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Executive Order 13344

Amending Executive Order 13261 on the Order of Succession in the Environmental Protection Agency

This executive order updates the line of succession at the Environmental Protection Agency by replacing three positions in the agency's order of succession with different assistant administrator roles. It modifies a 2002 executive order to specify who would lead the EPA if the Administrator and Deputy Administrator were unable to serve.

Federal Register Open PDF 69 FR 41747

Key directives

  • Delete subsections (a), (b), and (c) of Section 2 of EO 13261
  • Replace with new assistant administrator positions: Office of Solid Waste, Toxic Substances, and Air and Radiation

Timeline

Immediate

  • Succession order takes effect upon signing

Near term (90d)

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Long term

  • Updated succession plan remains in place for future vacancies

Risks & tensions

  • Succession changes are routine administrative updates with minimal policy implications
  • No stated reason for the specific personnel changes
Executive Order 13344: Amending Executive Order 13261 on the Order of Succession in the Environmental Protection Agency · Executive Orders