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FR Doc. 2017-01489 Providing an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 7621-7622]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-01489]

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Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 12 / Thursday, January 19, 2017 / 
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[[Page 7621]]

                Executive Order 13763 of January 13, 2017

                
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 VII;
                    (m) Deputy Regional Administrator, Region II;
                    (n) Principal Deputy General Counsel;
                    (o) Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
                the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance; and
                    (p) Deputy Regional Administrator, Region V.

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

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                Sec. 3. Revocation. Executive Order 13737 of August 12, 
                2016 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
                Environmental Protection Agency), is hereby revoked.

                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.
                
                
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                    January 13, 2017.

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FR Doc. 2017-01487 Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017)]
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[Pages 7619-7620]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-01487]

                        Presidential Documents 

Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 12 / Thursday, January 19, 2017 / 
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[[Page 7619]]

                Executive Order 13762 of January 13, 2017

                
Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
                Department of Justice

                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, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that:

                Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the 
                provisions of section 2 of this order, the following 
                officers, in the order listed, shall act as and perform 
                the functions and duties of the office of Attorney 
                General, during any period in which the Attorney 
                General, the Deputy Attorney General, the Associate 
                Attorney General, and any officers designated by the 
                Attorney General pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 508 to act as 
                Attorney General have died, resigned, or otherwise 
                become unable to perform the functions and duties of 
                the office of Attorney General, until such time as at 
                least one of the officers mentioned above is able to 
                perform the functions and duties of that office:

                    (a) United States Attorney for the District of 
                Columbia;
                    (b) United States Attorney for the Northern 
                District of Illinois; and
                    (c) United States Attorney for the Central District 
                of California.

                Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in 
                an office listed in section 1 of this order in an 
                acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as 
                Attorney General pursuant to this order.

                    (b) No individual listed in section 1 shall act as 
                Attorney General unless that individual is otherwise 
                eligible to so serve under the Federal Vacancies Reform 
                Act of 1998.
                    (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 Attorney General.

                Sec. 3. Executive Order 13557 of November 4, 2010, is 
                revoked.

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                Sec. 4. 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,

                    January 13, 2017.

[FR Doc. 2017-01487
Filed 1-18-17; 11:15 am]
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