Providing an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 7621-7622]

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

[FR Doc No: 2017-01489]

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Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 12 / Thursday, January 19, 2017 /

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Executive Order 13763 of January 13, 2017

Providing an Order of Succession Within the

Environmental Protection Agency

By the authority vested in me as President by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States of

America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of

1998, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the ``Act''),

it is hereby ordered that:

Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the

provisions of section 2 of this order, and to the

limitations set forth in the Act, the following

officials of the Environmental Protection Agency, in

the order listed, shall act as and perform the

functions and duties of the office of the Administrator

of the Environmental Protection Agency (Administrator)

during any period in which the Administrator and the

Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection

Agency have died, resigned, or become otherwise unable

to perform the functions and duties of the office of

Administrator:

(a) General Counsel;

(b) Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste;

(c) Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances

(also known as the Assistant Administrator for the

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention);

rform the functions and duties of the office of

Administrator:

(a) General Counsel;

(b) Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste;

(c) Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances

(also known as the Assistant Administrator for the

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention);

(d) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air

and Radiation;

(e) Assistant Administrator for the Office of

Water;

(f) Assistant Administrator for the Office of

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance;

(g) Chief Financial Officer;

(h) Assistant Administrator for the Office of

Research and Development;

(i) Assistant Administrator for the Office of

International and Tribal Affairs;

(j) Assistant Administrator for the Office of

Administration and Resources Management;

(k) Assistant Administrator for the Office of

Environmental Information;

(l) Regional Administrator, Region VII;

(m) Deputy Regional Administrator, Region II;

(n) Principal Deputy General Counsel;

(o) Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for

the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance; and

(p) Deputy Regional Administrator, Region V.

Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in

an office listed in section 1(a)-(p) of this order in

an acting capacity shall, by virtue of so serving, act

as Administrator pursuant to this order.

the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance; and

(p) Deputy Regional Administrator, Region V.

Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in

an office listed in section 1(a)-(p) of this order in

an acting capacity shall, by virtue of so serving, act

as Administrator pursuant to this order.

(b) No individual listed in section 1(a)-(p) of

this order shall act as Administrator unless that

individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the

Act.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this order,

the President retains discretion, to the extent

permitted by law, to depart from this order in

designating an acting Administrator.

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Sec. 3. Revocation. Executive Order 13737 of August 12,

2016 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the

Environmental Protection Agency), is hereby revoked.

Sec. 4. Judicial Review. This order is not intended to,

and does not, 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,

January 13, 2017.

[FR Doc. 2017-01489

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