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Department of Housing and Urban
Development, The Wanamaker
Building, 100 Penn Square East,
Philadelphia, PA 19107–3380.
Atlanta HOC—has jurisdiction over
properties located in Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico,
and Florida.
The Atlanta REO Director is the point
of contact and can be reached by calling
1–800–CALLFHA (1–800–225–5342) or
by writing to: Attention: Single Family
HOC–REO Division, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development, Five
Points Plaza, 40 Marietta Street, Atlanta,
GA 30303–2806.
Denver HOC—has jurisdiction over
properties located in the Montana,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Wyoming, Iowa, Nebraska,
Colorado, Utah, Kansas, Missouri, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and
Louisiana.
The Denver REO Director is the point
of contact and can be reached by calling
1–800–CALLFHA (1–800–225–5342) or
by writing to: Attention: Single Family
HOC–REO Division, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development, UMB
Plaza, 1670 Broadway, Denver, Colorado
80202–4801.
Santa Ana HOC—has jurisdiction over
properties located in Alaska, Hawaii,
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada,
California, Guam and Arizona.
The Santa Ana REO Director is the
point of contact and can be reached by
calling 1–800–CALLFHA (1–800–225–
5342) or by writing to: Attention: Single
Family HOC–REO Division, U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Santa Ana Federal
Building, 34 Civic Center Plaza, Room
7015, Santa Ana, CA 92701–4003.
If the addresses of the HOCs and
POCs change over time, HUD will
inform the public of such changes as
promptly as possible by Federal
Register Notice or other means of mass
communication.
Dated: October 7, 2015.
Edward L. Golding,
Principal Deputy Assistant, Secretary for
Housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5823–N–02]
Federal Housing Administration (FHA):
Points of Contact To Ensure Payment
of Taxes and Homeowners Association
Fees and Other Property Charges That
Have Not Arisen to Lien Status on FHA
Acquired Single Family Properties
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing-FHA
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of FHA points of contact
for payment.
AGENCY:
This Notice proactively
provides taxing authorities and others
that are owed money on HUD-owned
single family properties acquired by
payment of FHA mortgage insurance
claims, points of contact to ensure
payment of taxes, homeowners
association fees and other property
charges that have not risen to lien status
under state law on these properties.
FHA uses contractors to manage these
properties and make property charge
payments. Inadvertently at times, these
payments may remain unpaid. This
Notice provides direction for taxing
authorities and associations owed
money (where there is no lien) for
finding the appropriate proper point of
contact for payment. Through a related
notice published elsewhere in today’s
Federal Register, HUD provides
separate points of contact for payment
of taxes and property charges which
have risen to lien status. As litigation to
enforce liens should be a last resort,
HUD is also providing specific points of
contact that taxing authorities and
others can use to obtain payment in lien
cases and avoid litigation. Elsewhere in
today’s Federal Register, HUD is also
publishing an interpretive rule
regarding the procedures to be followed
in bringing an action to foreclose HUD’s
ownership interest in properties when
these property charges have risen to lien
status due to nonpayment of the taxes,
fees and other charges.
DATES: Effective date: October 15, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ivery Himes, Director, Office of Single
Family Asset Management, Office of
Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
Room 9172, Washington, DC 20410–
8000, telephone number 202–708–1672
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons
with hearing or speech impairments
may access this number through TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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I. Background
HUD contracts with private
Management and Marketing (M&M)
contractors to handle the sale of its
inventory of single family acquired
properties. HUD published a delegation
of authority, authorizing its M&M
contractor to act on behalf of HUD in
matters regarding the management and
sale of residential property acquired by
HUD, including the direct payment of
association fees, taxes and other
property charges that have not risen to
lien status due to nonpayment of these
charges on its real estate owned (REO)
inventory.
II. Points of Contact and Procedure
In most cases, having a known point
of contact for payment of billings should
expedite the payment of taxes,
association fees and other property
charges that have not risen to lien status
under state law on HUD-owned single
family properties acquired by payment
of FHA mortgage insurance claims. HUD
requests that all invoices or inquiries
pertaining to such unpaid property
charges be remitted to the appropriate
geographical M&M contractor. In order
to assist taxing authorities and
homeowner associations, or other
municipal entities, identify the
appropriate M&M contractor to remit
invoices, HUD has provided the
following link that will identify by the
state or portion of a state in which a
specific property is located, the contact
information for the geographically
responsible M&M contractor as follows:
https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/
HUD?src=/program_offices/housing/sfh/
reo/mm/mminfo, and follow the ‘‘AM
Awardees Contact Information’’
hyperlink located at the bottom of the
page.
For further information or for
additional assistance in identifying the
appropriate M&M contractor to contact,
place contact the FHA Resource Center
at 1–800–CALLFHA (800–225–5342).
Dated: October 7, 2015.
Edward L. Golding,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5823–D–01]
Redelegation of Authority Within the
Office of General Counsel
AGENCY:
Office of General Counsel,
HUD.
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Notice of redelegation of
authority.
ACTION:
Through this notice, the
General Counsel authorizes Office of
General Counsel (OGC) Regional
Counsel to redelegate to staff within
their operating jurisdictions the
authority to accept service of
summonses, subpoenas and other
judicial process for the foreclosure of
tax and other liens on HUD-owned
single family properties that HUD
acquires through the payment of
mortgage insurance claims.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective Date: October 7, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John
B. Shumway, Assistant General
Counsel, Administrative Law Division,
Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW., Room 9262,
telephone number 202–402–5190. (This
is not a toll-free number). Individuals
with speech or hearing impairments
may access this number through TTY by
calling 1–800–877–8339.
Elsewhere
in today’s Federal Register, HUD is
publishing an interpretive rule that
discusses HUD’s longstanding
interpretation of the phrase ‘‘court of
competent jurisdiction’’ in the ‘‘sue and
be sued’’ clause contained in section 1,
Title I of the National Housing Act
(NHA) (12 U.S.C. 1702). More
specifically, this provision authorizes
the Secretary to sue and be sued in any
court of competent jurisdiction. HUD’s
interpretive rule clarifies the meaning of
a court of competent jurisdiction, and is
based on the Quiet Title Act, (Pub. L.
92–562, 86 Stat. 1176) (28 U.S.C. 2409a
and 28 U.S.C. 1346). The purpose of
HUD’s interpretive rule is to assist the
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
efficiently manage its Real Estate
Owned (REO) inventory and ensure
prompt payment for taxes and other fees
and assessments. HUD’s interpretive
rule concludes that when an action is
brought to foreclose a lien on a property
in which the government owns, the
Federal District Court where the
property is situated (or the Federal
District Court for the District of
Columbia) is the court of competent
jurisdiction pursuant to the Quiet Title
Act and HUD’s interpretation of section
1, Title I of the National Housing Act.
HUD’s interpretive rule does not apply
to situations where HUD does not hold
title to the single family property, but
holds only a mortgage or other lien
interest. In those situations, lienholders
would follow the procedures contained
at 28 U.S.C. 2410.
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On July 18, 2011 at 76 FR 42463, HUD
published a Consolidated Redelegation
of Authority to the Office of General
Counsel. Section B.1. of the redelegation
delegates to the Associate General
Counsel for Litigation in Headquarters
and to the ten Regional Counsel the
authority to accept service of all
summonses, subpoenas, and other
judicial, administrative, or legislative
processes directed to the Secretary or an
employee of HUD Headquarters in an
official capacity. This section also
authorized the Associate General
Counsel for Litigation to redelegate this
authority within the Office of Litigation
and the Regional Counsel to redelegate
this authority to the Associate Regional
Counsel for Housing Finance and
Programs in their jurisdictions. The July
18, 2011, Redelegation, however,
prohibited this authority from being
further redelegated.
To effectuate this interpretive rule,
however, the General Counsel has
determined to revise Section B.1. of the
Consolidated Redelegation of Authority
to the Office of General Counsel.
Specifically, the General Counsel has
determined that authority to accept
service of summonses, subpoenas, and
other judicial, administrative, or
legislative processes should be
expanded to ensure a timely response to
litigation to enforce liens on REO
properties to protect and secure HUD’s
interest in the property. To this end, this
Redelegation of Authority authorizes
Regional Counsel to redelegate authority
to accept service of all summonses,
subpoenas, and other judicial,
administrative, or legislative processes
directed to the Secretary in an official
capacity to staff within their operating
jurisdictions.
As a result, today’s Redelegation of
Authority revises Section B.1. of the
July 18, 2011, Consolidated
Redelegation of Authority to the Office
of General Counsel, to read as follows:
1. To the Associate General Counsel
for Litigation and to Regional Counsel,
the authority to accept, on behalf of the
Secretary, service of all summonses,
subpoenas, and other judicial,
administrative, or legislative processes
directed to HUD or the Secretary or to
a HUD employee in an official capacity.
The Associate General Counsel for
Litigation may redelegate this authority
within the Office of Litigation and the
Regional Counsel may redelegate this
authority within their operating
jurisdictions.
With the exception of the revisions to
Section B.1., this redelegation of
authority does not revoke or supersede
any previous redelegations of authority
included in the July 18, 2011,
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Consolidated Redelegation of Authority
to the Office of General Counsel.
Authority: Section 7(d) Department of
Housing and Urban Development Act (42
U.S.C. 3535(d)).
Dated: October 7, 2015.
Helen R. Kanovsky,
General Counsel.
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AGENCY:
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following applications for approval to
conduct certain activities with bird
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enacted to ensure that exotic bird
species are not harmed by international
trade and to encourage wild bird
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November 16, 2015. We must receive
requests for marine mammal permit
public hearings, in writing, at the
address shown in the ADDRESSES section
by November 16, 2015.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5823-D-01]
Redelegation of Authority Within the Office of General Counsel
AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, HUD.
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ACTION: Notice of redelegation of authority.
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SUMMARY: Through this notice, the General Counsel authorizes Office of
General Counsel (OGC) Regional Counsel to redelegate to staff within
their operating jurisdictions the authority to accept service of
summonses, subpoenas and other judicial process for the foreclosure of
tax and other liens on HUD-owned single family properties that HUD
acquires through the payment of mortgage insurance claims.
DATES: Effective Date: October 7, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John B. Shumway, Assistant General
Counsel, Administrative Law Division, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
9262, telephone number 202-402-5190. (This is not a toll-free number).
Individuals with speech or hearing impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Elsewhere in today's Federal Register, HUD
is publishing an interpretive rule that discusses HUD's longstanding
interpretation of the phrase ``court of competent jurisdiction'' in the
``sue and be sued'' clause contained in section 1, Title I of the
National Housing Act (NHA) (12 U.S.C. 1702). More specifically, this
provision authorizes the Secretary to sue and be sued in any court of
competent jurisdiction. HUD's interpretive rule clarifies the meaning
of a court of competent jurisdiction, and is based on the Quiet Title
Act, (Pub. L. 92-562, 86 Stat. 1176) (28 U.S.C. 2409a and 28 U.S.C.
1346). The purpose of HUD's interpretive rule is to assist the Federal
Housing Administration (FHA) efficiently manage its Real Estate Owned
(REO) inventory and ensure prompt payment for taxes and other fees and
assessments. HUD's interpretive rule concludes that when an action is
brought to foreclose a lien on a property in which the government owns,
the Federal District Court where the property is situated (or the
Federal District Court for the District of Columbia) is the court of
competent jurisdiction pursuant to the Quiet Title Act and HUD's
interpretation of section 1, Title I of the National Housing Act. HUD's
interpretive rule does not apply to situations where HUD does not hold
title to the single family property, but holds only a mortgage or other
lien interest. In those situations, lienholders would follow the
procedures contained at 28 U.S.C. 2410.
On July 18, 2011 at 76 FR 42463, HUD published a Consolidated
Redelegation of Authority to the Office of General Counsel. Section
B.1. of the redelegation delegates to the Associate General Counsel for
Litigation in Headquarters and to the ten Regional Counsel the
authority to accept service of all summonses, subpoenas, and other
judicial, administrative, or legislative processes directed to the
Secretary or an employee of HUD Headquarters in an official capacity.
This section also authorized the Associate General Counsel for
Litigation to redelegate this authority within the Office of Litigation
and the Regional Counsel to redelegate this authority to the Associate
Regional Counsel for Housing Finance and Programs in their
jurisdictions. The July 18, 2011, Redelegation, however, prohibited
this authority from being further redelegated.
To effectuate this interpretive rule, however, the General Counsel
has determined to revise Section B.1. of the Consolidated Redelegation
of Authority to the Office of General Counsel. Specifically, the
General Counsel has determined that authority to accept service of
summonses, subpoenas, and other judicial, administrative, or
legislative processes should be expanded to ensure a timely response to
litigation to enforce liens on REO properties to protect and secure
HUD's interest in the property. To this end, this Redelegation of
Authority authorizes Regional Counsel to redelegate authority to accept
service of all summonses, subpoenas, and other judicial,
administrative, or legislative processes directed to the Secretary in
an official capacity to staff within their operating jurisdictions.
As a result, today's Redelegation of Authority revises Section B.1.
of the July 18, 2011, Consolidated Redelegation of Authority to the
Office of General Counsel, to read as follows:
1. To the Associate General Counsel for Litigation and to Regional
Counsel, the authority to accept, on behalf of the Secretary, service
of all summonses, subpoenas, and other judicial, administrative, or
legislative processes directed to HUD or the Secretary or to a HUD
employee in an official capacity. The Associate General Counsel for
Litigation may redelegate this authority within the Office of
Litigation and the Regional Counsel may redelegate this authority
within their operating jurisdictions.
With the exception of the revisions to Section B.1., this
redelegation of authority does not revoke or supersede any previous
redelegations of authority included in the July 18, 2011, Consolidated
Redelegation of Authority to the Office of General Counsel.
Authority: Section 7(d) Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).
Dated: October 7, 2015.
Helen R. Kanovsky,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2015-26165 Filed 10-14-15; 8:45 am]
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