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Review." Establishes an Interagency Working Group on Environmental
Justice, which includes the Department of Defense, to develop
guidelines for Federal agencies. Directs agencies to "collect,
maintain, and analyse information assessing and comparing
environmental and human health risks borne by populations identified
by race, national origin, or income." Federal agencies are also to
collect and analyse information on the consumption patterns of
populations who principally rely on fish and/or wildlife for
subsistence.
C-51. Executive Order 12962, 7 June 1995, Recreational Fisheries.
Directs Federal agencies to improve the quantity, function,
sustainable productivity, and distribution of U.S. aquatic resources
for increased recreational fishing opportunities by means of a number
of duties. Establishes a National Recreational Fisheries Coordination
Council consisting of seven members (including one designated by the
Secretary of Defense). The "Coordination Council" is charged with
developing a comprehensive Recreational Fishery Resources Conservation
Plan. Directs all Federal agencies to identify and minimize conflicts
between recreational fisheries and their responsibilities under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973. Expands the role of the Sport Fishing
and Boating Partnership Council.
C-52. Executive Order 13007, 24 May 1996, Indian Sacred Sites.
Directs each Executive Branch agency with statutory or administrative
responsibility for the management of Federal lands, to the extent
practicable, permitted by law, and not clearly inconsistent with
essential agency functions, to (1) accommodate access to and
ceremonial use of Indian sacred sites by Indian religious
practitioners and (2) avoid adversely affecting the physical integrity
of such sacred sites. Where appropriate, agencies are to maintain the
confidentiality of sacred sites.
C-53. Executive Order 13016, 28 August 1996, Amending Executive Order
12580, 23 January 1987, Superfund Implementation. Amends E.O. 12580
by adding two new subsections to section 4. Subsection (c)(3) is
added to delegate the functions vested in the President by sections
106(a) and 122 (except subsection (b)(1)) of the Act) to the
Secretaries of the Interior, Commerce, Agriculture, Defense, and
Energy, to be exercised only with the concurrence of the Coast Guard,
with respect to any release or threatened release in the coastal zone,
Great Lakes waters, ports, and harbors, affecting (1) natural
resources under their trusteeship, or (2) a vessel or facility subject
to their custody, jurisdiction, or control. Such authority is not to
be exercised at any vessel or facility at which the Coast Guard is the
lead Federal agency for the conduct or oversight of a response action.
Subsection (d)(3) is added to delegate the functions vested in the
President by sections 106(a) and 122 (except subsection (b)(1)) of the
Act) to the Secretaries of the Interior, Commerce, Agriculture,
Defense, and Energy, to be exercised only with the concurrence of the
Administrator, with respect to any release or threatened release
affecting (1) natural resources under their trusteeship, or (2) a
vessel or facility subject to their custody, jurisdiction, or control.
Such authority is not to be exercised at any vessel or facility at
which the EPA Administrator is the lead Federal official for the
conduct or oversight of a response action.
C-54. Executive Order 13048, 11 June 1997, Improving Administrative
Management in the Executive Branch. Establishes an Interagency
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