Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Office of the
Administrator
Division of
ATSDR
Health Assessment
Washington Office
& Consultation
Division of
Office of
Health Education
Office of the
Federal Programs
and Promotion
Assistant
Office of Program
Administrator
Division of
Operations and
Health Studies
Management
Division of
Office of Policy
Toxicology
and External Affairs
ATSDR
Office of Regional
EPA HQs Liaison
Operations
Wash, DC
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Region 5
Region 6
Region 7
Region 8
Region 9
Region 10
Boston
New York
Phila
Atlanta
Chicago
Dallas
Kan City
Denver
San Fran
Seattle
environmental public health threats and promot-
reports and special studies. Under the agree-
ing health by improving the environment. The
ment, ATSDR will provide technical assistance
vision document calls for greater coordination
to CSB investigators on public health aspects of
and collaboration between the two environmen-
chemical incidents, such as advising them on
tal health agencies.
how chemicals released from an incident may
affect the health of nearby community residents.
ATSDR also began developing a new 5-year
The agreement also provides for ATSDR to lend
strategic plan during fiscal year 2000. The plan
staff members to CSB to advise the board on a
will provide a framework for the agency's
health and safety program for its investigators.
overall vision and will establish critical mea-
sures to monitor progress. The plan is to be
ATSDR Organizational Structure
completed during fiscal year 2001.
ATSDR executes its operations through four
During fiscal year 2000, ATSDR worked on
program-specific divisions--the Division of
finalizing a memorandum of understanding with
Health Assessment and Consultation, the
the Chemical Safety Board (CSB), the federal
Division of Toxicology, the Division of Health
board that investigates chemical spills and
Studies, and the Division of Health Education
accidents. CSB is an independent agency that
and Promotion.
was created by Congress to improve chemical
safety by conducting incident investigations,
determining all possible causes, and producing
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