[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 241 (Monday, December 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 71428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24331]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5168-D-05]


Revocation and Redelegation of Authority for the Civil Rights 
Related Program Requirements of HUD Programs

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 regarding civil rights 
related program requirements of HUD programs to FHEO staff and retains 
and redelegates this authority, with noted exceptions, to the General 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of FHEO, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Programs, Director of the Office of Programs, 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 
(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: By previous delegation, the Secretary 
delegated to the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity certain authority regarding the Department's civil rights 
related program requirements (60 FR 14294, March 16, 1995). By previous 
redelegation (68 FR 45844, August 4, 2003), the Assistant Secretary for 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) redelegated the Assistant 
Secretary's authority regarding civil rights related program 
requirements of HUD programs to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
who in turn, redelegated certain authority to the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, Director of the Office of 
Programs, and the FHEO Hub Directors. Since then, the FHEO Hub 
Directors' titles were changed to FHEO Region Directors. The Assistant 
Secretary for FHEO, through this notice, retains and redelegates the 
authority regarding civil rights related program requirements of HUD 
programs to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, Director of the 
Office of Enforcement and the FHEO Region Directors.
    Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary for FHEO delegates authority 
as follows:

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    With certain exceptions noted in Section B, the Assistant Secretary 
for FHEO retains and redelegates to the General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for FHEO all authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary 
for FHEO regarding civil rights related program requirements of HUD 
programs. This includes the authority to further redelegate. The 
General Deputy Assistant Secretary retains and redelegates this 
authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Programs, Director of the Office of Programs, and the FHEO Region 
Directors.

Section B. Exceptions to Redelegation

    The authority delegated by the Assistant Secretary does not include 
the authority to issue or to waive regulations. The Authority 
redelegated from the General Deputy Assistant Secretary does not 
include the authority to further redelegate.

Section C. Authority Revoked

    All prior redelegations of authority made by the Assistant 
Secretary for FHEO regarding civil rights related program requirements 
of HUD programs made within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
FHEO are revoked, including, but not limited to, the redelegations at 
68 FR 45844 published on August 4, 2003.

    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 L. 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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