Name: Professor: Course: Date: Agency Proceedings Agency Functions, Statutory Authority, Laws, and Regulations EPA is an agency that was founded in the year 1997 under the Environment Protection Act (EPA). The Act has subsequently been subdivided into several bodies within which Clean Air Act is embedded. The statutory authority of EPA revolves around ensuring adherence to the Act laws and regulations. Administering the Act is the role of EPA in its legislative position. The agency is responsible for ensuring that companies involved in the emission of air pollutants do not violate the regulations of the Act. The legislative role of EPA in the process of satisfying the objectives stipulated in the Act includes general environmental protection against pollution and factors that lead to environmental vulnerability to climate change and global warming. EPA also is tasked with making sure that all the decisions that are made towar