The EPA was established in 1970 to protect the environment by consolidating a variety of federal research, monitoring, standard-setting, and enforcement activities into one agency. In 2011, the EPA initiated a series of regulations to reduce emissions from marine fuel systems (40 CFR 1060 Control of Evaporative Emissions for New and In-use Non-Road and Stationery Equipment). To learn more about the EPA go to, http://www.epa.gov. For the full text of the emissions regulations, click here.