Ocean Policy To Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 121 (Friday, June 22, 2018)]

[Presidential Documents]

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

[FR Doc No: 2018-13640]

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Vol. 83

Friday,

No. 121

June 22, 2018

Part V

The President

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Executive Order 13840--Ocean Policy To Advance the Economic, Security,

and Environmental Interests of the United States

Presidential Documents

Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 121 / Friday, June 22, 2018 /

Presidential Documents

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Title 3--

The President

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Executive Order 13840 of June 19, 2018

Ocean Policy To Advance the Economic, Security,

and Environmental Interests of the United States

By the authority vested in me as President by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States of

America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Purpose. The ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes

waters of the United States are foundational to the

economy, security, global competitiveness, and well-

being of the United States. Ocean industries employ

millions of Americans and support a strong national

economy. Domestic energy production from Federal waters

strengthens the Nation's security and reduces reliance

on imported energy. Our Armed Forces protect our

national interests in the ocean and along the Nation's

coasts. Goods and materials that support our economy

and quality of life flow through maritime commerce. Our

fisheries resources help feed the Nation and present

tremendous export opportunities

on imported energy. Our Armed Forces protect our

national interests in the ocean and along the Nation's

coasts. Goods and materials that support our economy

and quality of life flow through maritime commerce. Our

fisheries resources help feed the Nation and present

tremendous export opportunities. Clean, healthy waters

support fishing, boating, and other recreational

opportunities for all Americans.

This order maintains and enhances these and other

benefits to the Nation through improved public access

to marine data and information, efficient interagency

coordination on ocean-related matters, and engagement

with marine industries, the science and technology

community, and other ocean stakeholders. To advance

these national interests, this order recognizes and

supports Federal participation in regional ocean

partnerships, to the extent appropriate and consistent

with national security interests and statutory

authorities.

Sec. 2. Policy. It shall be the policy of the United

States to:

(a) coordinate the activities of executive

departments and agencies (agencies) regarding ocean-

related matters to ensure effective management of

ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes waters and to provide

economic, security, and environmental benefits for

present and future generations of Americans;

(b) continue to promote the lawful use of the ocean

by agencies, including United States Armed Forces;

related matters to ensure effective management of

ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes waters and to provide

economic, security, and environmental benefits for

present and future generations of Americans;

(b) continue to promote the lawful use of the ocean

by agencies, including United States Armed Forces;

(c) exercise rights and jurisdiction and perform

duties in accordance with applicable domestic law and--

if consistent with applicable domestic law--

international law, including customary international

law;

(d) facilitate the economic growth of coastal

communities and promote ocean industries, which employ

millions of Americans, advance ocean science and

technology, feed the American people, transport

American goods, expand recreational opportunities, and

enhance America's energy security;

(e) ensure that Federal regulations and management

decisions do not prevent productive and sustainable use

of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes waters;

(f) modernize the acquisition, distribution, and

use of the best available ocean-related science and

knowledge, in partnership with marine industries; the

ocean science and technology community; State, tribal,

and local governments; and other ocean stakeholders, to

inform decisions and enhance entrepreneurial

opportunity; and

, distribution, and

use of the best available ocean-related science and

knowledge, in partnership with marine industries; the

ocean science and technology community; State, tribal,

and local governments; and other ocean stakeholders, to

inform decisions and enhance entrepreneurial

opportunity; and

(g) facilitate, as appropriate, coordination,

consultation, and collaboration regarding ocean-related

matters, consistent with applicable law, among Federal,

State, tribal, and local governments, marine

industries, the ocean science

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and technology community, other ocean stakeholders, and

foreign governments and international organizations.

Sec. 3. Definitions. For the purposes of this order,

the following definitions apply:

(a) ``Ocean-related matters'' means management,

science, and technology matters involving the ocean,

coastal, and Great Lakes waters of the United States

(including its territories and possessions), and

related seabed, subsoil, waters superadjacent to the

seabed, and natural resources.

(b) ``Regional ocean partnership'' means a regional

organization of coastal or Great Lakes States,

territories, or possessions voluntarily convened by

governors to address cross-jurisdictional ocean

matters, or the functional equivalent of such a

regional ocean organization designated by the governor

or governors of a State or States.

ns a regional

organization of coastal or Great Lakes States,

territories, or possessions voluntarily convened by

governors to address cross-jurisdictional ocean

matters, or the functional equivalent of such a

regional ocean organization designated by the governor

or governors of a State or States.

Sec. 4. Interagency Coordination. (a) To ensure

appropriate coordination by Federal agencies on ocean-

related matters, there is hereby established the

interagency Ocean Policy Committee (Committee).

(i) The Committee shall consist of the following:

(1) The Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the

Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), who shall

serve as Co-Chairs;

(2) The Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General,

Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce,

Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Homeland

Security, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Director of

the Office of Management and Budget, Administrator of the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration, Director of the National Science

Foundation, Director of National Intelligence, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

of Staff, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Assistant

Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), and Commandant of the Coast Guard;

(3) The Assistants to the President for National Security Affairs,

Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, Domestic Policy, and Economic

Policy;

(4) A representative from the Office of the Vice President designated by

the Vice President; and

(5) Such other officers or employees of the Federal Government as the Co-

Chairs may from time to time designate.

d Commandant of the Coast Guard;

(3) The Assistants to the President for National Security Affairs,

Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, Domestic Policy, and Economic

Policy;

(4) A representative from the Office of the Vice President designated by

the Vice President; and

(5) Such other officers or employees of the Federal Government as the Co-

Chairs may from time to time designate.

(b) The Co-Chairs, in coordination with the

Assistants to the President for National Security

Affairs, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism,

Domestic Policy, and Economic Policy, shall regularly

convene and preside at meetings of the Committee,

determine its agenda, and direct its work, and shall

establish and direct subcommittees of the Committee as

appropriate. The Committee shall, as appropriate,

establish subcommittees with responsibility for

advising the Committee on matters pertaining to ocean

science and technology and ocean-resource management.

(i) Committee members may designate, to perform their Committee or

subcommittee functions, any person who is within their department, agency,

or office who is:

(1) a civilian official appointed by the President;

(2) a member of the Senior Executive Service or the Senior Intelligence

Service;

(3) a general officer or flag officer; or

cience and technology and ocean-resource management.

(i) Committee members may designate, to perform their Committee or

subcommittee functions, any person who is within their department, agency,

or office who is:

(1) a civilian official appointed by the President;

(2) a member of the Senior Executive Service or the Senior Intelligence

Service;

(3) a general officer or flag officer; or

(4) an employee of the Office of the Vice President.

(ii) Consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of

appropriations, OSTP or CEQ shall provide the Committee with funding,

including through the National Science and Technology Council pursuant to

title VII, section 723 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public

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Law 115-141), or any successor provision, or through the Office of

Environmental Quality pursuant to the Office of Environmental Quality

Management Fund, 42 U.S.C. 4375. OSTP or CEQ shall, to the extent permitted

by law and subject to the availability of appropriations, provide

administrative support as needed to implement this order.

(iii) The Committee shall be administered by an Executive Director and such

full-time staff as the Co-Chairs recommend.

Sec. 5. Functions. To implement the policy set forth in

section 2 of this order, the Committee shall, to the

extent permitted by law:

(a) provide advice regarding policies concerning

ocean-related matters to:

(i) the President; and

(ii) the head of any agency who is a member of the Committee;

(b) engage and collaborate, under existing laws and

regulations, with stakeholders, including regional

ocean partnerships, to address ocean-related matters

that may require interagency or intergovernmental

solutions;

ers to:

(i) the President; and

(ii) the head of any agency who is a member of the Committee;

(b) engage and collaborate, under existing laws and

regulations, with stakeholders, including regional

ocean partnerships, to address ocean-related matters

that may require interagency or intergovernmental

solutions;

(c) coordinate the timely public release of

unclassified data and other information related to the

ocean, coasts, and Great Lakes that agencies collect,

and support the common information management systems,

such as the Marine Cadastre, that organize and

disseminate this information;

(d) coordinate and inform the ocean policy-making

process and identify priority ocean research and

technology needs, to facilitate:

(i) the use of science in the establishment of policy; and

(ii) the collection, development, dissemination, and exchange of

information between and among agencies on ocean-related matters;

(e) coordinate and ensure Federal participation in

projects conducted under the National Oceanographic

Partnership Program through the Committee's members, as

appropriate, to maximize the effectiveness of agency

investments in ocean research; and

(f) obtain information and advice concerning ocean-

related matters from:

e Federal participation in

projects conducted under the National Oceanographic

Partnership Program through the Committee's members, as

appropriate, to maximize the effectiveness of agency

investments in ocean research; and

(f) obtain information and advice concerning ocean-

related matters from:

(i) State, tribal, and local governments; and

(ii) private-sector entities and individuals.

Sec. 6. Cooperation. To the extent permitted by law,

agencies shall cooperate with the Committee and provide

it such information as it, through the Co-Chairs, may

request. The Committee shall base its decisions on the

consensus of its members. With respect to those matters

for which consensus cannot be reached, the Assistant to

the President for National Security Affairs shall

coordinate with the Co-Chairs to present the disputed

issue or issues for decision by the President. Within

90 days of the date of this order, agencies shall

review their regulations, guidance, and policies for

consistency with this order, and shall consult with

CEQ, OSTP, and the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) regarding any modifications, revisions, or

rescissions of any regulations, guidance, or policies

necessary to comply with this order.

Sec. 7. Revocation. Executive Order 13547 of July 19,

2010 (Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the

Great Lakes), is hereby revoked.

Sec. 8. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order

shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

dance, or policies

necessary to comply with this order.

Sec. 7. Revocation. Executive Order 13547 of July 19,

2010 (Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the

Great Lakes), is hereby revoked.

Sec. 8. 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;

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

administrative, or legislative proposals; or

(iii) functions assigned by the President to the National Security Council

or Homeland Security Council (including subordinate bodies) relating to

matters affecting foreign affairs, national security, homeland security, or

intelligence.

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(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with

applicable law and subject to the availability of

appropriations.

(c) 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,

June 19, 2018.

[FR Doc. 2018-13640

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