Executive Order 12847

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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in order to amend Executive Order No. 11423 of August 16, 1968, to provide for the issuance of permits for the full range of facilities that may be constructed and maintained on the borders of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:


Section 1.

Section 1(a) of Executive Order No. 11423 is amended to read: "Except with respect to facilities covered by Executive Order Nos. 10485 and 10530, the Secretary of State is hereby designated and empowered to receive all applications for permits for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance, at the borders of the United States, of: (i) pipelines, conveyor belts, and similar facilities for the exportation or importation of petroleum, petroleum products, coal, minerals, or other products to or from a foreign country; (ii) facilities for the exportation or importation of water or sewage to or from a foreign country; (iii) facilities for the transportation of persons or things, or both, to or from a foreign country; (iv) bridges, to the extent that congressional authorization is not required; and (v) similar facilities above or below ground."


Sec. 2.

Section 1(b) of Executive Order No. 11423 of August 16, 1968, is amended by deleting the text "subsection (a) (iii) or (iv)" and by inserting "subsection (a) (iii), (iv) or (v)" in lieu thereof.


Sec. 3.

All permits heretofore issued with respect to matters described in section 1 of Executive Order No. 11423, and in force at the time of issuance of this order, and all permits issued hereunder, shall remain in effect in accordance with their terms unless and until modified, amended, suspended, or revoked by the appropriate authority.


Signature of William J. Clinton
William J. Clinton
The White House,
May 17, 1993.
[FR Doc. Filed]
Billing code 3195-01-P

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