Document ID: NHTSA-2009-0146-0001
Agency: nhtsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Delegations of Authority
Posted Date: 2009-08-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 156)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 41067-41068]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 501

[Docket No. NHTSA-2009-0146; Notice 1]

 
Delegations of Authority

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document amends NHTSA's delegations of authority. The 
amendment effectuates an adjustment that will enable NHTSA to achieve 
its mission more effectively and efficiently.

DATES: Effective Date: The amendment is effective August 14, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Jessica Lang, Office 
of Chief Counsel, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 
20590, by phone at 202-366-5263, or by fax at 202-366-3820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final rule amends the regulation on 
delegation of powers and duties within the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration (NHTSA). The amendment relates solely to the 
placement of the delegation of authority for a function within the 
agency. It increases the authority of the Chief Counsel to compromise 
civil penalties and monetary settlements. There is no substantive 
effect. Notice and the opportunity for comment are therefore not 
required under the Administrative Procedure Act. The amendment is 
effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register. In 
addition, the amendment is not subject to Executive Order 12866, the 
Department of Transportation's regulatory policies and procedures, or 
the provisions for Congressional review of final rules in Chapter 8 of 
Title 5, United States Code.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 501

    Authorities, Delegations, Organization and functions, Succession to 
Administrator.

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In consideration of the foregoing, 49 CFR part 501 is amended as 
follows:

PART 501--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 501 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. secs. 105 and 322, delegation of authority 
at 49 CFR 1.50.

    Amendment effective August 14, 2009.

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2. Section 501.8(d)(2) is revised to read as follows:

Sec.  501.8  Delegations.

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    (d) * * *
    (2) Establish the legal sufficiency of all investigations and 
enforcement actions conducted under the authority of the following 
chapters, including notes, of Title 49 of the United States Code: 
Chapter 301; chapter 323; chapter 325; chapter 327; chapter 329; and 
chapter 331; to make an initial penalty demand based on a violations of 
any of these chapters; and to compromise any civil penalty or monetary 
settlement in an amount of $100,000 or less resulting

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from a violation of any of these chapters.
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    Issued: August 7, 2009.
Ronald L. Medford,
Acting Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. E9-19480 Filed 8-13-09; 8:45 am]

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