> Well I'm a brit so I dunno, but from wikipedia "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government for

> Well I'm a brit so I dunno, but from wikipedia "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection" It gets complicated - it is considered independent because it doesn't directly roll up into a cabinet position under the president, but informally it is run like it is a cabinet position, the head is a political appointee of the president, and they can be removed by the president at will. So while more a grey area than something like the State Department, it is closer to that than more independent agencies Federal Reserve that acts without input from the Executive branch, and the appointees can't be fired by the president