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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]

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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

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Vol. 80

Wednesday,

No. 57

March 25, 2015

Part II

The President

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Executive Order 13693--Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next

Decade

Presidential Documents

Federal Register / Vol. 80 , No. 57 / Wednesday, March 25, 2015 /

Presidential Documents

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Title 3--

The President

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Executive Order 13693 of March 19, 2015

Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next

Decade

By the authority vested in me as President by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States of

America, and in order to maintain Federal leadership in

sustainability and greenhouse gas emission reductions,

it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Policy. Executive departments and agencies

(agencies) have been among our Nation's leaders as the

United States works to build a clean energy economy

that will sustain our prosperity and the health of our

people and our environment for generations to come.

Federal leadership in energy, environmental water,

fleet, buildings, and acquisition management will

continue to drive national greenhouse gas reductions

and support preparations for the impacts of climate

change

prosperity and the health of our

people and our environment for generations to come.

Federal leadership in energy, environmental water,

fleet, buildings, and acquisition management will

continue to drive national greenhouse gas reductions

and support preparations for the impacts of climate

change. Through a combination of more efficient Federal

operations such as those outlined in this Executive

Order (order), we have the opportunity to reduce agency

direct greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent

over the next decade while at the same time fostering

innovation, reducing spending, and strengthening the

communities in which our Federal facilities operate.

It therefore continues to be the policy of the United

States that agencies shall increase efficiency and

improve their environmental performance. Improved

environmental performance will help us protect our

planet for future generations and save taxpayer dollars

through avoided energy costs and increased efficiency,

while also making Federal facilities more resilient. To

improve environmental performance and Federal

sustainability, priority should first be placed on

reducing energy use and cost, then on finding renewable

or alternative energy solutions. Pursuing clean sources

of energy will improve energy and water security, while

ensuring that Federal facilities will continue to meet

mission requirements and lead by example

sustainability, priority should first be placed on

reducing energy use and cost, then on finding renewable

or alternative energy solutions. Pursuing clean sources

of energy will improve energy and water security, while

ensuring that Federal facilities will continue to meet

mission requirements and lead by example. Employing

this strategy for the next decade calls for expanded

and updated Federal environmental performance goals

with a clear overarching objective of reducing

greenhouse gas emissions across Federal operations and

the Federal supply chain.

Sec. 2. Agency Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions. In

implementing the policy set forth in section 1 of this

order, the head of each agency shall, within 90 days of

the date of this order, propose to the Chair of the

Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Director

of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) percentage

reduction targets for agency-wide reductions of scope 1

and 2 and scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions in absolute

terms by the end of fiscal year 2025 relative to a

fiscal year 2008 baseline. Where appropriate, the

target shall exclude direct emissions from excluded

vehicles and equipment and from electric power produced

and sold commercially to other parties as the primary

business of the agency. The proposed targets shall be

subject to the review and approval of the Chair of CEQ

in coordination with the Director of OMB under section

4(b) of this order.

uded

vehicles and equipment and from electric power produced

and sold commercially to other parties as the primary

business of the agency. The proposed targets shall be

subject to the review and approval of the Chair of CEQ

in coordination with the Director of OMB under section

4(b) of this order.

Sec. 3. Sustainability Goals for Agencies. In

implementing the policy set forth in section 1 of this

order and to achieve the goals of section 2 of this

order, the head of each agency shall, where life-cycle

cost-effective, beginning in fiscal year 2016, unless

otherwise specified:

(a) promote building energy conservation,

efficiency, and management by:

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(i) reducing agency building energy intensity measured in British thermal

units per gross square foot by 2.5 percent annually through the end of

fiscal year 2025, relative to the baseline of the agency's building energy

use in fiscal year 2015 and taking into account agency progress to date,

except where revised pursuant to section 9(f) of this order, by

implementing efficiency measures based on and using practices such as:

(A) using remote building energy performance assessment auditing

technology;

(B) participating in demand management programs;

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager for

covered buildings;

(D) incorporating, where feasible, the consensus-based, industry standard

Green Button data access system into reporting, data analytics, and

automation processes;

(E) implementing space utilization and optimization practices and policies;

(F) identifying opportunities to transition test-bed technologies to

achieve the goals of this section; and

STAR Portfolio Manager for

covered buildings;

(D) incorporating, where feasible, the consensus-based, industry standard

Green Button data access system into reporting, data analytics, and

automation processes;

(E) implementing space utilization and optimization practices and policies;

(F) identifying opportunities to transition test-bed technologies to

achieve the goals of this section; and

(G) conforming, where feasible, to city energy performance benchmarking and

reporting requirements; and

(ii) improving data center energy efficiency at agency facilities by:

(A) ensuring the agency chief information officer promotes data center

energy optimization, efficiency, and performance;

(B) installing and monitoring advanced energy meters in all data centers by

fiscal year 2018; and

data centers and less than 1.5 for existing data centers;

(b) ensure that at a minimum, the following

percentage of the total amount of building electric

energy and thermal energy shall be clean energy,

accounted for by renewable electric energy and

alternative energy:

(i) not less than 10 percent in fiscal years 2016 and 2017;

(ii) not less than 13 percent in fiscal years 2018 and 2019;

(iii) not less than 16 percent in fiscal years 2020 and 2021;

(iv) not less than 20 percent in fiscal years 2022 and 2023; and

(v) not less than 25 percent by fiscal year 2025 and each year thereafter;

of building electric energy consumed by the agency that

is renewable electric energy is:

(i) not less than 10 percent in fiscal years 2016 and 2017;

(ii) not less than 15 percent in fiscal years 2018 and 2019;

(iii) not less than 20 percent in fiscal years 2020 and 2021;

(iv) not less than 25 percent in fiscal years 2022 and 2023; and

ntage of the total amount

of building electric energy consumed by the agency that

is renewable electric energy is:

(i) not less than 10 percent in fiscal years 2016 and 2017;

(ii) not less than 15 percent in fiscal years 2018 and 2019;

(iii) not less than 20 percent in fiscal years 2020 and 2021;

(iv) not less than 25 percent in fiscal years 2022 and 2023; and

(v) not less than 30 percent by fiscal year 2025 and each year thereafter;

(d) include in the renewable electric energy

portion of the clean energy target established in

subsection (b) of this section renewable electric

energy as defined in section 19(v) of this order and

associated with the following actions, which are listed

in order of priority:

(i) installing agency-funded renewable energy on site at Federal facilities

and retaining corresponding renewable energy certificates (RECs) or

obtaining equal value replacement RECs;

(ii) contracting for the purchase of energy that includes the installation

of renewable energy on site at a Federal facility or off site from a

Federal facility and the retention of corresponding RECs or obtaining equal

value replacement RECs for the term of the contract;

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(iii) purchasing electricity and corresponding RECs or obtaining equal

value replacement RECs; and

(iv) purchasing RECs;

(e) include in the alternative energy portion of

the clean energy target established in subsection (b)

of this section alternative energy as defined in

section 19(c) of this order and associated with the

following actions, where feasible:

s or obtaining equal

value replacement RECs; and

(iv) purchasing RECs;

(e) include in the alternative energy portion of

the clean energy target established in subsection (b)

of this section alternative energy as defined in

section 19(c) of this order and associated with the

following actions, where feasible:

(i) installing thermal renewable energy on site at Federal facilities and

retaining corresponding renewable attributes or obtaining equal value

replacement RECs where applicable;

(ii) installing combined heat and power processes on site at Federal

facilities;

(iii) installing fuel cell energy systems on site at Federal facilities;

(iv) utilizing energy from new small modular nuclear reactor technologies;

(v) utilizing energy from a new project that includes the active capture

and storage of carbon dioxide emissions associated with energy generation;

(vi) implementing other alternative energy approaches that advance the

policy set forth in section 1 and achieve the goals of section 2 of this

order and are in accord with any sustainability, environmental performance,

and other instructions or guidance established pursuant to sections 4(e)

and 5(a) of this order; and

(vii) including in the Department of Defense (DOD) accounting for

alternative energy for this subsection, fulfillment of the requirements for

DOD goals established under section 2852 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 as amended by section 2842 of the

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010;

(f) improve agency water use efficiency and

management, including stormwater management by:

ernative energy for this subsection, fulfillment of the requirements for

DOD goals established under section 2852 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 as amended by section 2842 of the

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010;

(f) improve agency water use efficiency and

management, including stormwater management by:

(i) reducing agency potable water consumption intensity measured in gallons

per gross square foot by 36 percent by fiscal year 2025 through reductions

of 2 percent annually through fiscal year 2025 relative to a baseline of

the agency's water consumption in fiscal year 2007;

(ii) installing water meters and collecting and utilizing building and

facility water balance data to improve water conservation and management;

(iii) reducing agency industrial, landscaping, and agricultural (ILA) water

consumption measured in gallons by 2 percent annually through fiscal year

2025 relative to a baseline of the agency's ILA water consumption in fiscal

year 2010; and

(iv) installing appropriate green infrastructure features on federally

owned property to help with stormwater and wastewater management;

(g) if the agency operates a fleet of at least 20

motor vehicles, improve agency fleet and vehicle

efficiency and management by:

(i) determining, as part of the planning requirements of section 14 of this

order, the optimum fleet inventory with emphasis placed on eliminating

unnecessary or non-essential vehicles from the agency's fleet inventory;

(ii) taking actions that reduce fleet-wide per-mile greenhouse gas

emissions from agency fleet vehicles, relative to a baseline of emissions

in fiscal year 2014, to achieve the following percentage reductions:

(A) not less than 4 percent by the end of fiscal year 2017;

(B) not less than 15 percent by the end of fiscal year 2021; and

(ii) taking actions that reduce fleet-wide per-mile greenhouse gas

emissions from agency fleet vehicles, relative to a baseline of emissions

in fiscal year 2014, to achieve the following percentage reductions:

(A) not less than 4 percent by the end of fiscal year 2017;

(B) not less than 15 percent by the end of fiscal year 2021; and

(iii) collecting and utilizing as a fleet efficiency management tool, as

soon as practicable but not later than 2 years after the date of this

order, agency fleet operational data through deployment of vehicle

telematics

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at a vehicle asset level for all new passenger and light duty vehicle

acquisitions and for medium duty vehicles where appropriate;

(iv) ensuring that agency annual asset-level fleet data is properly and

accurately accounted for in a formal agency Fleet Management System and any

relevant data is submitted to the Federal Automotive Statistical Tool

reporting database, the Federal Motor Vehicle Registration System, and the

Fleet Sustainability Dashboard (FleetDASH) system;

(v) planning for agency fleet composition such that by December 31, 2020,

zero emission vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles account for 20 percent of

all new agency passenger vehicle acquisitions and by December 31, 2025,

zero emission vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles account for 50 percent of

all new agency passenger vehicles and including, where practicable,

acquisition of such vehicles in other vehicle classes and counting double

credit towards the targets in this section for such acquisitions; and

(vi) planning for appropriate charging or refueling infrastructure or other

power storage technologies for zero emission vehicles or plug-in hybrid

vehicles and opportunities for ancillary services to support vehicle-to-

grid technology;

(h) improve building efficiency, performance, and

management by:

s the targets in this section for such acquisitions; and

(vi) planning for appropriate charging or refueling infrastructure or other

power storage technologies for zero emission vehicles or plug-in hybrid

vehicles and opportunities for ancillary services to support vehicle-to-

grid technology;

(h) improve building efficiency, performance, and

management by:

(i) ensuring, beginning in fiscal year 2020 and thereafter, that all new

construction of Federal buildings greater than 5,000 gross square feet that

enters the planning process is designed to achieve energy net-zero and,

where feasible, water or waste net-zero by fiscal year 2030;

(ii) identifying, beginning in June of 2016, as part of the planning

requirements of section 14 of this order, a percentage of at least 15

percent, by number or total square footage, of the agency's existing

buildings above 5,000 gross square feet that will, by fiscal year 2025,

comply with the revised Guiding Principles for Federal Leadership in High

Performance and Sustainable Buildings (Guiding Principles), developed

pursuant to section 4 of this order, and making annual progress toward 100

percent conformance with the Guiding Principles for its building inventory;

(iii) identifying, as part of the planning requirements of section 14 of

this order, a percentage of the agency's existing buildings above 5,000

gross square feet intended to be energy, waste, or water net-zero buildings

by fiscal year 2025 and implementing actions that will allow those

buildings to meet that target;

percent conformance with the Guiding Principles for its building inventory;

(iii) identifying, as part of the planning requirements of section 14 of

this order, a percentage of the agency's existing buildings above 5,000

gross square feet intended to be energy, waste, or water net-zero buildings

by fiscal year 2025 and implementing actions that will allow those

buildings to meet that target;

(iv) including in all new agency lease solicitations over 10,000 rentable

square feet:

(A) criteria for energy efficiency either as a required performance

specification or as a source selection evaluation factor in best-value

tradeoff procurements; and

(B) requirements for building lessor disclosure of carbon emission or

energy consumption data for that portion of the building occupied by the

agency that may be provided by the lessor through submetering or estimation

from pro-rated occupancy data, whichever is more cost-effective;

(v) reporting building energy, beginning in fiscal year 2016 as part of the

agency scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions for newly solicited leases over

10,000 rentable square feet;

(vi) including in the planning for new buildings or leases cost-effective

strategies to optimize sustainable space usage and consideration of

existing community transportation planning and infrastructure, including

access to public transit;

(vii) ensuring that all new construction, major renovation, repair, and

alteration of agency buildings includes appropriate design and deployment

of fleet charging infrastructure; and

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(viii) including the incorporation of climate-resilient design and

management elements into the operation, repair, and renovation of existing

agency buildings and the design of new agency buildings;

i) ensuring that all new construction, major renovation, repair, and

alteration of agency buildings includes appropriate design and deployment

of fleet charging infrastructure; and

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(viii) including the incorporation of climate-resilient design and

management elements into the operation, repair, and renovation of existing

agency buildings and the design of new agency buildings;

(i) promote sustainable acquisition and procurement

by ensuring that each of the following environmental

performance and sustainability factors are included to

the maximum extent practicable for all applicable

procurements in the planning, award, and execution

phases of the acquisition by:

(i) meeting statutory mandates that require purchase preference for:

(A) recycled content products designated by EPA;

(B) energy and water efficient products and services, such as ENERGY STAR

qualified and Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)-designated products,

identified by EPA and the Department of Energy (DOE); and

States Department of Agriculture;

(ii) purchasing sustainable products and services identified by EPA

programs including:

(A) Significant New Alternative Policy (SNAP) chemicals or other

alternatives to ozone-depleting substances and high global warming

potential hydrofluorocarbons, where feasible, as identified by SNAP;

(B) WaterSense certified products and services (water efficient products);

contain safer ingredients); and

(D) SmartWay Transport partners and SmartWay products (fuel efficient

products and services);

to ozone-depleting substances and high global warming

potential hydrofluorocarbons, where feasible, as identified by SNAP;

(B) WaterSense certified products and services (water efficient products);

contain safer ingredients); and

(D) SmartWay Transport partners and SmartWay products (fuel efficient

products and services);

(iii) purchasing environmentally preferable products or services that:

(A) meet or exceed specifications, standards, or labels recommended by EPA

that have been determined to assist agencies in meeting their needs and

further advance sustainable procurement goals of this order; or

(B) meet environmental performance criteria developed or adopted by

voluntary consensus standards bodies consistent with section 12(d) of the

National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-

113) and OMB Circular A-119;

(iv) acting, as part of the implementation of planning requirements of

section 14 of this order, until an agency achieves at least 95 percent

compliance with the BioPreferred and biobased purchasing requirement in

paragraph (i) of this subsection, to:

(A) establish an annual target for the number of contracts to be awarded

with BioPreferred and biobased criteria and dollar value of BioPreferred

and biobased products to be delivered and reported under those contracts in

the following fiscal year. To establish this target, agencies shall

consider the dollar value of designated BioPreferred and biobased products

reported in previous years, the specifications reviewed and revised for

inclusion of BioPreferred and biobased products, and the number of

applicable product and service contracts to be awarded, including

construction, operations and maintenance, food services, vehicle

maintenance, and janitorial services; and

(B) ensure contractors submit timely annual reports of their BioPreferred

and biobased purchases; and

s years, the specifications reviewed and revised for

inclusion of BioPreferred and biobased products, and the number of

applicable product and service contracts to be awarded, including

construction, operations and maintenance, food services, vehicle

maintenance, and janitorial services; and

(B) ensure contractors submit timely annual reports of their BioPreferred

and biobased purchases; and

(v) reducing copier and printing paper use and acquiring uncoated printing

and writing paper containing at least 30 percent postconsumer recycled

content or higher as designated by future instruction under section 4(e) of

this order;

(j) advance waste prevention and pollution

prevention by:

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(i) reporting in accordance with the requirements of sections 301 through

313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42

U.S.C. 11001 through 11023);

(ii) diverting at least 50 percent of non-hazardous solid waste, including

food and compostable material but not construction and demolition materials

and debris, annually, and pursuing opportunities for net-zero waste or

additional diversion opportunities;

(iii) diverting at least 50 percent of non-hazardous construction and

demolition materials and debris; and

(iv) reducing or minimizing the quantity of toxic and hazardous chemicals

and materials acquired, used, or disposed of, particularly where such

reduction will assist the agency in pursuing agency greenhouse gas emission

reduction targets established in section 2 of this order;

(k) implement performance contracts for Federal

buildings by:

ls and debris; and

(iv) reducing or minimizing the quantity of toxic and hazardous chemicals

and materials acquired, used, or disposed of, particularly where such

reduction will assist the agency in pursuing agency greenhouse gas emission

reduction targets established in section 2 of this order;

(k) implement performance contracts for Federal

buildings by:

(i) utilizing performance contracting as an important tool to help meet

identified energy efficiency and management goals while deploying life-

cycle cost-effective energy efficiency and clean energy technology and

water conservation measures;

(ii) fulfilling existing agency performance contracting commitments towards

the goal of $4 billion in Federal performance-based contracts by the end of

calendar year 2016; and

(iii) providing annual agency targets for performance contracting for

energy savings to be implemented in fiscal year 2017 and annually

thereafter as part of the planning requirements of section 14 of this

order;

(l) promote electronics stewardship by

establishing, measuring, and reporting by:

(i) ensuring procurement preference for environmentally sustainable

electronic products as established in subsection (i) of this section;

(ii) establishing and implementing policies to enable power management,

duplex printing, and other energy-efficient or environmentally sustainable

features on all eligible agency electronic products; and

(iii) employing environmentally sound practices with respect to the

agency's disposition of all agency excess or surplus electronic products.

Sec. 4. Duties of the Chair of the Council on

Environmental Quality. In implementing the policy set

forth in section 1 of this order, the Chair of CEQ

shall:

gency electronic products; and

(iii) employing environmentally sound practices with respect to the

agency's disposition of all agency excess or surplus electronic products.

Sec. 4. Duties of the Chair of the Council on

Environmental Quality. In implementing the policy set

forth in section 1 of this order, the Chair of CEQ

shall:

(a) in coordination with the Director of OMB,

establish a Federal Interagency Sustainability Steering

Committee (Steering Committee) that shall advise the

Director of OMB and the Chair of CEQ on the performance

of agency responsibilities under sections 2 and 3 of

this order and shall include the Federal Chief

Sustainability Officer referenced in section 6 of this

order and agency Chief Sustainability Officers

designated under sections 7 and 8 of this order;

(b) in coordination with the Director of OMB review

and approve agency-wide scope 1 and 2 and scope 3

greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets developed

under section 2 of this order;

prepare streamlined reporting metrics to determine each

agency's progress under sections 2 and 3 of this order;

(d) review and evaluate each agency's Plan prepared

under section 14 of this order;

n targets developed

under section 2 of this order;

prepare streamlined reporting metrics to determine each

agency's progress under sections 2 and 3 of this order;

(d) review and evaluate each agency's Plan prepared

under section 14 of this order;

(e) within 45 days of the date of this order and

thereafter as necessary, after consultation with the

Director of OMB, issue implementing instructions or

other guidance to direct agency implementation of this

order, other than instructions within the authority of

the Director of OMB to issue under section 5 of this

order;

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(f) within 150 days of the date of this order,

prepare and issue revised Guiding Principles for both

new and existing Federal buildings including

consideration of climate change resilience and employee

and visitor wellness;

(g) revise, as necessary and in coordination with

the Director of OMB, existing CEQ guidance and

implementing instructions on Sustainable Locations for

Federal Facilities of September 15, 2011, Sustainable

Practices for Designed Landscapes of October 31, 2011,

as supplemented on October 22, 2014, Federal Greenhouse

Gas Accounting and Reporting Guidance [Revision 1] of

June 4, 2012, and Federal Agency Implementation of

Water Efficiency and Management Provisions of Executive

Order 13514 of July 10, 2013;

Practices for Designed Landscapes of October 31, 2011,

as supplemented on October 22, 2014, Federal Greenhouse

Gas Accounting and Reporting Guidance [Revision 1] of

June 4, 2012, and Federal Agency Implementation of

Water Efficiency and Management Provisions of Executive

Order 13514 of July 10, 2013;

(h) within 150 days of the date of this order,

prepare and issue guidance to assist agencies in the

implementation of section 13 of this order;

(i) identify annually, based on total contract

spending in the previous fiscal year as reported in the

Federal Procurement Data System, the seven largest

Federal procuring agencies responsible for

implementation of section 15(b) of this order;

(j) administer a Presidential leadership award

program to recognize exceptional and outstanding

performance and excellence in agency efforts to

implement this order; and

(k) establish and disband, as appropriate,

temporary interagency working groups to provide

recommendations to the Chair of CEQ associated with the

goals of this order, including: grid-based green power;

data quality, collection, and reporting; greenhouse gas

emissions associated with the transportation of Federal

freight and cargo; sustainability considerations in

resilience planning; agency supply chain climate

vulnerability; recycled content paper; green

infrastructure; and carbon uptake accounting and wood

products.

n, and reporting; greenhouse gas

emissions associated with the transportation of Federal

freight and cargo; sustainability considerations in

resilience planning; agency supply chain climate

vulnerability; recycled content paper; green

infrastructure; and carbon uptake accounting and wood

products.

Sec. 5. Duties of the Director of the Office of

Management and Budget. In implementing the policy set

forth in section 1 of this order, the Director of OMB

shall:

(a) issue, after consultation with the Chair of

CEQ, instructions to the heads of agencies concerning

periodic performance evaluation of agency

implementation of this order, including consideration

of the results from section 4(c) of this order;

(b) prepare scorecards providing periodic

evaluation of Principal Agency performance in

implementing this order and publish scorecard results

on a publicly available Web site; and

under section 14 of this order.

Sec. 6. Duties of the Federal Chief Sustainability

Officer. Henceforth, the Federal Environmental

Executive is reestablished as the Federal Chief

Sustainability Officer and the Office of the Federal

Environmental Executive is reestablished as the Office

of the Chief Sustainability Officer, for which the

Environmental Protection Agency shall provide funding

and administrative support and that shall be maintained

at CEQ

d as the Federal Chief

Sustainability Officer and the Office of the Federal

Environmental Executive is reestablished as the Office

of the Chief Sustainability Officer, for which the

Environmental Protection Agency shall provide funding

and administrative support and that shall be maintained

at CEQ. In implementing the policy set forth in section

1 of this order, the Federal Chief Sustainability

Officer shall:

(a) monitor progress and advise the Chair of CEQ on

agency goals in sections 2 and 3 of this order;

(b) chair, convene, and preside at quarterly

meetings; determine the agenda; and direct the work of

the Steering Committee;

to assist agencies in implementing the goals of this

order in coordination with DOE, EPA, the General

Services Administration (GSA), and other agencies as

appropriate;

(d) coordinate and provide direction to relevant

existing workgroups through quarterly meetings to

ensure that opportunities for improvement in

implementation of this order are identified and

addressed; and

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(e) advise the Chair of CEQ on the implementation

of this order.

Sec. 7. Duties of Principal Agencies. To ensure

successful implementation of the policy established in

section 1 of this order, the head of each Principal

Agency shall:

entified and

addressed; and

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(e) advise the Chair of CEQ on the implementation

of this order.

Sec. 7. Duties of Principal Agencies. To ensure

successful implementation of the policy established in

section 1 of this order, the head of each Principal

Agency shall:

(a) designate, within 45 days of the date of this

order, an agency Chief Sustainability Officer, who

shall be a senior civilian officer of the United

States, compensated annually in an amount at or above

the amount payable at level IV of the Executive

Schedule, and report such designation to the Director

of OMB and the Chair of CEQ;

(b) assign the designated official the authority to

represent the agency on the Steering Committee

established under section 4 of this order and perform

such other duties relating to the implementation of

this order within the agency as the head of the agency

deems appropriate;

appropriate, performance evaluations of agency

implementation of this order that reflect the

contribution of agency services, components, bureaus,

and operating divisions to the goals of this order;

(d) ensure, as soon as practicable after the date

of this order, that leases and contracts entered into

after the date of this order for lessor or contractor

operation of Government-owned buildings or vehicles

facilitate the agency's compliance with this order;

nd operating divisions to the goals of this order;

(d) ensure, as soon as practicable after the date

of this order, that leases and contracts entered into

after the date of this order for lessor or contractor

operation of Government-owned buildings or vehicles

facilitate the agency's compliance with this order;

(e) implement opportunities to improve agency fleet

sustainability, including vehicle acquisitions as

established in section 3(g) of this order, waiver

authority, and fleet data management practices, by

revising agency fleet management review and approval

procedures to include the Chief Sustainability Officers

designated under this section and section 8 of this

order;

(f) consider the development of policies to promote

sustainable commuting and work-related travel practices

for Federal employees that foster workplace vehicle

charging, encourage telecommuting, teleconferencing,

and reward carpooling and the use of public

transportation, where consistent with agency authority

and Federal appropriations law;

(g) ensure regional agency actions consider and are

consistent with, sustainability and climate

preparedness priorities of States, local governments,

and tribal communities where agency facilities are

located;

(h) foster outstanding performance and excellence

in agency efforts to implement this order through

opportunities such as agency leadership award programs;

ustainability and climate

preparedness priorities of States, local governments,

and tribal communities where agency facilities are

located;

(h) foster outstanding performance and excellence

in agency efforts to implement this order through

opportunities such as agency leadership award programs;

(i) continue implementation of formal Environmental

Management Systems (EMS) where those systems have

proven effective and deploy new EMSs where appropriate;

and

(j) notwithstanding the limitations on

implementation in section 17 of this order, apply,

where feasible and appropriate, the strategies and

plans to achieve the goals of this order in whole or in

part with respect to fueling, operation, and management

of tactical or emergency vehicles and to the activities

and facilities of the agency that are not located

within the United States.

Sec. 8. Duties of Contributing Agencies. Within 45 days

of the date of this order, to ensure successful

implementation of the policy established in section 1

of this order, the head of each contributing agency

shall designate an agency Chief Sustainability Officer,

who shall be a senior civilian officer of the United

States, compensated annually in an amount at or above

the amount payable at level IV of the Executive

Schedule, and report such designation to the Director

of OMB and the Chair of CEQ.

ency

shall designate an agency Chief Sustainability Officer,

who shall be a senior civilian officer of the United

States, compensated annually in an amount at or above

the amount payable at level IV of the Executive

Schedule, and report such designation to the Director

of OMB and the Chair of CEQ.

Sec. 9. Duties of the Agency Chief Sustainability

Officers. The Chief Sustainability Officers designated

under sections 7 and 8 of this order shall be

responsible for:

(a) ensuring agency policies, plans, and strategies

implemented to achieve the goals of this order consider

the role of agency regional facilities and

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personnel and are integrated into agency permitting and

environmental review policies, programs, and planning;

(b) developing and implementing an agency-wide

strategic process that coordinates appropriate agency

functions and programs to ensure that those functions

and programs consider and address the goals of this

order;

Director of OMB a comprehensive inventory of progress

towards the greenhouse gas emissions goals established

in section 2 of this order;

(d) representing the agency on the Steering

Committee;

(e) convening quarterly meetings of agency bureaus,

commands, or operating divisions that are responsible

for the implementation of strategies necessary to meet

the goals of this order;

lished

in section 2 of this order;

(d) representing the agency on the Steering

Committee;

(e) convening quarterly meetings of agency bureaus,

commands, or operating divisions that are responsible

for the implementation of strategies necessary to meet

the goals of this order;

(f) representing the agency in any requests to the

Chair of CEQ and Director of OMB to amend or normalize

a baseline for goals established in this order due to

change of greater than 5 percent as a result of agency

space consolidation, a change in mission tempo, or

improved data quality;

(g) providing plans, including the Plan prepared

under section 14 of this order, reports, information,

and assistance necessary to implement this order, to

the Director of OMB, the Chair of CEQ, and the Federal

Chief Sustainability Officer; and

(h) performing such other duties relating to the

implementation of this order as the head of the agency

deems appropriate.

Sec. 10. Regional Coordination. Within 180 days of the

date of this order, each EPA and GSA Regional office

shall in coordination with Federal Executive Boards

established by the Presidential Memorandum of November

10, 1961 (The Need for Greater Coordination of Regional

and Field Activities of the Government), DOD and other

agencies as appropriate, convene regional interagency

workgroups to identify and address:

shall in coordination with Federal Executive Boards

established by the Presidential Memorandum of November

10, 1961 (The Need for Greater Coordination of Regional

and Field Activities of the Government), DOD and other

agencies as appropriate, convene regional interagency

workgroups to identify and address:

(a) sustainable operations of Federal fleet

vehicles, including identification and implementation

of opportunities to use and share fueling

infrastructure and logistical resources to support the

adoption and use of alternative fuel vehicles,

including E-85 compatible vehicles, zero emission and

plug-in hybrid vehicles, and compressed natural gas

powered vehicles;

(b) water resource management and drought response

opportunities;

planning in coordination with State, local, and tribal

communities; and

(d) opportunities for collective procurement of

clean energy to satisfy energy demand for multiple

agency buildings.

Sec. 11. Employee Education and Training. Within 180

days of the date of this order, the Office of Personnel

Management, in coordination with DOE, GSA, EPA, and

other agencies as appropriate, shall:

(a) consider the establishment of a dedicated

Federal occupational series for sustainability

professionals and relevant positions that directly

impact the achievement of Federal sustainability goals

and if appropriate, prepare and issue such occupational

series; and

cies as appropriate, shall:

(a) consider the establishment of a dedicated

Federal occupational series for sustainability

professionals and relevant positions that directly

impact the achievement of Federal sustainability goals

and if appropriate, prepare and issue such occupational

series; and

(b) initiate the inclusion of environmental

sustainability and climate preparedness and resilience

into Federal leadership and educational programs in

courses and training, delivered through electronic

learning, in classroom settings, and residential

centers, particularly developmental training for Senior

Executive Service and GS-15 personnel.

Sec. 12. Supporting the Federal Fleet. (a) GSA shall

ensure that vehicles available to agencies for either

lease or sale, at or below market cost, through its

vehicle program include adequate variety and volume of

alternative fuel vehicles, including zero emission and

plug-in hybrid vehicles, to meet the fleet management

goals of this order.

(b) DOE shall assist the United States Postal

Service (USPS) in evaluating the best alternative and

advanced fuel technologies for the USPS fleet and

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report on such progress annually as part of the

planning requirements of section 14 of this order.

nagement

goals of this order.

(b) DOE shall assist the United States Postal

Service (USPS) in evaluating the best alternative and

advanced fuel technologies for the USPS fleet and

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report on such progress annually as part of the

planning requirements of section 14 of this order.

Sec. 13. Supporting Federal Facility Climate

Preparedness and Resilience. The head of each agency

shall, consistent with Executive Order 13653 of

November 1, 2013, ensure that agency operations and

facilities prepare for impacts of climate change as

part of the planning requirements of section 14 of this

order and consistent with planning required under

section 5 of Executive Order 13653 by:

(a) identifying and addressing projected impacts of

climate change on mission critical water, energy,

communication, and transportation demands and

considering those climate impacts in operational

preparedness planning for major agency facilities and

operations; and

(b) calculating the potential cost and risk to

mission associated with agency operations that do not

take into account the information collected in

subsection (a) of this section and considering that

cost in agency decision-making.

edness planning for major agency facilities and

operations; and

(b) calculating the potential cost and risk to

mission associated with agency operations that do not

take into account the information collected in

subsection (a) of this section and considering that

cost in agency decision-making.

Sec. 14. Agency Strategic Sustainability Performance

Plan. Beginning in June 2015, and continuing through

fiscal year 2025, the head of each Principal Agency

shall develop, implement, and annually update an

integrated Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

(Plan) based on guidance prepared by the Chair of CEQ

under section 4 of this order. Contributing agencies

are encouraged to prepare a Plan but may limit content

of the Plan to a summary of agency actions to meet the

requirements of this order. Each Principal Agency Plan

and update shall be provided to the Chair of CEQ and

Director of OMB, shall be subject to approval by the

Director under section 5 of this order, and shall be

made publicly available on an agency Web site once

approved.

Sec. 15. Supply Chain Greenhouse Gas Management. In

implementing the greenhouse gas management policies in

section 1 of this order and to better understand and

manage the implications of Federal supply chain

greenhouse gas emissions:

made publicly available on an agency Web site once

approved.

Sec. 15. Supply Chain Greenhouse Gas Management. In

implementing the greenhouse gas management policies in

section 1 of this order and to better understand and

manage the implications of Federal supply chain

greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) the Chair of CEQ shall, within 30 days of the

date of this order and annually thereafter, identify

and publicly release an inventory of major Federal

suppliers using publicly available Federal procurement

information, including information as to whether the

supplier has accounted for and publicly disclosed,

during the previous calendar year, annual scope 1 and 2

greenhouse gas emission data and publicly disclosed a

greenhouse gas emission reductions target (or targets)

for 2015 or beyond; and

(b) the seven largest Federal procuring agencies

shall each submit for consideration, in conjunction

with the planning requirements of section 14 of this

order, a plan to implement at least five new

procurements annually in which the agency may include,

as appropriate, contract requirements for vendors or

evaluation criteria that consider contractor emissions

and greenhouse gas emissions management practices

with the planning requirements of section 14 of this

order, a plan to implement at least five new

procurements annually in which the agency may include,

as appropriate, contract requirements for vendors or

evaluation criteria that consider contractor emissions

and greenhouse gas emissions management practices. The

plans submitted for consideration may include

identification of evaluation criteria, performance

period criteria, and contract clauses that will

encourage suppliers to manage and reduce greenhouse gas

emissions, and shall be implemented as soon as

practicable after any relevant administrative

requirements have been met.

Sec. 16. Revocations and Conforming Provisions. (a)

Pursuant to section 742(b) of Public Law 111-117, I

have determined that this order will achieve equal or

better environmental or energy efficiency results than

Executive Order 13423. Therefore, Executive Order 13423

of January 24, 2007, is revoked.

(b) Executive Order 13514 of October 5, 2009;

Presidential Memorandum of December 2, 2011

(Implementation of Energy Savings Projects and

Performance-Based Contracting for Energy Savings);

section 1 of Presidential Memorandum of February 21,

2012 (Driving Innovation and Creating Jobs in Rural

America through Biobased and Sustainable Product

Procurement); and Presidential Memorandum of December

5, 2013 (Federal Leadership on Energy Management), are

revoked.

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Savings);

section 1 of Presidential Memorandum of February 21,

2012 (Driving Innovation and Creating Jobs in Rural

America through Biobased and Sustainable Product

Procurement); and Presidential Memorandum of December

5, 2013 (Federal Leadership on Energy Management), are

revoked.

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(Federal Fleet Performance), is revoked as of October

1, 2015.

(d) Section 3(b)(vi) of Executive Order 13327 of

February 4, 2004, is amended by striking ``Executive

Order 13148 of April 21, 2000'' and inserting in lieu

thereof ``other Executive Orders''.

(e) Section 2(d) of Executive Order 13432 of May

14, 2007, is amended to read as follows: ```greenhouse

gases' means carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide,

hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, nitrogen

triflouride, and sulfur hexafluoride;''.

(f) Section 5 of Executive Order 13653 of November

1, 2013, is amended by striking ``Executive Order

13514'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``other Executive

Orders''.

(g) Section 1 of Executive Order 13677 of September

23, 2014, is amended by striking ``Executive Order

13514 of October 5, 2009 (Federal Leadership in

Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance), and

Executive Order 13653 of November 1, 2013 (Preparing

the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change),''

and inserting in lieu thereof ``Several Executive

Orders have''.

king ``Executive Order

13514 of October 5, 2009 (Federal Leadership in

Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance), and

Executive Order 13653 of November 1, 2013 (Preparing

the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change),''

and inserting in lieu thereof ``Several Executive

Orders have''.

Sec. 17. Limitations. (a) This order shall apply to an

agency with respect to the activities, personnel,

resources, and facilities of the agency that are

located within the United States. The head of an agency

may provide that this order shall apply in whole or in

part with respect to the activities, personnel,

resources, and facilities of the agency that are not

located within the United States, if the head of the

agency determines that such application is in the

interest of the United States.

(b) The head of an agency shall manage activities,

personnel, resources, and facilities of the agency that

are not located within the United States with respect

to which the head of the agency has not made a

determination under subsection (a) of this section in a

manner consistent with the policy set forth in section

1 of this order to the extent the head of the agency

determines practicable.

ency that

are not located within the United States with respect

to which the head of the agency has not made a

determination under subsection (a) of this section in a

manner consistent with the policy set forth in section

1 of this order to the extent the head of the agency

determines practicable.

Sec. 18. Exemption Authority. (a) The Director of

National Intelligence may exempt an intelligence

activity of the United States, and related personnel,

resources, and facilities, from the provisions of this

order other than this subsection to the extent the

Director determines necessary to protect intelligence

sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure.

(b) The head of an agency may exempt law

enforcement activities of that agency, and related

personnel, resources, and facilities, from the

provisions of this order other than this subsection to

the extent the head of an agency determines necessary

to protect undercover operations from unauthorized

disclosure.

enforcement, protective, emergency response, or

military tactical vehicle fleets of that agency from

the provisions of this order other than this

subsection. Heads of agencies shall manage fleets to

which this paragraph refers in a manner consistent with

the policy set forth in section 1 of this order to the

extent they determine practicable.

military tactical vehicle fleets of that agency from

the provisions of this order other than this

subsection. Heads of agencies shall manage fleets to

which this paragraph refers in a manner consistent with

the policy set forth in section 1 of this order to the

extent they determine practicable.

(d) The head of an agency may exempt particular

agency activities and facilities from the provisions of

this order other than this subsection where it is in

the interest of national security. If the head of an

agency issues an exemption under this section, the

agency must notify the Chair of CEQ in writing within

30 days of issuance of the exemption under this

subsection. To the maximum extent practicable, and

without compromising national security, each agency

shall strive to comply with the purposes, goals, and

implementation steps in this order.

(e) The head of an agency may submit to the

President, through the Chair of CEQ, a request for an

exemption of an agency activity, and related personnel,

resources, and facilities, from this order.

Sec. 19. Definitions. As used in this order:

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(a) ``absolute greenhouse gas emissions'' means

total greenhouse gas emissions without normalization

for activity levels and includes any allowable

consideration of sequestration;

(b) ``agency'' means an executive agency as defined

in section 105 of title 5, United States Code,

excluding the Government Accountability Office;

missions'' means

total greenhouse gas emissions without normalization

for activity levels and includes any allowable

consideration of sequestration;

(b) ``agency'' means an executive agency as defined

in section 105 of title 5, United States Code,

excluding the Government Accountability Office;

from technologies and approaches that advance renewable

heat sources, including biomass, solar thermal,

geothermal, waste heat, and renewable combined heat and

power processes; combined heat and power; small modular

nuclear reactor technologies; fuel cell energy systems;

and energy generation, where active capture and storage

of carbon dioxide emissions associated with that energy

generation is verified;

(d) ``alternative fuel vehicle'' means vehicles

defined by section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of

1992, as amended (42 U.S.C. 13211), and otherwise

includes electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles,

plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, dedicated alternative

fuel vehicles, dual fueled alternative fuel vehicles,

qualified fuel cell motor vehicles, advanced lean burn

technology motor vehicles, low greenhouse gas vehicles,

compressed natural gas powered vehicles, self-propelled

vehicles such as bicycles, and any other alternative

fuel vehicles that are defined by statute;

(e) ``clean energy'' means renewable electric

energy and alternative energy;

lean burn

technology motor vehicles, low greenhouse gas vehicles,

compressed natural gas powered vehicles, self-propelled

vehicles such as bicycles, and any other alternative

fuel vehicles that are defined by statute;

(e) ``clean energy'' means renewable electric

energy and alternative energy;

(f) ``climate resilient design'' means to design

assets to prepare for, withstand, respond to, or

quickly recover from disruptions due to severe weather

events and climate change for the intended life of the

asset;

(g) ``construction and demolition materials and

debris'' means waste materials and debris generated

during construction, renovation, demolition, or

dismantling of all structures and buildings and

associated infrastructure;

(h) ``Contributing Agencies'' are defined as

executive agencies that are not subject to the Chief

Financial Officers Act and include Federal Boards,

Commissions, and Committees;

(i) ``divert'' or ``diverting'' means redirecting

materials from disposal in landfills or incinerators to

recycling or recovery, excluding diversion to waste-to-

energy facilities;

s that are not subject to the Chief

Financial Officers Act and include Federal Boards,

Commissions, and Committees;

(i) ``divert'' or ``diverting'' means redirecting

materials from disposal in landfills or incinerators to

recycling or recovery, excluding diversion to waste-to-

energy facilities;

(j) ``environmentally preferable'' means products

or services that have a lesser or reduced effect on

human health and the environment when compared with

competing products or services that serve the same

purpose. This comparison may consider raw materials

acquisition, production, manufacturing, packaging,

distribution, reuse, use, operation, maintenance, or

disposal related to the product or service;

(k) ``excluded vehicles and equipment'' means any

vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or non-road equipment owned

or operated by an agency of the Federal Government that

is used in combat support, combat service support,

tactical or relief operations, or training for such

operations or spaceflight vehicles (including

associated ground-support equipment);

(l) ``Federal facility'' means any building or

collection of buildings, grounds, or structures, as

well as any fixture or part thereof, which is owned by

the United States or any Federal agency or that is held

by the United States or any Federal agency under a

lease-acquisition agreement under which the United

States or a Federal agency will receive fee simple

title under the terms of such agreement without further

negotiation;

f, which is owned by

the United States or any Federal agency or that is held

by the United States or any Federal agency under a

lease-acquisition agreement under which the United

States or a Federal agency will receive fee simple

title under the terms of such agreement without further

negotiation;

(m) ``greenhouse gases'' means carbon dioxide,

methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons,

perfluorocarbons, nitrogen triflouride, and sulfur

hexafluoride;

(n) ``life-cycle cost-effective'' means the life-

cycle costs of a product, project, or measure are

estimated to be equal to or less than the base case

(i.e., current or standard practice or product);

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(o) ``net-zero energy building'' means a building

that is designed, constructed, or renovated and

operated such that the actual annual source energy

consumption is balanced by on-site renewable energy;

(p) ``net-zero water building'' means a building

that is designed, constructed, or renovated and

operated to greatly reduce total water consumption, use

non-potable sources as much as possible, and recycle

and reuse water in order to return the equivalent

amount of water as was withdrawn from all sources,

including municipal supply, without compromising

groundwater and surface water quantity or quality;

operated to greatly reduce total water consumption, use

non-potable sources as much as possible, and recycle

and reuse water in order to return the equivalent

amount of water as was withdrawn from all sources,

including municipal supply, without compromising

groundwater and surface water quantity or quality;

(q) ``net-zero waste building'' means a building

that is operated to reduce, reuse, recycle, compost, or

recover solid waste streams (with the exception of

hazardous and medical waste) thereby resulting in zero

waste disposal;

(r) ``passenger vehicle'' means a sedan or station

wagon designed primarily to transport people as defined

in 102-34.35 of the Federal Management Regulation;

(s) ``power usage effectiveness'' means the ratio

obtained by dividing the total amount of electricity

and other power consumed in running a data center by

the power consumed by the information and

communications technology in the data center;

(t) ``Principal Agencies'' mean agencies subject to

the Chief Financial Officers Act and agencies subject

to the OMB Scorecard process under section 5(b) of this

order;

r consumed in running a data center by

the power consumed by the information and

communications technology in the data center;

(t) ``Principal Agencies'' mean agencies subject to

the Chief Financial Officers Act and agencies subject

to the OMB Scorecard process under section 5(b) of this

order;

(u) ``renewable energy certificate'' means the

technology and environmental (non-energy) attributes

that represent proof that 1 megawatt-hour (MWh) of

electricity was generated from an eligible renewable

energy resource, that can be sold separately from the

underlying generic electricity with which they are

associated, and that, for the purposes of section

3(d)(iii) and (iv) of this order, were produced by

sources of renewable energy placed into service within

10 years prior to the start of the fiscal year;

(v) ``renewable electric energy'' means energy

produced by solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean

(including tidal, wave, current, and thermal),

geothermal, geothermal heat pumps, microturbines,

municipal solid waste, or new hydroelectric generation

capacity achieved from increased efficiency or

additions of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric

project;

(w) ``resilience'' means the ability to anticipate,

prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and

withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from

disruptions;

(x) ``scope 1, 2, and 3'' mean:

ed efficiency or

additions of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric

project;

(w) ``resilience'' means the ability to anticipate,

prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and

withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from

disruptions;

(x) ``scope 1, 2, and 3'' mean:

(i) scope 1: direct greenhouse gas emissions from sources that are owned or

controlled by the agency;

(ii) scope 2: direct greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the generation

of electricity, heat, or steam purchased by an agency;

(iii) scope 3: greenhouse gas emissions from sources not owned or directly

controlled by an agency but related to agency activities such as vendor

supply chains, delivery and transportation services, and employee travel

and commuting;

(y) ``United States'' means the fifty States, the

District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,

Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands,

and the Northern Mariana Islands, and associated

territorial waters and airspace;

(z) ``water balance'' means a comparison of the

water supplied to a defined system to the water

consumed by that system in order to identify the

proportion of water consumed for specific end-uses and

ensure potential water leaks in the system are

addressed; and

(aa) ``zero emission vehicle'' means a vehicle that

produces zero exhaust emissions of any criteria

pollutant (or precursor pollutant) or greenhouse gas

under any possible operational modes or conditions.

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Sec. 20. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order

shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

o emission vehicle'' means a vehicle that

produces zero exhaust emissions of any criteria

pollutant (or precursor pollutant) or greenhouse gas

under any possible operational modes or conditions.

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Sec. 20. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order

shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the

head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of OMB relating to budgetary,

administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented in a manner

consistent with applicable law and subject to the

availability of appropriations.

create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,

enforceable at law or in equity by any party against

the United States, its departments, agencies, or

entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any

other person.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 19, 2015.

[FR Doc. 2015-07016

Filed 3-24-15; 11:15 am]

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