[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 32 (Friday, February 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7665-7666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2811]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-48787-N-05]


Final Guidance on Federal Financial Assistance Recipients 
Regarding Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination 
Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons: Announcement of 
Rescheduled Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity, HUD.

ACTION: Notice; Announcement of Rescheduled Meeting.

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SUMMARY: On January 25, 2007, HUD announced through Federal Register 
notice a February 13, 2007, meeting to discuss HUD's final guidance on 
``Federal Financial Assistance Regarding Title VI Prohibition against 
National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient 
Persons'' (LEP Final Guidance). This meeting has been rescheduled for 
February 28, 2007, and the meeting will run from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. 
(which is also a change from the February 13, 2007, meeting time of 2 
p.m. to 4 p.m.).
    Additionally, HUD's LEP Final Guidance was scheduled to become 
effective on February 21, 2007. By notice published elsewhere in 
today's Federal Register, the effective date of the guidance is now 
March 7, 2007.

DATES: HUD will conduct the meeting on LEP Final Guidance on February 
28, 2007.

ADDRESS: The LEP Guidance meeting will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. 
(Eastern time) on February 28, 2007, at HUD Headquarters for which the 
address is the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC. HUD is no longer soliciting participation 
in the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela D. Walsh, Director, Program 
Standards and Compliance Division, Office of Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Room 5226, Washington, DC 20410-0500; telephone (202) 402-
2288 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech 
disabilities may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-
free Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

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Background

    On January 22, 2007, HUD published in the Federal Register (72 FR 
2732) final guidance to help recipients of federal financial assistance 
take reasonable steps to meet their regulatory and statutory 
obligations to ensure that LEP persons have meaningful access to HUD 
programs and activities. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(Title VI) and its implementing regulations, recipients of federal 
financial assistance have a responsibility to ensure meaningful access 
to programs and activities by LEP persons.
    The January 22, 2007, LEP Final Guidance was preceded by proposed 
guidance published on December 19, 2003 (68 FR 70968) for which HUD 
solicited public comment. The LEP Final Guidance takes into 
consideration the public comments received on the December 19, 2003, 
proposed guidance. There are no significant changes between the 
proposed guidance and the final guidance. However, for purposes of 
clarification, several minor changes were made in Appendix A, and a new 
Appendix B has been added to the Guidance. Appendix B, ``Questions and 
Answers (Q&A),'' responds to frequently asked questions (FAQs) related 
to providing meaningful access to LEP persons. HUD's LEP Final Guidance 
can be found at http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/promotingfh/lep.cfm.

February 28, 2007 Meeting

    HUD will hold a meeting on the guidance on February 28, 2007, from 
3 p.m. to 5 p.m., at HUD Headquarters. Interested members of the public 
were earlier invited to attend this meeting, originally scheduled for 
February 13, 2007, by notice published in the Federal Register on 
January 25, 2007 (72 FR 3404). HUD is no longer soliciting 
participation in this meeting. Interested parties who contacted HUD by 
the response deadline of February 9, 2007, have received notification 
of confirmation to participate in the meeting.

    Dated: February 12, 2007.
 Kim Kendrick,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
 [FR Doc. E7-2811 Filed 2-15-07; 8:45 am]
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