Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 102 / Friday, May 24, 1996 / Notices 26199

Utah

House

North Utah Highway 16

Randolph Co: Rich UT 84064–

Landholding Agency: GSA

Property Number: 549620001

Status: Excess

Comment: 1148 sq. ft. wooden frame, most

recent use—office, septic system on private

land

GSA Number: 7–A–UT–0498A.

Land (by State)

Indiana

Portion

Bureau of Prisons Vigo Farm

Linden Twp Co: Vigo IN

Landholding Agency: GSA

Property Number: 549620002

Status: Excess

Comment: 17.65 acres, most recent use—

agriculture

GSA Number: 2–J–IN–507C.

Maine

Remote Center Air

Ground Communication Facility

Westford Hill Road

Hodgdon Co: Aroostook ME 04730–

Landholding Agency: GSA

Property Number: 549610014

Status: Excess

Comment: 0.91 acre with 554 sq. ft. bldg and

tower, most recent use—unmanned

communications facility

GSA Number: 1–ME–624.

Unsuitable Properties

Buildings (by State)

California

Bldg. 893

Vandenberg AFB

Vandenberg AFB Co: Santa Barbara CA

93437–

Landholding Agency: Air Force

Property Number: 189620028

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area, Extensive

deterioration.

Bldg. 3193

Vandenberg AFB

Vandenberg AFB Co: Santa Barbara CA

93437–

Landholding Agency: Air Force

Property Number: 189620029

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area, Extensive

deterioration.

Bldg. 9350

Vandenberg AFB

Vandenberg AFB Co: Santa Barbara CA

93437–

Landholding Agency: Air Force

Property Number: 189620030

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area, Extensive

deterioration.

Bldg. 13003

Vandenberg AFB

Vandenberg AFB Co: Santa Barbara CA

93437–

Landholding Agency: Air Force

Property Number: 189620031

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area, Extensive

deterioration.

Bldg. 13222

Vandenberg AFB

Vandenberg AFB Co: Santa Barbara CA

93437–

Landholding Agency: Air Force

Property Number: 189620032

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area, Extensive

deterioration.

Bldg. 16197

Vandenberg AFB

Vandenberg AFB Co: Santa Barbara CA

93437–

Landholding Agency: Air Force

Property Number: 189620033

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Extensive deterioration.

Missouri

Barn, Longview Lake

Kansas City Co: Jackson MO 64134–

Landholding Agency: COE

Property Number: 319620001

Status: Excess

Reason: Extensive deterioration.

Montana

Bldg. 547

Malmstrom AFB

Malmstrom AFB Co: Cascade MT 59402–

Landholding Agency: Air Force

Property Number: 189620025

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or

explosive material Secured Area.

Bldg. 1709

Malmstrom AFB

Malmstrom AFB Co: Cascade MT 59402–

Landholding Agency: Air Force

Property Number: 189620026

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or

explosive material Secured Area.

Bldg. 1897

Malmstrom AFB

MalmstromAFB Co: Cascade MT 59402–

Landholding Agency: Air Force

Property Number: 189620027

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area.

New York

Bldg. 222

Fort Wadsworth

Staten Island Co: Richmond NY 10305–

Landholding Agency: DOT

Property Number: 879620003

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area.

Bldg. 223

Fort Wadsworth

Staten Island Co: Richmond NY 10305–

Landholding Agency: DOT

Property Number: 879620004

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area.

Bldg. 205

Fort Wadsworth

Staten Island Co: Richmond NY 10305–

Landholding Agency: DOT

Property Number: 879620005

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area.

North Carolina

Bldg. 080, Camp Lejeune

Greater Sandy Run Training Area

Camp Lejeune Co: Onslow NC 28542–

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779620023

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Extensive Deterioration.

Virginia

Bldg. 380B

Naval Weapons Station

Yorktown Co: York VA 23691–

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779620022

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area.

Wyoming

Bldg. 386

F.E. Warren AFB

Cheyenne Co: Laramie WY 82005–5000

Landholding Agency: Air Force

Property Number: 189620021

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area.

Bldg. 831

F.E. Warren AFB

Cheyenne Co: Laramie WY 82005–5000

Landholding Agency: Air Force

Property Number: 189620022

Status: unutilized

Reason: Secured Area.

Bldg. 832

F.E. Warren AFB

Cheyenne Co: Laramie WY 82005–5000

Landholding Agency: Air Force

Property Number: 189620023

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area.

Bldg. 833

F.E. Warren AFB

Bheyenne Co: Laramie WY 82005–5000

Landholding Agency: Air Force

Property Number: 189620024

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area.

[FR Doc. 96–12868 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

[Docket No. FR–4082–D–01]

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity;

Revocation and Redelegation of

Authority Under Section 504 of the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973

AGENCY: Office of Fair Housing and

Equal Opportunity, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of revocation and

redelegation of authority.

SUMMARY: This redelegation concerns

the Department of Housing and Urban

Development’s (HUD’s) enforcement of

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of

1973 (the Act), which prohibits

discrimination on the basis of disability

in programs and activities receiving

Federal financial assistance.

Under this Notice, the Assistant

Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal
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Opportunity redelegates certain

authority, to act as the ‘‘responsible civil

rights official’’ under HUD regulations

at 24 CFR Part 8, from the Assistant

Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity to the Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Enforcement and

Investigations, the Director of the Office

of Program Compliance and Disability

Rights, the Director of the Office of

Program Standards and Evaluation, the

Directors of the Fair Housing

Enforcement Centers (FHECs), and the

Directors of the Program Operations and

Compliance Centers (POCCs).

This redelegation supersedes the

redelegations of authority at 56 FR

12302, dated March 22, 1991; at 56 FR

12303, dated March 22, 1991; at 56 FR

56420, dated November 4, 1991; and at

56 FR 56421, dated November 4, 1991.

In those documents, certain authority to

act as the ‘‘responsible civil rights

official’’ under 24 CFR Part 8 was

redelegated to the General Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and

Equal Opportunity, the Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and

Compliance, the Regional Office

Directors of Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity, the Director of the Office

of Investigations, and the Director of the

Office of Program Compliance.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cheryl Kent, Director, Disability Rights

Division, Office of Program Compliance

and Disability Rights, Office of Fair

Housing and Equal Opportunity, Room

5240, 451 Seventh Street SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20410, telephone

number (202) 708–2333 (voice), (202)

708–1734 (TTY). These are not toll-free

numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice

published on March 22, 1991, at 56 FR

12302, the Secretary of Housing and

Urban Development delegated all

authority to act as ‘‘the responsible civil

rights official’’ under 24 CFR Part 8, to

the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing

and Equal Opportunity. That notice also

permitted the Assistant Secretary to

redelegate the authority.

On March 22, 1991, at 56 FR 12302,

and on November 4, 1991, at 56 FR

56420, the Assistant Secretary for Fair

Housing and Equal Opportunity

redelegated certain powers and

authorities to act as the ‘‘responsible

civil rights official’’ under 24 CFR Part

8, to the General Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity, the Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Enforcement and

Compliance, and the Directors of the

Regional Offices of Fair Housing and

Equal Opportunity. On March 22, 1991,

at 56 FR 12303, the Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Enforcement and

Compliance further redelegated limited

powers under 24 CFR Part 8 to the

Director of the Office of Program

Compliance. On November 4, 1991, at

56 FR 56421, the General Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and

Equal Opportunity further redelegated

limited powers under 24 CFR Part 8 to

the Director of the Office of

Investigations. The present document

revokes all of those redelegations.

In 1994, the Assistant Secretary for

Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

reorganized the Offices of Fair Housing

and Equal Opportunity located in the

Department’s Field Offices. The Fair

Housing Enforcement Centers (FHEC)

replace the former Regional Offices of

Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.

The Large Program Operations and

Compliance Centers (POCC) replace the

former Program Operations Divisions in

the Regional Offices of Fair Housing and

Equal Opportunity. The Small Program

Operations and Complaint Centers

replace the former Office of Fair

Housing and Equal Opportunity

Divisions in Category A Field Offices.

Under the reorganization of HUD’s

Field Offices, the Fair Housing

Enforcement Centers have responsibility

for conducting investigations of

complaints. Therefore, within the

present redelegation, the Assistant

Secretary is redelegating to the Directors

of the Enforcement Centers, to the

Directors of the Large Program

Operations and Compliance Centers,

and to the Director of the Office of

Program Compliance and Disability

Rights, the authority to investigate

complaints and to issue findings of

compliance and noncompliance under

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of

1973. Further, the Assistant Secretary is

redelegating to the Directors of the Fair

Housing Enforcement Centers, the

Directors of the Large Program

Operations and Compliance Centers,

and to the Director, Office of Program

Compliance and Disability Rights the

authority to issue Letters of

Determination where no party to the

complaint requests a review of the

Letter of Findings. When any party to a

complaint requests a review of the

Letter of Findings, the Assistant

Secretary is redelegating to the Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and

Investigations the authority to issue the

Letter of Determination.

The Assistant Secretary is, in this

document, redelegating to the Directors

of the Large Program Operations and

Compliance Centers, to the Director of

the Office of Program Compliance and

Disability Rights, and to the Director of

the Office of Program Standards and

Evaluation the authority to conduct

compliance reviews and to issue

compliance and noncompliance Letters

of Findings and Letters of

Determination. The Assistant Secretary

does not anticipate assigning

compliance reviews to the Director of

the Office of Program Standards and

Evaluation; the authority to conduct

compliance reviews, therefore, is

granted primarily so that authority may

be further redelegated to the Directors of

the Small Program Operations and

Compliance Centers to conduct specific

compliance reviews on a case-by-case

basis, as directed by Headquarters

officials. Within the present document,

the Assistant Secretary directly

redelegates to the Directors of the Small

Operations and Compliance Centers

only the authority to investigate to

determine compliance with 24 CFR

8.25(c) with regard to needs

assessments, transition plans, and

extensions for the completion of

structural changes required to provide

accessible dwelling units to persons

with disabilities.

Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary

for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

redelegates authority as follows:

Section A. Authority Redelegated

The Assistant Secretary retains and

redelegates to the Directors of the Fair

Housing Enforcement Centers, to the

Directors of the Large Program

Operations and Compliance Centers,

and to the Director of the Office of

Program Compliance and Disability

Rights the authority in conducting

complaint investigations to act as ‘‘the

responsible civil rights official’’ to:

1. Request, receive, and evaluate the

documents maintained by recipients in

accordance with 24 CFR 8.51(b).

2. Request, receive and evaluate

compliance reports in accordance with

24 CFR 8.55(b).

3. Obtain access to sources of

information in accordance with 24 CFR

8.55(c).

4. Waive the time limit for filing a

complaint in accordance with 24 CFR

8.56(c)(3).

5. Notify the complainant and the

recipient of Federal financial assistance

of HUD’s receipt of a complaint under

24 CFR 8.56(d); process a complaint in

accordance with 24 CFR 8.56(e); and

dismiss a complaint under 24 CFR

8.56(f).

6. Investigate complaints and issue

Letters of Findings under 24 CFR 8.56

(b) and (g).

7. Resolve a matter through informal

means at any stage of processing

through a Voluntary Compliance
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Agreement in accordance with 24 CFR

8.56(j).

8. Issue a Letter of Determination

when no party to the complaint has

filed a timely request for review of the

Letter of Findings in accordance with 24

CFR 8.56(h)(4).

Section B. Authority Redelegated

The Assistant Secretary retains and

redelegates to the Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Enforcement and

Investigations all authority needed, in

conducting complaint investigations, to

act as ‘‘the responsible civil rights

official’’ to issue a Letter of

Determination when a party to the

complaint has filed a timely request for

review of the Letter of Findings in

accordance with 24 CFR 8.56(h).

Section C. Authority Redelegated

The Assistant Secretary retains and

redelegates to the Director of the Office

of Program Compliance and Disability

Rights, the Director of the Office of

Program Standards and Evaluation, and

the Directors of the Large Program

Operations and Compliance Centers, the

authority in conducting compliance

reviews to act as ‘‘the responsible civil

rights official’’ to:

1. Conduct compliance reviews in

accordance with 24 CFR 8.56(a).

2. Request, receive, and evaluate the

documents maintained by recipients in

accordance with 24 CFR 8.51(b).

3. Request, receive and evaluate

compliance reports submitted by

recipients and subrecipients in

accordance with 24 CFR 8.55(b).

4. Obtain access to sources of

information in accordance with 24 CFR

8.55(c).

5. Issue Letters of Findings and

Letters of Determination with regard to

compliance reviews conducted in

accordance with 24 CFR 8.56 (a) and (b).

6. Resolve a matter through informal

means at any stage of processing

through a Voluntary Compliance

Agreement, in accordance with 24 CFR

8.56(j).

Section D. Authority Redelegated

The Assistant Secretary retains and

redelegates, to the Directors of Small

Program Operations and Compliance

Centers, the authority to act as the

‘‘responsible civil rights official’’ to:

1. In order to determine compliance

with 24 CFR 8.25(c) with regard to

needs assessments, transition plans, and

extensions of time for the completion of

structural changes, conduct an

investigation pursuant to 24 CFR 8.56(a)

and issue a Letter of Findings.

2. In a matter involving compliance

with 24 CFR 8.25(c) with regard to

needs assessments, transition plans,

and/or extensions of time for the

completion of structural changes,

resolve the matter through informal

means at any stage of processing

through a Voluntary Compliance

Agreement in accordance with 24 CFR

8.56(j).

Section E. Limited Authority To Further

Redelegate

The authority redelegated, to the

Directors of the Fair Housing

Enforcement Centers, the Directors of

the Program Operations and Compliance

Centers, the Director of the Office of

Program Compliance and Disability

Rights, and the Director of the Office of

Program Standards and Evaluation,

under this redelegation may not be

further delegated except as specified in

this Notice. The Director, Office of

Program Compliance and Disability

Rights and the Director, Office of

Program Standards and Evaluation may

jointly redelegate in writing to the

Directors of the Small Program

Operations and Compliance Centers all

authority specified under Section C,

above, to conduct specific compliance

reviews. The Deputy Assistant Secretary

for Enforcement and Investigations

retains the right to redelegate in writing

the authority granted to him or her

within this redelegation.

Section F. Supersedure

This redelegation supersedes and

revokes the following redelegations of

authority published in the Federal

Register: 56 FR 12302, dated March 22,

1991; 56 FR 12303, dated March 22,

1991; 56 FR 56420, dated November 4,

1991; and 56 FR 56421, dated November

4, 1991.

Authority: Section 7(d), Department of

HUD Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).

Dated: May 2, 1996.

Elizabeth K. Julian,

Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and

Equal Opportunity.

[FR Doc. 96–13072 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–28–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of an Environmental

Assessment and Receipt of an

Application for an Incidental Take

Permit for Surface Mining in Forest

County, Mississippi by Perry County

Sand and Gravel, Inc.

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Perry County Sand and

Gravel, Inc. (Applicant) has applied to

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) for an incidental take permit

pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the

Endangered Species Act (Act). The

permit would authorize the incidental

take, for a period of 6 years, the

federally listed threatened gopher

tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) during

the expansion of an existing surface

mining operation in Forest County,

Mississippi.

The Service also announces the

availability of an Environmental

Assessment (EA) and Habitat

Conservation Plan (HCP) for the

incidental take application. The

Applicant’s HCP describes Gopherus

polyphemus conservation measures to

be employed to address the anticipated

level of incidental take. The EA

prepared by the Service describes the

environmental consequences of issuing

or denying the Applicant’s request for

an incidental take permit. As stated in

the EA, the Service proposes to issue the

requested permit. This proposal is based

on a preliminary determination that the

Applicant has satisfied the requirements

for permit issuance and that the HCP

provides conservation benefits to

Gopherus polyphemus. This notice also

advises the public that the Service has

made a preliminary determination that

issuing the incidental take permit is not

a major Federal action significantly

affecting the quality of the human

environment within the meaning of

Section 102(2)(C) of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended. The finding of No Significant

Impact is based on information

contained in the EA and HCP. The final

determination will be no sooner than 30

days from the date of this notice. This

notice is provided pursuant to Section

10 of the Endangered Species Act, as

amended, and National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA) regulations (40 CFR

1506.6).

DATES: Written comments on the permit

application must be received on or

before June 24, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the application may obtain a copy by

writing the Service’s Southeast Regional

Office, Atlanta, Georgia. Persons

wishing to review the EA or HCP may

obtain a copy by writing the Regional

Office or the Jackson, Mississippi, Field

Office. Requests must be in writing to be

processed. Documents will also be

available for public inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the Regional Office or the Field

Office. Written data or comments