[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 73987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30760]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5544-D-06]


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 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 regarding civil rights 
related program requirements (CRRPR) 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: 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 the 
consolidated delegation is certain authority regarding the Department's 
civil rights related program requirements. (60 FR 14294-01, March 16, 
1995). In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for FHEO supersedes all 
prior redelegations of authority made within the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO and 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 
Programs 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. In the event that the FHEO Region Director and the Field 
Office Program Official who has been redelegated authority to make 
funding decisions are not able to agree on the status of an applicant 
or participant with respect to a CRRPR, the matter shall be forwarded 
to Headquarters and the decision shall be made jointly by the Assistant 
Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity and the Program 
Assistant Secretary with authority over the Field Office Program 
Official. If the Assistant Secretaries are unable to agree, the matter 
shall be resolved by the Secretary of HUD.

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 Superseded

    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 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. 2011-30760 Filed 11-28-11; 8:45 am]
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