Executive Order 12123—Offshore Oil Spill Pollution

By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by Section 303(b)(3), 305, and 312(a) of Title III of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (92 Stat. 674, 677, and 684, 43 U.S.C. 1813(b) (3), 1815, and 1822), relating to the Offshore Oil Spill Pollution Fund, and by Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and in order to assign certain management responsibilities related to protecting the environment from offshore oil spill damage, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1-1. Assertion of Oil Pollution Claims.

1-101. The authority vested in the President by Section 303(b)(3) of Title III of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978, hereinafter referred to as the Act (92 Stat. 674, 43 U.S.C. 1813(b)(3)), is delegated to the Secretary of Commerce with respect to those natural resources which are subject to his management or control.

1-102. The authority vested in the President by Section 303 (b) (3) of the Act (92 Stat. 674, 43 U.S.C. 1813(b)(3)) is delegated to the Secretary of the Interior with respect to those natural resources which are subject to his management or control.

1-2. Determination of Financial Responsibility and the Assessment and Compromise of Penalties.

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, is delegated to the Federal Maritime Commission.

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, is delegated to the Secretary of Transportation.

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, is delegated to the Federal Maritime Commission.

JIMMY CARTER

The White House,

February 26, 1979.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 5:10 p.m., February 26, 1979]