Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1334004-11592
Establishment of Great Lakes Interagency Task Force and Promotion of a Regional Collaboration of National Significance for the Great Lakes
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May 20, 2004
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May 18, 2004
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[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 98 (Thursday, May 20, 2004)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 29043-29045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 04-11592]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 98 / Thursday, May 20, 2004 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13340 of May 18, 2004
Establishment of Great Lakes Interagency Task
Force and Promotion of a Regional Collaboration of
National Significance for the Great Lakes
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and to help establish a regional collaboration
of national significance for the Great Lakes, it is
hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. The Great Lakes are a national
treasure constituting the largest freshwater system in
the world. The United States and Canada have made great
progress addressing past and current environmental
impacts to the Great Lakes ecology. The Federal
Government is committed to making progress on the many
significant challenges that remain. Along with numerous
State, tribal, and local programs, over 140 Federal
programs help fund and implement environmental
restoration and management activities throughout the
Great Lakes system. A number of intergovernmental
bodies are providing leadership in the region to
address environmental and resource management issues in
the Great Lakes system. These activities would benefit
substantially from more systematic collaboration and
better integration of effort. It is the policy of the
Federal Government to support local and regional
efforts to address environmental challenges and to
encourage local citizen and community stewardship. To
this end, the Federal Government will partner with the
Great Lakes States, tribal and local governments,
communities, and other interests to establish a
regional collaboration to address nationally
significant environmental and natural resource issues
involving the Great Lakes. It is the further policy of
the Federal Government that its executive departments
and agencies will ensure that their programs are
funding effective, coordinated, and environmentally
sound activities in the Great Lakes system.
Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this order:
(a) ``Great Lakes'' means Lake Ontario, Lake Erie,
Lake Huron (including Lake Saint Clair), Lake Michigan,
and Lake Superior, and the connecting channels (Saint
Marys River, Saint Clair River, Detroit River, Niagara
River, and Saint Lawrence River to the Canadian
Border).
(b) ``Great Lakes system'' means all the streams,
rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water within the
drainage basin of the Great Lakes.
Sec. 3. Great Lakes Interagency Task Force.
(a) Task Force Purpose. To further the policy
described in section 1 of this order, there is
established, within the Environmental Protection Agency
for administrative purposes, the ``Great Lakes
Interagency Task Force'' (Task Force) to:
(i)
Help convene and establish a process for collaboration among the members
of the Task Force and the members of the Working Group that is established
in paragraph b(ii) of this section, with the Great Lakes States, local
communities, tribes, regional bodies, and other interests in the Great
Lakes region regarding policies, strategies, plans, programs, projects,
activities, and priorities for the Great Lakes system.
(ii)
Collaborate with Canada and its provinces and with bi-national bodies
involved in the Great Lakes region regarding policies, strategies,
projects, and priorities for the Great Lakes system.
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(iii)
Coordinate the development of consistent Federal policies, strategies,
projects, and priorities for addressing the restoration and protection of
the Great Lakes system and assisting in the appropriate management of the
Great Lakes system.
(iv)
Develop outcome-based goals for the Great Lakes system relying upon, among
other things, existing data and science-based indicators of water quality
and related environmental factors. These goals shall focus on outcomes such
as cleaner water, sustainable fisheries, and biodiversity of the Great
Lakes system and ensure that Federal policies, strategies, projects, and
priorities support measurable results.
(v)
Exchange information regarding policies, strategies, projects, and
activities of the agencies represented on the Task Force related to the
Great Lakes system.
(vi)
Work to coordinate government action associated with the Great Lakes
system.
(vii)
Ensure coordinated Federal scientific and other research associated with
the Great Lakes system.
(viii)
Ensure coordinated government development and implementation of the Great
Lakes portion of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems.
(ix)
Provide assistance and support to agencies represented on the Task Force
in their activities related to the Great Lakes system.
(x)
Submit a report to the President by May 31, 2005, and thereafter as
appropriate, that summarizes the activities of the Task Force and provides
any recommendations that would, in the judgment of the Task Force, advance
the policy set forth in section 1 of this order.
(b) Membership and Operation.
(i)
The Task Force shall consist exclusively of the following officers of the
United States: the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
(who shall chair the Task Force), the Secretary of State, the Secretary of
the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of
Transportation, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the
Army, and the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality. A member of
the Task Force may designate, to perform the Task Force functions of the
member, any person who is part of the member's department, agency, or
office and who is either an officer of the United States appointed by the
President or a full-time employee serving in a position with pay equal to
or greater than the minimum rate payable for GS-15 of the General Schedule.
The Task Force shall report to the President through the Chairman of the
Council on Environmental Quality.
(ii)
The Task Force shall establish a ``Great Lakes Regional Working Group''
(Working Group) composed of the appropriate regional administrator or
director with programmatic responsibility for the Great Lakes system for
each agency represented on the Task Force including: the Great Lakes
National Program Office of the Environmental Protection Agency; the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and United States
Geological Survey within the Department of the Interior; the Natural
Resources Conservation Service and the Forest Service of the Department of
Agriculture; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the
Department of Commerce; the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
the Department of Transportation; the Coast Guard within the Department of
Homeland Security; and the Army Corps of Engineers within the Department of
the Army. The Working Group will coordinate and make recommendations on how
to implement the policies, strategies, projects, and priorities of the Task
Force.
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(c) Management Principles for Regional
Collaboration of National Significance. To further the
policy described in section 1, the Task Force shall
recognize and apply key principles and foster
conditions to ensure successful collaboration. To that
end, the Environmental Protection Agency will
coordinate the development of a set of principles of
successful collaboration.
Sec. 4. Great Lakes National Program Office. The Great
Lakes National Program Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall assist the Task Force and the
Working Group in the performance of their functions.
The Great Lakes National Program Manager shall serve as
chair of the Working Group.
Sec. 5. Preservation of Authority. Nothing in this
order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect
the functions of the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget relating to budget,
administrative, regulatory, and legislative proposals.
Nothing in this order shall be construed to affect the
statutory authority or obligations of any Federal
agency or any bi-national agreement with Canada.
Sec. 6. Judicial Review. This order is intended only to
improve the internal management of the Federal
Government and is not intended to, and does not, create
any right, benefit, or trust responsibility,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by a party against the United States, its
departments, agencies, instrumentalities or entities,
its officers or employees, or any other person.
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May 18, 2004.
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