[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 49, Volume 5] [Revised as of October 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 49CFR601.4] [Page 1041] TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION PART 601--ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents Subpart A--General Sec. 601.4 Responsibilities of the Administrator. The Administrator is responsible for the planning, direction, and control of the activities of FTA and has authority to approve urban mass transportation grants, loans, and contracts. The Deputy Administrator is the ``first assistant'' for purposes of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-277) and shall, in the event of the absence or disability of the Administrator, serve as the Acting Administrator, subject to the limitations in that Act. In the event of the absence or disability of both the Administrator and the Deputy Administrator, officials designated by the agency's internal order on succession shall serve as Acting Deputy Administrator and shall perform the duties of the Administrator, except for any non-delegable statutory and/or regulatory duties. [64 FR 61033, Nov. 9, 1999]