[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16498-16499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8756]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

49 CFR Part 1

[OST Docket No. 1; Amdt. 1-285]


Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties; Delegation to 
the Director, Transportation Administrative Service Center

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Transportation rescinds the authority of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration to operate the Working Capital 
Fund, as found in 49 CFR 1.59(d). The authority to operate the Working 
Capital Fund is hereby delegated to the Director, Transportation 
Administrative Service Center (TASC). This requires a change to the 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

EFFECTIVE DATES: This rule is effective April 7, 1997.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Robert F. Stokes, TASC Business Support Office, Department of 
Transportation, (202) 366-5143, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 
20590, or Ms. Gwyneth Radloff, Office of the General Counsel, C-50, 
(202) 366-9305, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of Transportation has been 
given the authority to operate a Working Capital Fund (WCF) as 
prescribed in Pub.L. 89-670, October 15, 1966, revised by Pub.L. 97-
449, January 12, 1983, 49 U.S.C. Sec. 327. The Secretary had delegated 
this authority to the Assistant Secretary for Administration, as found 
in 49 CFR Sec. 1.59. In November 1995, as part of the Secretary's 
consolidation of common administrative services in the Office of the 
Secretary into a single organization, the Secretary of Transportation 
established TASC. By administrative order, he assigned the Director, 
TASC, the responsibility of operating the WCF.
    This rule amends 49 CFR Sec. 1.59(d) by deleting the authority of 
the Assistant Secretary for Administration to operate the WCF. The rule 
establishes the authority of the Director, TASC, to operate the WCF by 
adding a new paragraph under 49 CFR Sec. 1.64, Authority to Operate the 
Working Capital Fund.
    This rule is being published as a final rule and is being made 
effective on the date of publication. It relates to departmental 
management, organization, procedure, and practice. For this reason, the 
Secretary for good cause finds, under 5 U.S.C. Sec. 553 (b)B and 
(d)(3), that notice, and public procedure on the notice are unnecessary 
and that this rule should be made effective in less than 30 days after 
publication.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1

    Authority delegations (Government agencies), organization and 
functions (Government agencies).

    In consideration of the foregoing, part 1 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations, is amended to read as follows:

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 1.59 is amended by revising paragraph (d) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 1.59  Delegations to the Assistant Secretary for Administration.

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    (d) Special funds. Except as otherwise delegated, establish or 
operate, or both, such special funds as may be required by statute or 
by administrative determination. This excludes the Working Capital Fund 
(49 U.S.C. 327).
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    3. A new Sec. 1.64 is added as follows:


Sec. 1.64  Delegations to the Director, Transportation Administrative 
Service Center.

    The Director, Transportation Administrative Service Center (TASC), 
is delegated authority to operate the Working Capital Fund (49 U.S.C. 
327).

    Issued in Washington, DC, this 28th day of March 1997.
Rodney E. Slater,
Secretary of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-8756 Filed 4-4-97; 8:45 am]
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