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coordinated, neighborhood and

community development strategies to

revitalize and physically, socially and

economically strengthen their

communities.

Form Number: SF–424, 424B, 269A &

LLL; HUD 2880 and 50070.

Respondents: Not-For-Profit

Institutions, State, and Local or Tribal

Government, and Business or Other ForProfit.

Frequency of Submission: Quarterly

and Recordkeeping.

Reporting Burden:

Number of

respondents x Frequency ofresponse x Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

Application .................................................................................. 280 1 60 16,800

Workplan Development .............................................................. 475 1 20 9,500

Quarterly Reports (Include Final Report) ................................... 475 4 6 11,400

Recordkeeping ........................................................................... 475 12 2 11,400

Total Estimated Burden Hours:

49,100.

Status: New Collection.

Contact: Penny McCormack, HUD,

(202) 708–3176; Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB, (202) 395–7316.

Dated: April 8, 1998.

[FR Doc. 98–9906 Filed 4–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4281–N–03]

Notice of Designation of Empowerment

Zones

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the

names of the two additional

Empowerment Zones designated by

HUD in accordance with authority

granted in the Taxpayer Relief Act of

1997, under the existing selection

criteria.

DATES: Announcement date: January 31,

1998.

Effective date: January 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis Kane, Coordinator, EZ/EC

Initiative, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, Room 7130, 451

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20410, telephone (202) 7708–6339.

(This telephone number is not toll-free.)

For hearing- and speech-impaired

persons, this telephone number may be

accessed by TTY (text telephone) by

calling the Federal Information Relay

Service at 1 (800) 877–8339 (toll-free).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

951 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997

(Pub. L. No. 105–34, 111 Stat. 788,

enacted on August 5, 1997) (the 1997

Act) amended section 1391 of the

Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 1391)

to authorize HUD to designate two

additional Empowerment Zones (EZs),

based on existing criteria. The 1997 Act

prescribed that the authority to make

these designations was effective on the

date of enactment; that the designations

were to be made by February 1, 1998;

and that the designations could not take

effect before January 1, 2000.

On January 7, 1998, the Secretary of

HUD delegated his authority to

designate two additional urban

Empowerment Zones, in accordance

with the amendment made by the 1997

Act, to the Assistant Secretary for

Community Planning and Development.

Notice was given to the public of this

delegation of authority by publication in

the Federal Register on January 26,

1998 (63 FR 3761).

The Assistant Secretary for

Community Planning and Development,

Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., gave notice of his

designations in an internal

Departmental memorandum on January

30, 1998, and a public announcement of

the designations was made by Vice

President Al Gore on January 31, 1998.

In accordance with 24 CFR

597.300(e), notice is hereby given that

the two Empowerment Zones

designated are located in Cleveland,

Ohio and Los Angeles, California. These

designations will be effective on January

1, 2000.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Program number assigned to

this program is 14.244.

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 1391(b)(2).

Dated: April 6, 1998.

Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.,

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning

and Development.

[FR Doc. 98–10014 Filed 4–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4351–N–03]

Announcement of OMB Approval

Number

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development

and Research, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

approval number.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this document

is to announce the OMB approval

number for the collection and analysis

of data on the Survey of Community

Development Work Study Program

Participants.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karna Wong, Office of Policy

Development and Research, Room 8140,

Washington, DC 20410—telephone (202)

708–0574. A telecommunications device

for the hearing impaired (TTY) is

available at (202) 708–3259 (these are

not toll-free numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

September 18, 1997 (62 FR 49022), the

Department published in the Federal

Register, a notice of proposed data

collection on the Survey of Community

Development Work Study Program

Participants. The document titled,

‘‘Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment’’—

indicated that information collection

requirements contained in the notice

had been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget for review and

approval under section 3506 of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C., chapter 35 as amended). The

notice also listed the title of the

proposal, and description of the need

for the information and proposed use.

This present document provides

notice of the OMB approval number.

Accordingly, the control number

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended) for the

Survey of Community Work Study