    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 4 (Monday, January 31, 2000)]
    [Page 160]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Memorandum on Delegation of Authority To Conduct Assessments and
    Promulgate Regulations on Public Access to Off-Site Consequence Analysis
    Information

    January 27, 2000

    Memorandum for the Attorney General, the Administrator of the
    Environmental Protection Agency, the Director of the Office of
    Management and Budget

    Subject: Delegation of Authority to Conduct Assessments and Promulgate
    Regulations On Public Access to Off-Site Consequence Analysis
    Information

        By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
    laws of the United States of America, including section 112(r)(7)(H) of
    the Clean Air Act (``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 7412(r)(7)(H)), as added by
    section 3 of the Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels
    Regulatory Relief Act (Public Law 106-40), and section 301 of title 3,
    United States Code, I hereby delegate to:
        (1) the Attorney General the authority vested in the President under
    section 112(r)(7)(H)(ii)(I)(aa) of the Act to assess the increased risk
    of terrorist and other criminal activity associated with the posting of
    off-site consequence analysis information on the Internet;
        (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
    the authority vested in the President under section
    112(r)(7)(H)(ii)(I)(bb) of the Act to assess the incentives created by
    public disclosure of off-site consequence analysis information for
    reduction in the risk of accidental releases; and
        (3) the Attorney General and the Administrator of EPA, jointly, the
    authority vested in the President under section 112(r)(7)(H)(ii)(II) of
    the Act to promulgate regulations, based on these assessments, governing
    the distribution of off-site consequence analysis information. These
    regulations, in proposed and final form, shall be subject to review and
    approval by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
        The Administrator of EPA is authorized and directed to publish this
    memorandum in the Federal Register.
                                                William J. Clinton