[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 20, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-17622]


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[Federal Register: July 20, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

49 CFR Part 1

[OST Docket No. 1; Amdt. 1-263]

 

Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties; Delegation of 
Authority to the Maritime Administrator

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) hereby delegates 
to the Maritime Administrator authority conferred by Section 2927, 
Title XXIX, of Public Law 103-160, enacted November 30, 1993, to convey 
surplus real property to public entities for use in the development or 
operation of a port facility. The Secretary also revokes a previous 
delegation of authority to the Maritime Administrator where the 
Secretary's statutory authority has expired.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule becomes effective July 20, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John W. Carnes, Chief, Division of 
Port and Intermodal Operations, Maritime Administration, MAR-831, Room 
7201, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, 20590, (202) 366-4357 or 
Steven B. Farbman, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for 
Regulation and Enforcement (C-50), Department of Transportation, Room 
10424, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-9306.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2927, Title XXIX, of Public Law 103-
160, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, 
amends Section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484) to authorize the Secretary to convey 
surplus real property to public entities for development or operation 
of a port facility. Transfer of such real property by the Secretary is 
subject to the disapproval of the Administrator of General Services or 
the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary is hereby amending regulations 
of the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, at 49 CFR 1.66, to 
delegate that authority to the Maritime Administrator. Another change 
is being made to revoke the delegation of authority in Sec. 1.66(x) to 
carry out the provisions of Section 709 of Public Law 101-595 (the 
Merchant Mariner Memorial Act of 1990), which authority has expired, 
and to reserve that paragraph. Corresponding changes are being made to 
the Department's Organization Manual.
    Since this amendment relates to departmental management, 
organization, procedure, and practice; notice and comment are 
unnecessary, and the rule may become effective in fewer than 30 days 
after publication in the Federal Register.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1

    Authority delegations (Government agencies), Organizations and 
functions (Government agencies).

    In consideration of the foregoing, Part 1 of Title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations, is amended as follows:

PART 1--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for Part 1 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322; Pub.L. 101-552, 28 U.S.C. 2672, 31 
U.S.C. 3711(a)(2).

    2. Section 1.66 is amended by removing and reserving paragraph (x), 
and by adding new paragraph (z), to read as follows:


Sec. 1.66  Delegations to Maritime Administration.

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    (z) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by Section 
2927, Title XXIX of the National Defense Authorization Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103-160; November 30, 1993) relating to authority to convey 
surplus real property to public entities for use in the development or 
operation of port facilities.

    Issued at Washington, DC this 20th day of June 1994.
Federico Pena,
Secretary of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 94-17622 Filed 7-19-94; 8:45 am]
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