evidence: Reorganization Plan No. 3 was a United States presidential directive establishing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), effective December 2, 1970.[1] The order, published in the Federal Register on October 6, 1970, consolidated components from different federal agencies to form the EPA, "a strong, independent agency" that would establish and enforce federal environmental protection laws.[2] [...] Reorganization plan and the formation of the EPA [edit]Establishment [edit]Reorganization Plan No. 3 was proposed by President Nixon in a message sent to Congress on July 9, 1970.[8] The plan was authorized by a 1966 amendment to Title 5 of the United States Code (Government Organization and Employees).[9] After conducting hearings during that summer, the House and Senate approved the proposal.[citation needed] Unlike other agencies such as Occupational Safety and Health Administration (also established in 1970), the EPA was not established by a single enabling act of Congress. [...] Under the terms of Reorganization Plan No. 3, the Environmental Protection Agency would be created to absorb the following agencies: