[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 241 (Monday, December 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71426-71427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24324]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5168-D-01]


Revocation and Redelegation of Administrative Authority Under 
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

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

ACTION: Notice of revocation and redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 
(FHEO) revokes all prior redelegations of authority made within the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for FHEO under Section 504 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and HUD's implementing regulations, and 
redelegates certain authority as set forth herein to the General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, who in turn redelegates certain authority as set 
forth herein to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Programs, Director of the Office of Enforcement, Director of the Office 
of Systemic Investigations and the FHEO Region Directors.

DATES: Effective Date: May 31, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Greene, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, SW., Room 5204, Washington, DC 20410-0001; telephone 
number (202) 619-8046 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing- and 
speech-impaired individuals may access this number through TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary has delegated to the Assistant 
Secretary for FHEO the authority to act as ``responsible civil rights 
official'' and ``reviewing civil rights official'' under section 504 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and HUD's implementing regulations in 24 
CFR part 8. The Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegated the authority 
to act as the ``responsible civil rights official'' to the General 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO, who in turn, redelegated that 
authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Programs, Director of the Office of Enforcement and the FHEO Hub 
Directors. The Assistant Secretary for FHEO also redelegated the 
authority to act as ``reviewing civil rights official,'' in accordance 
with 24 CFR 8.56(h), to

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the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO, who in turn further 
redelegated that authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Programs and the Director of the Office of Enforcement. 
Since then, FHEO has created an Office of Systemic Investigations. 
Further, the FHEO Hub Directors' titles have been changed to FHEO 
Region Directors. The Assistant Secretary for FHEO therefore now 
revokes those prior redelegations and retains and redelegates authority 
as follows:

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains and, with limited 
exceptions set forth in Section B, redelegates the authority to act as 
the ``responsible civil rights official'' and the ``reviewing civil 
rights official'' to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO, 
including the authority to redelegate that authority. The General 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains and further redelegates the 
authority to act as the ``responsible civil rights official'' to the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, Director of 
the Office of Systemic Investigations, Director of the Office of 
Enforcement and the FHEO Region Directors. The General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for FHEO retains and further redelegates the authority to act 
as ``reviewing civil rights official,'' in accordance with 24 CFR 
8.56(h), to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Programs, Director of the Office of Enforcement and the Director of the 
Office of Systemic Investigation.

Section B. Authority Excepted

    The authority redelegated from the Assistant Secretary for FHEO 
does not include the authority to issue or waive regulations. The 
authority redelegated from the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
FHEO does not include the authority, under 24 CFR 8.57(a) and (e) (1), 
to determine that compliance cannot be effectuated through informal 
resolution, to terminate or refuse to grant or continue federal 
financial assistance for noncompliance under 24 CFR 8.57(c) and does 
not include the authority to further redelegate.

Section C. Authority Revoked

    All prior redelegations of authority made within the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO under section 504 of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 are revoked.

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

    Dated: May 31, 2007.
Kim Kendrick,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
Cheryl Ziegler,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity.

    Editorial Note: This document was received at the Office of the 
Federal Register on December 12, 2007.
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