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Federal Register 

Vol. 74, No. 194 

Thursday, October 8, 2009 

Title3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13514 of October 5, 2009 

Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic 

Performance 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, and to establish an integrated strategy 

towards sustainability in the Federal Government and to make reduction 

of greenhouse gas emissions a priority for Federal agencies, it is hereby 

ordered as follows: 

Section 1. Policy. In order to create a clean energy economy that will 

increase our Nation’s prosperity, promote energy security, protect the interests of taxpayers, and safeguard the health of our environment, the Federal 

Government must lead by example. It is therefore the policy of the United 

States that Federal agencies shall increase energy efficiency; measure, report, 

and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions from direct and indirect activities; 

conserve and protect water resources through efficiency, reuse, and 

stormwater management; eliminate waste, recycle, and prevent pollution; 

leverage agency acquisitions to foster markets for sustainable technologies 

and environmentally preferable materials, products, and services; design, 

construct, maintain, and operate high performance sustainable buildings 

in sustainable locations; strengthen the vitality and livability of the communities in which Federal facilities are located; and inform Federal employees 

about and involve them in the achievement of these goals. 

It is further the policy of the United States that to achieve these goals 

and support their respective missions, agencies shall prioritize actions based 

on a full accounting of both economic and social benefits and costs and 

shall drive continuous improvement by annually evaluating performance, 

extending or expanding projects that have net benefits, and reassessing or 

discontinuing under-performing projects. 

Finally, it is also the policy of the United States that agencies’ efforts 

and outcomes in implementing this order shall be transparent and that 

agencies shall therefore disclose results associated with the actions taken 

pursuant to this order on publicly available Federal websites. 

Sec. 2. Goals for Agencies. In implementing the policy set forth in section 

1 of this order, and preparing and implementing the Strategic Sustainability 

Performance Plan called for in section 8 of this order, the head of each 

agency shall: 

(a) within 90 days of the date of this order, establish and report to 

the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ Chair) and the 

Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB Director) a percentage reduction target for agency-wide reductions of scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions in absolute terms by fiscal year 2020, relative to 

a fiscal year 2008 baseline of the agency’s scope 1 and 2 greenhouse 

gas emissions. Where appropriate, the target shall exclude direct emissions 

from excluded vehicles and equipment and from electric power produced 

and sold commercially to other parties in the course of regular business. 

This target shall be subject to review and approval by the CEQ Chair 

in consultation with the OMB Director under section 5 of this order. 

In establishing the target, the agency head shall consider reductions associated with: 

(i) reducing energy intensity in agency buildings; 


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(ii) increasing agency use of renewable energy and implementing renewable energy generation projects on agency property; and 

(iii) reducing the use of fossil fuels by: 

(A) using low greenhouse gas emitting vehicles including alternative 

fuel vehicles; 

(B) optimizing the number of vehicles in the agency fleet; and 

(C) reducing, if the agency operates a fleet of at least 20 motor vehicles, the agency fleet’s total consumption of petroleum products by 

a minimum of 2 percent annually through the end of fiscal year 

2020, relative to a baseline of fiscal year 2005; 

(b) within 240 days of the date of this order and concurrent with submission 

of the Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan as described in section 

8 of this order, establish and report to the CEQ Chair and the OMB 

Director a percentage reduction target for reducing agency-wide scope 

3 greenhouse gas emissions in absolute terms by fiscal year 2020, relative 

to a fiscal year 2008 baseline of agency scope 3 emissions. This target 

shall be subject to review and approval by the CEQ Chair in consultation 

with the OMB Director under section 5 of this order. In establishing 

the target, the agency head shall consider reductions associated with: 

(i) pursuing opportunities with vendors and contractors to address 

and incorporate incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (such 

as changes to manufacturing, utility or delivery services, modes of 

transportation used, or other changes in supply chain activities); 

(ii) implementing strategies and accommodations for transit, travel, 

training, and conferencing that actively support lower-carbon commuting and travel by agency staff; 

(iii) greenhouse gas emission reductions associated with pursuing 

other relevant goals in this section; and 

(iv) developing and implementing innovative policies and practices to 

address scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions unique to agency operations; 

(c) establish and report to the CEQ Chair and OMB Director a comprehensive inventory of absolute greenhouse gas emissions, including scope 1, 

scope 2, and specified scope 3 emissions (i) within 15 months of the 

date of this order for fiscal year 2010, and (ii) thereafter, annually at 

the end of January, for the preceding fiscal year. 

(d) improve water use efficiency and management by: 

(i) reducing potable water consumption intensity by 2 percent annually through fiscal year 2020, or 26 percent by the end of fiscal year 

2020, relative to a baseline of the agency’s water consumption in fiscal year 2007, by implementing water management strategies including 

water-efficient and low-flow fixtures and efficient cooling towers; 

(ii) reducing agency industrial, landscaping, and agricultural water 

consumption by 2 percent annually or 20 percent by the end of fiscal 

year 2020 relative to a baseline of the agency’s industrial, landscaping, and agricultural water consumption in fiscal year 2010; 

(iii) consistent with State law, identifying, promoting, and implementing water reuse strategies that reduce potable water consumption; 

and 

(iv) implementing and achieving the objectives identified in the 

stormwater management guidance referenced in section 14 of this 

order; 

(e) promote pollution prevention and eliminate waste by: 

(i) minimizing the generation of waste and pollutants through source 

reduction; 

(ii) diverting at least 50 percent of non-hazardous solid waste, excluding construction and demolition debris, by the end of fiscal year 2015; 

(iii) diverting at least 50 percent of construction and demolition materials and debris by the end of fiscal year 2015; 

(iv) reducing printing paper use and acquiring uncoated printing and 

writing paper containing at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber; 


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(v) reducing and minimizing the quantity of toxic and hazardous 

chemicals and materials acquired, used, or disposed of; 

(vi) increasing diversion of compostable and organic material from the 

waste stream; 

(vii) implementing integrated pest management and other appropriate 

landscape management practices; 

(viii) increasing agency use of acceptable alternative chemicals and 

processes in keeping with the agency’s procurement policies; 

(ix) decreasing agency use of chemicals where such decrease will assist the agency in achieving greenhouse gas emission reduction targets 

under section 2(a) and (b) of this order; and 

(x) reporting in accordance with the requirements of sections 301 

through 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq.); 

(f) advance regional and local integrated planning by: 

(i) participating in regional transportation planning and recognizing 

existing community transportation infrastructure; 

(ii) aligning Federal policies to increase the effectiveness of local planning for energy choices such as locally generated renewable energy; 

(iii) ensuring that planning for new Federal facilities or new leases 

includes consideration of sites that are pedestrian friendly, near existing employment centers, and accessible to public transit, and emphasizes existing central cities and, in rural communities, existing or 

planned town centers; 

(iv) identifying and analyzing impacts from energy usage and alternative energy sources in all Environmental Impact Statements and Environmental Assessments for proposals for new or expanded Federal 

facilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 

(v) coordinating with regional programs for Federal, State, tribal, and 

local ecosystem, watershed, and environmental management; 

(g) implement high performance sustainable Federal building design, construction, operation and management, maintenance, and deconstruction 

including by: 

(i) beginning in 2020 and thereafter, ensuring that all new Federal 

buildings that enter the planning process are designed to achieve 

zero-net-energy by 2030; 

(ii) ensuring that all new construction, major renovation, or repair and 

alteration of Federal buildings complies with the Guiding Principles 

for Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings, (Guiding Principles); 

(iii) ensuring that at least 15 percent of the agency’s existing buildings 

(above 5,000 gross square feet) and building leases (above 5,000 gross 

square feet) meet the Guiding Principles by fiscal year 2015 and that 

the agency makes annual progress toward 100-percent conformance 

with the Guiding Principles for its building inventory; 

(iv) pursuing cost-effective, innovative strategies, such as highly reflective and vegetated roofs, to minimize consumption of energy, water, 

and materials; 

(v) managing existing building systems to reduce the consumption of 

energy, water, and materials, and identifying alternatives to renovation 

that reduce existing assets’ deferred maintenance costs; 

(vi) when adding assets to the agency’s real property inventory, identifying opportunities to consolidate and dispose of existing assets, optimize the performance of the agency’s real-property portfolio, and reduce associated environmental impacts; and 

(vii) ensuring that rehabilitation of federally owned historic buildings 

utilizes best practices and technologies in retrofitting to promote longterm viability of the buildings; 

(h) advance sustainable acquisition to ensure that 95 percent of new 

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efficient (Energy Star or Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) 

designated), water-efficient, biobased, environmentally preferable (e.g., 

Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) certified), 

non-ozone depleting, contain recycled content, or are non-toxic or lesstoxic alternatives, where such products and services meet agency performance requirements; 

(i) promote electronics stewardship, in particular by: 

(i) ensuring procurement preference for EPEAT-registered electronic 

products; 

(ii) establishing and implementing policies to enable power management, duplex printing, and other energy-efficient or environmentally 

preferable features on all eligible agency electronic products; 

(iii) employing environmentally sound practices with respect to the 

agency’s disposition of all agency excess or surplus electronic products; 

(iv) ensuring the procurement of Energy Star and FEMP designated 

electronic equipment; 

(v) implementing best management practices for energy-efficient management of servers and Federal data centers; and 

(j) sustain environmental management, including by: 

(i) continuing implementation of formal environmental management 

systems at all appropriate organizational levels; and 

(ii) ensuring these formal systems are appropriately implemented and 

maintained to achieve the performance necessary to meet the goals 

of this order. 

Sec. 3. Steering Committee on Federal Sustainability. The OMB Director 

and the CEQ Chair shall: 

(a) establish an interagency Steering Committee (Steering Committee) on 

Federal Sustainability composed of the Federal Environmental Executive, 

designated under section 6 of Executive Order 13423 of January 24, 2007, 

and Agency Senior Sustainability Officers, designated under section 7 

of this order, and that shall: 

(i) serve in the dual capacity of the Steering Committee on Strengthening FederalEnvironmental, Energy, and Transportation Management 

designated by the CEQ Chair pursuant to section 4 of Executive Order 

13423; 

(ii) advise the OMB Director and the CEQ Chair on implementation 

of this order; 

(iii) facilitate the implementation of each agency’s Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan; and 

(iv) share information and promote progress towards the goals of this 

order; 

(b) enlist the support of other organizations within the Federal Government 

to assist the Steering Committee in addressing the goals of this order; 

(c) establish and disband, as appropriate, interagency subcommittees of 

the Steering Committee, to assist the Steering Committee in carrying out 

its responsibilities; 

(d) determine appropriate Federal actions to achieve the policy of section 

1 and the goals of section 2 of this order; 

(e) ensure that Federal agencies are held accountable for conformance 

with the requirements of this order; and 

(f) in coordination with the Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program and the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive 

designated under section 6 of Executive Order 13423, provide guidance 

and assistance to facilitate the development of agency targets for greenhouse 

gas emission reductions required under subsections 2(a) and (b) of this 

order. 

Sec. 4. Additional Duties of the Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget. In addition to the duties of the OMB Director specified elsewhere 

in this order, the OMB Director shall: 


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(a) review and approve each agency’s multi-year Strategic Sustainability 

Performance Plan under section 8 of this order and each update of the 

Plan. The Director shall, where feasible, review each agency’s Plan concurrently with OMB’s review and evaluation of the agency’s budget request; 

(b) prepare scorecards providing periodic evaluation of Federal agency 

performance in implementing this order and publish scorecard results 

on a publicly available website; and 

(c) approve and issue instructions to the heads of agencies concerning 

budget and appropriations matters relating to implementation of this order. 

Sec. 5. Additional Duties of the Chair of the Council on Environmental 

Quality. In addition to the duties of the CEQ Chair specified elsewhere 

in this order, the CEQ Chair shall: 

(a) issue guidance for greenhouse gas accounting and reporting required 

under section 2 of this order; 

(b) issue instructions to implement this order, in addition to instructions 

within the authority of the OMB Director to issue under subsection 4(c) 

of this order; 

(c) review and approve each agency’s targets, in consultation with the 

OMB Director, for agency-wide reductions of greenhouse gas emissions 

under section 2 of this order; 

(d) prepare, in coordination with the OMB Director, streamlined reporting 

metrics to determine each agency’s progress under section 2 of this order; 

(e) review and evaluate each agency’s multi-year Strategic Sustainability 

Performance Plan under section 8 of this order and each update of the 

Plan; 

(f) assess agency progress toward achieving the goals and policies of 

this order, and provide its assessment of the agency’s progress to the 

OMB Director; 

(g) within 120 days of the date of this order, provide the President with 

an aggregate Federal Government-wide target for reducing scope 1 and 

2 greenhouse gas emissions in absolute terms by fiscal year 2020 relative 

to a fiscal year 2008 baseline; 

(h) within 270 days of the date of this order, provide the President with 

an aggregate Federal Government-wide target for reducing scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions in absolute terms by fiscal year 2020 relative to 

a fiscal year 2008 baseline; 

(i) establish and disband, as appropriate, interagency working groups to 

provide recommendations to the CEQ for areas of Federal agency operational and managerial improvement associated with the goals of this 

order; and 

(j) administer the Presidential leadership awards program, established 

under subsection 4(c) of Executive Order 13423, to recognize exceptional 

and outstanding agency performance with respect to achieving the goals 

of this order and to recognize extraordinary innovation, technologies, and 

practices employed to achieve the goals of this order. 

Sec. 6. Duties of the Federal Environmental Executive. The Federal Environmental Executive designated by the President to head the Office of the 

Federal Environmental Executive, pursuant to section 6 of Executive Order 

13423, shall: 

(a) identify strategies and tools to assist Federal implementation efforts 

under this order, including through the sharing of best practices from 

successful Federal sustainability efforts; and 

(b) monitor and advise the CEQ Chair and the OMB Director on the 

agencies’ implementation of this order and their progress in achieving 

the order’s policies and goals. 

Sec. 7. Agency Senior Sustainability Officers. (a) Within 30 days of the 

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the agency’s senior management officials a Senior Sustainability Officer who 

shall be accountable for agency conformance with the requirements of this 

order; and shall report such designation to the OMB Director and the CEQ 

Chair. 

(b) The Senior Sustainability Officer for each agency shall perform the 

functions of the senior agency official designated by the head of each 

agency pursuant to section 3(d)(i) of Executive Order 13423 and shall 

be responsible for: 

(i) preparing the targets for agency-wide reductions and the inventory 

of greenhouse gas emissions required under subsections 2(a), (b), and 

(c) of this order; 

(ii) within 240 days of the date of this order, and annually thereafter, 

preparing and submitting to the CEQ Chair and the OMB Director, 

for their review and approval, a multi-year Strategic Sustainability 

Performance Plan (Sustainability Plan or Plan) as described in section 

8 of this order; 

(iii) preparing and implementing the approved Plan in coordination 

with appropriate offices and organizations within the agency including 

the General Counsel, Chief Information Officer, Chief Acquisition Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Senior Real Property Officers, and 

in coordination with other agency plans, policies, and activities; 

(iv) monitoring the agency’s performance and progress in implementing the Plan, and reporting the performance and progress to the 

CEQ Chair and the OMB Director, on such schedule and in such format as the Chair and the Director may require; and 

(v) reporting annually to the head of the agency on the adequacy and 

effectiveness of the agency’s Plan in implementing this order. 

Sec. 8. Agency Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan. Each agency 

shall develop, implement, and annually update an integrated Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan that will prioritize agency actions based on 

lifecycle return on investment. Each agency Plan and update shall be subject 

to approval by the OMB Director under section 4 of this order. With respect 

to the period beginning in fiscal year 2011 and continuing through the 

end of fiscal year 2021, each agency Plan shall: 

(a) include a policy statement committing the agency to compliance with 

environmental and energy statutes, regulations, and Executive Orders; 

(b) achieve the sustainability goals and targets, including greenhouse gas 

reduction targets, established under section 2 of this order; 

(c) be integrated into the agency’s strategic planning and budget process, 

including the agency’s strategic plan under section 3 of the Government 

Performance and Results Act of 1993, as amended (5 U.S.C. 306); 

(d) identify agency activities, policies, plans, procedures, and practices 

that are relevant to the agency’s implementation of this order, and where 

necessary, provide for development and implementation of new or revised 

policies, plans, procedures, and practices; 

(e) identify specific agency goals, a schedule, milestones, and approaches 

for achieving results, and quantifiable metrics for agency implementation 

of this order; 

(f) take into consideration environmental measures as well as economic 

and social benefits and costs in evaluating projects and activities based 

on lifecycle return on investment; 

(g) outline planned actions to provide information about agency progress 

and performance with respect to achieving the goals of this order on 

a publicly available Federal website; 

(h) incorporate actions for achieving progress metrics identified by the 

OMB Director and the CEQ Chair; 

(i) evaluate agency climate-change risks and vulnerabilities to manage 

the effects of climate change on the agency’s operations and mission 

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(j) identify in annual updates opportunities for improvement and evaluation 

of past performance in order to extend or expand projects that have 

net lifecycle benefits, and reassess or discontinue under-performing 

projects. 

Sec. 9. Recommendations for Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting. 

The Department of Energy, through its Federal Energy Management Program, 

and in coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, the Department of 

the Interior, the Department of Commerce, and other agencies as appropriate, 

shall: 

(a) within 180 days of the date of this order develop and provide to 

the CEQ Chair recommended Federal greenhouse gas reporting and accounting procedures for agencies to use in carrying out their obligations 

under subsections 2(a), (b), and (c) of this order, including procedures 

that will ensure that agencies: 

(i) accurately and consistently quantify and account for greenhouse 

gas emissions from all scope 1, 2, and 3 sources, using accepted 

greenhouse gas accounting and reporting principles, and identify appropriate opportunities to revise the fiscal year 2008 baseline to address significant changes in factors affecting agency emissions such as 

reorganization and improvements in accuracy of data collection and 

estimation procedures or other major changes that would otherwise 

render the initial baseline information unsuitable; 

(ii) consider past Federal agency efforts to reduce greenhouse gas 

emissions; and 

(iii) consider and account for sequestration and emissions of greenhouse gases resulting from Federal land management practices; 

(b) within 1 year of the date of this order, to ensure consistent and 

accurate reporting under this section, provide electronic accounting and 

reporting capability for the Federal greenhouse gas reporting procedures 

developed under subsection (a) of this section, and to the extent practicable, 

ensure compatibility between this capability and existing Federal agency 

reporting systems; and 

(c) every 3 years from the date of the CEQ Chair’s issuance of the initial 

version of the reporting guidance, and as otherwise necessary, develop 

and provide recommendations to the CEQ Chair for revised Federal greenhouse gas reporting procedures for agencies to use in implementing subsections 2(a), (b), and (c) of this order. 

Sec. 10. Recommendations for Sustainable Locations for Federal Facilities. 

Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Department of Transportation, 

in accordance with its Sustainable Partnership Agreement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection 

Agency, and in coordination with the General Services Administration, the 

Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and other 

agencies as appropriate, shall: 

(a) review existing policies and practices associated with site selection 

for Federal facilities; and 

(b) provide recommendations to the CEQ Chair regarding sustainable location strategies for consideration in Sustainability Plans. The recommendations shall be consistent with principles of sustainable development including prioritizing central business district and rural town center locations, 

prioritizing sites well served by transit, including site design elements 

that ensure safe and convenient pedestrian access, consideration of transit 

access and proximity to housing affordable to a wide range of Federal 

employees, adaptive reuse or renovation of buildings, avoidance of development of sensitive land resources, and evaluation of parking management 

strategies. 

Sec. 11. Recommendations for Federal Local Transportation Logistics. Within 

180 days of the date of this order, the General Services Administration, 

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the Treasury, the Department of Energy, the Office of Personnel Management, 

and other agencies as appropriate, shall review current policies and practices 

associated with use of public transportation by Federal personnel, Federal 

shuttle bus and vehicle transportation routes supported by multiple Federal 

agencies, and use of alternative fuel vehicles in Federal shuttle bus fleets, 

and shall provide recommendations to the CEQ Chair on how these policies 

and practices could be revised to support the implementation of this order 

and the achievement of its policies and goals. 

Sec. 12. Guidance for Federal Fleet Management. Within 180 days of the 

date of this order, the Department of Energy, in coordination with the 

General Services Administration, shall issue guidance on Federal fleet management that addresses the acquisition of alternative fuel vehicles and use 

of alternative fuels; the use of biodiesel blends in diesel vehicles; the acquisition of electric vehicles for appropriate functions; improvement of fleet 

fuel economy; the optimizing of fleets to the agency mission; petroleum 

reduction strategies, such as the acquisition of low greenhouse gas emitting 

vehicles and the reduction of vehicle miles traveled; and the installation 

of renewable fuel pumps at Federal fleet fueling centers. 

Sec. 13. Recommendations for Vendor and Contractor Emissions. Within 

180 days of the date of this order, the General Services Administration, 

in coordination with the Department of Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other agencies as appropriate, shall review and provide 

recommendations to the CEQ Chair and the Administrator of OMB’s Office 

of Federal Procurement Policy regarding the feasibility of working with 

the Federal vendor and contractor community to provide information that 

will assist Federal agencies in tracking and reducing scope 3 greenhouse 

gas emissions related to the supply of products and services to the Government. These recommendations should consider the potential impacts on 

the procurement process, and the Federal vendor and contractor community 

including small businesses and other socioeconomic procurement programs. 

Recommendations should also explore the feasibility of: 

(a) requiring vendors and contractors to register with a voluntary registry 

or organization for reporting greenhouse gas emissions; 

(b) requiring contractors, as part of a new or revised registration under 

the Central Contractor Registration or other tracking system, to develop 

and make available its greenhouse gas inventory and description of efforts 

to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions; 

(c) using Federal Government purchasing preferences or other incentives 

for products manufactured using processes that minimize greenhouse gas 

emissions; and 

(d) other options for encouraging sustainable practices and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 

Sec. 14. Stormwater Guidance for Federal Facilities. Within 60 days of 

the date of this order, the Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination 

with other Federal agencies as appropriate, shall issue guidance on the 

implementation of section 438 of the Energy Independence and Security 

Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17094). 

Sec. 15. Regional Coordination. Within 180 days of the date of this order, 

the Federal Environmental Executive shall develop and implement a regional 

implementation plan to support the goals of this order taking into account 

energy and environmental priorities of particular regions of the United States. 

Sec. 16. Agency Roles in Support of Federal Adaptation Strategy. In addition 

to other roles and responsibilities of agencies with respect to environmental 

leadership as specified in this order, the agencies shall participate actively 

in the interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, which is already 

engaged in developing the domestic and international dimensions of a U.S. 

strategy for adaptation to climate change, and shall develop approaches 

through which the policies and practices of the agencies can be made 

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this order the CEQ Chair shall provide to the President, following consultation with the agencies and the Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, 

as appropriate, a progress report on agency actions in support of the national 

adaptation strategy and recommendations for any further such measures 

as the CEQ Chair may deem necessary. 

Sec. 17. Limitations. (a) This order shall apply to an agency with respect 

to the activities, personnel, resources, and facilities of the agency that are 

located within the United States. The head of an agency may provide that 

this order shall apply in whole or in part with respect to the activities, 

personnel, resources, and facilities of the agency that are not located within 

the United States, if the head of the agency determines that such application 

is in the interest of the United States. 

(b) The head of an agency shall manage activities, personnel, resources, 

and facilities of the agency that are not located within the United States, 

and with respect to which the head of the agency has not made a determination under subsection (a) of this section, in a manner consistent with 

the policy set forth in section 1 of this order to the extent the head 

of the agency determines practicable. 

Sec. 18. Exemption Authority. 

(a) The Director of National Intelligence may exempt an intelligence activity 

of the United States, and related personnel, resources, and facilities, from 

the provisions of this order, other than this subsection and section 20, 

to the extent the Director determines necessary to protect intelligence 

sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure. 

(b) The head of an agency may exempt law enforcement activities of 

that agency, and related personnel, resources, and facilities, from the 

provisions of this order, other than this subsection and section 20, to 

the extent the head of an agency determines necessary to protect undercover operations from unauthorized disclosure. 

(c) (i) The head of an agency may exempt law enforcement, protective, 

emergency response, or military tactical vehicle fleets of that agency from 

the provisions of this order, other than this subsection and section 20. 

(ii) Heads of agencies shall manage fleets to which paragraph (i) of 

this subsection refers in a manner consistent with the policy set forth 

in section 1 of this order to the extent they determine practicable. 

(d) The head of an agency may exempt particular agency activities and 

facilities from the provisions of this order, other than this subsection 

and section 20, where it is in the interest of national security. If the 

head of an agency issues an exemption under this section, the agency 

must notify the CEQ Chair in writing within 30 days of issuance of 

the exemption under this subsection. To the maximum extent practicable, 

and without compromising national security, each agency shall strive to 

comply with the purposes, goals, and implementation steps in this order. 

(e) The head of an agency may submit to the President, through the 

CEQ Chair, a request for an exemption of an agency activity, and related 

personnel, resources, and facilities, from this order. 

Sec. 19. Definitions. As used in this order: 

(a) ‘‘absolute greenhouse gas emissions’’ means total greenhouse gas emissions without normalization for activity levels and includes any allowable 

consideration of sequestration; 

(b) ‘‘agency’’ means an executive agency as defined in section 105 of 

title 5, United States Code, excluding the Government Accountability Office; 

(c) ‘‘alternative fuel vehicle’’ means vehicles defined by section 301 of 

the Energy Policy Act of 1992, as amended (42 U.S.C. 13211), and otherwise 

includes electric fueled vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid 

electric vehicles, dedicated alternative fuel vehicles, dual fueled alternative 


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fuel vehicles, qualified fuel cell motor vehicles, advanced lean burn technology motor vehicles, self-propelled vehicles such as bicycles and any 

other alternative fuel vehicles that are defined by statute; 

(d) ‘‘construction and demolition materials and debris’’ means materials 

and debris generated during construction, renovation, demolition, or dismantling of all structures and buildings and associated infrastructure; 

(e) ‘‘divert’’ and ‘‘diverting’’ means redirecting materials that might otherwise be placed in the waste stream to recycling or recovery, excluding 

diversion to waste-to-energy facilities; 

(f) ‘‘energy intensity’’ means energy consumption per square foot of building space, including industrial or laboratory facilities; 

(g) ‘‘environmental’’ means environmental aspects of internal agency operations and activities, including those aspects related to energy and transportation functions; 

(h) ‘‘excluded vehicles and equipment’’ means any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, 

or non-road equipment owned or operated by an agency of the Federal 

Government that is used in: 

(i) combat support, combat service support, tactical or relief operations, or training for such operations; 

(ii) Federal law enforcement (including protective service and investigation); 

(iii) emergency response (including fire and rescue); or 

(iv) spaceflight vehicles (including associated ground-support equipment); 

(i) ‘‘greenhouse gases’’ means carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, 

hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride; 

(j) ‘‘renewable energy’’ means energy produced by solar, wind, biomass, 

landfill gas, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, 

municipal solid waste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity achieved 

from increased efficiency or additions of new capacity at an existing 

hydroelectric project; 

(k) ‘‘scope 1, 2, and 3’’ mean; 

(i) scope 1: direct greenhouse gas emissions from sources that are 

owned or controlled by the Federal agency; 

(ii) scope 2: direct greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the generation of electricity, heat, or steam purchased by a Federal agency; 

and 

(iii) scope 3: greenhouse gas emissions from sources not owned or 

directly controlled by a Federal agency but related to agency activities 

such as vendor supply chains, delivery services, and employee travel 

and commuting; 

(l) ‘‘sustainability’’ and ‘‘sustainable’’ mean to create and maintain conditions, under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, 

that permit fulfilling the social, economic, and other requirements of 

present and future generations; 

(m) ‘‘United States’’ means the fifty States, the District of Columbia, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States 

Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and associated territorial 

waters and airspace; 

(n) ‘‘water consumption intensity’’ means water consumption per square 

foot of building space; and 

(o) ‘‘zero-net-energy building’’ means a building that is designed, constructed, and operated to require a greatly reduced quantity of energy 

to operate, meet the balance of energy needs from sources of energy 

that do not produce greenhouse gases, and therefore result in no net 

emissions of greenhouse gases and be economically viable. 

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(a) This order shall be implemented in a manner consistent with applicable 

law and subject to the availability of appropriations. 

(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect 

the functions of the OMB Director relating to budgetary, administrative, 

or legislative proposals. 

(c) 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 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, 

Washington, October 5, 2009. 

[FR Doc. E9–24518 

Filed 10–7–09; 12:30 pm] 

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