[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25685-25686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12781]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. FR 4044-D-01]


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development; Delegation and Redelegation of Authority Concerning the 
Base Closure Community Redevelopment and Assistance Act of 1994

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, and Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for CPD, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation and redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development has certain administrative authority under the Base Closure 
Community Redevelopment and Assistance Act of 1994 and its implementing 
regulations at 32 CFR Part 92 and 24 CFR Part 586. The Secretary is 
delegating this authority to administer the Act and implementing 
regulations to the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development. The Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development is redelegating the specific authority to render adverse 
determinations of base reuse plans, pursuant to the Act and 
regulations, to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic 
Development. Additionally, the Secretary is ratifying all actions taken 
by the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development and 
the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, from October 
1, 1995, through the date of signature of this document by the 
Secretary, with respect to the approval of applications received 
pursuant to the Act, in accordance with 32 CFR 92.35 and 24 CFR 586.35.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 10, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacquie M. Lawing, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., 
Room 7204, Washington, DC 20410, (202) 708-0270. A telecommunications 
device for the hearing-impaired (TDD) is available at (202) 708-1455. 
These are not toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Base Closure Community Redevelopment and 
Homeless Assistance Act of 1994, Pub. L. 103-421, 108 Stat. 4346, 
approved October 25, 1994, 42 U.S.C. 11301, note, (``Redevelopment 
Act'') amends the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1988, Pub. L. 100-526, and the National Defense 
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1991, Pub. L. 101-510 (both at 10 
U.S.C. Sec. 2687, note), both as amended by the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, Pub. L. 103-160. The 
Redevelopment Act is implemented jointly by both the Department of 
Defense (``DoD``) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
(``HUD''). DoD published its implementing regulations at 60 FR 40277, 
32 CFR Part 92, on August 8, 1995, and HUD published its implementing 
regulations at 60 FR 42972, 24 CFR Part 586, on August 17, 1995. These 
regulations vest authority with the Secretary of HUD to make 
determinations with regard to plans for reuse of closing/realigning 
military installations. The regulations also provide HUD with the 
authority to approve waivers upon completion of a determination and 
finding of good cause, except for deadlines and actions required on the 
part of DoD.
    The present action is intended to delegate to the Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development the authority to 
approve base reuse plans and to grant waivers. The present action is 
also intended to delegate the authority to render adverse 
determinations of base reuse plans to the Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development, who is redelegating this authority 
to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development. 
Additionally, by executing the present document, the Secretary is 
ratifying all actions taken by the Assistant Secretary for Community 
Planning and Development and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Economic Development on behalf of the Secretary of HUD, from October 1, 
1995, through the date of signature of this document by the Secretary, 
with respect to the approval of applications received pursuant to the 
Redevelopment Act, in accordance with 32 CFR 92.35, and 24 CFR 586.35.
    Accordingly, the Secretary delegates, and the Assistant Secretary 
for

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Community Planning and Development redelegates authority as follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated

    The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
delegates to the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development the authority to administer the Base Closure Community 
Redevelopment and Assistance Act of 1994, including:
    i. The authority to approve base reuse plans, pursuant to 32 CFR 
92.35, and 24 CFR 586.35;
    ii. the authority to grant waivers, pursuant to 32 CFR 92.15(b), 
and 24 CFR 586.15(b); and
    iii. the authority to render adverse determinations of base reuse 
plans, pursuant to 32 CFR 92.40, and 24 CFR 586.40.

Section B. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development 
redelegates to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development 
the authority to render adverse determinations of base reuse plans, 
pursuant to 32 CFR 92.40, and 24 CFR 586.40.

Section C. Actions Ratified

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development hereby ratifies all 
actions previously taken by the Assistant Secretary for Community 
Planning and Development and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Economic Development, from October 1, 1995, through the date of 
signature of this document by the Secretary, with respect to the 
approval of applications for the Base Closure Community Redevelopment 
and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994, in accordance with 32 CFR 92.35, 
and 24 CFR 586.35.

    Authority: Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 3535(d).

    Dated: May 10, 1996.
Henry G. Cisneros,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Andrew M. Cuomo,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-12781 Filed 5-21-96; 8:45 am]
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