81_FR_57773 81 FR 57610 - Order of Succession for Office of General Counsel

81 FR 57610 - Order of Succession for Office of General Counsel

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 163 (August 23, 2016)

Page Range57610-57611
FR Document2016-20128

In this notice, the General Counsel for the Department of Housing and Urban Development designates the Order of Succession for the Office of General Counsel. This Order of Succession supersedes all prior orders of succession for the Office of General Counsel, including the Order of Succession published on July 29, 2011.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 163 (Tuesday, August 23, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57610-57611]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20128]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5966-D-01]


Order of Succession for Office of General Counsel

AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Order of Succession.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the General Counsel for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development designates the Order of Succession for 
the Office of General Counsel. This Order of Succession supersedes all 
prior orders of succession for the Office of General Counsel, including 
the Order of Succession published on July 29, 2011.

DATES: Effective Date: August 17, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John B. Shumway, Assistant General 
Counsel for Administrative Law, Office of General Counsel, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 9262, 
Washington, DC 20410-0500; telephone number 202-402-5190. (This is not 
a toll-free number.) This number may be accessed through TTY by calling 
the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Counsel for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development is issuing this Order of Succession of 
officials authorized to perform the functions and duties of the Office 
of General Counsel when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy 
in office, the General Counsel is not available to exercise the powers 
or perform the duties of the office. This Order of Succession is 
subject to the provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 
(5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d). This publication supersedes all prior orders of 
succession for the Office of General Counsel, including the Order of 
Succession notice published on July 29, 2011 (76 FR 45599).
    Accordingly, the General Counsel designates the following Order of 
Succession:

Section A. Order of Succession

    Subject to the provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 
1998, during any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office, the General Counsel for the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development is not available to exercise the powers or 
perform the duties of the General Counsel, the following officials 
within the Office of General Counsel are hereby designated to exercise 
the powers and perform the duties of the Office. No individual who is 
serving in an office listed below in an acting capacity may act as the 
General Counsel pursuant to this Order of Succession.
    (1) Principal Deputy General Counsel;
    (2) Deputy General Counsel for Enforcement and Fair Housing;
    (3) Deputy General Counsel for Operations;
    (4) Deputy General Counsel for Housing Programs;
    (5) Associate General Counsel for Finance and Administrative Law;
    (6) Associate General Counsel for Insured Housing;
    (7) Associate General Counsel for Assisted Housing and Community 
Development;
    (8) Associate General Counsel for Litigation;
    (9) Associate General Counsel for Program Enforcement;
    (10) Associate General Counsel for Fair Housing;
    (11) Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations;
    (12) Associate General Counsel for Ethics, Appeals and Personnel 
Law;
    (13) Regional Counsel, Region IV;
    (14) Regional Counsel, Region V.
    These officials shall perform the functions and duties of the 
office in the order specified herein, and no official shall serve 
unless all the other officials, whose position titles precede his/hers 
in this order, are unable to act by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office.

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Section B. Authority Superseded

    This Order of Succession supersedes all prior orders of succession 
for the Office of General Counsel, including the Order of Succession 
published on July 29, 2011 (76 FR 45599).

    Authority:  Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

    Dated: August 17, 2016.
Helen R. Kanovsky,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2016-20128 Filed 8-22-16; 8:45 am]
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57610 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 163 / Tuesday, August 23, 2016 / Notices Solicitation of Comment Required by to disparities in access to the particular officials authorized to perform the the PRA opportunity assessed based on all of the functions and duties of the Office of In accordance with 5 CFR protected classes under the Fair General Counsel when, by reason of 1320.8(d)(1), HUD is specifically Housing Act. absence, disability, or vacancy in office, (8) Whether HUD should include any the General Counsel is not available to soliciting comment from members of the other contributing factors or amend any exercise the powers or perform the public and affected program of the descriptions of the contributing duties of the office. This Order of participants on the Assessment Tool on factors to more accurately assess fair Succession is subject to the provisions the following: (1) Whether the proposed collection housing issues affecting program of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of of information is necessary for the participants’ jurisdictions and regions. 1998 (5 U.S.C. 3345–3349d). This proper performance of the functions of HUD encourages not only program publication supersedes all prior orders the agency, including whether the participants but interested persons to of succession for the Office of General submit comments regarding the Counsel, including the Order of information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency’s information collection requirements in Succession notice published on July 29, estimate of the burden of the proposed this proposal. Comments must be 2011 (76 FR 45599). received by September 22, 2016 to Accordingly, the General Counsel collection of information; www.regulations.gov as provided under designates the following Order of (3) Ways to enhance the quality, the ADDRESSES section of this notice. Succession: utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and Comments must refer to the proposal by Section A. Order of Succession (4) Ways to minimize the burden of name and docket number (FR–5173–N– 10–A). Subject to the provisions of the the collection of information on those Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, who are to respond, including through HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to these during any period when, by reason of the use of appropriate automated absence, disability, or vacancy in office, collection techniques or other forms of questions. the General Counsel for the Department information technology, e.g., permitting Dated: August 17, 2016. of Housing and Urban Development is electronic submission of responses. Inez C. Downs, not available to exercise the powers or (6) Whether the inclusion of the Department Reports Management Officer, perform the duties of the General ‘‘inserts’’ for Qualified PHAs (QPHAs) Office of the Chief Information Officer. Counsel, the following officials within and small program participants will [FR Doc. 2016–20125 Filed 8–22–16; 8:45 am] the Office of General Counsel are hereby facilitate collaboration between local BILLING CODE 4210–67–P designated to exercise the powers and governments and these program perform the duties of the Office. No participants and whether these entities individual who is serving in an office anticipate collaborating to conduct and DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND listed below in an acting capacity may submit a joint or regional AFH. Please URBAN DEVELOPMENT act as the General Counsel pursuant to note any changes to these inserts that (a) this Order of Succession. [Docket No. FR–5966–D–01] would better facilitate collaboration; (b) (1) Principal Deputy General Counsel; provide for a more robust and Order of Succession for Office of (2) Deputy General Counsel for meaningful fair housing analysis; and General Counsel Enforcement and Fair Housing; (c) encourage collaboration among these (3) Deputy General Counsel for program participants that do not AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, Operations; anticipate collaborating at this time. HUD. (4) Deputy General Counsel for (7) Whether HUD’s change to the ACTION: Notice of Order of Succession. Housing Programs; structure and content of the questions in (5) Associate General Counsel for the Disparities in Access to Opportunity SUMMARY: In this notice, the General Finance and Administrative Law; section with respect to the protected Counsel for the Department of Housing (6) Associate General Counsel for class groups that program participants and Urban Development designates the Insured Housing; must analyze is sufficiently clear and Order of Succession for the Office of (7) Associate General Counsel for will yield a meaningful fair housing General Counsel. This Order of Assisted Housing and Community analysis. Additionally, HUD specifically Succession supersedes all prior orders Development; solicits comment on whether an of succession for the Office of General (8) Associate General Counsel for appropriate fair housing analysis can Counsel, including the Order of Litigation; Succession published on July 29, 2011. (9) Associate General Counsel for and will be conducted if the other DATES: Effective Date: August 17, 2016. Program Enforcement; protected class groups are assessed only (10) Associate General Counsel for in the ‘‘Additional Information’’ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Fair Housing; question at the end of the section, as B. Shumway, Assistant General Counsel (11) Associate General Counsel for opposed to in each subsection and for Administrative Law, Office of Legislation and Regulations; question in the larger Disparities in General Counsel, Department of (12) Associate General Counsel for Access to Opportunity section. HUD Housing and Urban Development, 451 Ethics, Appeals and Personnel Law; also requests comment on whether it 7th Street SW., Room 9262, Washington, (13) Regional Counsel, Region IV; would be most efficient for program DC 20410–0500; telephone number 202– (14) Regional Counsel, Region V. participants to have the protected class 402–5190. (This is not a toll-free These officials shall perform the sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES groups specified in each question in this number.) This number may be accessed functions and duties of the office in the section. If so, please provide an through TTY by calling the toll-free order specified herein, and no official explanation. Alternatively, HUD Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339. shall serve unless all the other officials, requests comment on whether each SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The whose position titles precede his/hers in subsection within the Disparities in General Counsel for the Department of this order, are unable to act by reason Access to Opportunity section should Housing and Urban Development is of absence, disability, or vacancy in include an additional question related issuing this Order of Succession of office. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:56 Aug 22, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23AUN1.SGM 23AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 163 / Tuesday, August 23, 2016 / Notices 57611 Section B. Authority Superseded implementing regulations at 41 CFR Circuit-Interrupter Protection for This Order of Succession supersedes 102–3.150. The MHCC was established Personnel all prior orders of succession for the by the National Manufactured Housing b. Section 210.12(A)—Arc-Fault Office of General Counsel, including the Construction and Safety Standards Act Circuit-Interrupter Protection Order of Succession published on July of 1974, 42 U.S.C. 5403(a)(3), as c. Section 406.12(A)—Tamper- 29, 2011 (76 FR 45599). amended by the Manufactured Housing Resistant Receptacles Improvement Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106– d. Section 550.4(A) & (B)—General Authority: Section 7(d), Department of 569). According to 42 U.S.C. 5403, as Requirements; Housing and Urban Development Act, 42 and Section 210.52(E)(3)—Balconies, amended, the purposes of the MHCC are U.S.C. 3535(d). to: Decks and Porches as amended (See Dated: August 17, 2016. • Provide periodic recommendations www.hud.gov/mhs Minutes of Helen R. Kanovsky, to the Secretary to adopt, revise, and NFPA 70–2014 Task Force Meeting, General Counsel. interpret the Federal manufactured May 25, 2016) [FR Doc. 2016–20128 Filed 8–22–16; 8:45 am] housing construction and safety VII. New Business: BILLING CODE 4210–67–P standards in accordance with this • Log 113—Update ‘‘ANSI/AHRI subsection; Standard 210/240–89’’ to ‘‘ANSI/ • Provide periodic recommendations AHRI 210–240–2008’’ (See DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND to the Secretary to adopt, revise, and www.hud.gov/mhs) URBAN DEVELOPMENT interpret the procedural and • Log 114—Update ‘‘ANSI Z21.47– enforcement regulations, including 1990’’ to ANSI Z21.47–2012/CSA [Docket No. FR–5923–N–04] regulations specifying the permissible 2.3—2012’’ (See www.hud.gov/mhs) Notice of a Federal Advisory scope and conduct of monitoring in VIII. Open Discussion Committee Manufactured Housing accordance with subsection (b); IX. Public Comments Consensus Committee Technical • Be organized and carry out its X. Wrap Up—DFO/AO Systems Subcommittee business in a manner that guarantees a XI. Adjourn 4:00 p.m. Teleconference fair opportunity for the expression and Dated: August 17, 2016. consideration of various positions and Pamela Beck Danner, AGENCY: Office of the Assistant for public participation. Administrator, Office of Manufactured Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing The MHCC is deemed an advisory Housing Programs. Commissioner, Department of Housing committee not composed of Federal [FR Doc. 2016–20127 Filed 8–22–16; 8:45 am] and Urban Development (HUD). employees. BILLING CODE 4210–67–P ACTION: Notice of a Federal Advisory PUBLIC COMMENT: Citizens wishing to Committee Meeting: Manufactured make oral comments on the business of Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC). the MHCC are encouraged to register by DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR or before September 21, 2016, by SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the contacting Home Innovation Research schedule and proposed agenda for a Bureau of Land Management Labs, Attention: Kevin Kauffman, 400 teleconference meeting of the MHCC, Prince Georges Boulevard, Upper [LLIDC01000.16XL1190AF.L10100000. Technical Systems Subcommittee. The Marlboro, MD 20774; or email to: DF0000.241A;4500091856] teleconference meeting is open to the mhcc@homeinnovation.com or call 1– public. The agenda provides an Notice of Intent To Amend the Coeur 888–602–4663. Written comments are opportunity for citizens to comment on d’Alene Resource Management Plan encouraged. The MHCC strives to the business before the MHCC. and To Prepare an Associated accommodate citizen comments to the DATES: The teleconference meeting will Environmental Assessment extent possible within the time be held on September 27, 2016, from constraints of the meeting agenda. AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Advance registration is strongly Interior. Time (EDT). The teleconference encouraged. The MHCC will also ACTION: Notice of Intent. numbers are: US toll-free: 1–866–622– provide an opportunity for public 8461, Participant Code: 4325434. comment on specific matters before the SUMMARY: In compliance with the Webinar: https://zoom.us/j/929792358; Technical Systems Subcommittee. National Environmental Policy Act of Meeting ID: 929–792–358. TENTATIVE AGENDA: 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: September 27, 2016 Federal Land Policy and Management Pamela Beck Danner, Administrator and I. Call to Order—Chair & Designated Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Designated Federal Official (DFO), Federal Officer (DFO) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Office of Manufactured Housing II. Opening Remarks—Subcommittee Coeur d’Alene Field Office, Coeur Programs, Department of Housing and Chair and DFO d’Alene, Idaho, intends to prepare a Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street III. Roll Call—Administering Resource Management Plan (RMP) SW., Room 9168, Washington, DC Organization (AO) amendment with an associated 20410, telephone 202–708–6423 (this is IV. Administrative Announcements— environmental assessment (EA) and by not a toll-free number). Persons who DFO and AO this notice is announcing the beginning have difficulty hearing or speaking may of the scoping process to solicit public sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES V. Approval of Minutes from December access this number via TTY by calling 2, 2015—Technical Systems comments and identify issues. the toll-free Federal Information Relay Subcommittee Meeting—(See DATES: This notice initiates the public Service at 800–877–8339. www.hud.gov/mhs) scoping process for the RMP SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of VI. NFPA 70–2014 Recommendation to amendment and associated EA. this meeting is provided in accordance adopt NFPA 70–2014 including the Comments on issues may be submitted with the Federal Advisory Committee following Sections in their entirety: in writing until September 22, 2016. In Act, 5. U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2) through a. Section 210.8—Ground—Fault order to be included in the analysis, all VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:56 Aug 22, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23AUN1.SGM 23AUN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Order of Succession.
DatesEffective Date: August 17, 2016.
ContactJohn B. Shumway, Assistant General Counsel for Administrative Law, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 9262, Washington, DC 20410-0500; telephone number 202-402-5190. (This is not a toll-free number.) This number may be accessed through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
FR Citation81 FR 57610 
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