THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release July 26, 1997
EXECUTIVE ORDER 13057
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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;
(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.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 26, 1997.
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