[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 73989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30766]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5544-D-09]


Redelegation of Authority Under Section 3 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968

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

ACTION: Notice of redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 24 CFR 135.7, the Assistant Secretary for Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) has been delegated authority under 
Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 and HUD's 
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 135. In this notice, the 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains those authorities and, with noted 
exceptions, redelegates this authority to the General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for FHEO, who further redelegates certain authority to the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs and to each of 
the FHEO Regional Directors. This notice also supersedes all prior 
redelegations of authority by the office of the Assistant Secretary for 
FHEO under section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 
and HUD's implementing regulations at 24 CFR 135.

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 regulation, the Secretary delegated 
certain authority under section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u), and its implementing regulations, 24 CFR 
135, to the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. 
On December 17, 2007 (72 FR 71429), the Assistant Secretary for Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) redelegated that authority, with 
certain exceptions, under section 3 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1968 to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
FHEO who retained and further redelegated certain authorities to the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs. In addition, 
the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs retained 
these authorities and further redelegated limited authorities to each 
of the FHEO Region Directors. In this redelegation, the Assistant 
Secretary for FHEO supersedes all prior redelegations and redelegates 
the authority under section 3 as follows:

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains and, with certain 
exceptions noted in Section B herein, redelegates to the General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO all authority under section 3 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 and its implementing 
regulations. This redelegation includes the authority to further 
redelegate authority. The General Deputy Assistant Secretary in turn 
retains and redelegates this authority including the authority for 
Section 3 complaint processing, to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Programs and the FHEO Regional Directors, with the 
exception that the authority delegated to the FHEO Regional Directors 
may not be further delegated.

Section B. Exception to Redelegation

    The authority redelegated from the Assistant Secretary does not 
include the authority to issue or to waive regulations or to impose 
resolutions or sanctions in Section 3 complaint investigations pursuant 
to 24 CFR 135.76(f)(2)

Section C. Prior Redelegated Authority Superseded

    All previous redelegations of authority made within the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for FHEO under section 3 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1968 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. 2011-30766 Filed 11-28-11; 8:45 am]
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