Providing an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Protection Agency Officials Ordered Into Succession Line
What it does
Environmental Protection Agency officials must follow the listed order to act as Administrator when both top leaders cannot serve.
Real-world impact
- Clarifies who will lead the Environmental Protection Agency if top officials are unavailable.
- Stops individuals already serving in an acting role from becoming Acting Administrator.
- Revokes the previous Environmental Protection Agency succession order, replacing it.
Topics
Summary
This order lists who will take over as Acting Administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency if both the Administrator and Deputy Administrator die, resign, or cannot perform their duties.
It names a specific sequence of agency officials—starting with the General Counsel and including various assistant administrators, regional deputies, and senior financial and legal officers—to act in that order.
The order also bars people serving in an acting job from using that status to become Acting Administrator, requires eligibility under the Vacancies Reform Act, and revokes the prior succession order.
Questions, answered
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- “What agencies are affected by this order?”
- “How does this order change existing policy?”
- “What are the practical implications of this order?”