Regulatory agencies Branch

GibsonT. 1984. A market analysis of 2-butoxyethanol and 2-butoxyethyl acetate. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regulatory Impacts Branch, under subcontract EPA 36-5 of ICF Inc., contract 68-02-4055. March 23, 1984. (as cited in Ghanayem et al 1987b.)... 

HPB. Health Protection Branch. The Canadian regulatory agency. Part of Health Canada. 

In Cuba, Tunisia and Venezuela, the dmg regulatory authorities are departments within the executive branch, the Ministry of Health, which possesses decision-making powers regarding dmg regulation. Expert committees are consulted on technical issues, rather than as decision-making bodies. Under this stmcture, the superior agency (the Ministry of Health) theoretically has the authority to alter a decision if it chooses to do so. 

The FDA district offices operate under the auspices of the agency s Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA). The ORA field organization is divided into five regional offices (northeast, central, southeast, southwest, Pacific). Each region includes district offices, of which there are 20 nationwide. Most district offices have three or four branches, including either a compliance branch or an enforcement branch. The branch offices are the primary regulatory contacts within the districts and act as the eyes and ears for FDA headquarters. 

The U. S. Enviromnental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed a set of computer codes based on the Gaussian model which carry out the calculations needed for regulatory purposes. These models are available from the Applied Modeling Research Branch, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711. 

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