80_FR_45372 80 FR 45227 - Promise Zones Initiative: Proposed Third Round Selection Process Solicitation of Comment

80 FR 45227 - Promise Zones Initiative: Proposed Third Round Selection Process Solicitation of Comment

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 145 (July 29, 2015)

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FR Document2015-18626

Through this notice, HUD solicits comment, for a period of 60- days, on the proposed selection process, criteria and submissions for the Third Round of the Promise Zones Initiative.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. 5774-N-03]


Promise Zones Initiative: Proposed Third Round Selection Process 
Solicitation of Comment

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Through this notice, HUD solicits comment, for a period of 60-

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days, on the proposed selection process, criteria and submissions for 
the Third Round of the Promise Zones Initiative.

DATES: Comments Due Date: September 28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Questions or comments should be directed by email to 
[email protected] with ``Third Round Promise Zones selection'' in 
the subject line. Questions or comments may also be directed by postal 
mail to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic 
Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW., Room 7136, Washington, DC 20410 ATTN: 3nd Round 
Promise Zones selection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Herdliska, Office of Community 
Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC, 20410; telephone 
number 202-402-6758. This is not a toll-free number. Persons with 
hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background--Round 1 and 2 Promise Zones

    In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Obama announced 
the establishment of the Promise Zones Initiative to partner with high-
poverty communities across the country to create jobs, increase 
economic security, expand educational opportunities, increase access to 
quality, affordable housing, and improve public safety.\1\ On January 
8, 2014, the President announced the first five Promise Zones, which 
are located in: San Antonio, TX; Philadelphia, PA; Los Angeles, CA; 
Southeastern Kentucky, KY; and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, OK. On 
April 28, 2015, the Obama Administration announced eight more Promise 
Zones as part of the second round Promise Zone selection process, which 
are located in: Camden, NJ; Hartford, CT; Indianapolis, IN; 
Minneapolis, MN; Sacramento, CA; St. Louis County, MO; Barnwell, SC; 
and Porcupine, SD. Each of these communities (eight urban, one rural, 
and one tribal) submitted a plan on how it will partner with local 
business and community leaders to make investments that reward hard 
work and expand opportunity. In exchange, the Federal government is 
helping these Promise Zone designees secure the resources and 
flexibility they need to achieve their goals.\2\
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    \1\ See http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/15/fact-sheet-president-s-plan-ensure-hard-work-leads-decent-living.
    \2\ See http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/08/fact-sheet-president-obama-s-promise-zones-initiative.
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    The first five Promise Zones were selected through a competitive 
process following an invitation to eligible communities to apply for a 
designation, which was issued on October 30, 2013 with an application 
deadline of November 26, 2013.\3\ The urban designations were conferred 
by HUD while the rural and tribal designations were conferred by USDA. 
The pool of eligible applicants was limited to communities with 
demonstrated capacity in one or more areas of Promise Zone work that 
would prepare them to broaden their efforts to additional 
revitalization priorities. Specifically, urban eligibility was limited 
to communities encompassing a Choice Neighborhoods or Promise 
Neighborhoods Implementation grant, or a Byrne Criminal Justice 
Innovation grant, while rural and tribal eligibility was limited to 
communities encompassing a Stronger Economies Together, Sustainable 
Communities, Promise Neighborhoods Implementation, or Rural Jobs 
Accelerator grant.
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    \3\ See www.hud.gov/promisezones.
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    The second round Promise Zone selection process opened on August 
29, 2014 with an application deadline of November 21, 2014.\4\ This 
second round competition designated 8 more communities meeting the 
specified eligibility criteria without regard to their prior selection 
for receipt of federal grants. As with the first round, the urban 
designations were conferred by HUD while the rural and tribal 
designations were conferred by USDA.
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Promise Zone Benefits

    The Promise Zones Initiative seeks to revitalize high-poverty 
communities across the country by creating jobs, increasing economic 
activity, improving educational opportunities, reducing violent crime, 
leveraging private capital, and assisting local leaders in navigating 
federal programs. Promise Zones will not receive grant funding. The 
Promise Zone designation partners the Federal government with local 
leaders who are addressing multiple community revitalization challenges 
in a collaborative way and have demonstrated a commitment to results. 
Promise Zone Designees will receive: The opportunity to engage Five 
AmeriCorps VISTA members in the Promise Zone; a federal liaison 
assigned to assist with navigating federal programs; preferences for 
certain competitive federal programs; technical assistance from 
participating agencies; and Promise Zone tax incentives if enacted by 
Congress.
    Altogether, this package of assistance will help local leaders 
accelerate efforts to revitalize their communities. The Promise Zone 
designation will be for a term of 10 years, and may be extended as 
necessary to capture the full term of availability of the Promise Zones 
tax incentives, if enacted by Congress. During this term, the specific 
benefits made available to Promise Zones will vary from year to year, 
and sometimes more often than annually, due to changes in an agency's 
policies and changes in appropriations and authorizations for relevant 
programs. All assistance provided to Promise Zones is subject to 
applicable regulations, statutes, and changes in Federal agency 
policies, appropriations, and authorizations for relevant programs. 
Subject to these limitations, the Promise Zone designation commits the 
Federal government to partner with local leaders who are addressing 
multiple community revitalization challenges in a collaborative way and 
have demonstrated a commitment to results.

Third Round Promise Zones Selection Process

    A third and final round of Promise Zone designations is currently 
in the selection process planning stage with announcements of the 
designees expected in spring 2016. HUD anticipates making at least 
seven designations in the third round in the urban, rural and tribal 
categories, depending on resources available. As a result of the third 
round competition, the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
(HUD) intends to designate five urban communities and the Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) intends to designate one rural and one tribal 
community. This third round of selections with bring the total number 
of Promise Zone designations to 20, including the five designations 
announced in January, 2014, and the eight announced in April, 2015.
    Due to the nature of the Initiative, Promise Zone activities are 
likely to be carried out by a variety of organizations and organization 
types. Eligible lead applicants for Urban Promise Zone designations 
are:

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    1. Units of General Local Government (UGLG or local government); 
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    \5\ Unit of general local government as defined in section 
102(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5302(a)(1)). See definition (a)(1) Unit of General Local 
Government.
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    2. An office or department within local government or a county 
government with the support of the UGLG;
    3. Non-profit organizations \6\ applying with the support of the 
UGLG;
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    \6\ Including Workforce Investment Boards (WIBS) and Community 
Action Agencies (CAA). Examples are illustrative and not exhaustive.
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    4. Public Housing Agencies, Community Colleges, Local Education 
Agencies (LEAs), or Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) applying 
with the support of the UGLG.
    For eligible lead applicants for Rural and Tribal Promise Zone 
designations please refer to the Rural and Tribal Promise Zone 
Application Guide located at https://www.hud.gov/promisezones.
    The selection process under consideration is that any community 
meeting the community eligibility criteria set forth in the Third Round 
Application Guide would be eligible to apply for Promise Zone 
designation. All of the following must be present in an application for 
a proposed Promise Zone to be eligible for designation:
    i. Proposed Promise Zone must have one contiguous boundary and 
cannot include separate geographic areas;
    ii. The rate of overall poverty or Extremely Low Income rate 
(whichever is greater) of residents within the Promise Zone must be at 
or above 32.5 percent;
    iii. Promise Zone boundaries must encompass a population of at 
least 10,000 but no more than 200,000 residents;
    iv. The Promise Zone application must affirmatively demonstrate 
support from all mayors or chief executives of UGLGs that include any 
geographical area within the proposed Promise Zone boundary, where such 
city(is), county(ies), parish(es), or county equivalent(s) is(are) the 
sole UGLG(s) providing general government services for such 
geographical area(s), subject to the following conditions:
    a. The chief executive of a city, county, parish, or county 
equivalent may only affirmatively demonstrate support for the Promise 
Zone Plan of one proposed Promise Zone containing a geographical area 
in which the city, county, parish or county equivalent is the sole 
provider of general public services;
    b. Subject to the limitation in paragraph a. above, the chief 
executive of a county, parish, or county equivalent may affirmatively 
demonstrate support for the Promise Zone Plan of any proposed Promise 
Zone located in the county, parish, or county equivalent where another 
UGLG also provides general government services;
    c. With the exception of paragraph b. above, if the Mayor or chief 
executive of a county, parish or county equivalent demonstrates 
affirmative support for the Promise Zone Plan of more than one proposed 
Promise Zone in which the UGLG he or she represents is the sole 
provider of general government services, all of the applications from 
that UGLG will be disqualified from the competition;
    d. Where the proposed Promise Zone boundaries cross UGLG 
boundaries, one Lead Applicant must be identified for the Promise Zone 
application, and commitment must be demonstrated by the mayors or chief 
executives of all of the UGLGs that are sole providers of general 
government services for any part of the proposed Promise Zone 
geographical area; and
    e. If a Promise Zone designated in Round 1 or 2 is located within a 
UGLG in which a new application is being submitted, the applicant must 
include an explanation of how, if a second Promise Zone designation is 
made, the UGLG that is the sole provider of general government services 
plans to work with both of the Promise Zone designees at the same time 
and sustain the level of effort, resources and support committed to 
each Promise Zone under its respective Promise Zone Plan for the full 
term of each Promise Zone designation. This explanation must be 
evidenced by commitments from the UGLG in materials submitted by the 
mayor or chief executive in support of the application.

Solicitation of Comment

    HUD is soliciting public comments on the proposed selection 
process, criteria, and submissions for the third round of the Promise 
Zone Initiative that has been announced through this Federal Register 
Notice. The draft Third Round Urban Application Guide and the draft 
Third Round Rural and Tribal Application Guide can be found at 
www.hud.gov/promisezones.
    Comments are due by September 28, 2015 and may be submitted at 
[email protected] with ``Third Round Promise Zone selections'' in 
the subject line.
    HUD has created a MAX Survey stage site in order to allow both 
applicants and other stakeholders an opportunity to experience the 
proposed intake mechanism for the third round selection process and 
provide specific feedback on its operation and functionality. To access 
the MAX Survey platform, please go to: www.hud.gov/promisezones.
    Questions or comments may also be directed by postal mail to: 
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 
Room 7136, Washington, DC 20410, ATTN: Third Round Promise Zone 
selections.
    In addition to providing comments on the proposed selection 
process, criteria, and submissions for the third round of the Promise 
Zone Initiative, commenters are encouraged to address any or all of the 
following questions.

A. Overarching Questions

    For communities considering a Promise Zone application:
    1. Are the programs that provide preferential access for designated 
Promise Zones helpful? Are there policy areas or issues that you need 
to address that are not represented?
    2. If your community is not designated, but you and your partners 
intend to continue community revitalization efforts, please explain 
what particular types of information, technical assistance, peer 
exchange, introductions or other non-competitive assistance would be 
helpful to you as you move your work forward?
    3. Do you find the MAX SURVEY sufficiently easy to use compared to 
other federal application systems (e.g. Grants.Gov)?
    4. Would you be willing to provide the type of information 
requested in the Goals and Activities template for purposes of 
potentially connecting you to federal and private partners/peers that 
could facilitate your community's development work if it were not part 
of a competition for a federal designation? (See MAX SURVEY at 
www.hud.gov/promisezones.)

B. Community Development Marketplace

    For users of the Community Development Marketplace (a database of 
strategy and activity information Second Round applicants permitted HUD 
and USDA to share):
    5. What kind of potential user are you? HUD has heard from 
foundations, investors, communities, researchers and national 
intermediaries and stakeholder networks, but there may be others who 
can use this data.
    6. Does the Third Round template capture information that would be 
useful to you? (See MAX SURVEY at

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www.hud.gov/promisezones.) If yes, how is this information useful to 
you?
    7. Are there additional pieces of information that would assist you 
in filtering and searching for information you would like to have?

C. Promise Zone Web site

    8. Is the Web site clear and easy to use? If not, what elements 
would be more helpful? (See www.hud.gov/promisezones and linked program 
information.)
    9. Is the interagency program information presented on the Web site 
well-matched to your community's needs? If not, what type of 
information would be helpful to add?

D. Communications and Stakeholder Engagement

    10. Do you find Promise Zone communications, through emails, 
webinars, written documents and other means, useful to organizations 
working in your community? Please elaborate on what is useful or what 
could be done to make it more useful.
    11. How can HUD communicate more clearly/effectively with residents 
and community based organizations about the way that the Promise Zone 
Initiative operates and how it supports local work?
    12. How can the Promise Zone Initiative better engage new Americans 
and immigrant stakeholders?

E. Data Collection, Research and Evaluation

    13. How can the Promise Zones make use of the EPA Smart Location 
database?
    14. Does the Promise Zone framework for tracking data address the 
issue of burdening designees in terms of data access and reporting? Are 
there other ways we could accomplish this?
    15. Is the Promise Zone table of core indicators, measures, and 
data sources useful for community development outcome tracking? Are 
there other measures that should be added?

    Dated: July 23, 2015.
Harriet Tregoning,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
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                                              days, on the proposed selection process,                 that reward hard work and expand                      demonstrated a commitment to results.
                                              criteria and submissions for the Third                   opportunity. In exchange, the Federal                 Promise Zone Designees will receive:
                                              Round of the Promise Zones Initiative.                   government is helping these Promise                   The opportunity to engage Five
                                              DATES: Comments Due Date: September                      Zone designees secure the resources and               AmeriCorps VISTA members in the
                                              28, 2015.                                                flexibility they need to achieve their                Promise Zone; a federal liaison assigned
                                              ADDRESSES: Interested persons are                        goals.2                                               to assist with navigating federal
                                              invited to submit comments regarding                        The first five Promise Zones were                  programs; preferences for certain
                                              this proposal. Questions or comments                     selected through a competitive process                competitive federal programs; technical
                                              should be directed by email to                           following an invitation to eligible                   assistance from participating agencies;
                                                                                                       communities to apply for a designation,               and Promise Zone tax incentives if
                                              PromiseZones@hud.gov with ‘‘Third
                                                                                                       which was issued on October 30, 2013                  enacted by Congress.
                                              Round Promise Zones selection’’ in the
                                                                                                       with an application deadline of                         Altogether, this package of assistance
                                              subject line. Questions or comments
                                                                                                       November 26, 2013.3 The urban                         will help local leaders accelerate efforts
                                              may also be directed by postal mail to
                                                                                                       designations were conferred by HUD                    to revitalize their communities. The
                                              the Office of the Deputy Assistant
                                                                                                       while the rural and tribal designations               Promise Zone designation will be for a
                                              Secretary for Economic Development,
                                                                                                       were conferred by USDA. The pool of                   term of 10 years, and may be extended
                                              U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
                                                                                                       eligible applicants was limited to                    as necessary to capture the full term of
                                              Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
                                                                                                       communities with demonstrated                         availability of the Promise Zones tax
                                              Room 7136, Washington, DC 20410                                                                                incentives, if enacted by Congress.
                                                                                                       capacity in one or more areas of Promise
                                              ATTN: 3nd Round Promise Zones                            Zone work that would prepare them to                  During this term, the specific benefits
                                              selection.                                               broaden their efforts to additional                   made available to Promise Zones will
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                         revitalization priorities. Specifically,              vary from year to year, and sometimes
                                              Bryan Herdliska, Office of Community                     urban eligibility was limited to                      more often than annually, due to
                                              Planning and Development, U.S.                           communities encompassing a Choice                     changes in an agency’s policies and
                                              Department of Housing and Urban                          Neighborhoods or Promise                              changes in appropriations and
                                              Development, 451 7th Street SW.,                         Neighborhoods Implementation grant,                   authorizations for relevant programs.
                                              Washington, DC, 20410; telephone                         or a Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation                All assistance provided to Promise
                                              number 202–402–6758. This is not a                       grant, while rural and tribal eligibility             Zones is subject to applicable
                                              toll-free number. Persons with hearing                   was limited to communities                            regulations, statutes, and changes in
                                              or speech impairments may access this                    encompassing a Stronger Economies                     Federal agency policies, appropriations,
                                              number through TTY by calling the toll-                  Together, Sustainable Communities,                    and authorizations for relevant
                                              free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–                 Promise Neighborhoods                                 programs. Subject to these limitations,
                                              8339.                                                    Implementation, or Rural Jobs                         the Promise Zone designation commits
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                               Accelerator grant.                                    the Federal government to partner with
                                                                                                          The second round Promise Zone                      local leaders who are addressing
                                              Background—Round 1 and 2 Promise                         selection process opened on August 29,                multiple community revitalization
                                              Zones                                                    2014 with an application deadline of                  challenges in a collaborative way and
                                                 In his 2013 State of the Union                        November 21, 2014.4 This second round                 have demonstrated a commitment to
                                              address, President Obama announced                       competition designated 8 more                         results.
                                              the establishment of the Promise Zones                   communities meeting the specified
                                                                                                       eligibility criteria without regard to their          Third Round Promise Zones Selection
                                              Initiative to partner with high-poverty                                                                        Process
                                              communities across the country to                        prior selection for receipt of federal
                                              create jobs, increase economic security,                 grants. As with the first round, the                     A third and final round of Promise
                                              expand educational opportunities,                        urban designations were conferred by                  Zone designations is currently in the
                                              increase access to quality, affordable                   HUD while the rural and tribal                        selection process planning stage with
                                              housing, and improve public safety.1 On                  designations were conferred by USDA.                  announcements of the designees
                                              January 8, 2014, the President                                                                                 expected in spring 2016. HUD
                                                                                                       Promise Zone Benefits                                 anticipates making at least seven
                                              announced the first five Promise Zones,
                                              which are located in: San Antonio, TX;                     The Promise Zones Initiative seeks to               designations in the third round in the
                                              Philadelphia, PA; Los Angeles, CA;                       revitalize high-poverty communities                   urban, rural and tribal categories,
                                              Southeastern Kentucky, KY; and the                       across the country by creating jobs,                  depending on resources available. As a
                                              Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, OK. On                       increasing economic activity, improving               result of the third round competition,
                                              April 28, 2015, the Obama                                educational opportunities, reducing                   the Department of Housing and Urban
                                              Administration announced eight more                      violent crime, leveraging private capital,            Development (HUD) intends to
                                              Promise Zones as part of the second                      and assisting local leaders in navigating             designate five urban communities and
                                              round Promise Zone selection process,                    federal programs. Promise Zones will                  the Department of Agriculture (USDA)
                                              which are located in: Camden, NJ;                        not receive grant funding. The Promise                intends to designate one rural and one
                                              Hartford, CT; Indianapolis, IN;                          Zone designation partners the Federal                 tribal community. This third round of
                                              Minneapolis, MN; Sacramento, CA; St.                     government with local leaders who are                 selections with bring the total number of
                                              Louis County, MO; Barnwell, SC; and                      addressing multiple community                         Promise Zone designations to 20,
                                              Porcupine, SD. Each of these                             revitalization challenges in a                        including the five designations
                                              communities (eight urban, one rural,                     collaborative way and have                            announced in January, 2014, and the
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                                              and one tribal) submitted a plan on how                                                                        eight announced in April, 2015.
                                                                                                         2 See http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/      Due to the nature of the Initiative,
                                              it will partner with local business and                  2014/01/08/fact-sheet-president-obama-s-promise-      Promise Zone activities are likely to be
                                              community leaders to make investments                    zones-initiative.
                                                                                                         3 See www.hud.gov/promisezones.
                                                                                                                                                             carried out by a variety of organizations
                                                1 See http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/        4 See http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/     and organization types. Eligible lead
                                              2013/02/15/fact-sheet-president-s-plan-ensure-           press/press_releases_media_advisories/2015/           applicants for Urban Promise Zone
                                              hard-work-leads-decent-living.                           HUDNo_15-049.                                         designations are:


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                                                 1. Units of General Local Government                  of a county, parish, or county equivalent             process and provide specific feedback
                                              (UGLG or local government); 5                            may affirmatively demonstrate support                 on its operation and functionality. To
                                                 2. An office or department within                     for the Promise Zone Plan of any                      access the MAX Survey platform, please
                                              local government or a county                             proposed Promise Zone located in the                  go to: www.hud.gov/promisezones.
                                              government with the support of the                       county, parish, or county equivalent                    Questions or comments may also be
                                              UGLG;                                                    where another UGLG also provides                      directed by postal mail to: Office of the
                                                 3. Non-profit organizations 6 applying                general government services;                          Deputy Assistant Secretary for
                                              with the support of the UGLG;                               c. With the exception of paragraph b.              Economic Development, U.S.
                                                 4. Public Housing Agencies,                           above, if the Mayor or chief executive of             Department of Housing and Urban
                                              Community Colleges, Local Education                      a county, parish or county equivalent                 Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
                                              Agencies (LEAs), or Metropolitan                         demonstrates affirmative support for the              Room 7136, Washington, DC 20410,
                                              Planning Organizations (MPO) applying                    Promise Zone Plan of more than one                    ATTN: Third Round Promise Zone
                                              with the support of the UGLG.                            proposed Promise Zone in which the                    selections.
                                                 For eligible lead applicants for Rural                UGLG he or she represents is the sole                   In addition to providing comments on
                                              and Tribal Promise Zone designations                     provider of general government services,              the proposed selection process, criteria,
                                              please refer to the Rural and Tribal                     all of the applications from that UGLG                and submissions for the third round of
                                              Promise Zone Application Guide                           will be disqualified from the                         the Promise Zone Initiative, commenters
                                              located at https://www.hud.gov/                          competition;                                          are encouraged to address any or all of
                                              promisezones.                                               d. Where the proposed Promise Zone                 the following questions.
                                                 The selection process under                           boundaries cross UGLG boundaries, one
                                              consideration is that any community                      Lead Applicant must be identified for                 A. Overarching Questions
                                              meeting the community eligibility                        the Promise Zone application, and                       For communities considering a
                                              criteria set forth in the Third Round                    commitment must be demonstrated by                    Promise Zone application:
                                              Application Guide would be eligible to                   the mayors or chief executives of all of                1. Are the programs that provide
                                              apply for Promise Zone designation. All                  the UGLGs that are sole providers of                  preferential access for designated
                                              of the following must be present in an                   general government services for any part              Promise Zones helpful? Are there policy
                                              application for a proposed Promise                       of the proposed Promise Zone                          areas or issues that you need to address
                                              Zone to be eligible for designation:                     geographical area; and                                that are not represented?
                                                 i. Proposed Promise Zone must have                       e. If a Promise Zone designated in
                                                                                                                                                               2. If your community is not
                                              one contiguous boundary and cannot                       Round 1 or 2 is located within a UGLG
                                                                                                                                                             designated, but you and your partners
                                              include separate geographic areas;                       in which a new application is being
                                                                                                                                                             intend to continue community
                                                 ii. The rate of overall poverty or                    submitted, the applicant must include
                                                                                                                                                             revitalization efforts, please explain
                                              Extremely Low Income rate (whichever                     an explanation of how, if a second
                                                                                                                                                             what particular types of information,
                                              is greater) of residents within the                      Promise Zone designation is made, the
                                                                                                                                                             technical assistance, peer exchange,
                                              Promise Zone must be at or above 32.5                    UGLG that is the sole provider of
                                                                                                                                                             introductions or other non-competitive
                                              percent;                                                 general government services plans to
                                                 iii. Promise Zone boundaries must                                                                           assistance would be helpful to you as
                                                                                                       work with both of the Promise Zone
                                              encompass a population of at least                                                                             you move your work forward?
                                                                                                       designees at the same time and sustain
                                              10,000 but no more than 200,000                          the level of effort, resources and support              3. Do you find the MAX SURVEY
                                              residents;                                               committed to each Promise Zone under                  sufficiently easy to use compared to
                                                 iv. The Promise Zone application                      its respective Promise Zone Plan for the              other federal application systems (e.g.
                                              must affirmatively demonstrate support                   full term of each Promise Zone                        Grants.Gov)?
                                              from all mayors or chief executives of                   designation. This explanation must be                   4. Would you be willing to provide
                                              UGLGs that include any geographical                      evidenced by commitments from the                     the type of information requested in the
                                              area within the proposed Promise Zone                    UGLG in materials submitted by the                    Goals and Activities template for
                                              boundary, where such city(is),                           mayor or chief executive in support of                purposes of potentially connecting you
                                              county(ies), parish(es), or county                       the application.                                      to federal and private partners/peers
                                              equivalent(s) is(are) the sole UGLG(s)                                                                         that could facilitate your community’s
                                              providing general government services                    Solicitation of Comment                               development work if it were not part of
                                              for such geographical area(s), subject to                   HUD is soliciting public comments on               a competition for a federal designation?
                                              the following conditions:                                the proposed selection process, criteria,             (See MAX SURVEY at www.hud.gov/
                                                 a. The chief executive of a city,                     and submissions for the third round of                promisezones.)
                                              county, parish, or county equivalent                     the Promise Zone Initiative that has                  B. Community Development
                                              may only affirmatively demonstrate                       been announced through this Federal                   Marketplace
                                              support for the Promise Zone Plan of                     Register Notice. The draft Third Round
                                              one proposed Promise Zone containing                     Urban Application Guide and the draft                    For users of the Community
                                              a geographical area in which the city,                   Third Round Rural and Tribal                          Development Marketplace (a database of
                                              county, parish or county equivalent is                   Application Guide can be found at                     strategy and activity information Second
                                              the sole provider of general public                      www.hud.gov/promisezones.                             Round applicants permitted HUD and
                                              services;                                                   Comments are due by September 28,                  USDA to share):
                                                 b. Subject to the limitation in                       2015 and may be submitted at                             5. What kind of potential user are
                                              paragraph a. above, the chief executive                  PromiseZones@hud.gov with ‘‘Third                     you? HUD has heard from foundations,
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                                                                                                       Round Promise Zone selections’’ in the                investors, communities, researchers and
                                                5 Unit of general local government as defined in       subject line.                                         national intermediaries and stakeholder
                                              section 102(a)(1) of the Housing and Community              HUD has created a MAX Survey stage                 networks, but there may be others who
                                              Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(1)). See      site in order to allow both applicants                can use this data.
                                              definition (a)(1) Unit of General Local Government.
                                                6 Including Workforce Investment Boards (WIBS)         and other stakeholders an opportunity                    6. Does the Third Round template
                                              and Community Action Agencies (CAA). Examples            to experience the proposed intake                     capture information that would be
                                              are illustrative and not exhaustive.                     mechanism for the third round selection               useful to you? (See MAX SURVEY at


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                                              www.hud.gov/promisezones.) If yes,                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                            Decision on Remand dated July 23,
                                              how is this information useful to you?                                                                         2015, corrects these omissions.
                                                                                                       Bureau of Indian Affairs                                This notice announces the corrections
                                                 7. Are there additional pieces of
                                              information that would assist you in                                                                           to the Final Decision on Remand. The
                                                                                                       [156A2100DD/AAKC001030/                               Final Decision on Remand (corrected)
                                              filtering and searching for information                  A0A501010.999900 253G]
                                              you would like to have?                                                                                        dated July 23, 2015 does not affect the
                                                                                                                                                             determination that the petitioner does
                                              C. Promise Zone Web site                                 Final Decision on Remand Against                      not satisfy all seven mandatory criteria
                                                                                                       Federal Acknowledgment of the                         in the either the 1978 or 1994
                                                8. Is the Web site clear and easy to                   Duwamish Tribal Organization                          regulations, 25 CFR part 83. This notice
                                              use? If not, what elements would be                                                                            supplements the Federal Register notice
                                                                                                       AGENCY:   Bureau of Indian Affairs,
                                              more helpful? (See www.hud.gov/                          Interior.                                             of the final decision on remand
                                              promisezones and linked program                                                                                published on July 8, 2015.
                                                                                                       ACTION: Notice of corrections to Final
                                              information.)                                                                                                    The Final Decision on Remand
                                                                                                       Decision On Remand.
                                                9. Is the interagency program                                                                                (corrected) is final for the Department
                                              information presented on the Web site                    SUMMARY:   This notice announces that                 on publication of this notice in the
                                              well-matched to your community’s                         the Department of the Interior                        Federal Register.
                                              needs? If not, what type of information                  (Department) through the Assistant                      Dated: July 24, 2015.
                                              would be helpful to add?                                 Secretary—Indian Affairs (AS–IA)                      Kevin K. Washburn,
                                                                                                       issued corrections to the ‘‘Summary
                                              D. Communications and Stakeholder                                                                              Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
                                                                                                       under the Criteria and Evidence for
                                              Engagement                                                                                                     [FR Doc. 2015–18621 Filed 7–28–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                       Final Decision on Judicial Remand’’
                                                                                                       dated July 2, 2015 (Final Decision on                 BILLING CODE 4337–15–P
                                                10. Do you find Promise Zone                           Remand) that declined to acknowledge
                                              communications, through emails,                          that the Duwamish Tribal Organization
                                              webinars, written documents and other                                                                          DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                                                                       (DTO), c/o Cecile Maxwell-Hansen, is
                                              means, useful to organizations working                   an Indian tribe within the meaning of
                                              in your community? Please elaborate on                                                                         Bureau of Indian Affairs
                                                                                                       Federal law. This notice supplements
                                              what is useful or what could be done to                  the notice of final decision on remand
                                              make it more useful.                                                                                           [156A2100DD/AAKC001030/
                                                                                                       published in the Federal Register on
                                                                                                                                                             A0A501010.999900 253G]
                                                11. How can HUD communicate more                       July 8, 2015.
                                              clearly/effectively with residents and                   DATES: The Final Decision on Remand                   Indian Gaming
                                              community based organizations about                      (corrected) is final for the Department
                                              the way that the Promise Zone Initiative                 on publication of this notice.                        AGENCY:   Bureau of Indian Affairs,
                                              operates and how it supports local                       ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of the
                                                                                                                                                             Interior.
                                              work?                                                    Final Decision on Remand (corrected)                  ACTION: Notice of Tribal-State Class III
                                                12. How can the Promise Zone                           should be addressed to the Office of the              Gaming Compact taking effect.
                                              Initiative better engage new Americans                   Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs,
                                                                                                       Attention: Office of Federal                          SUMMARY:   This notice publishes the
                                              and immigrant stakeholders?                                                                                    Indian Gaming Compact between the
                                                                                                       Acknowledgment, 1951 Constitution
                                              E. Data Collection, Research and                         Avenue NW., MS 34B–SIB, Washington,                   State of New Mexico and the Pueblo of
                                              Evaluation                                               DC 20240. It is also available through                Taos governing Class III gaming
                                                                                                       www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/AS-IA/OFA/                       (Compact) taking effect.
                                                13. How can the Promise Zones make                     RecentCases/index.htm.                                DATES: Effective Date: July 29, 2015.
                                              use of the EPA Smart Location database?
                                                                                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
                                                14. Does the Promise Zone framework                    R. Lee Fleming, Director, Office of                   Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian
                                              for tracking data address the issue of                   Federal Acknowledgment, (202) 513–                    Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant
                                              burdening designees in terms of data                     5650.                                                 Secretary—Policy and Economic
                                              access and reporting? Are there other                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     On July 2,             Development, Washington, DC 20240,
                                              ways we could accomplish this?                           2015, the Department issued a                         (202) 219–4066.
                                                15. Is the Promise Zone table of core                  ‘‘Summary under the Criteria and                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
                                              indicators, measures, and data sources                   Evidence for Final Decision on Judicial               section 11 of the Indian Gaming
                                              useful for community development                         Remand’’ (Final Decision on Remand)                   Regulatory Act (IGRA) Public Law 100–
                                              outcome tracking? Are there other                        declining to acknowledge that the                     497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., the
                                              measures that should be added?                           Duwamish Tribal Organization (DTO),                   Secretary of the Interior shall publish in
                                                Dated: July 23, 2015.
                                                                                                       c/o Cecile Maxwell-Hansen, is an Indian               the Federal Register notice of approved
                                                                                                       tribe within the meaning of Federal law.              Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of
                                              Harriet Tregoning,                                       On July 8, 2015, the Department                       engaging in Class III gaming activities
                                              Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for                 published a notice of the Final Decision              on Indian lands. As required by 25 CFR
                                              Community Planning and Development.                      on Remand in the Federal Register at 80               293.4, all compacts are subject to review
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                                              [FR Doc. 2015–18626 Filed 7–28–15; 8:45 am]              FR 39142.                                             and approval by the Secretary. The
                                              BILLING CODE P                                              The Final Decision on Remand dated                 Secretary took no action on the Compact
                                                                                                       July 2, 2015, was incomplete. It omitted              within 45 days of its submission.
                                                                                                       language that the AS–IA has determined                Therefore, the Compact is considered to
                                                                                                       should have been included in the final                have been approved, but only to the
                                                                                                       decision and it omitted an appendix                   extent the Compact is consistent with
                                                                                                       referenced in the text. The Final                     IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).


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ContactBryan Herdliska, Office of Community Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC, 20410; telephone number 202-402-6758. This is not a toll-free number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
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