[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 226 (Thursday, November 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 59237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29708]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4178-D-01]


Redelegation of Authority; Waiver of Directives

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary's Representative for the Southeast/
Caribbean, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary's Representative for the 
Southeast/Caribbean redelegates to the State and Area Coordinators of 
HUD Field Offices in the Southeast/Caribbean the same waiver authority 
of directives and handbook provisions pertaining to Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity (FHEO) programs, as provided to the FHEO Program 
Directors in the HUD Field Offices.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 23, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fanny Chestnut-Hairston, Program 
Operations and Compliance Center, FHEO, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Room 230, Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring 
St., SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3388 (Telephone number (404) 331-1798), 
(TTY number (404) 730-2654). These are not toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this redelegation is to 
provide State and Area Coordinators in the Southeast/Caribbean with the 
same authority to waive directives, including handbook provisions, 
redelegated to FHEO Program Directors in the Field Offices. It is 
issued in accordance with, and subject to, the Redelegation of 
Authority issued by the Assistant Secretary for FHEO on June 28, 1996 
and published at 61 FR 35803 (July 8, 1996). This redelegation does not 
supersede the Department's Statement of Policy published on April 22, 
1991 at 56 FR 16337, entitled ``Waiver of Regulations and Directives 
Issued by HUD.''
    By this Redelegation of Authority, each State and Area Coordinator 
in the Southeast/Caribbean is redelegated limited authority to issue 
waivers of Department directives, including handbook provisions, for 
FHEO programs within their respective jurisdictions. The State and Area 
Coordinators are concurrently redelegated the same authority to waive 
Department directives concerning FHEO programs as reside with the FHEO 
Program Directors in their respective Field Offices. The FHEO Program 
Director and the State or Area Coordinator must jointly concur in all 
requests for waivers, whether the request is granted or denied. If the 
State or Area Coordinator and the FHEO Program Director do not agree, 
the matter will be referred to the Secretary's Representative. If the 
Secretary's Representative and the Program Director do not agree, the 
matter will be referred to the Assistant Secretary for FHEO for 
resolution.
    Accordingly, the Secretary's Representative for the Southeast/
Caribbean redelegates as follows:

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    The Secretary's Representative for the Southeast/Caribbean 
concurrently redelegates to each State and Area Coordinator for the 
Southeast/Caribbean the following authority to waive Department 
directives, including handbook provisions, concerning FHEO programs 
for the jurisdiction for which each State or Area Coordinator is 
responsible. This authority includes the same authority to waive 
FHEO directives as is redelegated to FHEO Program Directors in those 
respective jurisdictions. Each waiver granted shall be in writing, 
specify the grounds for the waiver, and shall be transmitted in 
writing to the Assistant Secretary for FHEO and to the Secretary's 
Representative for the Southeast/Caribbean. The Assistant Secretary 
for FHEO will publish any changes or amendments to these 
redelegations.

B. Authority To Further Redelegate

    The authority redelegated pursuant to Section A above may not be 
further redelegated.

    Authority: Sec. 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development (42 U.S.C 3535(d)); 61 FR 35803 (July 8, 1996).

    Dated: September 23, 1996.
Davey L. Gibson,
Secretary's Representative, Southeast/Caribbean.
[FR Doc. 96-29708 Filed 11-20-96; 8:45 am]
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