[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: 49CFR1.47]

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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 C_Delegations
 
Sec.  1.47  Delegations to Federal Aviation Administrator.

    The Federal Aviation Administrator is delegated authority to:
    (a) Carry out the powers and duties transferred to the Secretary of 
Transportation by, or subsequently vested in the Secretary by virtue of, 
section 6(c)(1) of the Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 
1655(c)(1)), including those pertaining to aviation safety (except those 
related to transportation, packaging, marking, or description of 
hazardous materials) and vested in the Secretary by section 308(b) of 
title 49 U.S.C. and sections 306-309, 312-314, 1101, 1105, and 1111 and 
titles VI, VII, IX (excluding section 902(h)), and XII of the Federal 
Aviation Act of 1958, as amended.

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    (b) Carry out title XIII of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as 
amended (72 Stat. 800; 49 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), relating to aviation 
insurance.
    (c) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by the Act of 
September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 629; 49 U.S.C. 1324 note), as amended by 
section 6(a)(3)(B) of the Department of Transportation Act, relating to 
the guarantee of aircraft purchase loans, and those functions which 
relate to the issuance of obligations to finance the expenses of such 
guarantees.
    (d) Administer Executive Orders 11419 and 11322 relating to 
prohibited aviation operations and the prohibited carriage of 
commodities and products to and from Southern Rhodesia. Carry out the 
functions vested in the Secretary by Executive Order 12183.
    (e) Provide certain facilities and services to FAA employees and 
their dependents at remote locations (49 U.S.C. 1659).
    (f) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by:
    (1) The Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, as amended (49 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), except sections 3 and 4 (49 U.S.C. 1702, 1703).
    (2) Sections 208 and 209 of the Airport and Airway Revenue Act of 
1970, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1742, 1742 note); and
    (3) Sections 21, 22, 23(b), 24, and 25 of the Airport and Airway 
Development Act Amendments of 1976 (49 U.S.C. 1346(a), 1348 note, 1713 
note, 1356a, 1704).
    (g) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by part B of 
title II of the Clean Air Act, as amended (84 Stat. 1703), and by 40 CFR 
part 87 as it relates to exemptions from aircraft air pollution 
standards.
    (h) Carry out the functions of the Secretary under section 208 of 
the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (85 Stat. 168; 40 
U.S.C. App. 208).
    (i) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by section 
902(h)(2) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, as it relates 
to enforcement of hazardous materials regulations as they apply to the 
transportation or shipment of such materials by air.
    (j)(1) Except as delegated by Sec.  1.74, carry out the functions 
vested in the Secretary by 49 U.S.C. 5121(a), (b) and (c), 5122, 5123, 
and 5124 relating to investigations, records, inspections, penalties, 
and specific relief, with particular emphasis on the transportation or 
shipment of hazardous materials by air, including the manufacture, 
fabrication, marking, maintenance, reconditioning, repair or test of 
containers which are represented, marked, certified, or sold for use in 
the bulk transportation of hazardous materials by air; and
    (2) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by 49 U.S.C. 
5114 as it relates to the establishment of procedures for monitoring and 
enforcing provisions of regulations with respect to the transportation 
of radioactive materials on passenger-carrying aircraft.
    (k) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by 49 App. 
U.S.C. 1808 (a), (b), and (c), 1809 and 1810 relating to investigations, 
records, inspections, penalties and specific relief so far as they apply 
to the transportation or shipment of hazardous materials by air, 
including the manufacture, fabrication, marking, maintenance, 
reconditioning, repair, or test of containers which are represented, 
marked, certified, or sold for use in the bulk transportation of 
hazardous materials by air.
    (l) Serve, or designate a representative to serve, as Vice Chairman 
and alternate Department of Transportation member of the Interagency 
Group on International Aviation (IGIA) pursuant to interagency agreement 
of December 9, 1960, and Executive Order 11382, and provide for the 
administrative operation of the IGIA Secretariat.
    (m) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by sections 4(a) 
and 5(c) of Executive Order 12316 of August 14, 1981 (46 FR 42237, Aug. 
20, 1981) (delegating sections 107(c)(1)(c) and 108(b), respectively, of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act of 1981, Pub. L. 96-510), insofar as they relate to aircraft.
    (n) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by section 3(d) 
of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1902(d)) as it 
relates to ships owned or operated by the Federal Aviation 
Administration when engaged in noncommercial service.
    (o) [Reserved]
    (p) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by:

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    (1) Section 553(b) of Public Law 99-83 (99 Stat. 226), which relates 
to the authority of Federal Air Marshals to carry firearms and make 
arrests, in coordination with the General Counsel; and
    (2) The following subsections of section 1115 of the Federal 
Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, which relates to the security of 
foreign airports: Subsection 1115(a), in coordination with the General 
Counsel and the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International 
Affairs; subsection 1115(b), in coordination with the Assistant 
Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs; and subsection 
1115(e)(2)(A)(ii), in coordination with the General Counsel and the 
Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.
    (q) Carry out all of the functions vested in the Secretary under 
section 404(d) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1374(d)), 
as amended by section 328(a) of the Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-202).
    (r) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by the Airport 
Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990, title IX, subtitle B of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public Law 101-508 (except 
those functions vested in the Secretary by sections 9113, 9125, 9127 and 
9130).
    (s) Carry out functions vested in the Secretary by Airport Noise and 
Capacity Act of 1990, title IX, subtitle D of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public Law 101-508.
    (t) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by sections 321 
and 410 of the Federal Aviation Act, as amended by the Aviation Security 
Improvement Act of 1990, Public Law 101-604, November 16, 1990.
    (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).

(Secs. 3(e), 6(c), and 9(e), Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 
1652(e), 1655(c), and 1657(e)); 49 U.S.C. 322; 49 CFR 1.57(l))

[Amdt. 1-113, 40 FR 43901, Sept. 24, 1975]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  1.47, 
see the List of CFR Sections Affected which appears in the Finding Aids 
section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.