[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 178 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48158-48159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23259]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. FR-4126-D-01]
Designation
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of designation.
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SUMMARY: This notice designates the Office of Lead-Based Paint
Abatement and Poisoning Prevention, located in the Office of the
Secretary, as the Office of Lead Hazard Control.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 29, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David E. Jacobs, Director of the
Office of Lead Hazard Control, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20410, (202) 755-
1785, ext. 102. (This is not a toll-free number.) For hearing- and
speech-impaired persons, this number may be accessed via TTY (text
telephone) by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-
877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under HUD's Appropriations Act for 1992,
enacted in 1991, Congress required the establishment of an ``Office of
Lead-Based Paint Abatement and Poisoning Prevention'' located in the
Office of the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act of 1992, at
105 Stat. 753 (Pub. L. 102-139, October 28, 1991).
Subsequently, under the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard
Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851 et seq.), Congress broadened
considerably the scope of HUD's responsibilities for lead-based paint
beyond abatement. Under
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the Act, HUD became responsible for a range of lead-based paint and
lead-based paint hazard evaluation and control activities including
risk assessment and interim controls of lead-based paint hazards in
dust and soil. As a result of this expansion of HUD's responsibilities,
the name of the Office of Lead-Based Paint Abatement and Poisoning
Prevention no longer fully describes HUD's lead-based paint functions.
Therefore, the Office of Lead-Based Paint Abatement and Poisoning
Prevention is hereby designated as the Office of Lead Hazard Control.
The Office is still located in the Office of the Secretary.
Accordingly, the Secretary designates as follows:
Section A. Designation
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development designates the
Office of Lead-Based Paint Abatement and Poisoning Prevention, located
in the Office of the Secretary, as the Office of Lead Hazard Control.
Section B. Appropriated Funds
All funds appropriated for lead-based paint functions of the former
Office of Lead-Based Paint Abatement and Poisoning Prevention will be
administered by the Office of Lead Hazard Control.
Authority: Sec. 7(d) of the Department of HUD Act (42 U.S.C.
3535(d)).
Dated: August 29, 1996.
Henry G. Cisneros,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
[FR Doc. 96-23259 Filed 9-11-96; 8:45 am]
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