[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR800.24]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
           CHAPTER VIII--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 800_ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD AND DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart B_Delegations of Authority to Staff Members
 
Sec.  800.24  Delegation to the General Counsel.

    The Board delegates to the General Counsel the authority to:
    (a) Approve, disapprove, request more information, or otherwise 
handle requests for testimony of Board employees with respect to their 
participation in the investigation of accidents, and, upon receipt of 
notice that an employee has been subpoenaed, to make arrangements with 
the court either to have the employee excused from testifying or to give 
the employee permission to testify in accordance with the provisions of 
Part 835 of this Chapter.

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    (b) Approve or disapprove in safety enforcement proceedings, for 
good cause shown, requests for extensions of time or for other changes 
in procedural requirements subsequent to the initial decision, grant or 
deny requests to file additional and/or amicus briefs pursuant to 
Sec. Sec.  821.9 and 821.48 of this Chapter, and raise on appeal any 
issue the resolution of which he deems important to the proper 
disposition of proceedings under Sec.  821.49 of this Chapter.
    (c) Approve or disapprove, for good cause shown, requests to extend 
the time for filing comments on proposed new or amended regulations.
    (d) Issue regulations for the purpose of making editorial changes or 
corrections in the Board's rules and regulations.
    (e) Issue orders staying or declining to stay, pending judicial 
review, orders of the Board suspending or revoking certificates, and 
consent to the entry of judicial stays with respect to such orders.
    (f) Compromise civil penalties in the case of violations arising 
under The Independent Safety Board Act of 1974, as amended, or any rule, 
regulation, or order issued thereunder.
    (g) Issue orders dismissing appeals from initial decisions of Board 
administrative law judges pursuant to the request of the appellant or, 
where the request is consensual, at the request of any party.
    (h) Correct Board orders by eliminating typographical, grammatical, 
and similar errors, and make editorial changes therein not involving 
matters of substance.
    (i) Take such action as appropriate or necessary adequately to 
compromise, settle, or otherwise represent the Board's interest in 
judicial or administrative actions to which the Board is a party or in 
which the Board is interested.
    (j) Dismiss late filed notices of appeal and appeal briefs for lack 
of good cause.

[60 FR 61489, Nov. 30, 1995, as amended at 63 FR 71606, Dec. 29, 1998]