49 Transportation 1 2009-10-01 2009-10-01 false Delegations to Federal Aviation Administrator. 1.47 Section 1.47 Transportation Office of the Secretary of Transportation ORGANIZATION AND DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES Delegations
§ 1.47 Delegations to Federal Aviation Administrator.

The Federal Aviation Administrator is delegated authority to:

(a) Carry out the powers and duties transferred to the Secretary of Transportation by, or subsequently vested in the Secretary by virtue of, section 6(c)(1) of the Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1655(c)(1)), including those pertaining to aviation safety (except those related to transportation, packaging, marking, or description of hazardous materials) and vested in the Secretary by section 308(b) of title 49 U.S.C. and sections 306-309, 312-314, 1101, 1105, and 1111 and titles VI, VII, IX (excluding section 902(h)), and XII of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended.

(b) Carry out title XIII of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (72 Stat. 800; 49 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), relating to aviation insurance.

(c) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by the Act of September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 629; 49 U.S.C. 1324 note), as amended by section 6(a)(3)(B) of the Department of Transportation Act, relating to the guarantee of aircraft purchase loans, and those functions which relate to the issuance of obligations to finance the expenses of such guarantees.

(d) Administer Executive Orders 11419 and 11322 relating to prohibited aviation operations and the prohibited carriage of commodities and products to and from Southern Rhodesia. Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by Executive Order 12183.

(e) Provide certain facilities and services to FAA employees and their dependents at remote locations (49 U.S.C. 1659).

(f) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by:

(1) The Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), except sections 3 and 4 (49 U.S.C. 1702, 1703).

(2) Sections 208 and 209 of the Airport and Airway Revenue Act of 1970, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1742, 1742 note); and

(3) Sections 21, 22, 23(b), 24, and 25 of the Airport and Airway Development Act Amendments of 1976 (49 U.S.C. 1346(a), 1348 note, 1713 note, 1356a, 1704).

(g) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by part B of title II of the Clean Air Act, as amended (84 Stat. 1703), and by 40 CFR part 87 as it relates to exemptions from aircraft air pollution standards.

(h) Carry out the functions of the Secretary under section 208 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (85 Stat. 168; 40 U.S.C. App. 208).

(i) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by section 902(h)(2) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, as it relates to enforcement of hazardous materials regulations as they apply to the transportation or shipment of such materials by air.

(j)(1) Except as delegated by § 1.74(a), carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by 49 U.S.C. 5121(a), (b), (c), and (d), 5122, 5123, and 5124, with particular emphasis on the transportation or shipment of hazardous materials by air.

(2) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by 49 U.S.C. 5114 as it relates to the establishment of procedures for monitoring and enforcing provisions of regulations with respect to the transportation of radioactive materials on passenger-carrying aircraft.

(k) [Reserved]

(l) Serve, or designate a representative to serve, as Vice Chairman and alternate Department of Transportation member of the Interagency Group on International Aviation (IGIA) pursuant to interagency agreement of December 9, 1960, and Executive Order 11382, and provide for the administrative operation of the IGIA Secretariat.

(m) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by sections 4(a) and 5(c) of Executive Order 12316 of August 14, 1981 (46 FR 42237, Aug. 20, 1981) (delegating sections 107(c)(1)(c) and 108(b), respectively, of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1981, Pub. L. 96-510), insofar as they relate to aircraft.

(n) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by section 3(d) of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1902(d)) as it relates to ships owned or operated by the Federal Aviation Administration when engaged in noncommercial service.

(o) [Reserved]

(p) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by:

(1) Section 553(b) of Public Law 99-83 (99 Stat. 226), which relates to the authority of Federal Air Marshals to carry firearms and make arrests, in coordination with the General Counsel; and

(2) The following subsections of section 1115 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, which relates to the security of foreign airports: Subsection 1115(a), in coordination with the General Counsel and the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs; subsection 1115(b), in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs; and subsection 1115(e)(2)(A)(ii), in coordination with the General Counsel and the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.

(q) Carry out all of the functions vested in the Secretary under section 404(d) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1374(d)), as amended by section 328(a) of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-202).

(r) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by the Airport Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990, title IX, subtitle B of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public Law 101-508 (except those functions vested in the Secretary by sections 9113, 9125, 9127 and 9130).

(s) Carry out functions vested in the Secretary by Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990, title IX, subtitle D of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public Law 101-508.

(t) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by sections 321 and 410 of the Federal Aviation Act, as amended by the Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990, Public Law 101-604, November 16, 1990.

(u) Carry out the functions assigned to the Secretary by Executive Order 12465 (February 24, 1984) (3 CFR, 1984 Comp., p. 163) relating to commercial expendable launch vehicle activities.

(v) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by 49 U.S.C. Subtitle IX.

(w) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1993 (Pub. L. 102-588, 106 Stat 5119, November 4, 1992).

(Secs. 3(e), 6(c), and 9(e), Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1652(e), 1655(c), and 1657(e)); 49 U.S.C. 322; 49 CFR 1.57(l)) [Amdt. 1-113, 40 FR 43901, Sept. 24, 1975] Editorial Note:

For Federal Register citations affecting § 1.47, see the List of CFR Sections Affected which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.