[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 101 (Thursday, May 24, 2012)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 31157-31158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12883]


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                Executive Order 13614 of May 21, 2012

                
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 VIII; and
                    (m) Deputy Regional Administrator, Region II.

                Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in 
                an office listed in section 1(a)-(m) 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)-(m) of 
                this order shall act as Administrator unless that 
                individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the 
                Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, as amended.
                    (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.

                Sec. 3. Revocation. Executive Order 13261 of March 19, 
                2002 (Providing an Order of Succession in the 
                Environmental Protection Agency and Amending Certain 
                Orders on Succession) and Executive Order 13344 of July 
                7, 2004 (Amending Executive Order 13261 on the Order of 
                Succession in the Environmental Protection Agency), are 
                hereby revoked.

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                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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    May 21, 2012.

[FR Doc. 2012-12883
Filed 5-23-12; 11:15 am]
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