[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 226 (Thursday, November 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 59237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29708]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4178-D-01]
Redelegation of Authority; Waiver of Directives
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary's Representative for the Southeast/
Caribbean, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of redelegation of authority.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary's Representative for the
Southeast/Caribbean redelegates to the State and Area Coordinators of
HUD Field Offices in the Southeast/Caribbean the same waiver authority
of directives and handbook provisions pertaining to Fair Housing and
Equal Opportunity (FHEO) programs, as provided to the FHEO Program
Directors in the HUD Field Offices.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 23, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fanny Chestnut-Hairston, Program
Operations and Compliance Center, FHEO, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Room 230, Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring
St., SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3388 (Telephone number (404) 331-1798),
(TTY number (404) 730-2654). These are not toll-free numbers.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this redelegation is to
provide State and Area Coordinators in the Southeast/Caribbean with the
same authority to waive directives, including handbook provisions,
redelegated to FHEO Program Directors in the Field Offices. It is
issued in accordance with, and subject to, the Redelegation of
Authority issued by the Assistant Secretary for FHEO on June 28, 1996
and published at 61 FR 35803 (July 8, 1996). This redelegation does not
supersede the Department's Statement of Policy published on April 22,
1991 at 56 FR 16337, entitled ``Waiver of Regulations and Directives
Issued by HUD.''
By this Redelegation of Authority, each State and Area Coordinator
in the Southeast/Caribbean is redelegated limited authority to issue
waivers of Department directives, including handbook provisions, for
FHEO programs within their respective jurisdictions. The State and Area
Coordinators are concurrently redelegated the same authority to waive
Department directives concerning FHEO programs as reside with the FHEO
Program Directors in their respective Field Offices. The FHEO Program
Director and the State or Area Coordinator must jointly concur in all
requests for waivers, whether the request is granted or denied. If the
State or Area Coordinator and the FHEO Program Director do not agree,
the matter will be referred to the Secretary's Representative. If the
Secretary's Representative and the Program Director do not agree, the
matter will be referred to the Assistant Secretary for FHEO for
resolution.
Accordingly, the Secretary's Representative for the Southeast/
Caribbean redelegates as follows:
Section A. Authority Redelegated
The Secretary's Representative for the Southeast/Caribbean
concurrently redelegates to each State and Area Coordinator for the
Southeast/Caribbean the following authority to waive Department
directives, including handbook provisions, concerning FHEO programs
for the jurisdiction for which each State or Area Coordinator is
responsible. This authority includes the same authority to waive
FHEO directives as is redelegated to FHEO Program Directors in those
respective jurisdictions. Each waiver granted shall be in writing,
specify the grounds for the waiver, and shall be transmitted in
writing to the Assistant Secretary for FHEO and to the Secretary's
Representative for the Southeast/Caribbean. The Assistant Secretary
for FHEO will publish any changes or amendments to these
redelegations.
B. Authority To Further Redelegate
The authority redelegated pursuant to Section A above may not be
further redelegated.
Authority: Sec. 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (42 U.S.C 3535(d)); 61 FR 35803 (July 8, 1996).
Dated: September 23, 1996.
Davey L. Gibson,
Secretary's Representative, Southeast/Caribbean.
[FR Doc. 96-29708 Filed 11-20-96; 8:45 am]
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