Presidential Documents

3733 

Federal Register 

Vol. 86, No. 10 

Friday, January 15, 2021 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13973 of January 8, 2021 

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 as follows: 

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 otherwise become unable 

to perform the functions and duties of the office of Administrator: 

(a) General Counsel; 

(b) Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste (also known as the 

Assistant Administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management); 

(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 Mission Support; 

(k) Associate Deputy Administrator for Programs; 

(l) Associate Deputy Administrator; 

(m) Regional Administrator, Region VIII; 

(n) Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Mission 

Support; 

(o) Deputy Regional Administrator, Region VIII; 

(p) Principal Deputy General Counsel; and 

(q) Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Enforcement 

and Compliance Assurance. 

Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed 

in section 1(a)–(q) 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)–(q) of this order shall act as 

Administrator unless that individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under 

the Act. 

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(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. 

Sec. 3. Revocation. Executive Order 13763 of January 13, 2017 (Providing 

an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency), is 

hereby revoked. 

Sec. 4. General Provision. 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. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

January 8, 2021. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01094 

Filed 1–14–21; 8:45 am] 

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