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 [Federal Register: February 22, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 35)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 8631]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr22fe00-139]

                        Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Memorandum of January 27, 2000


                Delegation of Authority To Conduct Assessments
                and Promulgate Regulations on Public Access to Off-Site
                Consequence Analysis Information

                Memorandum for the Attorney General[, ] the
                Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency[,
                and] the Director of the Office of Management and
                Budget

                By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and laws of the United States of America,
                including section 112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act
                (``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 7412(r)(7)(H)), as added by
                section 3 of the Chemical Safety Information, Site
                Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act (Public Law
                106-40), and section 301 of title 3, United States
                Code, I hereby delegate to:

                    (1) the Attorney General the authority vested in
                the President under section 112(r)(7)(H)(ii)(I)(aa) of
                the Act to assess the increased risk of terrorist and
                other criminal activity associated with the posting of
                off-site consequence analysis information on the
                Internet;
                    (2) the Administrator of the Environmental
                Protection Agency (EPA) the authority vested in the
                President under section 112(r)(7)(H)(ii)(I)(bb) of the
                Act to assess the incentives created by public
                disclosure of off-site consequence analysis information
                for reduction in the risk of accidental releases; and
                    (3) the Attorney General and the Administrator of
                EPA, jointly, the authority vested in the President
                under section 112(r)(7)(H)(ii)(II) of the Act to
                promulgate regulations, based on these assessments,
                governing the distribution of off-site consequence
                analysis information. These regulations, in proposed
                and final form, shall be subject to review and approval
                by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

                The Administrator of EPA is authorized and directed to
                publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, January 27, 2000.

[FR Doc. 00-4270
Filed 2-18-00; 8:45 am]
Billing code 6560-50-M

 
 

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