General limitations and reservations. 1.44 Reservation of authority.

1.21

1.22

Structure.

1.43

1.45 Delegations to all Administrators. 1.46 Delegations to Commandant of the Coast Guard.

1.47 Delegations to Federal Aviation Administrator.

1.48 Delegations to Federal Highway Administrator.

1.49 Delegations to Federal Railroad Administrator.

1.50 Delegation to National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator.

1.51 Delegations to Urban Mass Transportation Administrator.

1.52 Delegations to Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Administrator. 1.53 Delegations to the Administrator of the Research and Special Programs Administration.

1.54 Delegations to all Secretarial Officers. 1.55 Delegations to Deputy Secretary. 1.56 Delegations to the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy.

1.56a Delegations to the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.

1.56b Delegations to the Designated Senior Career Official, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.

1.57 Delegations to General Counsel. 1.57a Delegations to Deputy General Counsel.

1.57b Delegations to the Assistant General Counsel for Environmental, Civil Rights, and General Law.

1.58 Delegations to Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs.

1.59 Delegations to Assistant Secretary for Administration.

(j) The Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

[Amdt. 1-113, 40 FR 43901, Sept. 24, 1975, as amended by Amdt. 1-157, 45 FR 83403, Dec. 18, 1980; Amdt. 1-164, 46 FR 47458, Sept. 28, 1981; Amdt. 1-270, 60 FR 30196, June 8, 1995]

§ 1.3 Organization of the Department. (a) The Secretary of Transportation is the head of the Department.

(b) The Department is comprised of the Office of the Secretary and the following operating elements, the heads of which report directly to the Secretary:

(1) The U.S. Coast Guard, headed by the Commandant.

(2) The Federal Aviation Administration, headed by the Administrator.

(3) The Federal Highway Administration, headed by the Administrator.

(4) The Federal Railroad Administration, headed by the Administrator.

(5) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, headed by the Administrator.

(6) The Urban Mass Transportation Administration, headed by the Administrator.

(7) The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, headed by the Administrator.

(8) The Research and Special Programs Administration, headed by the

Administrator.

(9) The Maritime Administration, headed by the Administrator and including within it the Maritime Subsidy Board composed of the Maritime Administrator, the Deputy Maritime Administrator, and the Chief Counsel of the Maritime Administration.

(10) The Bureau of Transportation Statistics, headed by the Director.

[Amdt. 1-113, 40 FR 43901, Sept. 24, 1975, as amended by Amdt. 1-157, 45 FR 83403, Dec. 18, 1980; Amdt. 1-164, 46 FR 47458, Sept. 28, 1981; Amdt. 1-270, 60 FR 30196, June 8, 1995]

§ 1.4 General responsibilities.

(a) Office of the Secretary. Provides for:

(1) Leadership in formulating and executing well-balanced national and international transportation objectives, policies, and programs;

(2) Stimulating and promoting research and development in all modes

and types of transportation, with special emphasis on transportation safety;

(3) Coordinating the various transportation programs of the Federal Government;

(4) Encouraging maximum private development of transportation services;

(5) Responsive, timely, and effective liaison with Congress, and public and private organizations on transportation matters;

(6) Innovative approaches to urban transportation and environmental enhancement programs; and

(7) Effective management of the Department as a whole.

(b) U.S. Coast Guard. Is responsible for:

(1) Upon the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States:

(i) Enforcing or assistance in enforcing applicable Federal laws;

(ii) Administering laws and promulgating and enforcing regulations for promoting safety of life and property, covering all matters not specifically delegated by law to some other executive department or reserved to the States;

(iii) Developing, establishing, maintaining, and operating, with due regard to the requirements of national defense, aids to navigation, icebreaking facilities, and rescue facilities for promoting safety; and

(2) Maintaining a state of readiness to function as a specialized service in the Navy, in time of war or when the President shall direct, as provided in section 3 of title 14, United States Code.

(c) The Federal Aviation Administration. Is responsible for:

(1) Promulgating and enforcing regulations on all safety matters relating to the manufacture, operation, and maintenance of aircraft;

(2) Registering aircraft and recording rights in aircraft;

(3) Developing, modifying, testing, and evaluating systems, procedures, facilities, and devices needed for the safe and efficient navigation and traffic control of aircraft;

(4) Locating, constructing or installing, maintaining, and operating Federal aids to air navigation, wherever necessary;

(5) Developing air traffic regulations, and administering air traffic control of civil and military air operations within U.S. airspace;

(6) Providing grants-in-aid for developing public airports;

(7) Promoting and encouraging civil aviation abroad through technical aviation assistance to other governments; and

(8) Promulgating and enforcing regulations on all safety matters relating to commercial launch activities.

(d) The Federal Highway Administration. Is responsible for:

(1) Planning, in cooperation with the States, the national highway system;

(2) Providing for improving, in cooperation with the States, roads on the Federal-aid primary, secondary, and interstate highway systems and urban extensions thereof;

(3) Highway beautification and scenic enhancement of the Federal-aid highway systems;

(4) Surveying and constructing forest highway system roads, defense highways and access roads, and parkways and roads in national parks and other federally administered areas;

(5) Inspecting records of motor carriers operating in interstate commerce, inspecting motor carrier vehicles, and investigating accidents and reporting violations of motor carrier safety regulations; and

(6) Developing and administering uniform State standards for highway safety programs with respect to identification and surveillance of accident locations; highway design, construction, and maintenance, including highway related aspects of pedestrian safety; and traffic control devices.

(e) The Federal Railroad Administration. Is responsible for:

(1) Operating and managing the Alaska Railroad;

(2) Conducting research and development activity in support of improved rail transportation;

(3) Regulating safety functions pertaining to railroads, express companies, and water carriers operating in connection with railroads under a com

mon control, management, or ar ment for continuous carriage or ment; and

(4) Investigating and issuing r concerning collisions, derailment other railroad accidents resulti serious injury to persons or to property of a railroad.

(f) The National Highway Traffic ty Administration. Is responsible for (1) Promulgating uniform stan for developing State highway s programs, except for those stand the development and administrati which are delegated to the Fed Highway Administration.

(2) Establishing, prescribing, and forcing National standards for imp ing safety in the operation and formance of motor vehicles and eq ment.

(3) Informing the public of the c parative characteristics and ational cost of passenger motor vỀ cles and requiring display of compa tive insurance costs by automo dealers.

(4) Administering a program of m datory automotive fuel economy sta ards for passenger and non-passen automobiles for model year 1978 and yond.

(5) Establishing safeguards for protection of purchasers with resp to the sale of motor vehicles having tered or reset odometers and enforc the prohibition against tampering w odometers.

(g) The Urban Mass Transportation ministration. Is responsible for:

(1) Exercising the authority vested the Secretary for developing co prehensive and coordinated mass tra portation systems to serve metrop tan and other urban areas;

(2) Administering urban mass tra portation programs and functions; a (3) Assuring appropriate liaison a coordination with other governmen organization, with respect to the fo going.

(h) The St. Lawrence Seaway Devel ment Corporation. Is responsible for development, operation, and main nance of that part of the St. Lawre Seaway within the territorial limits the United States.

(i) The Research and Special Progra Administration. Is responsible for: