NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN
By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America under Section 304 of Public Law 96-295 (94 Stat. 790) and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and in order to provide for the publication of a plan to protect the public health and safety in case of accidents at nuclear power facilities, it is hereby ordered as follows:
1-101. The functions vested in the President by Section 304 of Public Law 96-295 (94 Stat. 790) are delegated to the Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
1-102. A copy of the National Contingency Plan shall, from time to time, be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.
JIMMY CARTER
The White House,
September 29, 1980.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:91 a.m., September 30, 1980]
Note: The Executive order was released on September 30.
Jimmy Carter, Executive Order 12241—Accidents at Nuclear Power Facilities Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/251835