[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR385.1]

[Page 445]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)
 
PART 385_STAFF ASSIGNMENTS AND REVIEW OF ACTION UNDER ASSIGNMENTS--Table of 
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 385.1  Definitions.


    Department means Department of Transportation.
    Petition for review means a petition asking the appropriate 
Reviewing Official to exercise his or her discretionary right of review 
of staff action.
    Precedent means applicable judicial decisions and decisions by the 
Department, or by the Board where consistent with Department policy.
    Reviewing Official means the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and 
International Affairs, the General Counsel, or the Director of the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, as appropriate to the subject 
matter under review, but not with regard to Deputy General Counsel and 
Administrative Law Judge decisions made under this part.
    Staff action means the exercise of a function under Subparts I, II 
and IV of Subtitle VII of Title 49 of the United States Code 
(Transportation) by a staff member pursuant to assignment under this 
part.
    Staff members means officers and employees of the Department who are 
assigned authority under this part.
    Statute means Subtitle VII of Title 49 of the United States Code 
(Transportation).

[Docket No. T-1, 49 FR 50985, Dec. 31, 1984, as amended by Amdt. 1-261, 
59 FR 10061, Mar. 3, 1994; 60 FR 66726, Dec. 26, 1995; Doc. No. OST-96-
1268, 61 FR 19167, May 1, 1996]