[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: 49CFR1.56]

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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.  1.56  Delegations to the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy.

    The Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy is delegated 
authority to:
    (a) Establish policy and maintain oversight of implementation of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321-
4347) within the Department of Transportation.
    (b) Oversee the implementation of section 4(f) of the Department of 
Transportation Act of 1969 (49 U.S.C. 303).
    (c) Represent the Secretary of Transportation on various interagency 
boards, committees, and commissions to include the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board and the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation.
    (d) Except with respect to proceedings under section 4(e) of the 
Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 307) relating to safety 
fitness of an applicant, decide on requests to intervene or appear 
before administrative agencies to present the views of the Department 
subject to concurrence by the General Counsel.
    (e) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by section 656 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7266) which 
pertains to planning and implementing energy conservation matters with 
the Department of Energy. Serves as the Department's principal 
conservation officer.

[Amdt. 1-261, 59 FR 10063, Mar. 3, 1994]

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