[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 226 (Thursday, November 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 59236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29706]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4176-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 Public Housing (PH) 
programs, as provided to the PH Directors in the HUD Field Offices.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 23, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harold E. Saether, Director, Office of 
Public Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 262, 
Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring St., SW, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303-3388 (telephone number (404) 331-4766) (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 Public Housing Directors in the Field Offices. It is 
issued in accordance with, and subject to, the Redelegation of 
Authority issued by the Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and 
Indian Housing on June 28, 1996 and published at 61 FR 35800 (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 
Public Housing programs within their respective jurisdictions. The 
State and Area Coordinators are concurrently redelegated the same 
authority to waive Department directives concerning Public Housing 
programs as reside with the Public Housing Directors in their 
respective Field Offices. The PH 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 PH 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 Public and Indian Housing 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 Public Housing 
programs for the jurisdiction for which each State or Area 
Coordinator is responsible. This authority includes the same 
authority to waive Public Housing directives as is redelegated to 
Public Housing Directors in those respective jurisdictions. The 
extent of this waiver authority is currently described within the 
redelegations at 59 FR 51200 (October 7, 1994), 60 FR 50635 
(September 29, 1994), and 61 FR 35800 (July 8, 1996). 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 
and to the Secretary's Representative for the Southeast/Caribbean. 
The Assistant Secretary for PIH 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 35800 (July 8, 1996).

    Dated: September 23, 1996.
Davey L. Gibson,
Secretary's Representative, Southeast/Caribbean.
[FR Doc. 96-29706 Filed 11-20-96; 8:45 am]
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