94-1159. Notice Inviting Applications for Designation of Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development
[Docket No. N-94-3704; FR-3594-N-01]

 

Notice Inviting Applications for Designation of Empowerment Zones 
and Enterprise Communities

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice inviting applications.

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SUMMARY: This Notice invites applications from States and local 
governments nominating urban areas for designation as Empowerment Zones 
or Enterprise Communities, as those terms are defined in this Notice 
and in an interim rule published elsewhere in today's Federal Register. 
The interim rule provides the guidance on contents of the applications.

DATES: Application due date: Applications may be submitted at any time 
after February 17, 1994. The deadline for receipt of an application
4 p.m. Eastern Time on June 30, 1994. Applications received after that 
date will not be considered.

ADDRESSES: Applications may be obtained from CPD personnel in any HUD 
Field Office listed in the appendix to this Notice, or by telephoning 
[phone]. (This is not a toll-free number.) Applications must be 
sent to: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Community Planning and Development, EZ/EC Team, room 7255, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael T. Savage, Deputy Director, 
Office of Economic Development, room 7136, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, 
telephone [phone]; TDD [phone]. (These are not toll-free 
numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Paperwork Reduction Act

    The reader should refer to the interim rule, published elsewhere in 
today's Federal Register, for information on the information collection 
requirements of the rule and this notice.

I. Background

    At the core of President Clinton's economic proposals to Congress 
and to the American people is the need to empower America's distressed 
communities. His Empowerment Zone proposal represents a new approach to 
the problems of distressed communities. It uses a bottom-up community 
based strategy rather than a top-down bureaucratic approach. It is a 
strategy to empower residents and all sections of a community to come 
together to create jobs and opportunities.
    Title XIII of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1993, enacted to 
implement the President's vision, authorizes the Secretary of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to designate up to six 
Empowerment Zones and up to 65 Enterprise Communities in urban areas 
and the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture to designate up to 
three Empowerment Zones and up to 30 Enterprise Communities in rural 
areas. (Unless otherwise noted, all references in this Notice to 
Empowerment Zones also include Enterprise Communities.) This Notice 
invites applications from State and local governments for the purpose 
of nominating urban areas to be designated as Empowerment Zones.
    The program is intended to combine the resources of the Federal 
government with those of State and local governments, educational 
institutions, and the private and non-profit sectors to implement the 
Strategic Plan. The Federal government will take steps to coordinate 
Federal assistance in support of the Zones, including expedited 
processing, priority funding, and working to overcome programmatic 
regulatory and statutory impediments. To that end, a Presidential 
Directive has been issued that creates a Community Enterprise Board 
headed by Vice President Gore to carry out these responsibilities.

II. Eligibility

    The statute specifies certain criteria that must apply in order for 
an area to be eligible for Empowerment Zone designation, including 
geographic size, population, poverty rate by census tract (or where an 
area is not tracted, generally in rural areas, by the equivalent of 
census tracts--block numbering areas), pervasive poverty, unemployment, 
and general distress of the area. The details of these requirements are 
described in the interim rule governing the program, published 
elsewhere in today's Federal Register.
    This information must be provided in the application. HUD will 
accept certifications of the data, subject to verification if an 
application is selected for designation.

III. Designation Factors

    The statute specifies three factors to be considered by the 
Secretary in designating Empowerment Zones: (1) The effectiveness of 
the Strategic Plan; (2) the effectiveness of the assurances provided in 
support of the Plan; and (3) other criteria to be specified by the 
Secretary. Each of these factors is discussed in greater detail in the 
interim rule. (The Strategic Plan is described in the interim rule at 
24 CFR 597.200.)

IV. Timing and Location of Application Submissions

    Applications may be obtained from any CPD personnel in any HUD 
Field Office (see appendix) or by calling [phone]. (This is not 
a toll-free number.) Applications may be submitted at any time 
following February 17, 1994, which is the effective date of the interim 
rule governing the program. Applications must be submitted to the 
address listed under ``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this Notice. The 
deadline for receipt of the application at the address specified in the 
application is 4 p.m. Eastern Time on June 30, 1994. Applications 
received after that date and time will not be accepted, and will be 
returned to the sender. Applications sent by FAX are not acceptable.
    Applicants will be notified of an incomplete application. The 
applicant will be given an opportunity to provide the missing 
information to HUD.

V. Miscellaneous

    Empowerment Zone designation does not constitute a Federal action 
under the Uniform Relocation Act (URA). However, any activity 
constituting a Federal action that may result from such a designation 
may be subject to the provisions of the URA, as well as any other 
statutory or regulatory provisions governing the particular Federal 
action.

VI. Other Matters

Paperwork Reduction Act

    See information contained in the interim rule for this program, 
published elsewhere in today's Federal Register, for information on the 
approval of information collection requirements under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.

Environment, Federalism, Family

    Findings with regard to the National Environmental Policy Act, 
Executive Order 12612 (Federalism), and Executive Order 12606 (The 
Family) have been made under the interim rule for this program (24 CFR 
part 597), published elsewhere in today's Federal Register.

    Dated: January 12, 1994.
Andrew Cuomo,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.

HUD Field Offices

Region I (Boston)

Boston Regional Office, Room 375, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Federal 
Bldg., 10 Causeway Street, Boston, MA 02222-1092, Telephone No. 
[phone]

Field Offices

Hartford Office, First Floor, 330 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06106-
1860, Telephone No. [phone]

Region II (New York)

New York Regional Office, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278-0068, 
Telephone No. [phone]

Field Offices

Buffalo Office, Fifth Floor, Lafayette Court, 465 Main Street, 
Buffalo, NY 14203-1780, Telephone No. [phone]
Newark Office, Thirteenth Floor, One Newark Center, Newark, NJ 
07102-5260, Telephone No. [phone]

Region III (Philadelphia)

Philadelphia Regional Office, Liberty Square Building, 105 South 
Seventh Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3392, Telephone No. (215) 
597-2560

Field Offices

Baltimore Office, Fifth Floor, City Crescent Building, 10 South 
Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-2505, Telephone No. (401) 962-
2520
Pittsburgh Office, 412 Old Post Office Courthouse, 7th Avenue and 
Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1906, Telephone No. (412) 644-
6428
Richmond Office, The 3600 Centre, 3600 West Broad Street, P.O. Box 
90331, Richmond, VA 23230-0331, Telephone No. [phone]
Washington, DC Office, 820 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-
4205, Telephone No. [phone]

Region IV (Atlanta)

Atlanta Regional Office, Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75 
Spring Street, SW, Atlanta, GA 30303-3388, Telephone No. (404) 331-
5136

Field Offices

Birmingham Office, Suite 300, Beacon Ridge Tower, 600 Beacon 
Parkway, West, Birmingham, AL 35209-3144, Telephone No. (205) 290-
7617
Caribbean Office, New San Juan Office Building, 159 Carlos Chardon 
Avenue, San Juan, PR 00918-1804, Telephone No. [phone]
Columbia Office, Strom Thurmond Federal Building, 1835-45 Assembly 
Street, Columbia, SC 29201-2480, Telephone No. [phone]
Greensboro Office, Koger Building, 2306 West Meadowview Road, 
Greensboro, NC 27407-3707, Telephone No. [phone]
Jackson Office, Suite 910, Doctor A. H. McCoy Federal Building, 100 
West Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39269-1096, Telephone No. (601) 
965-5308
Jacksonville Office, Suite 2200, Southern Bell Tower, 301 West Bay 
Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202-5121, Telephone No. [phone]
Knoxville Office, Third Floor, John J. Duncan Federal Building, 710 
Locust Street, Knoxville, TN 37902-2526, Telephone No. (615) 545-
4384
Louisville Office, 601 West Broadway, P.O. Box 1044, Louisville, KY 
40201-1044, Telephone No. [phone]

Region V (Chicago)

Chicago Regional Office, Ralph Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604-3507, Telephone No. (312) 353-
5680

Field Offices

Columbus Office, 200 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43215-2499, 
Telephone No. [phone]
Detroit Office, Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building, 477 Michigan 
Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226-2592, Telephone No. [phone]
Indianapolis Office, 151 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, IN 
46204-2526, Telephone No. [phone]
Milwaukee Office, Suite 1380, Henry S. Reuss Federal Plaza, 310 West 
Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53203-2289, Telephone No. (414) 297-
3214
Minneapolis-St. Paul Office, 220 Second Street, South, Minneapolis, 
MN 55401-2195, Telephone No. [phone]

Region VI (Fort Worth)

Fort Worth Regional Office, 1600 Throckmorton, Post Office Box 2905, 
Fort Worth, TX 76113-2905, Telephone No. [phone]

Field Offices

Little Rock Office, Suite 900, TCBY Tower, 425 West Capitol Avenue, 
Little Rock, AR 72201-3488, Telephone No. [phone]
New Orleans Office, Fisk Federal Building, 1661 Canal Street, New 
Orleans, LA 70112-2887, Telephone No. [phone]
Oklahoma City Office, Murrah Federal Building, 200 N.W. Fifth 
Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73102-3202, Telephone No. [phone]
San Antonio Office, Washington Square, 800 Dolorosa, San Antonio, TX 
78207-4563, Telephone No. [phone]

Region VII (Kansas City)

Kansas City Regional Office, Room 200, Gateway Tower II, 400 State 
Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66101-2406, Telephone No. [phone]

Field Offices

Omaha Office, Executive Tower Centre, 10909 Mill Valley Road, Omaha, 
NE 68154-3955, Telephone No. [phone]
St. Louis Office, Third Floor, Robert A. Young Federal Building, 
1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, MO 63103-2836, Telephone No. (314) 
539-6560

Region VIII (Denver)

Denver Regional Office, Executive Tower Building, 1405 Curtis 
Street, Denver, CO 80202-2349, Telephone No. [phone]

Region IX (San Francisco)

San Francisco Regional Office, Phillip Burton Federal Building, and 
U.S. Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, P.O. Box 36003 San 
Francisco, CA 94102-3448, Telephone No. [phone]

Field Offices

Honolulu Office, Suite 500, Seven Waterfront Plaza, 500 Ala Moana 
Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96813-4918, Telephone No. [phone]
Los Angeles Office, 1615 W. Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 
90015-3801, Telephone No. [phone]

Region X (Seattle)

Seattle Regional Office, Suite 200, Seattle Federal Office Building, 
909 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104-1000, Telephone No. [phone]

Field Offices

Anchorage Office, Suite 401, University Plaza Building, 949 East 
36th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99508-4135, Telephone No. [phone]
Portland Office, 520 Southwest Sixth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204-
1596, Telephone No. [phone]

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