96-17172. Redelegation of Authority; Waiver of Directives  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 131 (Monday, July 8, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 35800-35801]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-17172]
    
    
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
    [Docket No. FR-4104-D-01]
    
    
    Redelegation of Authority; Waiver of Directives
    
    AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
    Housing, HUD.
    
    ACTION: Notice of redelegation of authority.
    
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    SUMMARY: In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
    Housing redelegates to the Secretary's Representatives for HUD's Field 
    Offices the same waiver authority of directives and handbook provisions 
    pertaining to Public Housing (PH) programs, as provided to the PH 
    Directors in the HUD Field Offices. The Secretary's Representatives may 
    further redelegate the authority to waive directives and handbook 
    provisions to State and Area Coordinators within their geographic area. 
    Offices of Native American Programs are not covered by this 
    redelegation.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: June 28, 1996.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Teninga, Field Operations 
    Staff, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and 
    Urban Development, Room 4124, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, 
    telephone numbers (202) 708-4016 (voice), (202) 708-1455 (TTY). These 
    are not toll-free numbers
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this redelegation is to 
    provide Secretary's Representatives with the same authority to waive 
    directives, including handbook provisions, redelegate to Public Housing 
    Directors in the Field Offices, and with the authority to further 
    redelegated to
    
    [[Page 35801]]
    
    State and Area Coordinators. 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.''
        Department directives mandated by statute, executive order, or 
    regulation, and those related to civil rights compliance and 
    enforcement are not within this redelegation. The Secretary is the 
    ultimate repository of the authority both to issue and to waive the 
    regulations of the Department. Typically the authority to issue 
    regulations is delegated to an Assistant Secretary or official of 
    equivalent rank. Under section 7(q) of the Department of Housing and 
    Urban Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(q), the Secretary may not 
    delegate the authority to waive a regulation below the Assistant 
    Secretary rank. This prohibition even includes individuals who have 
    been delegated authority concurrent with the Assistant Secretary. Under 
    circumstances prescribed in the policy statement, the General Counsel 
    must concur on proposed waivers of regulations subject to section 7(q) 
    of the HUD Act.
        Under HUD's policy statement on waiver of regulations and 
    directives, Directive means a Handbook (including a change or 
    supplement), notice, interim notice, special directive, and any other 
    issuance that the Department may classify as a directive. Handbook 
    means a directive that communicates information of a permanent nature 
    (including clarification of policies, instructions, guidance, 
    procedures, forms, and reports) for HUD staff or program participants. 
    Its permanent nature distinguishes a Handbook from other temporary HUD 
    directives such as notices.
        As part of the Department's continued commitment to empowering 
    communities, the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing is 
    redelegating in this document additional authority to HUD's Secretary's 
    Representatives. Each Secretary's Representative is redelegated limited 
    authority to issue waivers of Department directives, including handbook 
    provisions, for Public Housing programs for the geographic area for 
    which the Secretary's Representative is responsible. The Secretary's 
    Representative is concurrently redelegated the same authority to waive 
    Department directives concerning Public Housing programs as reside with 
    the Public Housing Directors for the Field Offices in the geographic 
    area. The PH Director and the Secretary's Representative must jointly 
    concur in all requests for waivers, whether the request is granted or 
    denied. If the Secretary's Representative and the PH Director do not 
    agree, the matter will be referred to the Assistant Secretary for PIH 
    for resolution. If the Secretary's Representative further redelegates 
    his or her authority to a State and Area Coordinator, and the PH 
    Director and State and Area Coordinator disagree on a waiver request, 
    the State and Area Coordinator will refer the matter to the Secretary's 
    Representative.
        Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing 
    redelegates as follows:
    
    Section A. Authority Redelegated
    
        The Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing concurrently 
    redelegates to each Secretary's Representative the following authority 
    to waive Department directives, including handbook provisions, 
    concerning Public Housing programs for the geographic area for which 
    the Secretary's Representative is responsible. This authority includes 
    the same authority to waive Public Housing directives as is redelegated 
    to Public Housing Directors in the geographic area. The extent of this 
    waiver authority is currently described within the redelegations at 59 
    FR 51200 (October 7, 1994) and 60 FR 50635 (September 29, 1994). Each 
    waiver granted shall be in writing, specify the grounds for the waiver, 
    and shall be transmitted in writing to the Assistant Secretary for PIH. 
    The Assistant Secretary for PIH will publish any changes or amendments 
    to these redelegations.
    
    Section B. Authority To Further Redelegate
    
        The authority redelegated pursuant to Section A., above, may be 
    further redelegated to the State and Area Coordinators for the 
    geographic region of the Secretary's Representative. If the Secretary's 
    Representative redelegates this authority to a State and Area 
    Coordinator, the redelegation shall include the requirement that each 
    waiver granted shall be in writing, specify the grounds for the waiver, 
    and shall be transmitted in writing simultaneously to the appropriate 
    Secretary's Representative and to the Assistant Secretary for PIH.
    
        Authority: Sec. 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban 
    Development (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).
    
        Dated: June 28, 1996.
    Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
    Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    [FR Doc. 96-17172 Filed 7-5-96; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4210-33-M
    
    
    

Document Information

Effective Date:
6/28/1996
Published:
07/08/1996
Department:
Housing and Urban Development Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of redelegation of authority.
Document Number:
96-17172
Dates:
June 28, 1996.
Pages:
35800-35801 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. FR-4104-D-01
PDF File:
96-17172.pdf