Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 137632017-01489
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency
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January 19, 2017
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January 13, 2017
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[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 [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01489]
Presidential Documents
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);
(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.
(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.
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