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(C) a city, county, or other local government authority 

 charged with responsibility for enforcing ordinances or 

 laws relating to the prevention, control, and abatement 

 of environmental pollution; or 



(D) an agency of two or more municipalities located In 

 the same State or In different States and having sub- 

 stantial powers or duties pertaining to the prevention, 

 control, and abatement of environmental pollution. 



(4) The term "facilities" means the buildings. Installa- 

 tions, structures, land, public works, equipment, aircraft, 

 vessels, and other vehicles and property, owned by, or 

 constructed or manufactured for the purpose of leasing 

 to, the Federal Government. 



(6) The term "United States" means the fifty States, 

 the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

 Blco, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 

 the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 



Sec. 3. Responsibilities, (a) Heads of Federal agencies 

 shall, with regard to all facilities under their Jurisdiction 

 in the United States: 



(1) Ensure that applicable standards specified in sec- 

 tion 4 of this order are met on a continuing basis. 



(2) Cooperate with the Administrator and State, Inter- 

 state, and local agencies In the prevention, control, and 

 abatement of environmental pollution and. In accordance 

 with guidelines Issued by the Administrator, provide to 

 the Administrator and to those agencies such Information 

 as Is necessary to determine compliance with applicable 

 standards. Such cooperation shall Include development of 

 an abatement plan and schedule for meeting applicable 

 standards. 



(3) Present to the Director of the Office of Manage- 

 ment and Budget, annually, a plan to provide for such 

 Improvement In the design, construction, management, 

 operation, and maintenance of exlstmg facilities as may 

 be necessary to meet applicable standards specified Hi 

 section 4. 



(4) Consider the environmental Impact In the Initial 

 stages of planning for each new facility or modification 

 to an existing facility In accordance with the National 

 Environmental Policy Act (this chapter]. 



(5) Include with all budget requests for the design and 

 construction of new facilities or for modification of exist- 

 ing faculties funds for such measures as may be necessary 

 to meet applicable standards specified In section 4. Budg- 

 et requests shall reflect the most efficient alternative for 

 meeting applicable standards. 



(6) Consult, as appropriate, with the AdmlnUtrator 

 and with State and local agencies concerning the best 

 techniques and methods available for the prevention, con- 

 trol, and abatement of environmental pollution. 



(7) Ensure that any funds appropriated and appor- 

 tioned for the prevention, control, and abatement of en- 

 vironmental pollution are not used for any other purpose 

 unless permitted by law and unless specifically approved 

 by the Office of Management and Budget. 



(b) Where activities are carried out at Federal facilities 

 acquired by leasing or other Federal agreements, the head 

 of the responsible agency may at his discretion, to the 

 extent permissible xinder applicable statutes and regula- 

 tions, require the lessee or permittee to assume full re- 

 sponsibility for complying with standards for the pre- 

 vention, control, and abatement of environmental pollu- 

 tion. 



(c) Heads of Federal agencies responsible for the con- 

 struction and operation of Federal facilities outside the 

 United States shall assure that such facilities are operated 

 so as to comply with the environmental pollution stand- 

 ards of general applicability in the host country or Ju- 

 risdictions concerned. 



(d ) The Administrator shall : 



(1) Provide technical advice and assistance to the 

 heads of Federal agencies In connection with their duties 

 and responsibilities under this order. 



(2) Maintain such review of Federal facilities' com- 

 pliance with the standards specified In section 4 as may 

 be necessary. 



(3) Provide liaison as required to assure that actions 

 taken by Federal agencies pursuant to this order are 

 coordinated with State, Interstate, and local programs for 

 the prevention, control, and abatement of environmental 

 pollution. 



(4) Mediate conflicts between Federal agencies and 



State, Interstate, or local agencies In matters affecting the 

 application of. or compliance with, applicable standards 

 specified In section 4. 



(5) Develop In consultation with the heads of other 

 Federal agencies a coordinated strategy for Federal fa- 

 cility compliance with applicable standards specified In 

 section 4 which Incorporates, to the maximum extent 

 practicable, common procedures for an Integrated ap- 

 proach to Federal agency compliance with such standt-jds, 

 and Issue such regulations and guidelines as are deemed 

 necessary to facilitate Implementation of that strategy 

 and to provide a framework for coordination and cooper- 

 ation among the Environmental Protection Agency, the 

 other Federal agencies, and the State, Interstate, and 

 local agencies. 



(6) Maintain a continuing review of the Implementa- 

 tion of this order and, from time to time, report to the 

 President on the progress of the Federal agencies In Im- 

 plementing this order. 



Sec. 4. Standards, (a) Heads of Federal agencies shall 

 ensure that all facilities under their Jurisdiction are 

 designed, constructed, managed, operated, and main- 

 tained so as to conform to the following requirements: 

 (1) Federal, State, Interstate, and local air quality 

 standards and emission limitations adopted In accord- 

 ance with or effective under the provisions of the Clean 

 Air Act, as amended (section 1857 et seq. of this title]. 



(2) Federal, State, Interstate, and local water quality 

 standards and effluent limitations respecting the dis- 

 charge or runoff of pollutants adopted In accordance with 

 or effective under the provisions of the Federal Water 

 Pollution Control Act, as amended (section 1261 et seq. 

 of Title 33. Navigation and Navigable Waters] . 



(3) Federal regulations and guidelines respecting dump- 

 ing of material Into ocean waters adopted In accordance 

 with the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries 

 Act of 1972 (section 1431 et seq. of Title 16, Conservation], 

 and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended 



(section 1251 et seq. of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable 

 Waters]. 



(4) Guidelines for solid waste recovery, collection, stor- 

 age, separation, and disposal systems Issued by the Ad- 

 ministrator pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 

 as amended (section 3251 et seq. of this title] . 



(6) Federal noise emission standards for products 

 adopted In accordance with provisions of the Noise Con- 

 trol Act of 1972 [section 4901 et seq. of this title] and 

 State, Interstate, and local standards for control and 

 abatement of environmental noise. 



(6) Federal guidance on radiation and generally ap- 

 plicable envlrorunental radiation standards promulgated 

 or recommended by the Administrator and adopted In 

 accordance with the Atomic Energy Act, as amended (42 1 

 U.S.C. 2011), and rules, regulations, requirements, and 

 guidelines on discharges of radioactivity as prescribed by 

 the Atomic Energy Commission. 



(7) Federal regulations and guidelines respecting man- 

 ufacture, transportation, purchase, use, storage, and dis- 

 posal of pesticides promulgated pursuant to the provi- 

 sions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Bodentl- 

 clde Act, as amended by the Federal BMvlronmental Pesti- 

 cide Control Act of 1972 [section 136 et seq. of Title 7, 

 Agriculture]. 



(b) In those cases In which there are no environmental 

 pollution standards as specified In subsection (a) ior a 

 particular geographic area or class of Federal facilities, 

 the Administrator, In consultation with appropriate Fed- 

 eral, State, Interstate, and local agencies, may Issue reg- 

 ulations, which shall be published In the Federal Regis- 

 ter, establishing environmental pollution standards for 

 the purpose of this order. 



Sec. 5. Exemptions, (a) The heads of Federal agencies. 

 In consultation with the Administrator, may, from time 

 to time. Identify facilities or uses thereof which are 

 exempted from applicable standards specified in section 4 

 In the taterest of national security or in extraordinary 

 cases In which It Is In the paramount Interest of the 

 United States. No such exemptions shall be made except 

 as are permlsslbe under applicable Federal law. 



(b) In any case In which the Administrator does not 

 agree with a determination to exempt a facility or use 

 thereof from the provisions of this order, the head of the 

 Federal agency making such a determination must have 



