[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR570.203]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 570_COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart C_Eligible Activities
 
Sec. 570.203  Special economic development activities.

    A recipient may use CDBG funds for special economic development 
activities in addition to other activities authorized in this subpart 
that may be carried out as part of an economic development project. 
Guidelines for selecting activities to assist under this paragraph are 
provided at Sec. 570.209. The recipient must ensure that the 
appropriate level of public benefit will be derived pursuant to those 
guidelines before obligating funds under this authority. Special 
activities authorized under this section do not include assistance for 
the construction of new housing. Activities eligible under this section 
may include costs associated with project-specific assessment or 
remediation of known or suspected environmental contamination. Special 
economic development activities include:

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    (a) The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or 
installation of commercial or industrial buildings, structures, and 
other real property equipment and improvements, including railroad spurs 
or similar extensions. Such activities may be carried out by the 
recipient or public or private nonprofit subrecipients.
    (b) The provision of assistance to a private for-profit business, 
including, but not limited to, grants, loans, loan guarantees, interest 
supplements, technical assistance, and other forms of support, for any 
activity where the assistance is appropriate to carry out an economic 
development project, excluding those described as ineligible in Sec. 
570.207(a). In selecting businesses to assist under this authority, the 
recipient shall minimize, to the extent practicable, displacement of 
existing businesses and jobs in neighborhoods.
    (c) Economic development services in connection with activities 
eligible under this section, including, but not limited to, outreach 
efforts to market available forms of assistance; screening of 
applicants; reviewing and underwriting applications for assistance; 
preparation of all necessary agreements; management of assisted 
activities; and the screening, referral, and placement of applicants for 
employment opportunities generated by CDBG-eligible economic development 
activities, including the costs of providing necessary training for 
persons filling those positions.

[53 FR 34439, Sept. 6, 1988, as amended at 60 FR 1944, Jan. 5, 1995; 71 
FR 30035, May 24, 2006]