[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73989-73990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30768]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5544-D-10]


Redelegation of Administrative Authority Under Section 504 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973

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

ACTION: Notice of redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, 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 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and HUD's 
implementing regulations, and redelegates certain authority as set 
forth herein to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary, who in turn 
redelegates certain authority as set forth herein to the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, Director of the 
Office of Enforcement, Director of the Office of Systemic 
Investigations and the FHEO Region Directors.

DATES: Effective Date: November 16, 2011

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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: The Secretary has delegated to the Assistant 
Secretary for FHEO the authority to act as ``responsible civil rights 
official'' and ``reviewing civil rights official'' under section 504 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and HUD's implementing regulations in 24 
CFR part 8. The Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegated the authority 
to act as the ``responsible civil rights official'' to the General 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO, who in turn, redelegated that 
authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Programs, Director of the Office of Enforcement, Director of the Office 
of Systemic Investigations, and the FHEO Region Directors. The 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO also redelegated the authority to act as 
``reviewing civil rights official,'' in accordance with 24 CFR 8.56(h), 
to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO, who in turn further 
redelegated that authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Programs, the Director of the Office of Enforcement, 
and the Director of the Office of Systemic Investigations. The 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO therefore now supersedes those prior 
redelegations and retains and redelegates authority as follows:

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains and, with limited 
exceptions set forth in Section B, redelegates the authority to act as 
the ``responsible civil rights official'' and the ``reviewing civil 
rights official'' to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO, 
including the authority to redelegate that authority. The General 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains and further redelegates the 
authority to act as the ``responsible civil rights official'' to the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, Director of 
the Office of Systemic Investigations, Director of the Office of 
Enforcement and the FHEO Region Directors. The General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for FHEO retains and further redelegates the authority to act 
as ``reviewing civil rights official,'' in accordance with in 24 CFR 
8.56(h), to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Programs, Director of the Office of Enforcement and the Director of the 
Office of Systemic Investigation. The authority redelegated to the 
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO to act as the ``responsible 
civil rights official'' when undertaking procedures to effect 
compliance pursuant to 24 CFR 8.57 is only redelegated to the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs and may not be 
redelegated.

Section B. Authority Excepted

    The authority redelegated from the Assistant Secretary for FHEO 
does not include the authority to issue or waive regulations. The 
authority redelegated from the Assistant Secretary for FHEO to the 
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO 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 section 504 of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 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. 2011-30768 Filed 11-28-11; 8:45 am]
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