[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: 49CFR5.1]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 5_RULEMAKING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  5.1  Applicability.


    (a) This part prescribes general rulemaking procedures that apply to 
the issue, amendment, and repeal of rules of the Secretary of 
Transportation. It does not apply to rules issued by the National 
Transportation Safety Board, U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Railroad 
Administration, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or St. Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation.
    (b) For the purposes of this part, Secretary means the Secretary of 
Transportation or the Under Secretary of Transportation, or any of the 
following to whom the Secretary has delegated authority to conduct 
rulemaking proceedings:
    (1) Any Assistant Secretary.
    (2) The General Counsel.

Any of these officers may redelegate that authority to the head of any 
office who reports to him.
    (c) Records relating to rulemaking proceedings are available for 
inspection as provided in part 7 of this subtitle.

[32 FR 10363, July 14, 1967, as amended by Amdt. 5-2, 35 FR 5331, Mar. 
31, 1970; Amdt. 5-3, 36 FR 430, Jan. 13, 1971]