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EO 13340Executive OrderG.W. Bush · R

Executive Order 13340

Establishment of Great Lakes Interagency Task Force and Promotion of a Regional Collaboration of National Significance for the Great Lakes

This executive order creates the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, chaired by the EPA Administrator, to coordinate federal restoration and protection efforts across 10 cabinet-level agencies. It establishes a regional working group of Great Lakes program offices and requires a report to the President by May 31, 2005, while promoting collaboration with states, tribes, local governments, and Canada.

Federal Register Open PDF 69 FR 29043

Impact dates

  1. Task Force report to President summarizing activities and recommendations

Key directives

  • Establish Great Lakes Interagency Task Force within EPA for administrative purposes
  • Task Force to submit report to President by May 31, 2005
  • EPA to coordinate development of principles for successful collaboration
  • Great Lakes National Program Office to assist Task Force and Working Group
  • Working Group composed of designated regional administrators/directors from each member agency

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Task Force establishment within EPA
  • Working Group creation with designated regional administrators

Near term (90d)

  • Development of management principles for regional collaboration
  • Coordination of outcome-based goals using existing data and science-based indicators

Long term

  • May 2005 report to President with recommendations
  • Ongoing coordination of federal policies, strategies, and priorities for Great Lakes restoration and protection
  • Development of Great Lakes portion of Global Earth Observation System of Systems
  • Sustained interagency and international collaboration

Risks & tensions

  • No dedicated funding mechanism specified; coordination dependent on existing agency budgets
  • Voluntary nature of state/local participation may limit effectiveness
  • Judicial review clause (Sec. 6) eliminates enforceable rights, making compliance politically contingent
  • EPA administrative placement without independent budget authority may constrain leadership leverage
  • Preservation of OMB authority (Sec. 5) maintains potential for budgetary override of collaborative priorities
Executive Order 13340: Establishment of Great Lakes Interagency Task Force and Promotion of a Regional Collaboration of National Significance for the Great Lakes · Executive Orders