[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 52675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26023]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 599

[Docket No. FR-4663-C-05]
RIN 2506-AC09


Designation of Forty Renewal Communities; Technical Correction

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Interim rule; technical correction.

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SUMMARY: On July 9, 2001, HUD published an interim rule to govern the 
designation of Renewal Communities nominated by States and local 
governments. This document corrects an error in the interim rule by 
removing arson from the list of offenses counted in determining the 
Crime Index and the Local Crime Index.

DATES: Effective Date: August 8, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Haines, Renewal Community 
Initiative, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7130, 
Washington, DC 20410, (202) 708-6339. Persons with hearing or speech 
disabilities may call (800) 877-8339 (the Federal Information Relay 
Service-TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    On July 9, 2001 (66 FR 35850), HUD published an interim rule for 
the designation of Renewal Communities (RCs) and Round III urban 
Empowerment Zones (EZs). The preamble, at 66 FR 35853, cited the Crime 
Index (CI) of the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) as including the 
offense of arson. The rule, in Sec. 599.107(a)(3) at 66 FR 35858, 
includes arson in the list of offenses that must be included when 
determining the Local Crime Index (LCI) in a nominated area for 
purposes of comparing the LCI to the CI.
    Although the offense of arson is included as part of the UCR, it is 
not included in the CI determination because the reporting for arson is 
not as consistent as for other offenses. The references to arson in the 
interim rule are, therefore, being removed. In addition, a correction 
to make conforming changes to the August 7, 2001 (66 FR 41432) Notice 
Inviting Applications for Designation of Forty Renewal Communities is 
published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
    Accordingly, FR Doc. 01-17011, Designation of Round III Urban 
Empowerment Zones and Renewal Communities, (FR-4663-I-01), published in 
the Federal Register on July 9, 2001 (66 FR 35850), is corrected as 
follows:

    1. On page 35853, second column, the second complete sentence is 
revised to read as follows: ``The offenses included are the violent 
crimes of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, 
and aggravated assault, and the property crimes of burglary, larceny-
theft, and motor vehicle theft.''

PART 599--RENEWAL COMMUNITIES


Sec. 599.107  [Corrected]

    2. On page 35858, second column, the last complete sentence of 
Sec. 599.107(a)(3) is revised to read as follows: ``The offenses used 
in determining the LCI are the violent crimes of murder and 
nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated 
assault, and the property crimes of burglary, larceny-theft, and motor 
vehicle theft.''

    Dated: October 10, 2001.
Roy A. Bernardi,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 01-26023 Filed 10-16-01; 8:45 am]
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