[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 63957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24525]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 501

[Docket No. NHTSA-2004-19521]


Succession to Administrator

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
(NHTSA),Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document amends NHTSA's regulation specifying the order 
of succession to Administrator, and also clarifies that officials must 
be encumbered in their position on a permanent basis to be in the line 
of succession.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective November 3, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Stanley Feldman at 
202-366-9511.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final rule, which amends NHTSA's 
regulation specifying the order of succession to the Administrator and 
clarifies that officials must be encumbered in their position on a 
permanent basis to be in the line of succession, has no substantive 
effect. Notice and the opportunity for comment are therefore not 
required under the Administrative Procedure Act, and the amendment is 
effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register. In 
addition, this amendment is not subject to Executive Order 12866, the 
Department of Transportation's regulatory policies and procedures, or 
the provisions for Congressional review of final rules in Chapter 8 of 
Title 5, United States Code.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 501

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


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In consideration of the foregoing, 49 CFR part 501 is amended as 
follows:

PART 501--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 501 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 105 and 322; delegation of authority at 49 
CFR 1.50.

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2. Section 501.4 is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  501.4  Succession to Administrator.

    (a) The following officials, in the order indicated, shall act in 
accordance with the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 3346-3349 as Administrator 
of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in the case of 
the absence or disability or in the case of a vacancy in the office of 
the Administrator, until a successor is appointed:
    (1) Deputy Administrator;
    (2) Chief Counsel;
    (3) Senior Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety;
    (4) Senior Associate Administrator for Traffic Injury Control; and
    (5) Senior Associate Administrator for Policy and Operations.
    (b) In order to qualify for the line of succession, officials must 
be encumbered in their position on a permanent basis.

    Issued on October 29, 2004.
Jeffrey W. Runge,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 04-24525 Filed 11-2-04; 8:45 am]
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