For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 7, 2004
Memorandum for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
SUBJECT: Designation of Officers of the Environmental
Protection Agency
By the authority vested in me as President under the Constitution
and the laws of the United States of America and pursuant to the
Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the
"Act"), I hereby order that:
Section 1. Order of Succession.
During any period in which the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency (Administrator), the Deputy Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, and the officers designated by
Executive Order 13261 of March 19, 2002, entitled, "Providing an Order
of Succession in the Environmental Protection Agency and Amending
Certain Orders on Succession," as amended, to perform the functions and
duties of the Administrator have died, resigned, or otherwise become
unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of
Administrator, the following officers of the Environmental Protection
Agency, in the order listed, shall perform the functions and duties of
the office of Administrator, if they are eligible to act as
Administrator under the provisions of the Act, until such time as at
least one of the officers mentioned above is able to perform the
functions and duties of the office of Administrator:
Regional Administrator, Region I; and Deputy Regional Administrator, Region IV.
Section 2. Exceptions.
(a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1 in an acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as Administrator pursuant to this memorandum.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the President retains discretion, to the extent permitted by the Act, to depart from this memorandum in designating an acting Administrator.
Section 3. Prior Memorandum Superceded.
This memorandum supercedes the Presidential Memorandum of March 19,
2002, entitled, "Designation of Officers of the Environmental
Protection Agency."
GEORGE W. BUSH
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