For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 20, 2003
Executive Order
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, including section 115 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) (the "Act"), and section
301 of title 3, United States Code, Executive Order 12580 of January
23, 1987, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 1. In Section 1(b)(1), the phrase "Sections 105(a), (b),
(c), and (g)" is revised to read "Sections 105(a), (b), (c), (g) and
(h)".
Sec. 2. In Section 5, a new subsection (f) and a new subsection
(g) are added to read as follows:
"(f) The functions vested in the President by Section 107(o) and
(p)
of the Act are delegated to the heads of the Executive departments
and agencies, to be exercised in consultation with the
Administrator,
with respect to releases or threatened releases where either the
release is on or the sole source of the release is from any
facility
under the jurisdiction, custody, or control of those departments
and
agencies.
(g) Subject to subsection (f) of this Section, the functions vested
in the President by Section 107(o) and (p) of the Act are delegated
to the Administrator except that, with respect to determinations
regarding natural resource restoration, the Administrator shall
make
such determinations in consultation with the appropriate Federal
natural resource trustee."
Sec. 3. New Sections 12, 13, and 14 are added to read as follows:
"Sec. 12. Brownfields.
(a) The functions vested in the President by Sections 101(39) and
(41) and 104(k) of the Act are delegated to the Administrator.
(b) The functions vested in the President by Section
128(b)(1)(B)(ii)
of the Act are delegated to the heads of the Executive departments
and agencies, to be exercised in consultation with the
Administrator,
with respect to property subject to their jurisdiction, custody, or
control.
(c) The functions vested in the President by Section 128(b)(1)(E)
of
the Act are delegated to the heads of Executive departments and
agencies in cases where they have acted under subsection (b) of
this
Section.
(d) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section, the
functions
vested in the President by Section 128 of the Act are delegated to
the Administrator.
"Sec. 13. Preservation of Authorities.
Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect the functions of the Director of the Office of Management
and
Budget relating to budget, administrative, or legislative
proposals.
"Sec. 14. General Provision.
This order is intended only to improve the internal management of
the
Federal Government and is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or
equity by a party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or
employees,
or any other person."
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 20, 2003.
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