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Illustration of the seal of the United States Environmental Protection Agency from s:Executive Order 11628, which defined the seal. The design is described there as:

A flower with a bloom which is symbolic of all the elements of the environment. The bloom is a sphere, the component parts of which represent the blue sky, green earth, blue-green water. A white circle within the sphere denotes either the sun or the moon. All are symbolic of a clean environment and are superimposed on a disc with a white background, circled by the title "UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY" in blue letters.
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Source Scanned from Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 628.
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