[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24828-24829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11494]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary
RIN 0503-AA09


Notice of Designation of Empowerment Zones and Enterprise 
Communities

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of designation of Empowerment Zones and Enterprise 
Communities.

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SUMMARY: On January 18, 1994 USDA published an interim rule that 
implemented that portion of subchapter C, part I (Empowerment Zones, 
Enterprise Communities and Rural Development Investment Areas) of Title 
XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 dealing with the 
designation of Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities. On 
January 18, 1994 USDA also published a notice inviting applications for 
designation of Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities.
    This notice announces the jurisdictions that were designated Rural 
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities by USDA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dayton Watkins, Acting Administrator, 
Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service (``RBCDS''), U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 14th Street & Independence Avenue, S.W., Rm. 
5045 South Agriculture Building, Washington, DC 20250, or telephone 
(202) 720-6165.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 18, 1994 USDA published an 
interim rule that implemented that portion of subchapter C, part I 
(Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities and Rural Development 
Investment Areas) of Title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
Act of 1993 (``Title XIII'') which addresses the designation of Rural 
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (59 FR 2686 (1994)). This 
interim rule was made final on February 6, 1995 (60 FR 6945 (1995)).
    Title XIII also provides for the designation of Urban Empowerment 
Zones and Enterprise Communities. As noted in the January 18, 1994 
interim rule, the rural part of the program is administered by USDA as 
a Federal-State-local and private-sector partnership. The urban part of 
the program is administered by the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development (``HUD''), which also published an interim rule on January 
18, 1994 (59 FR 2700 (1994)).
    On January 18, 1994 USDA also published a notice inviting 
applications from States and local governments nominating rural areas 
for designation as Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (59 FR 
2696 (1994)). The January 18, 1994 notice provided for an application 
deadline of June 30, 1994. On December 21, 1994 President William J. 
Clinton announced the rural areas that were designated by USDA and the 
urban areas that were designated by HUD as Empowerment Zones and 
Enterprise Communities.
    Publication in the Federal Register of this Notice announcing 
nominated areas that were designated either as Empowerment Zones or 
Enterprise Communities (Appendix A), fulfills the requirement, set 
forth in the January 18, 1994 interim rule (59 FR 2686 (1994)), that 
designations published.

    Dated: April 27, 1995.
Dan Glickman,
Secretary.

                                         Appendix A.--USDA's Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprises Communities                                        
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                          Name                               State                                          Counties                                    
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                                                                    Empowerment Zones                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
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Kentucky Highlands EZ..................................  KY             Clinton, Jackson, Wayne.                                                        
Mid-Delta EZ...........................................  MS             Bolivar, Sunflower, Leflore, Washington, Humphreys, Holmes.                     
Rio Grande Valley Empowerment Zone.....................  TX             Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Willacy.                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
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                                                                 Enterprise Communities                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
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Chambers County EC.....................................  AL             Chambers.                                                                       
Greene & Sumter Counties Rural EC......................  AL             Greene, Sumter.                                                                 
East Central Arkansas EC...............................  AR             Cross, Lee, Monroe, St. Francis.                                                
Mississippi County EC..................................  AR             Mississippi.                                                                    
Arizona Border Region EC...............................  AZ             Cochise, Yuma, Santa Cruz.                                                      
Imperial County EC.....................................  CA             Imperial.                                                                       
City of Watsonville/County of Santa Cruz EC............  CA             Santa Cruz.                                                                     
Jackson County, Florida EC.............................  FL             Jackson.                                                                        
Crisp/Dooly EC.........................................  GA             Crisp, Dooly.                                                                   
Central Savannah River Area EC.........................  GA             Burke, Hancock, Jefferson, McDuffie, Taliaferro, Warren.                        
Northeast Louisiana Delta EC...........................  LA             Madison.                                                                        
Macon Ridge EC.........................................  LA             Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Morehouse, Tensas.                              
Lake County EC.........................................  MI             Lake.                                                                           
City of East Prairie, Mississippi County, MO EC........  MO             Mississippi.                                                                    
North Delta Mississippi EC.............................  MS             Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie.                                                  
Halifax/Edgecombe/Wilson EC............................  NC             Halifax, Edgecombe, Wilson.                                                     
Robeson County EC......................................  NC             Robeson.                                                                        
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La Jicarita EC.........................................  NM             Mora, Rio Arriba, Taos.                                                         
Greater Portsmouth EC..................................  OH             Scioto.                                                                         
Southeast Oklahoma EC..................................  OK             Choctaw, McCurtain.                                                             
Josephine County EC....................................  OR             Josephine.                                                                      
City of Lock Haven Federal EC..........................  PA             Clinton.                                                                        
Williamsburg-Lake City EC..............................  SC             Williamsburg, Florence.                                                         
Beadle/Spink/South Dakota EC...........................  SD             Beadle, Spink.                                                                  
Fayette County/Haywood County Enterprise Community.....  TN             Haywood, Fayette.                                                               
Scott/McCreary Area Enterprise Community...............  TN             Scott (TN), McCreary (KY).                                                      
Accomack-Northampton, Virginia EC......................  VA             Northampton, Accomack.                                                          
Lower Yakima County Rural Enterprise Community.........  WA             Yakima.                                                                         
Central Appalachia EC..................................  WV             Roane, Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Fayette.                                        
McDowell County EC.....................................  WV             McDowell.                                                                       
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[FR Doc. 95-11494 Filed 5-9-95; 8:45 am]

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