[Federal Register: August 4, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 149)]
[Notices]
[Page 45845-45846]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4837-D-24]
Revocation and Redelegation of 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 revocation and redelegation of authority.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
(FHEO) revokes 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 this authority, with noted exceptions, to the General
Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO. The General Deputy Assistant
Secretary for FHEO, in turn, redelegates certain authority to the
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs to the Director
of the Office of Enforcement and to the FHEO Hub Directors.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Milton Turner, Director of Compliance
and Disability Rights Division, Office of Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity, Room 5240, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-2000. Telephone: (202)
708-2333. (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 number at 1-800-877-8339.
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, through this notice,
redelegates the authority to act as the ``responsible civil rights
official'' to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO, who in
turn, redelegates this authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Programs, to the Director of the Office of Enforcement
and to the FHEO Hub Directors. The Assistant Secretary for FHEO also
redelegates 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 redelegates this
authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Programs and to the Director of the Office of Enforcement.
Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary for FHEO and the General
Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO delegate authority as follows:
Section A. Authority Redelegated
The Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegates to the General Deputy
Assistant Secretary for FHEO the authority to act as the ``responsible
civil rights official.'' The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
FHEO redelegates this authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Programs, to the Director of the Office of Enforcement
and to the FHEO Hub Directors.
The Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegates to the General Deputy
Assistant Secretary for FHEO authority to act as ``reviewing civil
rights official,'' in accordance with in 24 CFR 8.56(h). The General
Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegates this authority to the
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, and to the
Director of the Office of Enforcement.
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 to the Director of the Office of
Enforcement, and to the FHEO Hub Directors does not include the
authority, under 24 CFR 8.57(a) and (e)(1), to determine that
compliance cannot be effectuated through informal resolution.
The authority redelegated to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for FHEO, to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Program, to the Director of the Office of Enforcement, and to the FHEO
Hub Directors does not include the authority, as set forth in 24 CFR
8.57(c), to terminate or refuse to grant or continue federal financial
assistance for noncompliance.
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Section C. Authority Revoked
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 revoked, including, but not limited to, the redelegaton
at 63 FR 11905 (March 11, 1998).
Authority: Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).
Dated: July 25, 2003.
Carolyn Y. Peoples,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
Floyd O. May,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity.
[FR Doc. 03-19784 Filed 8-1-03; 8:45 am]
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