Amending Executive Order 13261 on the Order of Succession in the Environmental Protection Agency
Signed July 7, 2004·George W. Bush·69 FR 41747
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Amends Executive Order 13261 to change part of the order of succession within the Environmental Protection Agency. It replaces three positions in the line of succession with new designated officials: the Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste; the Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances; and the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation. The change is made under the president's constitutional authority and the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, and applies to determining who may temporarily perform the duties of the Environmental Protection Agency's top leadership positions if they become vacant.
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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
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See: EO 11582, February 11, 1971
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13344 of July 7, 2004
Amending Executive Order 13261 on the Order of
Succession in 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, 5 U.S.C. 3345, et seq., it is hereby ordered that
Executive Order 13261 of March 19, 2002, is amended as
follows:
Section 1. In section 2, subsections (a), (b), and (c)
are deleted and replaced with the following new
subsections (a), (b), and (c):
(a) Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste;
(b) Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances;
(c) Assistant Administrator (Air and Radiation).
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 7, 2004.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed July 7, 2004. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.