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Dated: March 6, 2007. 

Orlando J. Cabrera, 

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing. 

APPENDIX A—FISCAL YEAR 2006 FUNDING AWARDS FOR THE ROSS ELDERLY/PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES PROGRAM

Mobile Housing Board ........................... 151 South Claiborne Street .................. Mobile ................... AL 36602 $350,000 

Lutheran Social Ministry of the Southwest.5049 East Broadway, Suite 102 ........... Tucson .................. AZ 85711 375,000 

The Housing Authority of the County of 

Los Angeles.

2 Coral Circle ........................................ Monterey Park ...... CA 91755 350,000 

Atlanta Regional Commission ............... 40 Courtland Street, Northeast ............. Atlanta ................... GA 30303 375,000

Housing and Community Development 

Corporation of Hawaii.

677 Queen Street, Suite 300 ................ Honolulu ................ HI 96813 388,522 

Chicago Housing Authority .................... 626 West Jackson Street ...................... Chicago ................. IL 60661 300,000 

The Housing Authority of the City of 

New Albany, Indiana.

Post Office Box 11 ................................ New Albany ........... IN 47150 350,000 

City of Wichita Housing Authority ......... 332 North Riverview .............................. Wichita .................. KS 67203 240,000 

Housing Authority of Catlettsburg ......... 210 24th Street ..................................... Catlettsburg ........... KY 41129 110,708 

Housing Authority of Corbin .................. 1336 Madison Street ............................. Corbin ................... KY 40701 207,324 

Grand Rapids Housing Commission ..... 1420 Fuller Avenue, Southeast ............ Grand Rapids ........ MI 49507 164,734 

Housing Authority of St. Louis Park ...... 5005 Minnetonka Boulevard ................. St. Louis Park ....... MN 55416 210,627 

Natchez Housing Authority .................... 2 Auburn Avenue .................................. Natchez ................. MS 39120 250,000 

Public Housing Authority of Butte ......... 220 Curtis Street ................................... Butte ...................... MT 59701 98,500 

Gastonia Housing Authority .................. P.O. 2398, 340 West Long Avenue ...... Gastonia ................ NC 28053–2398 250,000 

Dover Housing Authority ....................... 62 Whittier Street .................................. Dover .................... NH 03820–2994 269,362 

Garfield Housing Authority .................... 71 Daniel P. Conti Court ....................... Garfield ................. NJ 7026 350,000 

Housing Authority of Gloucester County 100 Pop Moylan Boulevard ................... Deptford ................ NJ 8096 76,066 

Housing Authority of the Township of 

Woodbridge.

20 Bunns Lane ...................................... Woodbridge ........... NJ 7095 350,000 

Catholic Family Center .......................... 87 North Clinton Avenue ....................... Rochester .............. NY 14604 375,000 

Ithaca Housing Authority ....................... 800 South Plain Street .......................... Ithaca .................... NY 14850 333,640 

White Plains Housing Authority ............. 223 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.White Plains .......... NY 10601 225,000 

Columbiana Metropolitan Housing Authority.325 Moore Street .................................. East Liverpool ....... OH 43920 350,000 

Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority ... 400 Tuscarawas Street East ................. Canton .................. OH 44702–1131 272,487 

Mercer County Housing Authority ......... 80 Jefferson Avenue ............................. Sharon .................. PA 16146 240,000 

City of San Marcos Housing Authority .. 1201 Thorpe Lane ................................. San Marcos ........... TX 78666 207,311 

Housing Authority of the City of El 

Paso.

5300 Paisano Drive ............................... El Paso ................. TX 79905 450,000 

Bennington Housing Authority ............... 22 Willowbrook Drive ............................ Bennington ............ VT 05201–1773 250,000 

Rutland Housing Authority .................... 5 Tremont Street ................................... Rutland .................. VT 05701 248,750 

Neighborhood House ............................ 905 Spruce Street, Suite 200 ............... Seattle ................... WA 98104 125,000 

Neighborhood House ............................ 905 Spruce Street ................................. Seattle ................... WA 98104 250,000 

Friends of Housing Corporation ............ 9141 West Lisbon Avenue .................... Milwaukee ............. WI 53222 375,000 

Wheeling Housing Authority .................. Box 2089 11 Community Street ............ Wheeling ............... WV 26003 239,160 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4837–D–62] 

Delegation of Authority to Regional 

Directors To Waive Certain Handbook 

and Directives Provisions 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of delegation of authority 

to regional directors in the HUD 

regional offices. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary 

delegates to the Regional Directors the 

authority to waive certain HUD 

handbook provisions and directives and 

announces the procedures that will 

govern these waivers. Specifically, the 

delegation provides Regional Directors 

with concurrent authority to waive 

certain HUD handbook provisions and 

directives. Currently, the Regional 

Directors are located in Region I 

(Boston, MA); Region II (New York, NY); 

Region III (Philadelphia, PA); Region IV 

(Atlanta, GA); Region V (Chicago, IL); 

Region VI (Fort Worth, TX); Region VII 

(Kansas City, KS); Region VIII (Denver, 

CO); Region IX (San Francisco, CA); and 

Region X (Seattle, WA). 

Any waiver of HUD handbook 

provisions and directives made in the 

field must be in writing and must 

specify the grounds for granting it. All 

waiver decisions by a Regional Director 

in the Office of Field Policy and 

Management must be jointly concurred 

in by the appropriate regional program 

director or Assistant Secretary. In 

addition, the Department will make 

available for public inspection, for at 

least a 3-year period, a record of all 

waivers of HUD handbook provisions 

and directives. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 30, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aaron Santa Anna, Assistant General 

Counsel for Regulations, Office of 

Legislation and Regulations, Office of 

General Counsel, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410; telephone 

number (202) 708–3055 or Mark Borum, 

Field Management Officer, Office of 

Field Policy and Management, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Room 7122, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone number (202) 708–1123. 

(These are not toll-free numbers.) These 


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1By its terms, section 106 reaches only HUD 

‘‘handbooks.’’ This is the one class of HUD 

directives, as defined in this Notice. In order to give 

section 106 the widest possible coverage, the 

Department has decided, as a matter of agency 

discretion, to subject all the Department’s directives 

to the provisions of section 106. 

numbers may be accessed through TTY 

by calling the Federal Information Relay 

Service at (800) 877–8339. Comments or 

questions can be submitted through the 

Internet to Aaron_Santa_Anna@hud.gov 

or to Mark_G._Borum@hud.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

106 of the Department of Housing and 

Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 

(Pub. L. 101–235, approved December 

15, 1989) added section 7(q) to the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Act (HUD Act) (42 U.S.C. 

3535(q)). Section 7(q) provides that any 

waiver of a HUD regulation or handbook 

provision must be in writing, specify the 

grounds for the waiver, and be indexed 

and made available for public 

inspection (42 U.S.C. 3535(q)(4)). 

Pursuant to section 7(q) of the HUD 

Act, a regulation can be waived only by 

the Secretary or a designated Assistant 

Secretary or equivalent rank. The 

Secretary is the ultimate repository of 

the authority both to issue and to waive 

the regulations of the Department. The 

Secretary may delegate each of these 

powers to other HUD officers. Under 

section 7(q) of the HUD Act, however, 

the Secretary may not delegate the 

authority to waive a regulation below 

the Assistant Secretary rank. Individuals 

serving in an ‘‘acting’’ capacity may 

exercise the authority contained in this 

delegation. This delegation is subject to 

the provisions of the Federal Vacancies 

Reform Act of 1998 (5 U.S.C. 3345 et 

seq.). 

Definitions as used in this delegation: 

Assistant Secretary means an 

Assistant Secretary of the Department 

under section 4(a) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act 

(42 U.S.C. 3533(a)), or an individual of 

equivalent rank. 

Individual of equivalent rank means 

an individual with rank equivalent to an 

Assistant Secretary. The term includes 

the following HUD officers: The General 

Counsel; the Inspector General; the 

President of the Government National 

Mortgage Association (GNMA); the 

Chief Financial Officer; and other 

positions appointed by the President 

requiring Senate confirmation. 

Regional Director means an 

individual who is responsible for 

managing a HUD regional office. 

Directive 1 means a non-Federal 

Register publication, as defined in 

HUD’s handbook on the ‘‘HUD 

Directives System’’ (Handbook No. 

000.2 REV–2 or such successor edition) 

and includes a handbook (including a 

change or supplement), notice, interim 

notice, special directive, and any other 

issuance that the Department may 

classify as a directive. 

Handbook means a directive that 

communicates information of a nontemporary nature (including 

clarification of policies, instructions, 

guidance, procedures, forms, and 

reports) for HUD staff or program 

participants. The non-temporary nature 

distinguishes a handbook from 

temporary HUD directives, such as 

notices. (See paragraph 2–1A, HUD 

Handbook 000.2, HUD Directives 

System, or successor edition.) 

Notice, in the context of a directive, 

means a non-Federal Register directive 

that is used to provide HUD program 

participants with temporary instructions 

involving HUD programs or to amend 

previous instructions until a handbook 

revision or change is issued. A notice 

must carry an expiration date of not to 

exceed one year, and may be extended. 

(See paragraph 2–1D, HUD Handbook 

000.2, HUD Directives System, or 

successor edition.) 

Interim Notice means a non-Federal 

Register directive that is issued at the 

discretion of an Assistant Secretary 

under emergency circumstances. 

Interim notices carry an expiration date 

not to exceed 120 days, and may not be 

extended. (See paragraph 2–1E, HUD 

Handbook 000.2, HUD Directives 

System, or successor edition.) 

Regulation means ‘‘rule’’ or 

‘‘regulation,’’ as these terms are defined 

in Part 10 of Title 24 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, and includes any 

material contained in Title 24 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations; any notice 

published in the Federal Register 

announcing the availability of funds, or 

the criteria to be used to select 

recipients of the funds, under any 

program administered by the 

Department; and any other notice 

published in the Federal Register that 

establishes program requirements 

pursuant to a statute that authorizes the 

Department to administer the program 

by Federal Register publication, 

pending issuance of effective 

regulations amending Title 24 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations. 

Waiver of Directives and Handbook 

Provisions: 

Form and Content of Waivers. Section 

7(q) within the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 

3535(q), provides that any waiver of a 

HUD handbook or directive provision 

must be in writing, specify the grounds 

for the waiver, and be indexed and 

made available for public inspection. 

Waivers of Directive or Handbook 

Provisions That Restate or Summarize a 

Regulation. Waiver of a directive or 

handbook provision that restates or 

summarizes a regulation may constitute 

a regulatory waiver for purposes of this 

Notice. The Office of General Counsel 

will determine whether a handbook or 

directive provision is to be treated as a 

regulatory waiver. If the handbook or 

directive provision is determined to be 

a regulatory waiver, it must comport 

with section 7(q) of the HUD Act, which 

requires the signature of the Assistant 

Secretary or equivalent. 

All Prohibitions Against 

Discrimination. All prohibitions against 

discrimination on the basis of race, sex, 

color, national origin, religion, 

handicap, age, or familial status, and all 

related affirmative obligations that are 

direct derivatives of regulations 

governing prohibitions of 

discrimination are considered 

regulatory prohibitions. 

Public Inspection of Waivers. A record 

of each waiver of a HUD directive or 

handbook provision (including the 

grounds for granting the waiver) will be 

maintained in indexed form, and will be 

made available to the public at the HUD 

Headquarters office with program 

authority over the HUD directive. The 

record will be maintained for not less 

than the 3-year period beginning on the 

date the waiver is granted. 

Executive Order 12612, Federalism. 

The General Counsel, as the Designated 

Official under section 6(a) of Executive 

Order 12612, Federalism, has 

determined that this delegation will not 

have substantial direct impact on states 

or their political subdivisions, or on the 

relationship between the federal 

government and the states, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. The delegation 

only states procedures for granting 

waivers of regulations and directives, 

and for notifying the public of the 

waiver. As a result, this delegation is 

not subject to review under the 

Executive Order. 

It should be noted that the actual 

grant of a waiver pursuant to this 

delegation may involve federalism 

implications. If this occurs, the 

relationship of the waiver to the 

Executive Order will be assessed at that 

time and in that context. 

Section A: Authority Delegated 

The Secretary delegates to each 

Regional Director concurrent authority 

within his or her respective jurisdiction, 

to waive those directives and handbook 

provisions pertaining to programs in the 

Offices of Housing, Public and Indian 


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Housing, Community Planning and 

Development, and Fair Housing and 

Equal Opportunity. All waivers by the 

Regional Directors in the Office of Field 

Policy and Management must be jointly 

concurred in by the appropriate 

Regional Program Director or Assistant 

Secretary, as directed by the applicable 

Assistant Secretary. 

Section B: Directives, Handbooks, and 

Provisions Excluded 

The waiver authority delegated herein 

does not include the authority to waive 

regulations, or those Departmental 

directives and handbook provisions 

mandated by or directly predicated on 

a statute, executive order, or regulation, 

including, but not limited to, 

environmental, ethics, fair housing, civil 

rights enforcement and compliance, 

procurement, and other provisions. 

Additionally, the waiver authority 

delegated herein does not include the 

authority to waive provisions contained 

in the HUD Litigation Handbook. 

Section C: Authority Revoked 

Any previous delegated or redelegated 

authority to Regional Directors 

inconsistent with this delegation of 

authority is hereby revoked. 

Section D: Authority To Redelegate 

This authority may not be 

redelegated. 

Authority: Section 7(q), Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act (42 

U.S.C. 3535(a)); Section 7(d), Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act (42 

U.S.C. 3535(d)); Federal Vacancies Reform 

Act of 1998 (5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq.). 

Dated: March 30, 2007. 

Alphonso Jackson, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–6390 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Receipt of Application of Endangered 

Species Recovery Permits 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

receipt of applications. 

SUMMARY: We announce our receipt of 

applications to conduct certain 

activities pertaining to enhancement of 

survival of endangered species. 

DATES: Written comments on this 

request for a permit must be received by 

May 7, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments 

should be submitted to the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Assistant Regional 

Director, Fisheries-Ecological Services, 

P.O. Box 25486, Denver Federal Center, 

Denver, Colorado 80225–0486; facsimile 

303–236–0027. Documents and other 

information submitted with these 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act [5 U.S.C. 552A] and 

Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C. 

552], by any party who submits a 

request for a copy of such documents 

within 30 days of the date of publication 

of this notice to Kris Olsen, by mail or 

by telephone at 303–236–4256. All 

comments received from individuals 

become part of the official public 

record. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following applicants have requested 

issuance of enhancement of survival 

permits to conduct certain activities 

with endangered species pursuant to 

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Applicant—Western Transportation 

Institute, Montana State University, 

Bozeman, Montana, TE–150365. The 

applicant requests a permit to take 

Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) in 

conjunction with recovery activities 

throughout the species’ range for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival and 

recovery. 

Applicant—Sternberg Museum, Hays, 

Kansas, TE–150363. The applicant 

requests a permit to take gray bat 

(Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (Myotis 

sodalis), and black-footed ferret 

(Mustela nigripes) in conjunction with 

recovery activities throughout the 

species’ range for the purpose of 

enhancing their survival and recovery. 

Applicant—U.S. Geological Survey, 

Biological Resources Division, Cortland, 

New York, TE–150352. The applicant 

requests a permit to take pallid sturgeon 

(Scaphirhynchus albus) in conjunction 

with recovery activities throughout the 

species’ range for the purpose of 

enhancing its survival and recovery. 

Applicant—U.S. Geological Survey, 

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research 

Center, Jamestown, North Dakota, TE–

121914. The applicant requests a permit 

amendment to modify survey and 

banding techniques for Interior least 

terns (Sternula antillarum), piping 

plovers (Charadrius melodus), and 

pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) 

in conjunction with recovery activities 

throughout the species’ range for the 

purpose of enhancing their survival and 

recovery. 

Applicant—U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Great Plains Fish and Wildlife 

Management Assistance Office, Pierre, 

South Dakota, TE–056851. The 

applicant requests a renewed permit to 

take pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus 

albus) in conjunction with recovery 

activities throughout the species’ range 

for the purpose of enhancing its survival 

and recovery. 

Applicant—Department of the Army, 

Conservation Division, Ft. Riley, 

Kansas, TE–049623. The applicant 

requests a renewed permit to take 

Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) in 

conjunction with recovery activities 

throughout the species’ range for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival and 

recovery. 

Applicant—National Park Service, 

Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah, 

TE–057485. The applicant requests a 

renewed permit to take Holmgren milkvetch (Astragalus holmgreniorum), 

Shivwitz milk-vetch (Astragalus 

ampullarioides), and Southwestern 

willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 

extimus) in conjunction with recovery 

activities throughout the species’ range 

for the purpose of enhancing their 

survival and recovery. 

Dated: March 21, 2007. 

Elliott N. Sutta, 

Acting Regional Director, Denver, Colorado. 

[FR Doc. E7–6341 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Assessment for 

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex in Limestone, Madison, and 

Morgan Counties, AL 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service, announce that a Draft 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Assessment (Draft CCP/ 

EA) for Wheeler National Wildlife 

Refuge Complex is available for review 

and comment. The National Wildlife 

Refuge System Administration Act of 

1966, as amended by the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement 

Act of 1997, requires the Service to 

develop a CCP for each national wildlife 

refuge. This Draft CCP, when final, will 

describe how we intend to manage the 


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