[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1.25]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 1_ORGANIZATION AND DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B_Office of the Secretary
 
Sec.  1.25  Relationships.

    (a) Normal staff role. Normally, the functions of the Assistant 
Secretaries are staff and advisory in nature. In performing their 
functions, the Assistant Secretaries are responsible for continuing 
liaison and coordination among themselves and with the operating 
administrations to:
    (1) Avoid unnecessary duplication of effort by or in conflict with 
the performance of similar activities by the operating administrations 
and the other Assistant Secretaries pursuant to their Secretarial 
delegations of authority; and
    (2) Assure that the views of the operating administrations are 
considered in developing Departmental policies, plans, and proposals.

The Assistant Secretaries are also available to assist, as appropriate, 
the operating administrations in implementing Departmental policy and 
programs. As primary staff advisors to the Secretary, the Assistant 
Secretaries are concerned with transportation matters of the broadest 
scope, including modal, intermodal, and other matters of Secretarial 
interest.
    (b) Exceptions. There are exceptions to the normal staff role 
described in paragraph (a) of this section. In selected instances, the 
Secretary has specifically delegated to Assistant Secretaries authority 
which they may exercise on the Secretary's behalf. For example, the 
Secretary has delegated authority to the Assistant Secretary for 
Transportation Policy and the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and 
International Affairs, as appropriate, to decide on most requests to 
intervene or appear before administrative agencies, subject to the 
concurrence of the General Counsel. Also, from time to time, activities 
of an operational character may be delegated to an Assistant Secretary 
when the nature of the function or its stage of development makes it 
untimely to effect assignment to an operating administration.

[Amdt. 1-113, 40 FR 43901, Sept. 24, 1975, as amended by Amdt. 1-157, 45 
FR 83405, Dec. 18, 1980; Amdt. 1-261, 59 FR 10063, Mar. 3, 1994]