[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14225-14226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6522]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
49 CFR Part 1
[OST Docket No.1; Amdt. I-268]
Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties; Delegation to
All Administrators
Agency: Office of the Secretary, DOT.
Action: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This rule contains a delegation of authority to all
Administrators of the Department of Transportation's (DOT) operating
administrations to enter into grants, cooperative agreements, and other
transactions with any person, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States, any unit of state or local government, any educational
institution, and any other entity in execution of the Technology
Reinvestment Project authorized under the Defense Conversion,
Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 and related
legislation. This rule is necessary to reflect the delegation in the
Code of Federal Regulations.
This rule also makes a minor amendment to the regulation that
details the structure and responsibilities of the Office of the
Secretary by adding a new office, the Office of Aviation International
Economics, within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation
and International Affairs.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule becomes effective March 16, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terence W. Carlson, Office of the
Assistant General Counsel for Environmental, Civil Rights and General
Law at (202) 366-9161, Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995, Pub. L. No. 103-331, section 329A,
108 Stat. 2471, 2493 (September 30, 1994), grants the Secretary of
Transportation specific authority to enter into grants, cooperative
agreements, and other transactions with any person, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States, any unit of state or local
government, any educational institution, and any other entity in
execution of the Technology Reinvestment Project (TRP) authorized under
the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of
1992, Pub. L. No. 102-484, 106 Stat. 2658 (October 23, 1992), and
related legislation. TRP is a statutory interagency project lead by the
Department of Defense (DOD) through its Advanced Research Projects
Agency, which uses DOD funds to support the cost-shared application of
defense-related technologies to the commercial sector. Therefore, it is
necessary to amend the relevant part of the CFR to delegate this
authority to the Administrators of the DOT operating administrations.
49 CFR part 1 describes the organization of DOT and provides for
the performance of duties imposed upon, and the exercise of powers
vested in, the Secretary of Transportation by law. Section 1.45
delegates certain authorities of the Secretary to all Administrators of
the DOT operating administrations. This rulemaking amends Sec. 1.45(a)
to add a new subparagraph (18), which delegates to the Administrators
the authority to enter into grants, cooperative agreements, and other
transactions with any entity in execution of the Technology
Reinvestment Project authorized under the Defense Conversion,
Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 and related
legislation. This rulemaking also amends Sec. 1.22, which details the
structure and responsibilities of the Office of the Secretary. It makes
a minor revision to Sec. 1.22(c) to add a fourth office within the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International
Affairs, the Office of Aviation International Economics.
Since this rule relates to departmental management, organization,
procedure, and practice, notice and public comment are unnecessary. For
the same reason, good cause exists for not publishing this rule at
least 30 days before its effective date, as is ordinarily required by 5
U.S.C. 553(d). Therefore, this rule is effective on the date of its
publication.
List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1
Authority delegations (Government agencies), Organization and
functions (Government agencies).
In consideration of the foregoing, and under the authority of 49
U.S.C. 332, part 1 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations is amended
as follows:
PART I--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read as follows:
[[Page 14226]] Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 28 U.S.C. 2672, 31
U.S.C. 3711(a)(2).
2. Section 1.22(c) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 1.22 Structure.
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(c) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and
International Affairs. This Office is composed of the Offices of
Aviation International Economics; International Transportation and
Trade; International Aviation; and Aviation Analysis.
* * * * *
3. Section 1.45 is amended by adding paragraph (a)(18) to read as
follows:
Sec. 1.45 Delegations to all Administrators.
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(18) Exercise the authority vested in the Secretary by Section 329A
of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1995, Pub. L. No. 103-331, Sec. 329A, 108 Stat. 2471, 2493
(September 30, 1994), to enter into grants, cooperative agreements, and
other transactions with any person, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States, any unit of state or local government, any educational
institution, and any other entity in execution of the Technology
Reinvestment Project authorized under the Defense Conversion,
Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-
484, 106 Stat. 2658 (October 23, 1992), and related legislation.
Issued at Washington, DC, this 16th day of February 1995.
Federico Pena,
Secretary of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 95-6522 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]
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