Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Executive orders directing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency · 28 in Clinton · 138 all terms.
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Federal Interagency Task Force on the District of Columbia
This executive order formally establishes the Federal Interagency Task Force on the District of Columbia, chaired by the OMB Director and composed of 18 cabinet-level and agency heads, to coordinate federal assistance for D.C.'s financial stability, economic growth, and self-governance. It continues and institutionalizes interagency work begun in 1995 to support the nation's capital through improved federal-local coordination.
Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley
This executive order establishes an interagency task force to coordinate federal economic development efforts for California's Central San Joaquin Valley, requiring annual reports for five years and focusing on sustainable growth in seven designated counties. The task force includes 16 agency heads or their designees with a rotating chair among Agriculture, HUD, and Commerce.
Classified Information Concerning the Air Force's Operating Location Near Groom Lake, Nevada
President Clinton issued a one-year exemption under 42 U.S.C. 6961(a) shielding the Air Force's classified operations at Groom Lake, Nevada (Area 51) from environmental disclosure requirements that would reveal classified information to unauthorized persons. The determination applies to federal, state, interstate, and local solid waste and hazardous waste disposal laws in the context of ongoing litigation.
Marine Protected Areas
This executive order establishes a national system of marine protected areas (MPAs) by directing federal agencies to strengthen existing protections, create new MPAs, and coordinate through a new NOAA Marine Protected Area Center. It requires science-based assessments of ecological needs, pollution threats, and economic effects while mandating that agencies avoid harming MPA resources in their activities.
Federal Workforce Transportation
This executive order requires federal agencies to implement tax-free commuting benefits for mass transit and vanpool use by October 1, 2000, with a mandatory transit pass program for National Capital Region agencies and a three-year pilot program for the Departments of Transportation, EPA, and Energy. The order aims to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution from federal employee commuting while expanding transportation alternatives.
President's Council on the Future of Princeville, North Carolina
This executive order establishes an interagency council to develop recommendations for federal actions to help Princeville, North Carolina recover from Hurricane Floyd flooding and plan for its future. The council includes 15 agency heads and presidential assistants, chaired by the OMB Director, and is tasked with considering the town's unique status as the first U.S. city founded by ex-slaves.
Delegation of Authority To Conduct Assessments and Promulgate Regulations on Public Access to Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information
This memorandum delegates presidential authority under the Clean Air Act to three officials: the Attorney General will assess terrorism risks from posting off-site consequence analysis data online; the EPA Administrator will assess whether public disclosure of such data incentivizes accident risk reduction; and both will jointly issue regulations governing distribution of this information, subject to OMB review. The EPA Administrator must publish the memorandum in the Federal Register.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
This executive order extends 16 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2001, revokes several executive orders for completed committees, and makes technical amendments to existing orders including adding the Department of Energy to the President's Export Council, expanding an interagency Coast Guard task force, and updating the structure of committees on arts/humanities and physical fitness.
Developing and Promoting Biobased Products and Bioenergy
This executive order creates a federal framework to promote biobased products and bioenergy by establishing an Interagency Council co-chaired by Agriculture and Energy Secretaries, an Advisory Committee, departmental working groups, and a National Coordination Office. It mandates annual strategic plans with measurable objectives covering research coordination, economic and environmental impact analysis, and private sector incentives to make renewable farm and forestry resources competitive in energy and materials markets.
Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Southwest Border
This executive order establishes an interagency task force co-chaired by Treasury, Agriculture, and Labor to coordinate federal economic development efforts for the Southwest Border region (within 150 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and California). The task force reports to the Vice President and is charged with analyzing programs, developing recommendations, and focusing on pilot communities, with mandatory reports through 2002.
Invasive Species
This executive order establishes a federal framework to prevent, control, and minimize the impacts of invasive species on the economy, environment, and human health. It creates an interagency Invasive Species Council co-chaired by the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce secretaries, mandates federal agencies to integrate invasive species prevention into their activities, and requires development of a national management plan with biennial updates.
President's Council on Food Safety
Establishes the President's Council on Food Safety, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Agriculture and HHS and the President's Science Advisor, to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for federal food safety activities and coordinate budgets and research across agencies. The Council aims to create a seamless, science-based food safety system through improved interagency coordination.
Coral Reef Protection
This executive order establishes a federal policy to protect U.S. coral reef ecosystems by requiring agencies to identify actions affecting reefs and avoid degrading them. It creates the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force co-chaired by Interior and Commerce to coordinate mapping, monitoring, research, conservation, and international cooperation efforts.
Presidential Determination on Classified Information Concerning the Air Force's Operating Location Near Groom Lake, Nevada
President Clinton issued a one-year exemption shielding the Air Force's classified operations at Groom Lake, Nevada (Area 51) from environmental disclosure laws that would require revealing classified information to unauthorized persons. The determination exempts the site from federal, state, and local solid waste and hazardous waste disposal disclosure requirements under 42 U.S.C. 6961(a).
Federal Support of Community Efforts Along American Heritage Rivers
This executive order establishes the American Heritage Rivers initiative, a voluntary, community-driven program where communities nominate rivers for federal designation and support. It creates an interagency committee to coordinate federal assistance for environmental protection, economic revitalization, and historic preservation along designated rivers, without creating new regulatory authority.
Federal Actions in the Lake Tahoe Region
This executive order creates a Federal Interagency Partnership to coordinate federal agency actions protecting the natural, recreational, and ecological resources of the Lake Tahoe Region. The Partnership includes six federal agencies and is charged with developing a Memorandum of Agreement with California, Nevada, tribal governments, and local entities to align environmental and economic goals.
Implementation of Revised Air Quality Standards for Ozone and Particulate Matter
President Clinton directed the EPA Administrator to implement new ozone and particulate matter air quality standards in a flexible, cost-effective manner. The memorandum establishes specific implementation principles, timelines for rulemaking, and an attached interagency plan for transitioning to stricter 8-hour ozone and new PM2.5 standards while minimizing burdens on states and businesses.
Protection of Children From Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize identifying and assessing environmental health and safety risks that disproportionately affect children. It establishes an interagency Task Force co-chaired by HHS and EPA, mandates regulatory impact analyses for children's health in significant rulemakings, and creates an annual reporting mechanism on child well-being indicators.
Strengthened Protections for Human Subjects of Classified Research
This 1997 presidential memorandum strengthens ethical protections for human subjects in classified government research by implementing recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. It prohibits waiver of informed consent for classified research, requires disclosure of sponsoring agencies and classification status to subjects, mandates special institutional review board procedures including nongovernmental members and appeals processes, requires annual public disclosure of secret research projects, and bars agencies from conducting such research without first adopting modified Common Rule regulations.
Presidential Determination on Classified Information Concerning the Air Force's Operating Location Near Groom Lake, Nevada
President Clinton issued a one-year exemption shielding the Air Force's classified operations at Groom Lake (Area 51) from environmental disclosure requirements that would reveal classified information to unauthorized persons. The determination specifically applies to solid and hazardous waste disposal laws under RCRA in two pending Nevada lawsuits.
Amendment to Executive Order No. 12580
This executive order amends a 1987 order to delegate certain hazardous substance response authorities under CERCLA (Superfund) to five additional Cabinet secretaries (Interior, Commerce, Agriculture, Defense, Energy) for releases affecting their natural resources or facilities, subject to concurrence from either the Coast Guard (for coastal/Great Lakes/port/harbor areas) or the EPA Administrator (for other areas). The order explicitly prohibits using Superfund money to pay for responses when a responsible party fails to comply with an order.
Presidential Determination on Classified Information Concerning the Air Force's Operating Location Near Groom Lake, Nevada
President Clinton issued a one-year exemption shielding the Air Force's classified operations near Groom Lake, Nevada (Area 51) from environmental disclosure laws that would require revealing classified information to unauthorized persons. The determination applies to federal, state, and local solid waste and hazardous waste disposal laws, specifically citing ongoing litigation where environmental plaintiffs sought information about the site.
Expediting Community Right-to-Know Initiatives
President Clinton directed the EPA Administrator to expedite rulemaking to expand Toxics Release Inventory reporting to additional industrial facilities (SIC codes 20-39) and to develop a process for collecting toxic chemical use information, with a progress report due by October 1, 1995. The memorandum reinforces implementation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 and the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990.
Federal Acquisition and Community Right-To-Know
This executive order requires federal agencies to favor contractors that publicly report toxic chemical releases under the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for competitive contracts over $100,000. It mandates EPA guidance, incorporates reporting requirements into federal acquisition regulations, and allows contract termination for non-compliance.
Recreational Fisheries
This executive order directs federal agencies to conserve, restore, and enhance aquatic systems to expand recreational fishing opportunities nationwide. It establishes a National Recreational Fisheries Coordination Council, mandates development of a 5-year Conservation Plan, requires a joint ESA policy from wildlife agencies, and expands an advisory council's role to monitor federal activities affecting recreational fisheries.
Federal Implementation of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
This executive order implements the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), the environmental side agreement to NAFTA. It designates the EPA Administrator as the U.S. representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, establishes policy priorities for trilateral environmental cooperation, and creates mechanisms for state consultation and public participation in environmental dispute resolution and Commission activities.
Implementation of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank
This executive order implements two binational institutions created alongside NAFTA: the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) and the North American Development Bank (NADBank). It designates U.S. representatives to both bodies, delegates presidential authorities under the NAFTA Implementation Act to the Treasury Secretary and a newly created Finance Committee, and establishes coordination mechanisms across multiple federal agencies for border environmental and community investment programs.
Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
This executive order requires federal agencies to make environmental justice part of their mission by identifying and addressing disproportionately high adverse health and environmental effects on minority and low-income populations. It creates an interagency working group, mandates agency-specific strategies with specific deadlines, and requires improved data collection, research inclusion, and public participation.