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It's done that way because Congress grants the power to the Attorney General, who deligates to the Chief of BATF. This is true for every thing, not just this one item. The Director, in turn, delegates these powers downward. He may reserve some decisions for himself.
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+1. It's worth explaining to the uninitiated that government regulations are often phrased to say that "The Director" of an agency has the responsibility to do certain things, but in practice, this means is that the director may delegate the job to whomever he or she chooses, which is usually done with the vast majority of ordinary administrative tasks.
The only change I see in the rules is that the task of overseeing licensees may be directly supervised by the director rather than going through the Director of Industry Operations (DIO). I presume that this was done to eliminate a potential administrative bottleneck.