[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 73986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30757]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5544-D-04]


Redelegation of Administrative Authority for Title I, Section 109 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

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

ACTION: Notice of redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 
(FHEO) supersedes all prior redelegations of authority from the 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO under Title I, Section 109 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974, and redelegates certain 
authority, to FHEO headquarters and Region staff.

DATES: Effective Date: November 16, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara K. Pratt, 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) 402-6322. (This is not a toll-free number.) Hearing- and speech-
impaired individuals may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By separate notice published in today's 
Federal Register, the Secretary delegates to the Assistant Secretary 
for FHEO authority pertaining to civil rights statutes. Included in 
that consolidated delegation is, with certain exceptions, the authority 
to act under Title I, Section 109 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5309). The provisions of Section 109 
are implemented through HUD's regulations in 24 CFR part 6. (See also 
24 CFR 6.3, in which the ``Responsible Official'' is defined as the 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO (or the Assistant Secretary's designee).
    In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for FHEO, supersedes all 
previous redelegations and retains and redelegates the authority to act 
as the ``Responsible Official'' under Title I Section 109 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and its implementing 
regulations subject to certain exceptions.

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains and, with noted exception, 
redelegates to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO the 
authority to act as the ``Responsible Official'' under Section 109, 
only as provided in 24 CFR 6.10 and 6.11. This includes the authority 
to further redelegate. The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO 
retains and, with noted exception, further redelegates these 
authorities to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Programs, Director of the Office of Enforcement, FHEO Region Directors 
and the Director of the Office of Systemic Investigations.

Section B. Authority Excepted

    The authority redelegated by the Assistant Secretary in this notice 
does not include the authority to issue or to waive regulations or the 
authority under 24 CFR 6.13. The authority delegated by the General 
Deputy Assistant Secretary does not include the authority to further 
redelegate. As to the FHEO Region Directors and the Director of 
Systemic Investigations, the authority delegated does not include the 
authority under 24 CFR 6.11(c) to review letters of finding.

Section C. Delegations of Authority Superseded

    All prior redelegations of the authority within the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO under Section 109 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 are superseded.

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

    Dated: November 16, 2011.
John Trasvi[ntilde]a,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
Bryan Greene,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity.
[FR Doc. 2011-30757 Filed 11-28-11; 8:45 am]
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