[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: 49CFR1.65]

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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.  1.65  Authority to classify information.

    (a) E.O. 12356 confers upon the Secretary of Transportation 
authority to originally classify information as Secret and Confidential 
with further authorization to delegate this authority. (No official of 
the Department of Transportation has authority to originally classify 
information as Top Secret.)
    (b) The following delegations of this authority, which may not be 
redelegated, are hereby made:
    (1) Office of the Secretary (OST). Chief, Security Staff.
    (2) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The Administrator; 
Director of Civil Aviation Security.
    (3) Maritime Administration (MARAD). The Administrator; Associate 
Administrator for Policy and Administration (Confidential only); 
Director, Office of International Activities (Confidential only); Chief, 
Division of National Security Plans (Confidential only).
    (c) Authority to originally classify information as Secret or 
Confidential is delegated to the following officials to become effective 
automatically upon declaration of civil readiness level Initial Alert or 
the comparable military readiness level. If invoked, this authority is 
automatically terminated when both civil and military levels return to 
the level of Communications Watch or comparable readiness state.
    (1) OST. Deputy Secretary; Assistant Secretary for Transportation 
Policy; Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs; 
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
    (2) FAA. Deputy Administrator; Directors, FAA Regions and Centers.
    (3) MARAD. Deputy Administrator; Region Directors; Heads of ALFA, 
BRAVO, and CHARLIE Emergency Teams when activated.
    (d) Although the delegations of authority are expressed above in 
terms of positions, the authority is personal and is vested only in the 
individual occupying the position. The authority may not be exercised 
``by direction of'' a designated official. The formal appointment or 
assignment of an individual to one of the identified positions, a 
designation in writing of an individual to act in the absence of one of 
these officials, or the exercise by an individual of the powers of one 
of these officials by operation of law, however, conveys the authority 
to originally classify information.
    (e) Previous delegations of authority to Department of 
Transportation officials to originally classify information as Secret 
and Confidential are hereby rescinded.

[Amdt. 1-195, 49 FR 26594, June 28, 1984, as amended by Amdt. 1-261, 59 
FR 10061, 10064, Mar. 3, 1994; 68 FR 34550, June 10, 2003]