EP 1165-2-1
30 Jul 99
Commercial Activities. Established an ongoing study effort throughout
the Federal establishment directed toward identifying of commercial
activities by the Federal agencies and determining whether they could
be performed more economically by private industry.
C-41. Executive Order 12630, 15 March 1988, Governmental Actions and
Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property Rights.
Required the Department of Justice to issue guidelines to enable
Executive departments and agencies to evaluate the risk of effecting a
fifth amendment taking through their policies and actions. The E.O.
requires an analysis of possible "taking" problems be submitted to OMB
in advance of proposed actions that impact private property in
furtherance of "public health and safety" concerns. The E.O. seeks
to reduce the possibility of a "regulatory taking" being embedded in
the actions and policies of the Federal Government.
C-42. Executive Order 12656, 18 November 1988, Assigning Emergency
Preparedness Responsibilities to Federal Departments and Agencies.
Assigns national security preparedness responsibilities to Federal
departments and agencies. DOD's responsibilities include: develop
and maintain, in cooperation with other departments and agencies,
national security plans and programs; develop and maintain damage
assessment capabilities and assist FEMA Director and heads of other
departments and agencies in developing and maintaining capabilities to
assess attack damage; acting through the Secretary of the Army,
develop overall plans for the management, control and allocation of
all usable waters from sources within the jurisdiction of the U.S.;
develop plans to assure emergency operations of waterways and harbors;
and develop plans for provision of potable water.
C-43. Executive Order 12770, 25 July 1991, Metric Usage in Federal
Government Programs. Designates the Secretary of Commerce to direct
and coordinate efforts by Federal departments and agencies to
implement Government metric usage in accordance with Section 3 of the
Metric Conversion Act (15 U.S.C. 205b), as amended by Section 5164(b)
of the Trade and Competitive Act. All Executive branch departments
and agencies of the United States Government are directed to take all
appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the
provisions of this order which include: "(a) use, to the extent
economically feasible.., the metric system of measurement in Federal
Government procurements, grants, and other business-related
activities...", and "(b)...The transition to use of metric units in
Government publications should be made as publications are revised on
normal schedules or new publications developed..."
C-44. Executive Order 12777, 18 October 1991, Implementation of
Section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of October 18,
1972, as Amended, and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Revises
Executive Order 12580 and specifies responsibilities and procedures to
be followed in the event of accidental discharges of oil or hazardous
substances into the waters of the United States. Specifies lead
agencies for issuing regulations concerning financial responsibility
for accidental discharges.
C-45. Executive Order 12803, 30 April 1992, Infrastructure
Privatization. Directs Federal agencies and departments to review
procedures affecting the management and disposition of federally
financed infrastructure assets owned by state and local governments
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