Any assignment of authority to a staff member other than the Chief Administrative Law Judge, the Administrative Law Judge, and the General Counsel, shall also be deemed to be made, severally, to each such staff member's respective superiors. In accordance with the Department's principle of management responsibility, the superior may choose to exercise the assigned power personally. Moreover, the Secretary may at any time exercise any authority assigned herein.

[Docket No. T-1, 49 FR 50985, Dec. 31, 1984, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15942, Apr. 16, 2019]