[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: 49CFR8.11]

[Page 72-73]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 8_CLASSIFIED INFORMATION: CLASSIFICATION/DECLASSIFICATION/ACCESS
--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B_Classification/Declassification of Information
 
Sec.  8.11  Authority to classify information.

    (a) Executive Order 12958 confers upon the Secretary of 
Transportation the authority to originally classify information as 
SECRET or CONFIDENTIAL with further authorization to delegate this 
authority.
    (b) The following delegations of authority originally to classify 
information as ``Secret'' or ``Confidential'', which may not be 
redelegated, are hereby made:
    (1) Office of the Secretary of Transportation. The Deputy Secretary; 
Assistant Secretary for Administration; Director of Intelligence and 
Security; Director of Security and Administrative Management.
    (2) United States Coast Guard. Commandant; Chief, Office of Law 
Enforcement and Defense Operations.

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    (3) Federal Aviation Administration. Administrator; Assistant 
Administrator for Civil Aviation Security.
    (4) Maritime Administration. Administrator.
    (c) Although the delegations of authority set out in paragraph (b) 
of this section are expressed in terms of positions, the authority is 
personal and is invested 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 or a designation in writing to act in the 
absence of one of these officials, however, conveys the authority 
originally to classify information as ``SECRET''.
    (d) Previous delegations and redelegations of authority within the 
Department of Transportation originally to classify information are 
hereby rescinded.