[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 226 (Thursday, November 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59236-59237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29707]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4177-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 Housing programs, 
as provided to the Housing Program Directors in the HUD Field Offices.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 23, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles E. Gardner, Director, Office 
of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 546, 
Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring St., SW, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303-3388 (Telephone number (404) 331-4127), (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

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Housing 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 Housing on June 28, 1996 and published 
at 61 FR 35801 (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 
Housing programs within their respective jurisdictions. The State and 
Area Coordinators are concurrently redelegated the same authority to 
waive Department directives concerning Housing programs as reside with 
the Housing Program Directors in their respective Field Offices. The 
Housing 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 Housing 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 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 Housing 
programs for the jurisdiction for which each State or Area 
Coordinator is responsible. This authority includes the same 
authority to waive Housing directives as is redelegated to Housing 
Program Directors in those respective jurisdictions. The extent of 
this waiver authority is currently described within the 
redelegations at 59 FR 62739 (December 6, 1994) and 61 FR 35801 
(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 Housing and to the Secretary's 
Representative for the Southeast/Caribbean. The Assistant Secretary 
for Housing 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 35801 (July 8, 1996).

    Dated: September 23, 1996.
Davey L. Gibson,
Secretary's Representative, Southeast/Caribbean.
[FR Doc. 96-29707 Filed 11-20-96; 8:45 am]
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