[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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