[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 12, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 63648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30144]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

49 CFR Part 1

[OST Docket No. 1; Amdt. 1-275]


Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties Delegations 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 to carry out the provisions of 
sections 10 through 13 of the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994, 
Public Law 103-451. These sections authorize the Secretary to convey 
all rights, title and interests of the United States Government in 
specified and non-specified vessels, and vessel equipment and spare 
parts, for various specified purposes and subject to specified 
conditions which vary among the recipients. This amendment to 49 CFR 
Part 1 adds a new paragraph 1.66(p) to reflect the delegation of 
authority to the Maritime Administrator.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 12, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Somerville, Chief, Division of 
Vessel Transfer and Disposal, Office of Ship Operations, Maritime 
Administration, MAR-631, Room 7324, 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, 
DC, 20590, (202) 366-5821, 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: Sections 10 through 13 of Public Law 103-
451, 108 Stat. 4769, 4778-4782, cited as the ``National Maritime 
Heritage Act of 1994,'' authorize the Secretary of Transportation to 
convey a specified vessel, or a vessel of comparable size and class, as 
well as unneeded vessel equipment, to the Battle of the Atlantic 
Historical Society; an unspecified vessel, including related spare 
parts and vessel equipment, to the City of Warsaw, Kentucky; three 
specified vessels, including related spare parts and vessel equipment, 
to Assistance International, Inc.; and a specified vessel, as well as 
unneeded vessel equipment, to the Rio Grande Military Museum. The 
conveyance of one or more vessels to each specified recipient is for 
one or more specified purposes, respectively, a merchant marine 
memorial, historical preservation, and educational activities; the 
promotion of economic development and tourism; use in emergencies, 
vocational training, and economic development programs; and use as a 
military museum. Conveyances to each recipient are subject to specified 
common financial requirements and other conditions relating to the use 
and redelivery of the vessels. This amendment to 49 CFR 1.66 adds the 
subject authority to those already delegated to the Maritime 
Administrator. 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 adding a new paragraph (p), to read 
as follows:


Sec. 1.66  Delegations to Maritime Administrator.

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    (p) Carry out the provisions of sections 10 through 13 of Public 
Law 103-451, the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994, 108 Stat. 
4769, 4778-4782;
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    Issued at Washington, DC this 5th day of December 1995.
Federico Pena,
Secretary of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 95-30144 Filed 12-11-95; 8:45 am]
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