TYPE OF ACTION:
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Add __X___ Change ____ Abolish
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AUTHORITY DELEGATED TO:
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Associate Assistant Administrator
for Management
Director, Staff Office for International Programs
Director, Center for Operational Oceanographic
Products and Services
Director, NOAA Coastal Services Center
Director, Office of Coast Survey
Director, Office of National Geodetic Survey
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management
Director, Office of Response and Restoration
Director, National Marine Sanctuaries Program
Director, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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| SOURCE OF AUTHORITY: |
Delegation of Authority from
the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans
and Atmosphere to the Assistant Administrator
dated January 20, 2004.
Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, 33 U.S.C. 892, 892a-892d.
Coastal Zone Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.
National Marine Sanctuaries Act, 16 U.S.C. 1431-1445c-1.
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998,
16 U.S.C.1451
Oil Pollution Act of 1990, U.S.C. 2701 et seq.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. section 9601 et
seq.
Coral Reef Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C 6401-6409.
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AUTHORITY TO DO WHAT:
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Re-delegate signatory authority
from the NOS Assistant Administrator to NOS
Program and Office Directors for Federal
Register notice entries that are within the
mission and assigned responsibilities of
their office. Routine notice entries include
notifying the public of restoration plans
intended to address injures to natural resources
harmed by hazardous substance releases or
discharges of oil; announcement of public
and advisory council meetings and public
hearings; Coastal Non Point Pollution Control
Program approval notices; notices of availability
of documents for public comments, and similar
notices.
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RESERVED AUTHORITY:
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The above delegations are
limited to non regulatory notices within
the mission and assigned responsibilities
of the office directors. Authority may not
be re-delegated below the office director
level. All significant Federal Register notices
(e.g., financial, precedent setting, or NOS
programmatic, policy-setting or regulatory
notices) will continue to require signature
at the NOS Assistant Administrator/Deputy
level or above.
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EFFECT ON OTHER
DELEGATIONS:
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None.
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| DELEGATED BY: |
/S/ Richard W. Spinrad
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management |
CLEARED
BY:
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/S/ Martin
M. Freeman 6/16/04
General Council for Ocean Services Date
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