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Department Organization
Order (DOO) 25-5, Section 3.01; Department
Administrative
Order (DAO) 201-44; and Department of Commerce
(DOC) Real Property Management Manual (RPMM),
Chapter 2, ¶¶ 2.3.2(d), 2.3.3(a)(3),
2.3.3(b).
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AUTHORITY TO DO WHAT:
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To the extent such authority
has not been reserved by the Secretary, Department
of Commerce Assistant Administrator for Administration/Chief
Financial Officer or by other means, (RPMM
Chapter 2, ¶¶ 2.3.1), the following
authorities for Real Property Management
are delegated:
(1) Acquire real property, or any interests
therein (RPMM, Chapter 2, ¶ 2.3.2(a)(1))
(2)
Undertake new construction (including site
selection, preparation, and utilities
provision), repairs, alterations, improvement,
and restoration projects that have been
approved and funded through NOAA’s
capital investment program (RPMM, Chapter
2, ¶ 2.3.2(a)(2)).
(3) Perform operation,
maintenance, and related facilities management
activities
(RPMM, Chapter 2, ¶ 2.3.2(a)(3)).
(4)
Assign, transfer, or dispose of real property,
or any interests therein (RPMM,
Chapter 2, ¶ 2.3.2(a)(4)).
(5) Pursuant
to the authority vested under DOO 10-5,
grant easements and other rights
of access to real property under NOAA’s
control or jurisdiction, subject to requirement
that easement documents be reviewed and
approved by DOC's Office of General Counsel
prior to execution (RPMM, Chapter 2, ¶ 2.3.3(a)).
(6)
Lease unimproved land, building space,
and land incidental thereto, and space
on man-made structures, such as towers,
to the extent authorized in 41 CFR 102.73
(RPMM, Chapter 2, ¶ 2.3.3(b)(1)).
(7)
Transfer excess real property, to the extent
authorized in 41 CFR 101.47.2 and
102.75 (RPMM, Chapter 2, ¶ 2.3.3(b)(2)).
(8)
Act as a disposal agency for surplus real
property to the extent authorized
in 41 CFR 102.75 (RPMM, Chapter 2, ¶ 2.3.3(b)(3)).
(9)
Negotiate and execute leases or other agreements
for facilities for no cost or
nominal consideration to the extent authorized
in 41 CFR 102.73 (RPMM, Chapter 2, ¶ 2.3.3(b)(4)).
[NOTE: Facilities acquired under this authority
must meet the same requirements and standards
for facilities acquired competitively.
Only Warranted Real Property Contracting
Officers may execute such leases or agreements.]
(10)
Abandon, destroy, or donate to public bodies,
Government-owned real property
to the extent authorized in 41 CFR 102.75
(RPMM, Chapter 2, ¶ 2.3.3(b)(5)).
(11)
Provide technical guidance within NOAA
on matters related to real property
acquisition, utilization, management, and
disposal (RPMM, Chapter 2, ¶ 2.4.3(a)(1)).
(12)
Implement Departmental policies and procedures,
and develop NOAA-wide policies
and procedures to ensure the efficient,
safe, and economic use of NOAA resources
(RPMM, Chapter 2, ¶ 2.4.3(a)(2)).
(13)
Analyze and coordinate operational aspects
of NOAA’s facility management
program, including execution of Executive
Order 13327, Federal Real Property Asset
Management, both in the National Capital
Region and in the field (RPMM, Chapter
2, ¶ 2.4.3(a)(3)).
(14) Serve as the
functional counterpart to DOC’s Director,
Office of Administrative Services, relative
to policy or operational
issues concerning acquisition, management,
utilization, and disposal of real property
(RPMM, Chapter 2, ¶ 2.4.3(a)(4)).
(15)
Serve as the functional interface to other
Departmental Operating Units on
real property issues for those Operating
Units/locations that NOAA services (RPMM,
Chapter 2, ¶ 2.4.3(a)(5)).
(16) Manage
NOAA's major construction project program
and NOAA’s facility maintenance
budget (RPMM, Chapter 2, ¶ 2.4.3(a)(6)).
(17)
Review and approve all interagency service
agreements, Memoranda of Understanding
(MOUs) or Memoranda of Agreement (MOAs)
involving use of real property between
NOAA and other federal agencies, subject
to requirement for concurrence by DOC's
Office of General Counsel (¶ 2.4.4(a)(19
and 21)).
(18) Approve the temporary use
(outgrant) of NOAA facilities by non-federal
parties
(RPMM, Chapter 2, ¶ 2.4.4(a)(26)).
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