Executive Order 14428: Providing Meaningful Water Quality Improvements Through Collaboration and Oversight of Federal Support

What the order contains

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• Sec. 1. Purpose and Policy
• Sec. 2. Revocation of Order
• Sec. 3. Prioritization of Programs Directly Benefiting and Protecting Bay Health
• Sec. 4. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and serves a critically important economic purpose to the communities it directly and indirectly touches. In managing the Chesapeake Bay, as with other resources, governmental actors should prioritize environmental protection and economic objectives. Executive Order 13508 of May 12, 2009 (Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration), which has been in effect for 17 years, instituted a broad mandate for States and municipalities to contribute to improving the environmental health of the Chesapeake Bay, without providing clarity on how to implement that order's requirements. In some instances, this lack of clarity has led to harmful economic impacts on affected Americans. […]

Federal Register notes

Revokes: EO 13508, May 12, 2009