[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR601.4]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 601_ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  601.4  Responsibilities of the Administrator.

    The Administrator is responsible for the planning, direction and 
control of

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the activities of FTA and has authority to approve Federal transit 
grants, loans, and contracts. The Deputy Administrator is the ``first 
assistant'' for purposes of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 
(Pub. L. 105-277) and shall, in the event of the absence or disability 
of the Administrator, serve as the Acting Administrator, subject to the 
limitations in that Act. In the event of the absence or disability of 
both the Administrator and the Deputy Administrator, officials 
designated by the agency's internal order on succession shall serve as 
Acting Deputy Administrator and shall perform the duties of the 
Administrator, except for any non-delegable statutory and/or regulatory 
duties.