[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 170 (Friday, August 30, 1996)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 45871-45872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22462]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 170 / Friday, August 30, 1996 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13016 of August 28, 1996
Amendment to Executive Order No. 12580
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 115 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) (the
``Act''), and section 301 of title 3, United States
Code, I hereby order that Executive Order No. 12580 of
January 23, 1987, be amended by adding to section 4 the
following new subsections:
Section 1. A new subsection (c)(3) is added to read as
follows:
``(3) Subject to subsections (a) and (b)(1) of this
section, the functions vested in the President by
sections 106(a) and 122 (except subsection (b)(1)) of
the Act are delegated to the Secretary of the Interior,
the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense, and the
Secretary of Energy, to be exercised only with the
concurrence of the Coast Guard, with respect to any
release or threatened release in the coastal zone,
Great Lakes waters, ports, and harbors, affecting (1)
natural resources under their trusteeship, or (2) a
vessel or facility subject to their custody,
jurisdiction, or control. Such authority shall not be
exercised at any vessel or facility at which the Coast
Guard is the lead Federal agency for the conduct or
oversight of a response action. Such authority shall
not be construed to authorize or permit use of the
Hazardous Substance Superfund to implement section 106
or to fund performance of any response action in lieu
of the payment by a person who receives but does not
comply with an order pursuant to section 106(a), where
such order has been issued by the Secretary of the
Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary
of Energy. This subsection shall not be construed to
limit any authority delegated by any other section of
this order. Authority granted under this subsection
shall be exercised in a manner to ensure interagency
coordination that enhances efficiency and
effectiveness.''
Sec. 2. A new subsection (d)(3) is added to section 4
to read as follows:
``(3) Subject to subsections (a), (b)(1), and (c)(1) of
this section, the functions vested in the President by
sections 106(a) and 122 (except subsection (b)(1)) of
the Act are delegated to the Secretary of the Interior,
the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense, and the
Department of Energy, to be exercised only with the
concurrence of the Administrator, with respect to any
release or threatened release affecting (1) natural
resources under their trusteeship, or (2) a vessel or
facility subject to their custody, jurisdiction, or
control. Such authority shall not be exercised at any
vessel or facility at which the Administrator is the
lead Federal official for the conduct or oversight of a
response action. Such authority shall not be construed
to authorize or permit use of the Hazardous Substance
Superfund to implement section 106 or to fund
performance of any response action in lieu of the
payment by a person who receives but does not comply
with an order pursuant to section 106(a), where such
order has been issued by the Secretary of the Interior,
the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary
of Energy. This subsection shall not be construed to
limit any authority delegated by any other section of
this order. Authority granted under this sub
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section shall be exercised in a manner to ensure
interagency coordination that enhances efficiency and
effectiveness.''
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 28, 1996.
[FR Doc. 96-22462
Filed 8-29-96; 8:45 am]
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