[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 34149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14501]
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COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Implementing Instructions for Planning for Federal Sustainability
in the Next Decade Executive Order (E.O.) 13693
AGENCY: Council on Environmental Quality.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Implementing Instructions for
Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade.
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SUMMARY: The Managing Director of the Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) has issued instructions to Federal agencies for incorporating
sustainability practices into agency policies and practices, as
required under Executive Order 13693 (``E.O. 13693''), ``Planning for
Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade,'' signed by President Obama
on March 19, 2015, 80 FR 15871, March 25, 2015. The purpose of the
Executive Order is to build a clean energy economy that will sustain
our prosperity and the health of our people through Federal leadership
in energy, water, fleet, buildings, and acquisition management to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent over the next
decade. Section 1 of E.O. 13693 directs agencies to ``increase
efficiency and improve their environmental performance . . . [to] help
us protect our planet for future generations and save taxpayer dollars
through avoided energy costs and increased efficiency, while also
making federal facilities more resilient.'' Section 4 of E.O. 13693
directs the Chair of CEQ to issue implementing instructions. The
Instructions for Implementing Planning for Federal Sustainability in
the Next Decade are now available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/eo_13693_implementing_instructions_june_10_2015.pdf.
DATES: The Instructions for Implementing Planning for Federal
Sustainability in the Next Decade were issued on June 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The Instructions for Implementing Planning for Federal
Sustainability in the Next Decade are available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/eo_13693_implementing_instructions_june_10_2015.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Porter, Office of Federal
Sustainability, at [email protected] or 202-456-5225.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Instructions apply only to Federal
agencies, operations, and programs. Agencies are expected to implement
the Instructions as part of their compliance with E.O. 13693.
(Authority: E.O. 13693, 80 FR 15871)
Dated: June 10, 2015.
Christina Goldfuss,
Managing Director, Council on Environmental Quality.
[FR Doc. 2015-14501 Filed 6-12-15; 8:45 am]
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