CFR > Title 49 - Transportation > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation > PART 7—PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION > SUBPART A—General Provisions (§7.1 to §7.2) > 7.2—Definitions.

7.2—Definitions.

Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply in this part:
Act and FOIA mean the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, as amended.
Administrator means the head of each component of DOT and includes the Under Secretary for Security, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Inspector General, and the Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Concurrence means that the approval of the person being consulted is required in order for the subject action to be taken.
Consultation means that the approval of the person being consulted is not required in order for the subject action to be taken.
Department means the Department of Transportation, including the Office of the Secretary, the Office of Inspector General, and the following DOT Operating Administrations, all of which may be referred to as DOT components. Means of contacting each of these DOT components appear in § 7.15. This definition specifically excludes the Surface Transportation Board, which has its own FOIA regulations ( 49 CFR Part 1001 ):
(1) Federal Aviation Administration,
(2) Federal Highway Administration,
(3) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
(4) Federal Railroad Administration,
(5) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
(6) Federal Transit Administration,
(7) Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation,
(8) Maritime Administration,
(9) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and
(10) Research and Innovative Technology Administration.
Primary Electronic Access Facility means the electronic docket facility in the DOT Headquarters Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Reading room records are those records required to be made available to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(2) as described in § 7.5 of Subpart B of this part. These records are made available through DOT's Primary Electronic Access Facility. Other records may also be made available at DOT's discretion at DOT inspection facilities, including DOT's Primary Electronic Access Facility.
Record includes any writing, drawing, map, recording, tape, film, photograph, or other documentary material by which information is preserved. The term also includes any such documentary material stored by computer.
Responsible DOT official means the head of the DOT component concerned, or the General Counsel or the Inspector General, as the case may be, or the designee of any of them, authorized to take an action under this part.
Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation or any person to whom the Secretary has delegated authority in the matter concerned.
[Amdt. 1, 63 FR 38331, July 16, 1998, as amended at 67 FR 54746, Aug. 26, 2002; 73 FR 33328, June 12, 2008; 75 FR 5244, Feb. 2, 2010]