80 FR 34149 - Implementing Instructions for Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade Executive Order (E.O.) 13693

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 114 (June 15, 2015)

The Managing Director of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has issued instructions to Federal agencies for incorporating sustainability practices into agency policies and practices, as required under Executive Order 13693 (``E.O. 13693''), ``Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade,'' signed by President Obama on March 19, 2015, 80 FR 15871, March 25, 2015. The purpose of the Executive Order is to build a clean energy economy that will sustain our prosperity and the health of our people through Federal leadership in energy, water, fleet, buildings, and acquisition management to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent over the next decade. Section 1 of E.O. 13693 directs agencies to ``increase efficiency and improve their environmental performance . . . [to] help us protect our planet for future generations and save taxpayer dollars through avoided energy costs and increased efficiency, while also making federal facilities more resilient.'' Section 4 of E.O. 13693 directs the Chair of CEQ to issue implementing instructions. The Instructions for Implementing Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade are now available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/ default/files/docs/eo_13693_implementing_instructions_june_10_2015.pdf.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
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COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY


Implementing Instructions for Planning for Federal Sustainability 
in the Next Decade Executive Order (E.O.) 13693

AGENCY: Council on Environmental Quality.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Implementing Instructions for 
Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade.

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SUMMARY: The Managing Director of the Council on Environmental Quality 
(CEQ) has issued instructions to Federal agencies for incorporating 
sustainability practices into agency policies and practices, as 
required under Executive Order 13693 (``E.O. 13693''), ``Planning for 
Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade,'' signed by President Obama 
on March 19, 2015, 80 FR 15871, March 25, 2015. The purpose of the 
Executive Order is to build a clean energy economy that will sustain 
our prosperity and the health of our people through Federal leadership 
in energy, water, fleet, buildings, and acquisition management to 
reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent over the next 
decade. Section 1 of E.O. 13693 directs agencies to ``increase 
efficiency and improve their environmental performance . . . [to] help 
us protect our planet for future generations and save taxpayer dollars 
through avoided energy costs and increased efficiency, while also 
making federal facilities more resilient.'' Section 4 of E.O. 13693 
directs the Chair of CEQ to issue implementing instructions. The 
Instructions for Implementing Planning for Federal Sustainability in 
the Next Decade are now available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/eo_13693_implementing_instructions_june_10_2015.pdf.

DATES: The Instructions for Implementing Planning for Federal 
Sustainability in the Next Decade were issued on June 10, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The Instructions for Implementing Planning for Federal 
Sustainability in the Next Decade are available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/eo_13693_implementing_instructions_june_10_2015.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Porter, Office of Federal 
Sustainability, at [email protected] or 202-456-5225.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Instructions apply only to Federal 
agencies, operations, and programs. Agencies are expected to implement 
the Instructions as part of their compliance with E.O. 13693.

(Authority: E.O. 13693, 80 FR 15871)

    Dated: June 10, 2015.
Christina Goldfuss,
Managing Director, Council on Environmental Quality.
[FR Doc. 2015-14501 Filed 6-12-15; 8:45 am]
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