[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 235 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 62762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29867]



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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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