[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: 49CFR5.33]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 5_RULEMAKING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C_Procedures
 
Sec.  5.33  Adoption of final rules.

    Final rules are prepared by representatives of the office concerned 
and the Office of the General Counsel. The rule is then submitted to the 
Secretary for his consideration. If the Secretary adopts the rule, it is 
published in the Federal Register, unless all persons subject to it are 
named and are personally served with a copy of it.

                          Appendix A to Part 5

    Pursuant to Sec.  5.1(b), the following officials of the Office of 
the Secretary of Transportation are authorized to conduct rulemaking 
proceedings under this part, as specified in this appendix:
    (1) The General Counsel is authorized to conduct all rule-making 
proceedings, except the issuance of final rules, under the Act of March 
19, 1918, ch. 24, as amended (15 U.S.C. 261-264); the Uniform Time Act 
of 1966 (80 Stat. 107, 15 U.S.C. 260-267); and section 6(e)(5) of the 
Department of Transportation Act (80 Stat. 939, 49 U.S.C. 1655 (e)(5)).
    (2) The General Counsel is authorized to determine the 
practicability of applying the standard time of any standard time zone 
to the movements of any common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign 
commerce, and, under section 2 of the Act of March 19, 1918, ch. 24, as 
amended (15 U.S.C. 262), to issue operating exceptions in any case in 
which he determines that it is impractical to apply the standard time.

[Amdt. 5-1, 32 FR 11473, Aug. 9, 1967]