[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 18437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10014]


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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.

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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]
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