EPA

American  

1. U.S. Government.  Environmental Protection Agency: an independent federal agency, created in 1970, that sets and enforces rules and standards that protect the environment and control pollution.

2. eicosapentaenoic acid: an omega-3 fatty acid present in fish oils.

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EPA British  

abbreviation

1. eicosapentaenoic acid: a fatty acid, found in certain fish oils, that can reduce blood cholesterol

2. Environmental Protection Agency

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Example Sentences

The EPA asked the court to vacate the rule because the agency had “exceeded its authority” by lowering the standard without first completing a “thorough review” of air quality standards, as required by the law.

From The Wall Street Journal

The EPA is required to analyze fine-particle pollution standards every five years.

From Barron's

“We would really like EPA and state agencies to stop granting landfill waivers. It’s a permission slip to speed in a school zone.”

From Los Angeles Times

EPA—that cleaned up prior judicial messes and reined in the feds by stripping its claim to any “significant nexus” to navigable waters and tightening the definition of wetlands.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 2000, the EPA admonished naval officials for neglecting to inform residents that a fire had broken out at a hazardous landfill at Hunters Point.

From Los Angeles Times