# Empowerment Zones: Rule for Second Round Designations
> **US Department of Housing and Urban Development** · Final rule. · Published 1998-10-02 · Effective 1998-11-02 · 63 FR 53262
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-26493
- **Category:** hud-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 53262
- **CFR reference:** 24 CFR 598
- **Publication date:** 1998-10-02
- **Effective date:** 1998-11-02
- **Docket:** Docket No. FR-4281-F-07
## Abstract

This rule adopts as final the interim rule published on this subject on April 16, 1998, without substantive change. The only change at the final rule is to include the OMB approval number for the rule's information collection requirements. The August 16, 1998 interim rule increased the scope of HUD's Empowerment Zones Program by providing authorization for the designation of 15 new urban zones.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/10/02/98-26493/empowerment-zones-rule-for-second-round-designations)
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