[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: 49CFR7.2]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 7_PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  7.2  Definitions.

    Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions 
apply in this part:
    Act and FOIA mean the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, as 
amended.
    Administrator means the head of each component of DOT and includes 
the Under Secretary for Security, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, the 
Inspector General, and the Director of the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics.
    Concurrence means that the approval of the person being consulted is 
required in order for the subject action to be taken.
    Consultation means that the approval of the person being consulted 
is not required in order for the subject action to be taken.
    Department means the Department of Transportation, including the 
Office of the Secretary, the Office of Inspector General, and the 
following DOT components, all of which may be referred to as DOT 
components. Means of contacting each of these DOT components appear in 
Sec.  7.15. This definition specifically excludes the Surface 
Transportation Board, which has its own FOIA regulations (49 CFR Part 
1001):
    (1) United States Coast Guard,
    (2) Federal Aviation Administration,
    (3) Federal Highway Administration,
    (4) Federal Railroad Administration,
    (5) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
    (6) Federal Transit Administration,
    (7) Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation,
    (8) Maritime Administration,
    (9) Research and Special Programs Administration, and
    (10) Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
    (11) Transportation Security Administration.
    Primary Electronic Access Facility means the electronic docket 
facility in the DOT Headquarters Building, 400 7th Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20590.
    Reading room records are those records required to be made available 
to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(2) as described in Sec.  7.5 of 
Subpart B of this part. These records are made available through DOT's 
Primary Electronic Access Facility. Other records may also be made 
available at DOT's discretion at DOT inspection facilities, including 
DOT's Primary Electronic Access Facility.
    Record includes any writing, drawing, map, recording, tape, film, 
photograph, or other documentary material by which information is 
preserved. The term also includes any such documentary material stored 
by computer.
    Responsible DOT official means the head of the DOT component 
concerned, or the General Counsel or the Inspector General, as the case 
may be, or the designee of any of them, authorized to take an action 
under this part.
    Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation or any person to 
whom the Secretary has delegated authority in the matter concerned.

[Amdt. 1, 63 FR 38331, July 16, 1998, as amended at 67 FR 54746, Aug. 
26, 2002]