[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73986-73987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30759]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5544-D-05]


Redelegation of Authority Under the Age Discrimination Act of 
1975

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 made within the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for FHEO under the Age Discrimination 
Act of 1975, and retains and redelegates this authority, with noted 
exceptions, to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO, who in 
turn redelegates certain authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Enforcement and Programs, Director of the Office of Enforcement and 
FHEO Region Directors.

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 Information 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 the authority to act under the Age 
Discrimination Act of 1975. In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for 
FHEO supersedes prior redelegations and retains and, with noted 
exceptions, redelegates authority under the Age Discrimination Act to 
the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO. The General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO, in turn, redelegates certain authority to 
certain FHEO headquarters and region staff.
    Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary for FHEO and the General 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegate authority as follows:

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Section A. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains and, with noted 
exceptions, redelegates to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
FHEO authority to act under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and its 
implementing regulations in 24 CFR part 146 .The authority delegated in 
this notice does not include authority as provided in 24 CFR 146.39, 
146.47(a), and 146.49. This includes the authority to further 
redelegate authority. The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO 
retains and, with noted exceptions, redelegates this authority to the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, Director of 
the Office of Enforcement, and the FHEO Region Directors.

Section B. Authority Excepted

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

Section C. Authority Superseded

    All prior redelegations of authority made within the office of the 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 
are superseded.

    Authority:  Section 7(d) of the 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. 2011-30759 Filed 11-28-11; 8:45 a.m.]
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