May 5, 1983
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of
Amercia, in order to transfer certain functions relating to the financial responsibility of vessels for
water pollution and establish the authority of Federal agencies to respond to discharges or
substantial threats of discharges of oil and hazardous substances, it is hereby ordered as
follows:
Section 1. Executive Order No. 11735 of August 3, 1973, is amended as follows:
(a) The heading of Section 3 is amended to read ``Reserved''.
(b) Subsections 3(1) and 3(2) are redesignated subsections 2(6) and 2(7) respectively.
(c) Section 5(a) is amended to provide as follows:
``(a) The head of each Federal department and agency having responsibilities under the National
Contingency Plan (40 C.F.R. Part 300), as now or hereafter amended, is designated and
empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, in
accordance with that Plan, the authority under Section 311(c)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C.
1321(c)(1)), relating to the removal of oil and hazardous substances that have been discharged, or
for which there is a substantial threat of discharge, into or upon the navigable waters of the
United States, adjoining shorelines, or into or upon the waters of the contiguous zone, or in
connection with activities under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act or the Deepwater Port
Act of 1974, or which may affect natural resources belonging to, appertaining to, or under the
exclusive management authority of the United States (including resources under the Fishery
Conservation and Management Act of 1976).''.
Sec. 2. Section 1 - 2 of Executive Order No. 12123 of February 26, 1979, is amended to provide
as follows:
``1 - 2. Determination of Financial Responsibility and the Assessment and Compromise of
Penalties.
``The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating is hereby delegated the
following authorities:
``1 - 201. The authority vested in the President by Section 305(a)(1) of the Act (92 Stat. 677, 43
U.S.C. 1815(a)(1)), relating to vessels;
1 - 202. The authority vested in the President by Section 305(b) of the Act (92 Stat. 678, 43
U.S.C. 1815(b)), relating to offshore facilities; and
1 - 203. The authority vested in the President by Section 312(a)(2) of the Act (92 Stat. 684, 43
U.S.C. 1822(a)(2)), relating to the assessment and compromise of penalties concerning
vessels.''.
Sec. 3. Section 5(b) of Executive Order No. 12316 of August 14, 1981 is amended to provide as
follows:
``(b) The functions vested in the President by Section 108(a) of the Act are delegated to the
Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating. The Secretary shall be
responsible, in accordance with Section 109 of the Act, for the enforcement of civil penalties for
violations of the regulations issued under Section 108(a) of the Act.''.
Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating is hereby
delegated the authority vested in the President by Sections 311(p)(1) - (2) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, as amended (86 Stat. 870, 33 U.S.C. 1321(p)(1) - (2)), as those sections
are incorporated by reference in Section 204(c)(3) of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act
of 1973 (Public Law 93 - 153, 87 Stat. 586, 587), relating to the demonstration of financial
responsibility for vessels carrying oil loaded from the Trans-Alaska pipeline.
Sec. 5. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make such determinations,
issue such Orders, and take all steps necessary or appropriate to effectuate the transfer of records,
property, personnel, and positions and unexpended balances of appropriations, available or to be
made available, which relate to the functions transferred, as provided in this Order, from the
Federal Maritime Commission to the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is
operating.
Sec. 6. Any rules, regulations, orders, directives, circulars, or other actions taken pursuant to the
functions transferred from the Federal Maritime Commission to the Secretary of the Department
in which the Coast Guard is operating by the delegation made in this Order shall remain in effect
until amended, modified, or revoked.
Ronald Reagan
The White House,
May 5, 1983.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 4:30 p.m., May 6, 1983]
Note: The text of the Executive order was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on May
6.