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Federal Register 

Vol. 72, No. 17 

Friday, January 26, 2007 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13423 of January 24, 2007 

Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management 

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

laws of the United States of America, and to strengthen the environmental, 

energy, and transportation management of Federal agencies, it is hereby 

ordered as follows: 

Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States that Federal agencies 

conduct their environmental, transportation, and energy-related activities 

under the law in support of their respective missions in an environmentally, 

economically and fiscally sound, integrated, continuously improving, efficient, and sustainable manner. 

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

1 of this order, the head of each agency shall: 

(a) improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions of the 

agency, through reduction of energy intensity by (i) 3 percent annually 

through the end of fiscal year 2015, or (ii) 30 percent by the end of fiscal 

year 2015, relative to the baseline of the agency’s energy use in fiscal 

year 2003; 

(b) ensure that (i) at least half of the statutorily required renewable energy 

consumed by the agency in a fiscal year comes from new renewable sources, 

and (ii) to the extent feasible, the agency implements renewable energy 

generation projects on agency property for agency use; 

(c) beginning in FY 2008, reduce water consumption intensity, relative to 

the baseline of the agency’s water consumption in fiscal year 2007, through 

life-cycle cost-effective measures by 2 percent annually through the end 

of fiscal year 2015 or 16 percent by the end of fiscal year 2015; 

(d) require in agency acquisitions of goods and services (i) use of sustainable 

environmental practices, including acquisition of biobased, environmentally 

preferable, energy-efficient, water-efficient, and recycled-content products, 

and (ii) use of paper of at least 30 percent post-consumer fiber content; 

(e) ensure that the agency (i) reduces the quantity of toxic and hazardous 

chemicals and materials acquired, used, or disposed of by the agency, (ii) 

increases diversion of solid waste as appropriate, and (iii) maintains costeffective waste prevention and recycling programs in its facilities; 

(f) ensure that (i) new construction and major renovation of agency buildings 

comply with the Guiding Principles for Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings set forth in the Federal Leadership in High 

Performance and Sustainable Buildings Memorandum of Understanding 

(2006), and (ii) 15 percent of the existing Federal capital asset building 

inventory of the agency as of the end of fiscal year 2015 incorporates 

the sustainable practices in the Guiding Principles; 

(g) ensure that, if the agency operates a fleet of at least 20 motor vehicles, 

the agency, relative to agency baselines for fiscal year 2005, (i) reduces 

the fleet’s total consumption of petroleum products by 2 percent annually 

through the end of fiscal year 2015, (ii) increases the total fuel consumption 

that is non-petroleum-based by 10 percent annually, and (iii) uses plugin hybrid (PIH) vehicles when PIH vehicles are commercially available at 

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a cost reasonably comparable, on the basis of life-cycle cost, to non-PIH 

vehicles; and 

(h) ensure that the agency (i) when acquiring an electronic product to 

meet its requirements, meets at least 95 percent of those requirements with 

an Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)-registered 

electronic product, unless there is no EPEAT standard for such product, 

(ii) enables the Energy Star feature on agency computers and monitors, 

(iii) establishes and implements policies to extend the useful life of agency 

electronic equipment, and (iv) uses environmentally sound practices with 

respect to disposition of agency electronic equipment that has reached the 

end of its useful life. 

Sec. 3. Duties of Heads of Agencies. In implementing the policy set forth 

in section 1 of this order, the head of each agency shall: 

(a) implement within the agency sustainable practices for (i) energy efficiency, 

greenhouse gas emissions avoidance or reduction, and petroleum products 

use reduction, (ii) renewable energy, including bioenergy, (iii) water conservation, (iv) acquisition, (v) pollution and waste prevention and recycling, 

(vi) reduction or elimination of acquisition and use of toxic or hazardous 

chemicals, (vii) high performance construction, lease, operation, and maintenance of buildings, (viii) vehicle fleet management, and (ix) electronic equipment management; 

(b) implement within the agency environmental management systems (EMS) 

at all appropriate organizational levels to ensure (i) use of EMS as the 

primary management approach for addressing environmental aspects of internal agency operations and activities, including environmental aspects of 

energy and transportation functions, (ii) establishment of agency objectives 

and targets to ensure implementation of this order, and (iii) collection, 

analysis, and reporting of information to measure performance in the implementation of this order; 

(c) establish within the agency programs for (i) environmental management 

training, (ii) environmental compliance review and audit, and (iii) leadership 

awards to recognize outstanding environmental, energy, or transportation 

management performance in the agency; 

(d) within 30 days after the date of this order (i) designate a senior civilian 

officer of the United States, compensated annually in an amount at or 

above the amount payable at level IV of the Executive Schedule, to be 

responsible for implementation of this order within the agency, (ii) report 

such designation to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

and the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, and (iii) assign 

the designated official the authority and duty to (A) monitor and report 

to the head of the agency on agency activities to carry out subsections 

(a) and (b) of this section, and (B) perform such other duties relating to 

the implementation of this order within the agency as the head of the 

agency deems appropriate; 

(e) ensure that contracts entered into after the date of this order for contractor 

operation of government-owned facilities or vehicles require the contractor 

to comply with the provisions of this order with respect to such facilities 

or vehicles to the same extent as the agency would be required to comply 

if the agency operated the facilities or vehicles; 

(f) ensure that agreements, permits, leases, licenses, or other legally-binding 

obligations between the agency and a tenant or concessionaire entered into 

after the date of this order require, to the extent the head of the agency 

determines appropriate, that the tenant or concessionaire take actions relating 

to matters within the scope of the contract that facilitate the agency’s compliance with this order; 

(g) provide reports on agency implementation of this order to the Chairman 

of the Council on such schedule and in such format as the Chairman 

of the Council may require; and 

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(h) provide information and assistance to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Chairman of the Council, and the Federal Environmental Executive. 

Sec. 4. Additional Duties of the Chairman of the Council on Environmental 

Quality. In implementing the policy set forth in section 1 of this order, 

the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality: 

(a) (i) shall establish a Steering Committee on Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management to advise the Director of 

the Office of Management and Budget and the Chairman of the Council 

on the performance of their functions under this order that shall consist 

exclusively of (A) the Federal Environmental Executive, who shall chair, 

convene and preside at meetings of, determine the agenda of, and direct 

the work of, the Steering Committee, and (B) the senior officials designated 

under section 3(d)(i) of this order, and (ii) may establish subcommittees 

of the Steering Committee, to assist the Steering Committee in developing 

the advice of the Steering Committee on particular subjects; 

(b) may, after consultation with the Director of the Office of Management 

and Budget and the Steering Committee, issue instructions to implement 

this order, other than instructions within the authority of the Director to 

issue under section 5 of this order; and 

(c) shall administer a presidential leadership award program to recognize 

exceptional and outstanding environmental, energy, or transportation management performance and excellence in agency efforts to implement this 

order. 

Sec. 5. Duties of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

In implementing the policy set forth in section 1 of this order, the Director 

of the Office of Management and Budget shall, after consultation with the 

Chairman of the Council and the Steering Committee, issue instructions 

to the heads of agencies concerning: 

(a) periodic evaluation of agency implementation of this order; 

(b) budget and appropriations matters relating to implementation of this 

order; 

(c) implementation of section 2(d) of this order; and 

(d) amendments of the Federal Acquisition Regulation as necessary to implement this order. 

Sec. 6. Duties of the Federal Environmental Executive. A Federal Environmental Executive designated by the President shall head the Office of the 

Federal Environmental Executive, which shall be maintained in the Environmental Protection Agency for funding and administrative purposes. In implementing the policy set forth in section 1 of this order, the Federal Environmental Executive shall: 

(a) monitor, and advise the Chairman of the Council on, performance by 

agencies of functions assigned by sections 2 and 3 of this order; 

(b) submit a report to the President, through the Chairman of the Council, 

not less often than once every 2 years, on the activities of agencies to 

implement this order; and 

(c) advise the Chairman of the Council on the Chairman’s exercise of authority 

granted by subsection 4(c) of this order. 

Sec. 7. 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. 

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(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. 8. 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 10, 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 10, 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 10. 

(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 submit to the President, through the Chairman 

of the Council, a request for an exemption of an agency activity, and related 

personnel, resources, and facilities, from this order. 

Sec. 9. Definitions. As used in this order: 

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

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

(b) ‘‘Chairman of the Council’’ means the Chairman of the Council on 

Environmental Quality, including in the Chairman’s capacity as Director 

of the Office of Environmental Quality; 

(c) ‘‘Council’’ means the Council on Environmental Quality; 

(d) ‘‘environmental’’ means environmental aspects of internal agency operations and activities, including those environmental aspects related to energy 

and transportation functions; 

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

hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride; 

(f) ‘‘life-cycle cost-effective’’ means the life-cycle costs of a product, project, 

or measure are estimated to be equal to or less than the base case (i.e., 

current or standard practice or product); 

(g) ‘‘new renewable sources’’ means sources of renewable energy placed 

into service after January 1, 1999; 

(h) ‘‘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; 

(i) ‘‘energy intensity’’ means energy consumption per square foot of building 

space, including industrial or laboratory facilities; 

(j) ‘‘Steering Committee’’ means the Steering Committee on Strengthening 

Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management established 

under subsection 4(b) of this order; 

(k) ‘‘sustainable’’ means to create and maintain conditions, under which 

humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling 

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the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans; and 

(l) ‘‘United States’’ when used in a geographical sense, 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. 

Sec. 10. General Provisions. (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 Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating 

to budget, 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 a party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, entities, officers, employees or agents, or any other person. 

Sec. 11. Revocations; Conforming Provisions. (a) The following are revoked: 

(i) Executive Order 13101 of September 14, 1998; 

(ii) Executive Order 13123 of June 3, 1999; 

(iii) Executive Order 13134 of August 12, 1999, as amended; 

(iv) Executive Order 13148 of April 21, 2000; and 

(v) Executive Order 13149 of April 21, 2000. 

(b) In light of subsection 317(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107), not later than January 1 of 

each year through and including 2010, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

to the Senate and the House of Representatives a report regarding progress 

made toward achieving the energy efficiency goals of the Department of 

Defense. 

(c) Section 3(b)(vi) of Executive Order 13327 of February 4, 2004, is amended 

by striking ‘‘Executive Order 13148 of April 21, 2000’’ and inserting in 

lieu thereof ‘‘other executive orders’’. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

January 24, 2007. 

[FR Doc. 07–374 

Filed 1–25–07; 8:50 am] 

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