[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15371-15372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8518]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration

13 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 950525142-6078-03]
RIN 0610-AA47


Designation of Public Works Impact Program Areas: Simplification 
and Streamlining of Regulations; Correction

AGENCY: Economic Development Administration (EDA), Commerce.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to EDA's final rule which 
adopted EDA's interim-final rule (60 FR 56702), September 26, 1995, as 
modified by the changes noted in the final rule (61 FR 7979), published 
and effective on March 1, 1996. This correction is to the regulation on 
requirements for Public Works Impact Program Area (PWIP) designations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 8, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Awilda R. Marquez, (202) 482-4687; fax number: (202) 482-5671.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    EDA amended its entire body of regulations to make them easier to 
read and to understand, by removing numerous unnecessary, redundant, 
and outdated parts, sections and portions thereof, and by clarifying 
and simplifying those remaining. The final rule includes program 
requirements, evaluation criteria, and the selection process in 
implementing programs under the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965, as amended, (PWEDA or the Act), the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended (the Trade Act), and other applicable statutes.

Need for Correction

    As published, the final rule contains an error which may prove to 
be misleading and is in need of clarification. Currently, 
Sec. 301.6(a)(4) requires a redevelopment area to meet the 
qualifications of (a) through (d) of Sec. 301.5. Paragraph (d) requires 
an overall economic development plan (OEDP) to be submitted to EDA. 
Since not requiring an OEDP from entities is what the Act provides, 
Sec. 301.6(a)(4) is being corrected by deleting the reference to 
paragraph (d) of Sec. 301.5.

List of Subjects in 13 CFR Part 301

    Community development.

    Accordingly, 13 CFR Part 301 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendment:

PART 301--DESIGNATION OF AREAS

    1. The authority citation for Part 301 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: Sec. 701, Pub. L. 89-136; 79 Stat. 570 (42 U.S.C. 
3211); Department of Commerce Organization Order 10-4, as amended 
(40 FR 56702, as amended).

    2. Section 301.6 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(4) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 301.6   Designation of public works impact program areas.

    (a) * * *
    (4) An actual or threatened abrupt rise of unemployment due to the 
closing or

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curtailment of a major source of employment. The area must meet the 
qualifications as set forth in Sec. 301.5 (a) through (c). Although no 
boundary constraints, as set forth in Sec. 301.13, shall apply, the 
area for which designation is sought must be one for which EDA can 
obtain data establishing its eligibility for designation.
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    Dated: April 1, 1996.
Wilbur F. Hawkins,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development.
[FR Doc. 96-8518 Filed 4-5-96; 8:45 am]
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