[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR597.300]

[Page 303-304]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 597_URBAN EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES: ROUND 
ONE DESIGNATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart D_Designation Process
 
Sec. 597.300  HUD action and review of nominations for designation.


    (a) Establishment of submission procedures. HUD will establish a 
time period and procedures for the submission of nominations for 
designation as Empowerment Zones or Enterprise Communities, including 
submission deadlines and addresses, in a Notice Inviting Applications, 
to be published in the Federal Register.
    (b) Acceptance for processing. (1) HUD will accept for processing 
those nominations for designation as Empowerment Zones or Enterprise 
Communities which HUD determines have met the criteria required by this 
part. HUD will notify the State(s) and local government(s) whether or 
not the nomination has been accepted for processing. The criteria for 
acceptance for processing are as follows:
    (2) The nomination for designation as an Empowerment Zone or 
Enterprise Community must be received by HUD on or before the time on 
the date established by the Notice Inviting Applications published in 
the Federal Register. The nomination for designation as an Empowerment 
Zone or Enterprise Community must be complete and must be accompanied by 
a strategic plan, as required by Sec. 597.200(c), and the 
certifications required by Sec. 597.202(b).
    (c) Evaluation of nominations. In the process of reviewing each 
nomination accepted for processing, HUD may undertake a site visit(s) to 
any nominated area to aid in the process of evaluation.
    (d) Modification of the strategic plan, boundaries of nominated 
urban areas, and/or period during which designation is in effect. 
Subject to the limitations imposed by Sec. 597.100, HUD may negotiate 
reasonable modifications of the strategic plan, the proposed boundaries 
of a nominated urban area, or the term for which a designation is to 
remain in full effect, to ensure maximum efficiency and fairness in the 
provision of assistance to such areas.
    (e) Publication of designations. Announcements of those nominated 
urban areas designated as Empowerment Zones or Enterprise Communities 
will

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be made by publication of a Notice in the Federal Register.