Executive Order 13973

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the ‘‘Act’’), it is hereby ordered as follows:

'''Section 1. ' Order of Succession. ''Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, and to the limitations set forth in the Act, the following officials of the Environmental Protection Agency, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Administrator) during any period in which the Administrator and the Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Administrator:


 * (a) General Counsel;


 * (b) Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste (also known as the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management);


 * (c) Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances (also known as the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention);


 * (d) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation;


 * (e) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water;


 * (f) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance;


 * (g) Chief Financial Officer;


 * (h) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development;


 * (i) Assistant Administrator for the Office of International and Tribal Affairs;


 * (j) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Mission Support;


 * (k) Associate Deputy Administrator for Programs;


 * (l) Associate Deputy Administrator;


 * (m) Regional Administrator, Region VIII;


 * (n) Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Mission Support;


 * (o) Deputy Regional Administrator, Region VIII;


 * (p) Principal Deputy General Counsel; and


 * (q) Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.



THE WHITE HOUSE, January 8, 2021.