By the authority vested in me as President by the Legislation of the United States of America, It's hereby ordered as follows:
Sec:1 Policy. Our Nation has an abiding commitment to enable our employees and communities; encourage and safeguard our public health and the environment; and preserve our national treasures and temples, areas that protected our memory. Where the Federal Government has failed to fulfill that commitment previously, it has to advance justice. In carrying out this charge, the Federal Government has to be guided by the best science and also be shielded by procedures that guarantee the integrity of the Federal conclusion. It's, thus, the policy of my Administration to follow the science; to enhance public health and protect our environment; to guarantee access to clean water and air; to restrict exposure to harmful chemicals and dyes; to hold polluters accountable, for example, those who harm communities of color and low rise communities; to decrease greenhouse gas emissions; to reinforce resilience to the effects of climate change; to revive and enlarge our national monuments and temples; and also to prioritize both ecological justice and the production of their well-paying marriage projects essential to deliver on those targets.
To this end, this arrangement directs all executive departments and agencies (agencies) to instantly assess and, as appropriate and consistent with applicable legislation, take action to cover the promulgation of Federal regulations and other activities during the previous 4 years which battle with those important national aims, and to instantly start work to face the climate catastrophe.
Sec. 2. Review of Actions Taken Between January 20, 2017, and January 20, 2021. (a) The heads of agencies will immediately review all present regulations, orders, guidance documents, policies, and some other similar service activities (agency activities ) promulgated, issued, or adopted between January 20, 2017, and January 20, 2021, who are or may be inconsistent with, or even pose barriers to, the coverage outlined in part 1 of the order. For any such activities identified by the agencies, the heads of agencies shall, as appropriate and consistent with all applicable legislation, think about suspending, revising, or rescinding the bureau activities. Additionally, for your agency activities in the four classes outlined in subsections (I) through (iv) of this section, the head of the appropriate service, as applicable and consistent with applicable law, will consider publishing for notice and comment a proposed principle, revising, or rescinding the agency acted within the period specified.
(I) Reducing Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector: "Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Reconsideration," 85 Fed. Reg.
(ii) Placing Ambitious, Job-Creating Fuel Economy Standards: "The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule Part One: One National Program," 84 Fed. Reg. Reg. In considering whether to suggest suspending, revising, or rescinding the latter principle, the agency must consider the perspectives of representatives from labor unions, States, and businesses.
(b) Within 30 days of the date of the order, heads of agencies shall submit to the Manager of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a preliminary list of some activities being contemplated under division (2)(a) of the order that could be done by December 31, 2021, which could be subject to OMB review. Within 90 days of the date of the order, heads of agencies shall submit to the Director of OMB an updated record of some activities being contemplated under section (2)(a) of the order that could be finished by December 31, 2025, which will be subject to OMB review. In the time of entry to the Director of OMB, heads of agencies will also send every record to the National Enforcement Advisor. Additionally, and at precisely the same time, heads of agencies shall send to the National Enforcement Advisor a listing of further activities being contemplated under section (2)(a) of the order that wouldn't be subject to OMB review.
(c) Heads of agencies shall as appropriate and consistent with applicable legislation, think about whether to take some extra service activities to completely enforce the coverage outlined in part 1 of the order. About the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the following special actions must be considered:
(I) proposing new regulations to set detailed standards of performance and emission guidelines for methane and volatile organic chemical emissions from present operations from the petroleum and gas industry, including the mining and production, transmission, processing, and storage sections, by September 2021; and
(ii) proposing a Federal Implementation Plan by the Environmental Protection Agency's"Findings of Failure To Satisfy State Implementation Plan Revisions in Response to the 2016 Oil and Natural Gas Industry Control Techniques Guidelines for its 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and also for States in the Ozone Transport Region," 85 Fed. Reg. 72963 (November 16, 2020), for California, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas from January 2022.
(d) The Attorney General may, as appropriate and consistent with applicable legislation, provide notice of the arrangement and any actions required under section 2(a) of the order to any court with jurisdiction over pending litigation associated with those agency activities identified under section (2)(a) of the order, and can, in their discretion, ask that the court remain or otherwise eliminate litigation, or seek other appropriate relief consistent with this arrangement, until the conclusion of these procedures described within this purchase.
(e) In executing the activities led in this section, heads of agencies will seek input from the general public and stakeholders, such as State local, Tribal, and territorial officials, scientists, labor unions, environmental advocates, and environmental justice organizations.
Sec. 3. Restoring National Monuments(a) The Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate and consistent with applicable legislation, such as the Antiquities Act, 54 U.S.C. 320301 et seq.., will, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce, the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, and Tribal authorities, conduct an overview of the monument boundaries and terms which were created by Proclamation 9681 of December 4, 2017 (Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument); Proclamation 9682 of December 4, 2017 (Modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument); and Proclamation 10049 of June 5, 2020 (Modifying the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument), to ascertain whether recovery of the monument boundaries and requirements that occur as of January 20, 2017, could be proper.
(b) Within 60 days of the date of the order, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report on the President outlining the findings from the inspection conducted under subsection (a), which will contain recommendations for these Presidential activities or other activities consistent with legislation as the Secretary may consider proper to carry out the policy outlined in part 1 of the order.
(c) The Attorney General may, as appropriate and consistent with applicable legislation, provide notice of the order to any court with jurisdiction over pending litigation associated with this Grand Staircase-Escalante, Bears Ears, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monuments, and can, in their discretion, ask that the court stay the lawsuit or delay additional litigation, or seek other appropriate relief consistent with this arrangement, pending the conclusion of the activities described in subsection (a) of the section.
Sec4: Arctic Refuge. (a) In light of these alleged authorized deficiencies underlying the application, including the inadequacy of the environmental evaluation required by the National Environmental Policy Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, set a temporary moratorium on all actions of the Federal Government concerning the execution of the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program, according to the Record of Decision signed August 17, 2020, at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Secretary shall review the application and, as appropriate and consistent with applicable legislation, run a new, in-depth analysis of their possible environmental consequences of the oil and gasoline program.
