Executive Orders Regarding Federal Procurement and Oil Discharges
On September 10, 1973, President Nixon issued Executive Order No. 11738, which provides that federal contracts, grants, and loans may not be awarded to persons or facilities violating the Federal Water Pollution Control and Clean Air Acts. This directive supersedes Executive Order No. 11602 of June 29, 1971, which applied only to the Clean Air Act, and restates that order's provisions regarding exemption procedures, designation of convicted persons and facilities, and enforcement.