EP 1165-2-1
30 Jul 99
unique legal relationship between the Federal Government and Indian
tribal governments. Directs each agency to have an effective process
to permit elected officials and other representatives of Indian tribal
governments to provide meaningful and timely input in the development
of regulatory policies on matters that significantly or uniquely
affect their communities. Orders that, to the extent practicable and
permitted by law, no agency shall promulgate any regulation that is
not required by statute, that significantly or uniquely affects the
communities of the Indian tribal governments, and that imposes
substantial direct compliance costs on such communities, unless: (1)
funds necessary to pay the direct costs incurred by the Indian tribal
government in complying with the regulation are provided by the
Federal Government; or (2) the agency, prior to the formal
promulgation of the regulation, provides to the Director of OMB a
description of the extent of the agency's prior consultation with
representatives of affected Indian tribal governments, a summary of
the nature of their concerns, and the agency's position supporting the
need to issue the regulation, and makes available to the Director of
OMB any written communications submitted to the agency by such Indian
tribal governments.
C-60. Executive Order 13089, 11 June 1998, Coral Reef Protection.
Establishes a policy that all Federal agencies whose actions may
affect U.S. coral reef ecosystems must: (1) identify those actions;
(2) utilize their programs and authorities to protect and enhance the
conditions of such ecosystems; and (3) to the extent permitted by law,
ensure that any actions they authorize, fund, or carry out will not
degrade the conditions of such ecosystems. Exceptions may be allowed
under the following conditions: (1) during time of war or national
emergency; (2) when necessary for reasons of national security, as
determined by the President; (3) during emergencies posing an
unacceptable threat to human health or safety or to the marine
environment and admitting of no other feasible solution; or (4) in any
case that constitutes a danger to human life or a real threat to
vessels, aircraft, platforms, or other man-made structures at
sea, such as cases of force majeure caused by stress of weather or
other act of God. Federal agencies whose actions affect U.S. coral
reef ecosystems are ordered, subject to the availability of
appropriations, to provide for implementation of measures needed to
research, monitor, manage, and restore affected ecosystems, including,
but not limited to, measures reducing impacts from pollution,
sedimentation, and fishing.
Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce, through the
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
to co-chair a U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, whose members shall include,
but not be limited to, the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, the Attorney General, the Secretaries of the
Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, State, and Transportation,
the Director of the National Science Foundation, the Administrator of
the Agency for
International Development, and the Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Task Force is to oversee
implementation of the policy and Federal agency responsibilities set
forth in this order, and guide and support activities under the
U.S. Coral Reef Initiative. Duties of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force
are to include coordination of a comprehensive program to map and
monitor U.S. coral reefs and to develop and implement, with the
scientific community, research aimed at identifying the major causes
and consequences of degradation of coral reef ecosystems.
C-61. Executive Order 13093, 27 July 1998, American Heritage Rivers,
Amending Executive Orders 13061 and 13080. Increases the number of
C-12
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