<P> The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is the head of the United States federal government 's Environmental Protection Agency , and is thus responsible for enforcing the nation 's Clean Air and Clean Water Acts , as well as numerous other environmental statutes . The Administrator is nominated by the President of the United States and must be confirmed by a vote of the Senate . The office of Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency was created in 1970 in legislation that created the agency . </P>
who is responsible for appointing the administrator of the u.s. environmental protection agency
the President of the United States