[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 1997)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 41249-41250]
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[FR Doc No: 97-20497]
                        Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 148 / Friday, August 1, 1997 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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                Executive Order 13057 of July 26, 1997
Federal Actions in the Lake Tahoe Region
                 By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                America, and in order to ensure that Federal agency
                actions protect the extraordinary natural,
                recreational, and ecological resources in the Lake
                Tahoe Region (``Region'') (as defined by Public Law 91-
                148), an area of national concern, it is hereby ordered
                as follows:
                Section 1. Tahoe Federal Interagency Partnership.
                1-101. The Federal agencies and departments having
                principal management or jurisdictional authorities in
                the Lake Tahoe Region are directed to establish a
                Federal Interagency Partnership on the Lake Tahoe
                Ecosystem (``Partnership'').
                1-102. Members of the Partnership shall include the
                Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the
                Interior, the Secretary of Transportation, the
                Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,
                the Secretary of the Army, and the heads of any other
                Federal agencies operating in the Region that choose to
                participate. Representation on the Partnership may be
                delegated. The Partnership shall be chaired by the
                Secretary of Agriculture for the first year after its
                establishment. The Chair of the Partnership shall
                thereafter be rotated among the members on an annual
                basis.
                1-103. The Partnership will:
                     (a) facilitate coordination of Federal programs,
                projects, and activities within the Lake Tahoe Region
                and promotion of consistent policies and strategies to
                address the Region's environmental and economic
                concerns;
                     (b) encourage Federal agencies within the Region
                to coordinate and share resources and data, avoid
                unnecessary duplication of Federal efforts, and
                eliminate inefficiencies in Federal action to the
                greatest extent feasible;
                     (c) ensure that Federal agencies closely
                coordinate with the States of California and Nevada and
                appropriate tribal or local government entities to
                facilitate the achievement of desired terrestrial and
                aquatic ecosystem conditions and the enhancement of
                recreation, tourism, and other economic opportunities
                within the Region;
                     (d) support appropriate regional programs and
                studies needed to attain environmental threshold
                standards for water quality, transportation, air
                quality, vegetation, soils (stream environment zone
                restoration), wildlife habitat, fish habitat, scenic
                resources, recreation, and noise;
                     (e) encourage the development of appropriate
                public, private, and tribal partnerships for the
                restoration and management of the Lake Tahoe ecosystem
                and the health of the local economy;
                     (f) support appropriate actions to improve the
                water quality of Lake Tahoe through all appropriate
                means, including restoration of shorelines, streams,
                riparian zones, wetlands, and other parts of the
                watershed; management of uses of the lake; and control
                of airborne and other sources of contaminants;
                     (g) encourage the development of appropriate
                vegetative management actions necessary to attain a
                healthy Lake Tahoe ecosystem, including a program of
                revegetation, road maintenance, obliteration, and
                promotion of forest health;
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                     (h) support appropriate regional transportation
                and air quality goals, programs, and studies for the
                Region;
                     (i) support appropriate fisheries and wildlife
                habitat restoration programs for the Region, including
                programs for endangered species and uncommon species;
                     (j) facilitate coordination of research and
                monitoring activities for purposes of developing a
                common natural resources data base and geographic
                information system capability, in cooperation with
                appropriate regional and local colleges and
                universities;
                     (k) support development of and communication about
                appropriate recreation plans and programs, appropriate
                scenic quality improvement programs, and recognition
                for traditional Washoe tribal uses;
                     (l) support regional partnership efforts to inform
                the public of the values of managing the Lake Tahoe
                Region to achieve environmental and economic goals;
                     (m) explore opportunities for public involvement
                in achieving its activities; and
                     (n) explore opportunities for assisting regional
                governments in their efforts.
                1-104. The Partnership will report back to the
                President in 90 days on the implementation of the terms
                of this order.
                Sec. 2. Memorandum of Agreement.
                2-201. The Partnership shall negotiate a Memorandum of
                Agreement with the States of California and Nevada, the
                Washoe Tribal Government, the Tahoe Regional Planning
                Agency, and interested local governments.
                2-202. The Memorandum of Agreement shall be designed to
                facilitate coordination among the parties to the
                Agreement, and shall document areas of mutual interest
                and concern and opportunities for cooperation, support,
                or assistance.
                Sec. 3. General Provisions.
                3-301. The Chair of the Partnership shall advise the
                President on the implementation of this order. The
                Chair may recommend other administrative actions that
                may be taken to improve the coordination of agency
                actions and decisions whenever such coordination would
                protect and enhance the Region's natural, ecological,
                and economic values.
                3-302. Nothing in this order shall be construed to
                limit, delay, or prohibit any agency action that is
                essential for the protection of public health or
                safety, for national security, or for the maintenance
                or rehabilitation of environmental quality within the
                Region.
                3-303. Nothing in this order is intended to create, and
                this order does not create, any right to administrative
                or judicial review, or any other right or benefit,
                substantive or procedural, enforceable by a party
                against the United States, its agencies or
                instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any
                other person.
                    (Presidential Sig.)
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                     July 26, 1997.
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