Notice of Certification and Funding of State and Local Fair Housing Enforcement Agencies Under the Fair Housing Assistance Program; Request for Comments, 15535-15536 [E8-5910]
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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 57 / Monday, March 24, 2008 / Notices
Dated: March 18, 2008.
Bessy Kong,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy,
Program and Legislative Initiatives.
[FR Doc. E8–5899 Filed 3–21–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5211–N–01]
Notice of Certification and Funding of
State and Local Fair Housing
Enforcement Agencies Under the Fair
Housing Assistance Program; Request
for Comments
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity, HUD.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The regulations implementing
the Fair Housing Assistance Program
provide that the Assistant Secretary for
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
will periodically publish a list of all
interim and certified agencies; and a list
of agencies for which withdrawal of
certification has been proposed. The
purpose of identifying the agencies in
the Federal Register is to solicit public
comment on the state or local fair
housing laws, as well as the
performance of the agencies in enforcing
these laws. This notice fulfills this
regulatory requirement.
DATES: Comment Due Date: April 23,
2008.
Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
the State or local fair housing
enforcement agencies that are
participating in the FHAP to the Office
of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity,
Room 5230, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20410–0500.
Facsimile (FAX) comments are not
acceptable.
ADDRESSES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth J. Carroll, Director, FHAP
Division, Office of Enforcement, Office
of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room 5222, Washington, DC, 20410–
0500 at (202) 402–7044 (this is not a
toll-free number). Persons with speech
or hearing impairments may contact the
FHAP Division by calling 1–800–290–
1671 (this is a toll-free number), or
1–800–877–8399 (the Federal
Information Relay Service TTY) (this is
a toll-free number).
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Through
the Fair Housing Assistance Program
(FHAP), HUD provides funding to state
and local fair housing agencies that
enforce laws HUD has deemed
substantially equivalent to the federal
Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et
seq.). HUD’s regulations for the FHAP
are codified at 24 CFR part 155 (entitled
‘‘Certification and Funding of State and
Local Fair Housing Enforcement
Agencies’’).
In order to participate in FHAP,
HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Fair
Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO)
must first determine whether a state or
local law, on its face, provides rights,
procedures, remedies and judicial
review provisions that are substantially
equivalent to the federal Fair Housing
Act. An affirmative conclusion that the
state or local law is substantially
equivalent on its face will result in HUD
offering the agency interim certification.
During the period of interim
certification, HUD’s Assistant Secretary
for FHEO will determine whether the
state or local law, in operation, provides
rights, procedures, remedies and the
availability of judicial review that are
substantially equivalent to the Fair
Housing Act. An affirmative conclusion
during interim certification that the
state or local law is substantially
equivalent both ‘‘on its face’’ and ‘‘in
operation’’ will result in HUD offering
the agency certification.
Certification is for a term of five years.
During the five years of certification, the
agency’s ability to maintain certification
will be assessed. After the five years of
certification, if the Assistant Secretary
for FHEO determines that the agency
still qualifies for certification, HUD will
renew the agency’s certification for
another five years.
In accordance with section 817 of the
Fair Housing Act and the regulation
implementing the FHAP at 24 CFR
115.102(a), HUD seeks public comment
on the following agencies that have been
granted interim certification:
• Arkansas Fair Housing Commission
(Arkansas).
• Broward County Office of Equal
Opportunity (Florida).
• City of Canton Fair Housing
Commission (Ohio).
• City of Duluth Human Rights Office
(Minnesota).
• City of North Olmstead, Ohio
(Ohio).
• Erie County Human Relations
Commission (Pennsylvania).
• Fairfax County Human Rights
Commission (Virginia).
• Geneva Human Rights Commission
(New York).
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• Illinois Department of Human
Rights (Illinois).
• Lancaster County Human Relations
Commission (Pennsylvania).
• Maine Human Rights Commission
(Maine).
• City of St. Louis Civil Rights
Enforcement Agency (Missouri).
• State of New Jersey Division on
Civil Rights (New Jersey).
In accordance with section 817 of the
Fair Housing Act and the regulation
implementing the FHAP at 24 CFR
115.102(a), HUD seeks public comment
on the following agencies granted
certification:
• Arizona Attorney General’s Office
(Arizona).
• Asheville-Buncombe County Fair
Housing Commission (North Carolina).
• Austin Human Rights Commission
(Texas).
• Boston Fair Housing Commission
(Massachusetts).
• California Department of Fair
Employment and Housing (California).
• Cambridge Human Rights
Commission (Massachusetts).
• Cedar Rapids Civil Rights
Commission (Iowa).
• Charleston Human Rights
Commission (West Virginia).
• City of Charlotte/Mecklenburg
Community Relations Committee (North
Carolina).
• City of Corpus Christi, Texas
(Texas).
• City of Dallas, Texas (Texas).
• City of Durham Human Relations
Commission (North Carolina).
• City of Elkhart Human Relations
Commission (Indiana).
• City of Hammond Human Relations
Commission (Indiana).
• City of Lawrence Human Relations
Commission (Kansas).
• City of Parma Law Department
(Ohio).
• City of St. Petersburg Community
Affairs Department (Florida).
• City of Tampa Office of Human
Rights (Florida).
• City of Topeka Human Relations
Commission (Kansas).
• Colorado Civil Rights Division
(Colorado).
• Commission on Human Relations
for the City of Reading (Pennsylvania).
• Connecticut Commission on Human
Rights and Opportunities (Connecticut).
• County of Rockland Commission on
Human Rights (New York).
• Davenport Civil Rights Commission
(Iowa).
• Dayton Human Relations Council
(Ohio).
• Delaware Division of Human
Relations (Delaware).
• Des Moines Human Rights
Commission (Iowa).
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• District of Columbia Office of
Human Rights (District of Columbia).
• Dubuque Human Rights
Commission (Iowa).
• Florida Commission on Human
Relations (Florida).
• Fort Wayne Metropolitan Human
Relations Commission (Indiana).
• Fort Worth Human Relations
Commission (Texas).
• Garland Neighborhood
Development Department (Texas).
• Gary Human Relations Commission
(Indiana).
• Georgia Commission on Equal
Opportunity (Georgia).
• Greensboro Human Relations
Department (North Carolina).
• Hawaii Civil Rights Commission
(Hawaii).
• Hillsborough County Office of the
Equal Opportunity Administrator
(Florida).
• Huntington Human Relations
Commission (West Virginia).
• Indiana Civil Rights Commission
(Iowa).
• Iowa Civil Rights Commission
(Iowa).
• Jacksonville Human Rights
Commission (Florida).
• Kansas City, Missouri Human
Relations Department (Missouri).
• Kentucky Commission on Human
Rights (Kentucky).
• King County Office of Civil Rights
(Washington).
• Knoxville Department of
Community Development (Tennessee).
• Lee County Office of Equal
Opportunity (Florida).
• Lexington-Fayette Urban County
Human Rights Commission (Kentucky).
• Lincoln Commission on Human
Rights (Nebraska).
• Louisiana Department of Justice
Public Protection Division/Equal
Opportunity Section (Louisiana).
• Louisville Metro Human Relations
Commission (Kentucky).
• Maryland Commission on Human
Relations (Maryland).
• Mason City Human Rights
Commission (Iowa).
• Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination (Massachusetts).
• Michigan Department of Civil
Rights (Michigan).
• Missouri Commission on Human
Rights (Missouri).
• Nebraska Equal Opportunity
Commission (Nebraska).
• New Hanover Human Relations
Commission (North Carolina).
• New York State Division of Human
Rights (New York).
• North Carolina Human Relations
Commission (North Carolina).
• North Dakota Department of Labor
(North Dakota).
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• Ohio Civil Rights Commission
(Ohio).
• Oklahoma Human Rights
Commission (Oklahoma).
• Olathe Housing and Human
Services Department (Kansas).
• Omaha Human Relations
Department (Nebraska).
• Orange County Department of
Human Rights and Relations (North
Carolina).
• Orlando Human Relations
Department (Florida).
• Palm Beach County Office of Equal
Opportunity (Florida).
• Pennsylvania Human Relations
Commission (Pennsylvania).
• Phoenix Equal Opportunity
Department (Arizona).
• Pinellas County Office of Human
Rights (Florida).
• Pittsburgh Commission on Human
Relations (Pennsylvania).
• Rhode Island Commission for
Human Rights (Rhode Island).
• Salina Human Relations
Department (Kansas).
• Seattle Office for Civil Rights
(Washington).
• Shaker Heights Fair Housing
Review Board (Ohio).
• Sioux City Human Rights
Commission (Iowa).
• South Bend Human Rights
Commission (Indiana).
• South Carolina Human Affairs
Commission (South Carolina).
• Springfield Department of
Community Relations (Illinois).
• Tacoma Human Rights and Human
Services Department (Washington).
• Tennessee Human Rights
Commission (Tennessee).
• Texas Workforce Commission
(Texas).
• Utah Anti-Discrimination Division
(Utah).
• Vermont Human Rights
Commission (Vermont).
• Virginia Department of Professional
and Occupational Regulations Real
Estate Board (Virginia).
• Washington State Human Rights
Commission (Washington).
• Waterloo Commission on Human
Rights (Iowa).
• West Virginia Human Rights
Commission (West Virginia).
• Winston-Salem Human Relations
Commission (North Carolina)
• York Human Relations Commission
(Pennsylvania).
Withdrawal of Certification has not
been proposed for any agency.
Dated: March 17, 2008.
Kim Kendrick,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and
Equal Opportunity.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places;
Notification of Pending Nominations
and Related Actions
Nominations for the following
properties being considered for listing
or related actions in the National
Register were received by the National
Park Service before March 8, 2008.
Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 CFR part
60 written comments concerning the
significance of these properties under
the National Register criteria for
evaluation may be forwarded by United
States Postal Service, to the National
Register of Historic Places, National
Park Service, 1849 C St., NW., 2280,
Washington, DC 20240; by all other
carriers, National Register of Historic
Places, National Park Service, 1201 Eye
St., NW., 8th floor, Washington DC
20005; or by fax, 202–371–6447. Written
or faxed comments should be submitted
by April 8, 2008.
J. Paul Loether,
Chief, National Register of Historic Places/
National Historic Landmarks Program.
COLORADO
El Paso County
Drennan School, (Rural School Buildings in
Colorado MPS) 20500 Drennan Rd.,
Colorado Springs, 08000290
Larimer County
Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railroad—
Stout Branch, (Railroads in Colorado,
1858–1948 MPS) Approx. 1/2 mi. S. of jct.
U.S. 287 & Co. Rd. 28, Laporte, 08000291
GEORGIA
Franklin County
Ayers—Little Boarding House, 121 Athens
St., Carnesville, 08000292
Pickens County
Griffeth—Pendley House, 2198 Cove Rd.,
Jasper, 08000293
ILLINOIS
Cook County
Andersonville Commercial Historic District,
4900–5800 N. Clark St., Chicago, 08000294
Edgar County
Moss, Henry Clay, House, 414 N. Main St.,
Paris, 08000295
KANSAS
Barton County
Beaver Creek Native Stone Bridge, (Masonry
Arch Bridges of Kansas TR) NE. 50 Ave. S.
& NE. 230 Rd., Beaver, 08000296
Bridge #218—Off System Bridge, (New DealEra Resources of Kansas MPS) NE. 60 Ave.
S. & NE. 220 Rd., Beaver, 08000297
Hitschmann Cattle Underpass Bridge,
(Masonry Arch Bridges of Kansas TR) NE.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5211-N-01]
Notice of Certification and Funding of State and Local Fair
Housing Enforcement Agencies Under the Fair Housing Assistance Program;
Request for Comments
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity, HUD.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The regulations implementing the Fair Housing Assistance
Program provide that the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity will periodically publish a list of all interim and
certified agencies; and a list of agencies for which withdrawal of
certification has been proposed. The purpose of identifying the
agencies in the Federal Register is to solicit public comment on the
state or local fair housing laws, as well as the performance of the
agencies in enforcing these laws. This notice fulfills this regulatory
requirement.
DATES: Comment Due Date: April 23, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
the State or local fair housing enforcement agencies that are
participating in the FHAP to the Office of Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity, Room 5230, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-0500. Facsimile (FAX)
comments are not acceptable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth J. Carroll, Director, FHAP
Division, Office of Enforcement, Office of Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Room 5222, Washington, DC, 20410-0500 at (202) 402-7044
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons with speech or hearing
impairments may contact the FHAP Division by calling 1-800-290-1671
(this is a toll-free number), or 1-800-877-8399 (the Federal
Information Relay Service TTY) (this is a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through the Fair Housing Assistance Program
(FHAP), HUD provides funding to state and local fair housing agencies
that enforce laws HUD has deemed substantially equivalent to the
federal Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.). HUD's regulations
for the FHAP are codified at 24 CFR part 155 (entitled ``Certification
and Funding of State and Local Fair Housing Enforcement Agencies'').
In order to participate in FHAP, HUD's Assistant Secretary for Fair
Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) must first determine whether a
state or local law, on its face, provides rights, procedures, remedies
and judicial review provisions that are substantially equivalent to the
federal Fair Housing Act. An affirmative conclusion that the state or
local law is substantially equivalent on its face will result in HUD
offering the agency interim certification. During the period of interim
certification, HUD's Assistant Secretary for FHEO will determine
whether the state or local law, in operation, provides rights,
procedures, remedies and the availability of judicial review that are
substantially equivalent to the Fair Housing Act. An affirmative
conclusion during interim certification that the state or local law is
substantially equivalent both ``on its face'' and ``in operation'' will
result in HUD offering the agency certification.
Certification is for a term of five years. During the five years of
certification, the agency's ability to maintain certification will be
assessed. After the five years of certification, if the Assistant
Secretary for FHEO determines that the agency still qualifies for
certification, HUD will renew the agency's certification for another
five years.
In accordance with section 817 of the Fair Housing Act and the
regulation implementing the FHAP at 24 CFR 115.102(a), HUD seeks public
comment on the following agencies that have been granted interim
certification:
Arkansas Fair Housing Commission (Arkansas).
Broward County Office of Equal Opportunity (Florida).
City of Canton Fair Housing Commission (Ohio).
City of Duluth Human Rights Office (Minnesota).
City of North Olmstead, Ohio (Ohio).
Erie County Human Relations Commission (Pennsylvania).
Fairfax County Human Rights Commission (Virginia).
Geneva Human Rights Commission (New York).
Illinois Department of Human Rights (Illinois).
Lancaster County Human Relations Commission
(Pennsylvania).
Maine Human Rights Commission (Maine).
City of St. Louis Civil Rights Enforcement Agency
(Missouri).
State of New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (New Jersey).
In accordance with section 817 of the Fair Housing Act and the
regulation implementing the FHAP at 24 CFR 115.102(a), HUD seeks public
comment on the following agencies granted certification:
Arizona Attorney General's Office (Arizona).
Asheville-Buncombe County Fair Housing Commission (North
Carolina).
Austin Human Rights Commission (Texas).
Boston Fair Housing Commission (Massachusetts).
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
(California).
Cambridge Human Rights Commission (Massachusetts).
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission (Iowa).
Charleston Human Rights Commission (West Virginia).
City of Charlotte/Mecklenburg Community Relations
Committee (North Carolina).
City of Corpus Christi, Texas (Texas).
City of Dallas, Texas (Texas).
City of Durham Human Relations Commission (North
Carolina).
City of Elkhart Human Relations Commission (Indiana).
City of Hammond Human Relations Commission (Indiana).
City of Lawrence Human Relations Commission (Kansas).
City of Parma Law Department (Ohio).
City of St. Petersburg Community Affairs Department
(Florida).
City of Tampa Office of Human Rights (Florida).
City of Topeka Human Relations Commission (Kansas).
Colorado Civil Rights Division (Colorado).
Commission on Human Relations for the City of Reading
(Pennsylvania).
Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities
(Connecticut).
County of Rockland Commission on Human Rights (New York).
Davenport Civil Rights Commission (Iowa).
Dayton Human Relations Council (Ohio).
Delaware Division of Human Relations (Delaware).
Des Moines Human Rights Commission (Iowa).
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District of Columbia Office of Human Rights (District of
Columbia).
Dubuque Human Rights Commission (Iowa).
Florida Commission on Human Relations (Florida).
Fort Wayne Metropolitan Human Relations Commission
(Indiana).
Fort Worth Human Relations Commission (Texas).
Garland Neighborhood Development Department (Texas).
Gary Human Relations Commission (Indiana).
Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity (Georgia).
Greensboro Human Relations Department (North Carolina).
Hawaii Civil Rights Commission (Hawaii).
Hillsborough County Office of the Equal Opportunity
Administrator (Florida).
Huntington Human Relations Commission (West Virginia).
Indiana Civil Rights Commission (Iowa).
Iowa Civil Rights Commission (Iowa).
Jacksonville Human Rights Commission (Florida).
Kansas City, Missouri Human Relations Department
(Missouri).
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights (Kentucky).
King County Office of Civil Rights (Washington).
Knoxville Department of Community Development (Tennessee).
Lee County Office of Equal Opportunity (Florida).
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission
(Kentucky).
Lincoln Commission on Human Rights (Nebraska).
Louisiana Department of Justice Public Protection
Division/Equal Opportunity Section (Louisiana).
Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission (Kentucky).
Maryland Commission on Human Relations (Maryland).
Mason City Human Rights Commission (Iowa).
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
(Massachusetts).
Michigan Department of Civil Rights (Michigan).
Missouri Commission on Human Rights (Missouri).
Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission (Nebraska).
New Hanover Human Relations Commission (North Carolina).
New York State Division of Human Rights (New York).
North Carolina Human Relations Commission (North
Carolina).
North Dakota Department of Labor (North Dakota).
Ohio Civil Rights Commission (Ohio).
Oklahoma Human Rights Commission (Oklahoma).
Olathe Housing and Human Services Department (Kansas).
Omaha Human Relations Department (Nebraska).
Orange County Department of Human Rights and Relations
(North Carolina).
Orlando Human Relations Department (Florida).
Palm Beach County Office of Equal Opportunity (Florida).
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Pennsylvania).
Phoenix Equal Opportunity Department (Arizona).
Pinellas County Office of Human Rights (Florida).
Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations (Pennsylvania).
Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights (Rhode Island).
Salina Human Relations Department (Kansas).
Seattle Office for Civil Rights (Washington).
Shaker Heights Fair Housing Review Board (Ohio).
Sioux City Human Rights Commission (Iowa).
South Bend Human Rights Commission (Indiana).
South Carolina Human Affairs Commission (South Carolina).
Springfield Department of Community Relations (Illinois).
Tacoma Human Rights and Human Services Department
(Washington).
Tennessee Human Rights Commission (Tennessee).
Texas Workforce Commission (Texas).
Utah Anti-Discrimination Division (Utah).
Vermont Human Rights Commission (Vermont).
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational
Regulations Real Estate Board (Virginia).
Washington State Human Rights Commission (Washington).
Waterloo Commission on Human Rights (Iowa).
West Virginia Human Rights Commission (West Virginia).
Winston-Salem Human Relations Commission (North Carolina)
York Human Relations Commission (Pennsylvania).
Withdrawal of Certification has not been proposed for any agency.
Dated: March 17, 2008.
Kim Kendrick,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
[FR Doc. E8-5910 Filed 3-21-08; 8:45 am]
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