[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
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[CITE: 49CFR800.25]

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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.  800.25  Delegation to the Directors of Office of Aviation Safety, Office 

of Railroad Safety, Office of Highway Safety, Office of Marine Safety, and 

Office of Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety.

    The Board delegates to the Directors of the Offices of Aviation, 
Railroad, Highway, Marine, and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety, 
the authority to:
    (a) Order an investigation into the facts, conditions, and 
circumstances of accidents that the Board has authority to investigate.
    (b) Disclose factual information pertinent to all accidents or 
incidents as provided for in Part 801 of this chapter.
    (c) Determine the probable cause(s) of accidents in which the 
determination is issued in the ``Brief of Accident'' format, except that 
the Office Director will submit the findings of the accident 
investigation to the Board for determination of the probable cause(s) 
when (1) any Board Member so requests, (2) it appears to the Office 
Director that, because of significant public interest, a policy issue, 
or a safety issue of other matter, the determination of the probable 
cause(s) should be made by the Board, or (3) the accident investigation 
will be used to support findings in a special investigation or study. 
Provided, that a petition for reconsideration or modification of a 
determination of the probable cause(s) made under Sec.  845.41 of this 
Chapter shall be acted on by the Board.
    (d) Consistent with Board resources, investigate accidents as 
provided under Sec.  304(a) of the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974, 
as amended (49 U.S.C. 1131(a)) and the Appendix to this Part.

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