The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which has primary authority over ship exhaust, two years ago enacted the first emissions standards for boats, including ferries, fishing vessels and tugboats.
Likewise, the Federal Highway Administration has primary authority over traffic noise yet this agency's core mission is to build, maintain, and upgrade the nation's road system.
Justice Department officials have said they want the Federal Bureau of Investigation to collect evidence in a way that would allow the United States to try suspects in an American court if the Saudis, who have primary authority over the case, were to extradite them.
Moreover, he concurs, though mothers have primary authority over children in the state of nature where parents are roughly equal, fathers typically acquire supremacy through marriage pacts, which may be dictated by civil laws.
DHS currently has primary authority for civilian cybersecurity while the Pentagon manages the military side.
[Texts, Page A12.] The federal appellate court declared that "states have the primary authority" over selecting their delegations to the Electoral College, and that "state procedures are not in any way inadequate to preserve for ultimate review in the United States Supreme Court any federal questions arising" from the case.
In discussing Bemba's role in the atrocities, the judge underscored that he had the primary authority over military operations and was responsible for the MLC's most important decisions, practicing broad and formal powers.
A class member may not refuse to comply with or to be bound by a settlement agreement or consent decree under paragraph (1) if the notice required under subsection (b) was directed to the appropriate Federal official and to either the State attorney general or the person that has primary regulatory, supervisory, or licensing authority over the defendant.
The two other deals recently signed by the countries gave the Afghan government authority over detentions and transferred primary authority over special operations raids, including the night raids that have outraged both Mr. Karzai and the Afghan public.
And where does this leave the international judicial response that was so keenly welcomed last February when the UN security council referred the Libya situation to the ICC? Libyan authorities have primary jurisdiction over crimes committed in their territory, but have been legally bound to transfer Saif to The Hague since the pre-trial chamber of the ICC issued an arrest warrant for him.
Will local, state, or federal authorities have primary responsibility for drone legislation/enforcement?
