Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties; Transfer of Delegations from the Director of Commercial Space Transportation to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

49 CFR Part 1

[OST Docket No 1; Amdt. 1-274]

Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties; Transfer of

Delegations from the Director of Commercial Space Transportation to the

Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Commercial Space Transportation (OCST) is being

transferred from the Office of the Secretary to the Federal Aviation

Administration. Accordingly, the Secretary's delegation of authority

for the functions under the Department's commercial space

transportation program is being transferred from the Director of

Commercial Space Transportation to the Administrator of the Federal

Aviation Administration. The rule is necessary to reflect the

delegations in the Code of Federal Regulations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective November 16, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven B. Farbman, Office of the

Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement (202) 366-

9306, United States Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street SW,

Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Responsibility for the Department's

commercial space transportation program is being transferred from the

Office of the Secretary to the Federal Aviation Administration. This

rule amends the delegations to reflect the transfer.

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). Because the date of the transfer of responsibility for

the commercial space transportation program is November 16, 1995, that

is the effective date of this rule.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1

Authority delegations (Government agencies), Organizations and

functions (Government agencies).

PART 1--[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 1 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322; Pub. L. 101-552, 28 U.S.C. 2672, 31

U.S.C. 3711(a)(2).

2. Section 1.4 is amended by removing ``and'' at the end of

paragraph (c)(6), by removing the period at the end of paragraph (c)(7)

and adding ``; and'' in its place, and by adding a new paragraph (c)(8)

to read as follows:

Sec. 1.4 General responsibilities.

* * * * *

(c) * * *

(8) Promulgating and enforcing regulations on all safety matters

relating to commercial launch activities.

* * * * *

Sec. 1.22 [Amended]

3. Section 1.22(a) is amended by removing the words ``the Office of

Commercial Space Transportation;''.

Sec. 1.23 [Amended]

4. Section 1.23(n) is removed and reserved.

5. Section 1.47 is amended by adding paragraphs (u), (v), and (w)

to read as follows:

Sec. 1.47 Delegations to Federal Aviation Administrator.

* * * * *

(u) Carry out the functions assigned to the Secretary by Executive

Order 12465 (February 24, 1984) (3 CFR, 1984 Comp., p. 163) relating to

commercial expendable launch vehicle activities.

(v) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by 49 U.S.C.

Subtitle IX.

(w) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year

1993 (Pub. L. 102-588, 106 Stat 5119, November 4, 1992).

Sec. 1.68 [Removed and reserved]

6. Section 1.68 is removed and reserved.

Issued at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of October, 1995.

Federico Pena,

Secretary of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 95-29867 Filed 12-6-95; 8:45 am]

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