[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17445-17446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8439]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development
24 CFR Part 570
[Docket No. R-95-1729; FR-3474-F-03]
RIN 2506-AB53
Community Development Block Grant Program Economic Development
Guidelines; Final Rule and Guidelines; Technical Amendments
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Final rule and guidelines; technical amendments.
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SUMMARY: The Department published in the Federal Register, a final rule
and guidelines that established guidelines to assist Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) recipients in evaluating and selecting
economic development activities for assistance with CDBG funds. The
purpose of this document is to make certain clarifying technical
amendments to that final rule.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 6, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James R. Broughman, Director, Office
of Block Grant Assistance, Room 7286, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708-3587; TDD: (202) 708-2565.
(These are not toll-free numbers).
Supplementary Information:
List of Subjects in 24 CFR Part 570
Administrative practice and procedure, American Samoa, Community
development block grants, Grant programs--education, Grant programs--
housing and community development, Guam, Indians, Lead poisoning, Loan
programs--housing and community development, Low and moderate income
housing, New communities, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Islands
Trust Territory, Pockets of poverty, Puerto Rico, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Small cities, Student aid, Virgin Islands.
Accordingly, 24 CFR part 570 is amended as follows:
PART 570--COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS
1. The authority citation for 24 CFR part 570 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) and 5300-5320.
Sec. 570.200 [Amended]
2. In Sec. 570.200, paragraph (f)(2) is amended by removing the
word ``subrecipients'', and by adding in its place the word
``entities''.
3. Section 570.208 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(1)(v), to
read as follows:
Sec. 570.208 Criteria for national objectives.
(a) * * *
(1) * * *
(v) Activities meeting the requirements of paragraph (d)(5)(i) of
this section may be considered to qualify under this paragraph,
provided that the area covered by the strategy is either a Federally-
designated Empowerment Zone or Enterprise Community or primarily
residential and contains a percentage of low- and moderate-income
residents that is no less than the percentage computed by HUD pursuant
to paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of this section or 70 percent, whichever is
less, but in no event less than 51 percent. Activities meeting the
requirements of paragraph (d)(6)(i) of this section may also be
considered to qualify under paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
* * * * *
Sec. 570.208 [Amended]
4. In Sec. 570.208, paragraph (a)(4)(vi)(B) is amended by removing
the phrase ``a subrecipient'', and by adding in its place the phrase
``an entity''.
5. In Sec. 570.208, paragraph (a)(4)(vi)(F)(2) is amended by
removing the cross-reference to ``paragraph (a)(4)(v)(C)(1) of this
section'', and by adding in its place the cross-reference to
``paragraph (a)(4)(vi)(F)(1) of this section''.
Sec. 570.209 [Amended]
6. In Sec. 570.209, paragraph (b) introductory text is amended by
removing the cross-reference to ``Sec. 570.208(a)(4)(vi)(D)(2)'', and
by adding in its place the cross-reference to
``Sec. 570.208(a)(4)(vi)(F)(2)''.
Sec. 570.483 [Amended]
7. In Sec. 570.483, paragraph (b)(4)(vi)(B) is amended by removing
the phrase ``a subrecipient'', and by adding in its place the phrase
``an entity''.
8. In Sec. 570.483, paragraph (b)(4)(vi)(F)(2) is amended by
removing the cross-reference to ``paragraph (b)(4)(iii)(C)(1) of this
section'', and by adding in its place the cross-reference to
``paragraph (b)(4)(vi)(F)(1) of this section''.
9. Section 570.500 is amended by:
a. Amending paragraph (a)(4)(ii) by removing the period from the
end of the [[Page 17446]] fourth sentence that begins with ``Amounts
generated by activities financed with loans'', and by adding in its
place a comma and a phrase to the end of the fourth sentence; and
b. Amending paragraph (c) by removing the period from the end of
the second sentence that begins with ``The term excludes'', and by
adding in its place a comma and a phrase to the end of the second
sentence, to read as follows:
Sec. 570.500 Definitions.
(a) * * *
(4) * * *
(ii) * * * , except that the use of such funds shall be limited to
activities that are located in a revitalization strategy area and
implement a HUD approved area revitalization strategy pursuant to
Sec. 91.215(e) of this title. * * *
* * * * *
(c) * * * , unless the grantee explicitly designates it as a
subrecipient. * * *
Dated: March 30, 1995.
Andrew M. Cuomo,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 95-8439 Filed 4-5-95; 8:45 am]
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