94-30035. Seismic Safety of Existing Federally Owned or Leased Buildings  

  • [Federal Register Volume 59, Number 232 (Monday, December 5, 1994)]
    [Presidential Documents]
    [Pages 62545-62546]
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    [FR Doc No: 94-30035]
    
    
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    [Federal Register: December 5, 1994]
    
    
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    Part VIII
    
    
    
    
    
    The President
    
    
    
    
    
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    Executive Order 12941--
    Seismic Safety of Existing Federally Owned or 
    Leased Buildings
    
    
                            Presidential Documents 
    
    
    Federal Register
    Vol. 59, No. 232
    Monday, December 5, 1994
    
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    Title 3--
    The President
                    Executive Order 12941 of December 1, 1994
    
     
    Seismic Safety of Existing Federally Owned or 
                    Leased Buildings
    
                    By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                    Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                    America, and in furtherance of the Earthquake Hazards 
                    Reduction Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 101-
                    614, which requires the President to adopt ``standards 
                    for assessing and enhancing the seismic safety of 
                    existing buildings constructed for or leased by the 
                    Federal Government which were designed and constructed 
                    without adequate seismic design and construction 
                    standards'' (42 U.S.C. 7705b(a)), it is hereby ordered 
                    as follows:
    
                    Section 1. Adoption of Minimum Standards. The Standards 
                    of Seismic Safety for Existing Federally Owned or 
                    Leased Buildings (Standards), developed, issued, and 
                    maintained by the Interagency Committee on Seismic 
                    Safety in Construction (ICSSC), are hereby adopted as 
                    the minimum level acceptable for use by Federal 
                    departments and agencies in assessing the seismic 
                    safety of their owned and leased buildings and in 
                    mitigating unacceptable seismic risks in those 
                    buildings. The Standards shall be applied, at a 
                    minimum, to those buildings identified in the Standards 
                    as requiring evaluation and, if necessary, mitigation. 
                    Evaluations and mitigations that were completed prior 
                    to the date of this order under agency programs that 
                    were based on standards deemed adequate and appropriate 
                    by the individual agency need not be reconsidered 
                    unless otherwise stipulated by the Standards.
    
                        For the purposes of this order, buildings are 
                    defined as any structure, fully or partially enclosed, 
                    located within the United States as defined in the 
                    Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended, 
                    (42 U.S.C. 7703(5)), used or intended for sheltering 
                    persons or property, except for the exclusions 
                    specified in the Standards.
    
                    Sec. 2. Estimating Costs of Mitigation. Each agency 
                    that owns or leases buildings for Federal use shall, 
                    within 4 years of the issuance of this order, develop 
                    an inventory of their owned and leased buildings and 
                    shall estimate the costs of mitigating unacceptable 
                    seismic risks in those buildings. The cost estimate 
                    shall be based on the exemptions and evaluation and 
                    mitigation requirements in the Standards. Guidance for 
                    the development of the inventory and cost estimates 
                    will be issued by the ICSSC no later than 1 year after 
                    the signing of this order. Cost estimates with 
                    supporting documentation shall be submitted to the 
                    Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
                    (FEMA) no later than 4 years after the signing of this 
                    order.
    
                    Sec. 3. Implementation Responsibilities. (a) The 
                    Federal Emergency Management Agency is responsible for 
                    (1) notifying all Federal departments and agencies of 
                    the existence and content of this order; (2) preparing 
                    for the Congress, in consultation with the ICSSC, no 
                    later than 6 years after the issuance of this order, a 
                    comprehensive report on how to achieve an adequate 
                    level of seismic safety in federally owned and leased 
                    buildings in an economically feasible manner; and (3) 
                    preparing for the Congress on a biennial basis, a 
                    report on the execution of this order.
    
                        (b) The National Institute of Standards and 
                    Technology is responsible for providing technical 
                    assistance to the Federal departments and agencies in 
                    the implementation of this order.
                        (c) Federal departments and agencies may request an 
                    exemption from this order from the Director of the 
                    Office of Management and Budget.
    
                    Sec. 4. Updating Programs. The ICSSC shall update the 
                    Standards at least every 5 years. It shall also update 
                    the Standards within 2 years of the publication of the 
                    first edition of FEMA's Guidelines for Seismic 
                    Rehabilitation of Buildings and Commentary.
    
                    Sec. 5. Judicial Review. Nothing in this order is 
                    intended to create any right to administrative or 
                    judicial review, or any other right, benefit, or trust 
                    responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable 
                    at law by any party against the United States, its 
                    agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or 
                    employees, or any person.
    
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Document Information

Published:
12/05/1994
Department:
Executive Office of the President
Entry Type:
Presidential Document
Document Type:
Executive Order
Document Number:
94-30035
Pages:
62545-62546 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: December 5, 1994
EOCitation:
of 1994-12-01
EONotes:
Revoked by: EO 13717, February 2, 2016