[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: 24CFR570.205]

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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. 570.205  Eligible planning, urban environmental design and 
policy-planning-management-capacity building activities.

    (a) Planning activities which consist of all costs of data 
gathering, studies, analysis, and preparation of plans and the 
identification of actions that will implement such plans, including, but 
not limited to:
    (1) Comprehensive plans;
    (2) Community development plans;
    (3) Functional plans, in areas such as:
    (i) Housing, including the development of a consolidated plan;

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    (ii) Land use and urban environmental design;
    (iii) Economic development;
    (iv) Open space and recreation;
    (v) Energy use and conservation;
    (vi) Floodplain and wetlands management in accordance with the 
requirements of Executive Orders 11988 and 11990;
    (vii) Transportation;
    (viii) Utilities; and
    (ix) Historic preservation.
    (4) Other plans and studies such as:
    (i) Small area and neighborhood plans;
    (ii) Capital improvements programs;
    (iii) Individual project plans (but excluding engineering and design 
costs related to a specific activity which are eligible as part of the 
cost of such activity under Sec. Sec. 570.201-570.204);
    (iv) The reasonable costs of general environmental, urban 
environmental design and historic preservation studies. However, costs 
necessary to comply with 24 CFR part 58, including project specific 
environmental assessments and clearances for activities eligible for 
assistance under this part, are eligible as part of the cost of such 
activities under Sec. Sec. 570.201-570.204. Costs for such specific 
assessments and clearances may also be incurred under this paragraph but 
would then be considered planning costs for the purposes of Sec. 
570.200(g);
    (v) Strategies and action programs to implement plans, including the 
development of codes, ordinances and regulations;
    (vi) Support of clearinghouse functions, such as those specified in 
Executive Order 12372; and
    (vii) Analysis of impediments to fair housing choice.
    (6) Policy--planning--management--capacity building activities which 
will enable the recipient to:
    (1) Determine its needs;
    (2) Set long-term goals and short-term objectives, including those 
related to urban environmental design;
    (3) Devise programs and activities to meet these goals and 
objectives;
    (4) Evaluate the progress of such programs and activities in 
accomplishing these goals and objectives; and
    (5) Carry out management, coordination and monitoring of activities 
necessary for effective planning implementation, but excluding the costs 
necessary to implement such plans.

[53 FR 34439, Sept. 6, 1988, as amended at 56 FR 56127, Oct. 31, 1991; 
60 FR 1915, Jan. 5, 1995]