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1872.705–3 Appendix C: Glossary of

Terms and Abbreviations Associated with

Investigations.

Advisory Committee Subcommittee—

Any committee, board, commission,

council, conference, panel, task force; or

other similar group, or any

subcommittee or other subgroup thereof,

that is not wholly composed of full-time

Federal Government employees, and

that is established or utilized by NASA

in the interest of obtaining advice or

recommendations.

Announcement of Opportunity

(AO)—A document used to announce

opportunities to participate in NASA

programs.

AO Process—A term used to describe

the program planning and acquisition

procedure used to acquire investigative

effort, initiated by an AO.

Categorization—The process whereby

proposed investigations are classified

into four categories: synopsized here as

Category I—recommended for

immediate acceptance; Category II—

recommended for acceptance but at a

lower priority than Category I proposals;

Category III—sound investigations

requiring further development; Category

IV—rejected.

Co-Investigator (Co-I)—Associate of a

Principal Investigator, responsible to the

Principal Investigator for discrete

portions or tasks of the investigation. A

NASA employee can participate as a CoI on an investigation proposed by a

private organization.

Data Users—Participants in NASA

programs, selected to perform

investigations utilizing data from NASA

payloads or facilities.

Experiments—Activities or effort

aimed at the generation of data. NASAsponsored experiments generally

concern generation of data obtained

through measurement of aeronautical

and space phenomena or use of space to

observe earth phenomena.

Federal Acquisition Regulation

(FAR)—The regulations governing the

conduct of acquisition.

Flight—That portion of the mission

encompassing the period from launch to

landing or launch to termination of the

active life of spacecraft. The term

shuttle ‘‘flight’’ means a single shuttle

round trip—its launch, orbital activity,

and return; one flight might deliver

more than one payload. More than one

flight might be required to accomplish

one mission.

Flight Investigaton—Investigation

conducted utilizing aeronautical or

space instrumentation.

Flight Opportunity—A flight mission

designed to accommodate one or more

experiments or investigations.

Guest Investigators—Investigators

selected to conduct observations and

obtain data within the capability of a

NASA mission, which are additional to

the mission’s primary objectives.

Sometimes referred to as Guest

Observers

Investigaton—Used interchangeably

with ‘‘Experiments.’’

Investigation Team—A group of

investigators collaborating on a single

investigation.

Investigator—A participant in an

investigation. May refer to the Principal

Investigator, Co-Investigator, or member

of an investigation team.

Mission—The performance of a

coherent set of investigations or

operations in space to achieve program

goals. (Example: Measure detailed

structure of Sun’s chromosphere; survey

mineral resources of North America.)

NASA FAR Supplement—Acquisition

regulations promulgated by NASA in

addition to the FAR.

NMI—NASA Management

Instruction.

Notice of Intent—A notice or letter

submitted by a potential investigator

indicating the intent to submit a

proposal in response to an AO.

Payload—A specific complement of

instruments, space equipment, and

support hardware carried to space to

accomplish a mission or discrete

activity in space.

Peer Group—A gathering of experts in

related disciplinary areas convened as a

subcommittee of the Program Office

Steering Committee to review proposals

for flight investigations.

Peer Review—The process of proposal

review utilizing a group of peers in

accordance with the categorization

criteria as outlined in this Handbook.

Principal Investigator (PI)—A person

who conceives an investigation and is

responsible for carrying it out and

reporting its results. A NASA employee

can participate as a PI only on a

government-proposed investigation.

Program—An activity involving

human resources, materials, funding,

and scheduling necessary to achieve

desired goals.

Project—Within a program, an

undertaking with a scheduled beginning

and ending, which normally involves

the design, construction, and operation

of one or more aeronautical or space

vehicles and necessary ground support

in order to accomplish a scientific or

technical objective.

Project Office—An office generally

established at a NASA field installation

to manage a project.

Selection Official—The NASA official

designated to determine the source for

award of a contract or grant.

Space Facility—An instrument or

series of instruments in space provided

by NASA to satisfy a general objective

or need.

Steering Committee—A standing

NASA sponsored committee providing

advice to the Program Associate

Administrators and providing

procedural review over the investigation

selection process. Composed wholly of

full-time Federal Government

employees.

Study Office—An office established at

a NASA field installation to manage a

potential undertaking which has not yet

developed into project status.

Subcommittee—An arm of the

Program Office Steering Committee

consisting of experts in relevant

disciplines to review and categorize

proposals for investigations submitted

in response to an AO.

Supporting Research and Technology

(SR&T)—The programs devoted to the

conduct of research and development

necessary to support and sustain NASA

programs.

Team—A group of investigators

responsible for carrying out and

reporting the results of an investigation

or group of investigations.

Team Leader—The person appointed

to manage and be the point of contact

for the team and who is responsible for

assigning respective roles and privileges

to the team members and reporting the

results of the investigation.

Team Member—A person appointed

to a team who is an associate of the

other members of the team and is

responsible to the team leader for

assigned tasks or portions of the

investigation.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

49 CFR Part 1166

[STB Ex Parte No. 620]

Removal of Obsolete Regulations

Concerning Extension of Operations

by Water Carriers

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation

Board (Board) is removing from the

Code of Federal Regulations obsolete

regulations concerning the extension of

operations by water carriers over newly

completed sections of waterways.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 30, 1997.
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1The ICC, on June 11, 1941, prescribed the form

and content of applications for extension of service.

These regulations were first issued at 6 FR 3118

(June 27, 1941) and codified at then 49 CFR part

305. See John I. Hay Co. Extension-Bayou Sorrel

Lock, 285 I.C.C. 229, 230 (1952).

2See Champion’s Auto Ferry, Inc.—Revocation of

Certificate, Docket No. WC 1548 (Sub-No. 1C) (STB

served Feb. 27, 1996). See also Removal of Obsolete

Regulations Concerning Water Carriers, STB Ex

Parte No. 557 (STB served Oct. 17, 1996) (removing

obsolete water carrier regulations related to

miscellaneous statutory exemptions).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 927–5660. [TDD for

the hearing impaired: (202) 927–5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective

January 1, 1996, the ICC Termination

Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104–88, 109

Stat. 803 (ICCTA), abolished the

Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)

and established the Board within the

Department of Transportation. Section

204(a) of the ICCTA provides that ‘‘[t]he

Board shall promptly rescind all

regulations established by the [ICC] that

are based on provisions of law repealed

and not substantively reenacted by this

Act.’’

As here relevant, under the prior law,

water common carriers needed a

certificate to provide transportation

(former section 10922) and water

contract carriers needed a permit

(former section 10923). See also former

49 U.S.C. 10921. However, under former

49 U.S.C. 10922(h)(3)(B), a water

common carrier with authority to

operate over a completed portion of a

waterway had a right to extend its

transportation over newly completed

portions as they were opened for

navigation. The regulations at 49 CFR

part 1166 implemented that provision

by specifying, inter alia, that if service

was instituted over the newly

completed waterway within 120 days

after it was opened for navigation, the

ICC would issue a certificate of public

convenience and necessity without

proof of public convenience and

necessity.1

The ICCTA removed the licensing

requirements of former sections 10921,

10922, and 10923 as they pertain to

water carriers.2 Because the statutory

basis (former section 10922) for the

regulations at 49 CFR part 1166 has

been eliminated, we will remove those

regulations.

Because this action merely reflects,

and is required by, the enactment of the

ICCTA and will not have an adverse

effect on the interests of any person, this

action will be made effective on the date

of publication in the Federal Register.

This action will not significantly

affect either the quality of the human

environment or the conservation of

energy resources.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1166

Administrative practice and

procedure.

Decided: January 16, 1997.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

PART 1166—[REMOVED]

For the reasons set forth in the

preamble and under the authority of 49

U.S.C. 721(a), title 49, chapter X of the

Code of Federal Regulations is amended

by removing part 1166.

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