
On Jan. 18, 2009, the Office of Solid Waste (OSW) was
reorganized and changed its name to the Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery (ORCR). According to the EPA, the name change "reflects the
breadth of the responsibilities/authorities that Congress provided to EPA under
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the primary authorizing
statute".
ORCR has three divisions, which consolidate the operations
of the six divisions under the OSW structure. As the EPA has increased its focus on resource
conservation and materials management, particularly recycling, it is expected
that focus on this aspect of the RCRA program will continue. ORCR will also run
the agency's waste management regulatory and implementation program.
At least one thing hasn't changed; the ORCR's website
is still
www.epa.gov/osw.