ing, inter-connecting, operating, and maintaining such transmission lines and substations as are necessary. The area of operation is the States of Arkansas and Louisiana, that part of Kansas and Missouri south of the Missouri River Basin and east of the 98th Meridian, and that part of Texas and Oklahoma lying east of the 99th Meridian and north of the San Antonio River Basin.

§ 500.5 General description. The Southwestern Power Administration consists of a Headquarters Staff at Tulsa, Oklahoma; an office at Washington, D. C., and a Texas-Louisiana Area Office at Denison, Texas. The Headquarters Office at Tulsa, Oklahoma, is made up of the Administrator and several staff and technical divisions.

HEADQUARTERS ORGANIZATION

§ 500.10 Administrator. The Administrator of the Southwestern Power Administration is the chief executive. He reports through the Division of Power to the Secretary of the Interior. The Office of the Administrator formulates plans and procedures for carrying out the objectives of the Administration, and directs its operation.

§ 500.11 Staff offices. The staff offices consist of the Division of Law for legal matters, including litigation, contracts and land acquisition; Division of Finance for budget, finance, accounting and auditing functions; Division of Administration and Personnel for property, office services and personnel functions.

§ 500.12 Division of Operations. The Division of Operations plans and directs the dispatching and transmission of power through the facilities of the Southwestern Power Administration and associate organizations; maintains transmission lines, substations and other facilities; performs all meter, relay, testing and communications functions.

§ 500.13 Division of Engineering, The Division of Engineering plans and performs design and engineering studies and surveys for transmission lines, substations and other facilities; supervises construction; and renders technical advice on operation and maintenance. It also supervises and directs sales activities and the development of markets and resources for power sales.

§ 500.14 Division of Land. The Division of Land performs all work necessary

for acquisition of lands, maintains records and maps of land under jurisdiction of the Southwestern Power Administration and handles all claims arising from land acquisition.

FIELD ORGANIZATION

§ 500.20 Division of Operations. By reason of the return of the Grand River Dam Project to the State of Oklahoma and the Ark-La line to the Ark-La Electric Cooperative, Inc., field offices used in connection with the operation and maintenance of these projects have been abolished. New field offices or depots will be established as construction work is completed on the several sections of the Norfork-Denison tie line and various feeder lines.

§ 500.21 District offices. The TexasLouisiana Area Office is responsible for the activities of the Administration within the States of Louisiana and Texas and reports administratively to the Administrator and technically to the respective Divisions whose functions it performs in the field, including the development and maintenance of business and public relations necessary to the negotiations of power sales contracts and marketing functions.

LIST OF DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY

§ 500.40 Purpose of list of delegations of authority. The following sections are not in themselves delegations of authority. The sections are merely a list of delegations and indicate the various matters with respect to which delegations have been made. They are intended as an index and outline. For the scope and limitations of particular delegations of authority, the specific regulations and orders to which cross references are made must be consulted.

§ 500.41 Administrator. The Administrator has been delegated authority to: (a) Carry out the functions and duties assigned to the Secretary of the Interior by Executive Orders Numbers 9353, 9366, and 9373 (3 CFR, 1943 Supp., pp. 26, 35, 39) relating to the Denison Dam Project and the Norfork Dam Project. See Order No. 1865 (43 CFR, 1943 Supp., note to Subtitle A).

(b) Carry out the functions of the Secretary of the Interior relating to power generated at certain projects under

the control of the War Department. See Order No. 2135 (10 F. R. 14527).

(c) Enter into certain contracts for construction, supplies, and services. See §4.100 of Title 43, infra.

§ 500.42 Chiefs, Engineering and Operations Divisions. The Chief of the Division of Engineering and the Chief of the Division of Operations, respectively, may too enter into certain construction contracts. See § 501.10 of Title 18, supra.

§ 500.43 Chief Counsel. The Chief Counsel may determine certain claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act. See 43 CFR Supps., Part 4.

PLACE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION AND MAKE

REQUESTS

§ 500.60 Inquiries and requests. Information concerning the policies and programs of the Administration, wholesale power rates, power contracts, procedure, availability of supply and construction plans may be obtained by addressing the Administrator, Southwestern Power Administration, Post Office Drawer 1619, Tulsa 1, Oklahoma. In Washington, D. C., information regarding policies, functions and operations of the Southwestern Power Administration may be obtained from Rooms 6328-6326, Department of the Interior Building. Inquiries regarding power contracts, including rates, availability of supply, and contracts which concern the Texas-Louisiana Area may be addressed to the Southwestern Power Administration, Munson Building, Post Office Box 336, Denison, Texas.

§ 500.61 Location of headquarters organization. The Administrator of the Southwestern Power Administration and his staff are located in the Administration Building of the Government Aircraft Plant No. 3, located approximately nine miles northeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Washington Office is located in Rooms 6326-6328, Department of the Interior Building.

§ 500.62 Division of Operations. The Division of Operations maintains no field offices or depots at the present time. As construction work on the Norfork-Denison Tie Line and the feeder lines is completed and these lines are turned over to the Division of Operations, field offices and depots will be established for the operation and maintenance of these lines.

§ 500.63 District offices. The Administration maintains one District Office at Denison, Texas, known as the TexasLouisiana Area Office.

Subpart B-Procedure

§ 500.100 Rates. Proposed rate schedules are initiated by the Power Distribution Sales and Contract Unit of the Division of Engineering. They are reviewed by the Controller, General Counsel, and the Assistant Administrator. Proposed rates are then submitted to the Administrator and, if he approves, are forwarded to the Secretary through the Division of Power. Rates approved by the Secretary are submitted by the Administrator to the Federal Power Commission for confirmation and approval pursuant to the requirements of the act of December 22, 1944 (Sec. 5, 58 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 825s).

§ 500.101 Marketing activities. In marketing power, the Southwestern Power Administration negotiates power sales contracts with public bodies, cooperatives, privately owned utilities, the large industrial customers who take power in wholesale quantities and other Federal agencies. Contacts are made throughout the United States with potential industrial customers who indicate interest in establishing plants in the Southwest. All possible service leading to increased and more efficient use of power is rendered to customers or prospective customers.

Coordination of programs of power distribution and use is carried on in cooperation with other bureaus and agencies of the Department of the Interior, other Federal departments, and particularly with the Rural Electrification Administration.

Initial power marketing contacts are generally made by the Texas-Louisiana Area Office or the Power Distribution Sales and Contract Unit of the Division of Engineering. Power utilization by rural electric cooperatives, public bodies, and potential industrial customers is stressed in every possible way.

PART 501-DELEGATIONS OF
AUTHORITY

§ 501.10 Construction contracts. Pursuant to §4.860 (a) of Title 43, infra, Floyd E. Conway, Chief, Engineering

Section, and Philroy C. Gale, Chief, Operations Section, are each hereby authorized to separately enter into construction contracts in conformity with applicable regulations and statutory requirements and subject to the availability of appropriations. The authority granted by this section includes the au

thority to issue change orders and extra work orders pursuant to a contract, and to enter into modifications of a contract which are legally permissible, but does not include the authority to terminate a contract. (Secs. 3, 12, 60 Stat. 238, 244; 5 U.S.C. 1002, 1011) [Delegation, Mar. 24, 1947, 12 F.R. 2050]