Executive Order 13580: Interagency Working Group on Coordination of Domestic Energy Development and Permitting in Alaska
President: Barack Obama
Created a deputy-level working group to coordinate federal permitting and science for Alaska energy projects.
Status: In effect. Is Executive Order 13580 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 13580 remains an unrevoked Alaska energy-permitting coordination order. The current Federal Register disposition table lists no revocation, and its signed text establishes the Interior-led working group without a termination date. That establishes the order’s continuing legal status, not that the original group is currently meeting or issuing reports. Sources: Current Federal Register executive order disposition table: 2011; Executive Order 13580: signed Federal Register text.
What does Executive Order 13580 do?
EO 13580 placed an Interior-led interagency group over federal coordination for onshore and offshore Alaska energy development. It sought aligned permit schedules, shared science and structured consultation with Alaska, local communities, tribes and Alaska Native organizations. Later Arctic, infrastructure-permitting and energy orders altered the wider policy setting, and the original group is no longer prominent as a distinct public-facing body.
Before and after
Before the order
Multiple agencies ran separate Alaska energy reviews with different schedules, evidence and stakeholder contacts.
After the order
Senior officials shared milestones, science and consultation while agencies retained their own decisions.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Interior | Chair coordination and designate contacts | Current implementation not publicly prominent |
| Member agencies | Share schedules data and expertise | Continuing where applicable |
| Permitting agencies | Make decisions under their own statutes | Continuing |
What happened next
EO 13580 established the group.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
NEPA, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, Endangered Species Act, Alaska lands statutes and tribal-consultation duties continue to govern agency decisions.
Sources by type
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Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- GovInfo — codified executive note (opens in a new tab) Official record
How we checked this
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