William J. Clinton

“ Serve as Lead Agency for inspections of its lities fied in section 4.2 as follows: (1) Upon receiving notification of each inspection from the USNA, inform the facility to be ed in a timely manner; (2) Act as lead, host and escort for each inspection team; (3) 'Consistent with Section 1.5 (b) and (c) , negotiate facility agreements between the United st es 13
Government and the opew as provided for by the ewe and the Act; n (4) Take appropriate measures to protect employees, the security of activities, data, and property to the fullest extent of the law ”

“ Provide members of the U.s. Delegation to the OPCW, including an rnate Permanent U.s. Representative to the OPCW, who will be resident in The Hague; (j) To the ext authorized by law, and subject to section 9 of Executive Order 13128, perform investigat functions relating to violations of section 404 (d) or section 501 (b) of the Act or to violations of any regulations or orders implementing CWC responsibilities delegated to Commerce, and, as appropriate, re r cases to the Department of Justice for initiation of criminal proceedings ”

“ For the purpose of this directive, -Lead Agen6~ means the executive department or agency responsible for imple~entation of the CWCdeclaration and inspection requirements for specified facilities. Sec. 4.2. DeSignationlof Lead Agencies. The Lead Agencies are: the Department of Def$nse (DOD) for facilities owned by or leased to DOD, including facilities that are contractor-operated and I . . overseas facilities utilized by, DOD under agreement with foreign governments; the Department of Energy (DOE) for facilities owned by or leased to DOE, .including facilities that are contractor­ operated ”