[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 226 (Thursday, November 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59237-59238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29709]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4179-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/

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 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 Community Planning and 
Development (CPD) programs, as provided to the CPD Program Directors in 
the HUD Field Offices.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 23, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John L. Perry, Director, Office of 
Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Room 270, Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring 
St., SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3388, (Telephone number (404) 331-
5139), (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 CPD 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 CPD on June 28, 1996 and 
published at 61 FR 35802 (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 
CPD programs within their respective jurisdictions. The State and Area 
Coordinators are concurrently redelegated the same authority to waive 
Department directives concerning CPD programs as reside with the CPD 
Program Directors in their respective Field Offices. The CPD 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 CPD 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 CPD 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 CPD programs 
for the jurisdiction for which each State or Area Coordinator is 
responsible. This authority includes the same authority to waive CPD 
directives as is redelegated to CPD Program Directors in those 
respective jurisdictions. The extent of this waiver authority is 
currently described within the redelegations at 59 FR 18280 (April 
15, 1994) [as amended by the redelegation at 60 FR 30312 (June 8, 
1995)], and 61 FR 35802 (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 CPD and to the 
Secretary's Representative for the Southeast/Caribbean. The 
Assistant Secretary for CPD 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 35802 (July 8, 1996).

    Dated: September 23, 1996.
Davey L. Gibson,
Secretary's Representative, Southeast/Caribbean.
[FR Doc. 96-29709 Filed 11-20-96; 8:45 am]
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