14102 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 15, 2011 / Notices 

America, Russell Springs, Kentucky. 

The workers are engaged in the 

production of automobile parts and 

component parts. The notice was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 10, 2011 (76 FR 7590). 

At the request of the State agency, the 

Department reviewed the certification 

for workers of the subject firm. 

New findings show that worker 

separations occurred during the relevant 

time period at the Orion, Michigan 

location of Bruss North America, Inc. 

The Orion, Michigan location served as 

the sales office for the production of 

automobile parts at the Russell Springs, 

Kentucky location of Bruss North 

America. The same factors that led to 

certification of the Russell Springs, 

Kentucky facility also led to worker 

separations at the Orion, Michigan 

location during the relevant time period. 

Based on these findings, the Department 

is amending this revised determination 

to include workers of the Orion, 

Michigan location of Bruss North 

America. 

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–72,740 is hereby issued as 

follows: 

All workers of Bruss North America, 

Russell Springs, Kentucky (TA–W–72,740) 

and Bruss North America, Orion, Michigan 

(TA–W–72,740A), who became totally or 

partially separated from employment on or 

after October 31, 2008, through February 2, 

2013, and all workers in the group threatened 

with total or partial separation from 

employment on the date of certification 

through two years from the date of 

certification, are eligible to apply for 

adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of 

Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

February 2011. 

Michael W. Jaffe, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5933 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of a Change in Status of an 

Extended Benefit (EB) Period for 

Alaska 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

change in benefit period eligibility 

under the EB program for Alaska. 

The following changes have occurred 

since the publication of the last notice 

regarding the State’s EB status: 

• Based on data released by the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics on January 25, 

2011, the three month average, 

seasonally adjusted total unemployment 

rate for Alaska met or exceeded the 

8.0% threshold to enter a high 

unemployment period (HUP) in the EB 

program. As a result, Alaska’s payable 

period in (HUP) began February 13, 

2011, and eligibility for claimants has 

been increased from a maximum 

potential entitlement of 13 weeks to a 

maximum potential entitlement of 20 

weeks in the EB program. 

The trigger notice covering state 

eligibility for the EB program can be 

found at: http://ows.doleta.gov/

unemploy/claims_arch.asp. 

Information for Claimants 

The duration of benefits payable in 

the EB program, and the terms and 

conditions on which they are payable, 

are governed by the Federal-State 

Extended Unemployment Compensation 

Act of 1970, as amended, and the 

operating instructions issued to the 

states by the U.S. Department of Labor. 

In the case of a state beginning an EB 

period, the State Workforce Agency will 

furnish a written notice of potential 

entitlement to each individual who has 

exhausted all rights to regular benefits 

and is potentially eligible for EB (20 

CFR 615.13(c)(1)). 

Persons who believe they may be 

entitled to EB, or who wish to inquire 

about their rights under the program, 

should contact their State Workforce 

Agency. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Gibbons, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of 

Unemployment Insurance, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances 

Perkins Bldg. Room S–4231, 

Washington, DC 20210, telephone 

number (202) 693–3008 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or by e-mail: 

gibbons.scott@dol.gov. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 9th day of 

March 2011. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6006 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Announcement Regarding the Virgin 

Islands Triggering ‘‘Off’’ Tier Three of 

Emergency Unemployment 

Compensation 2008 (EUC08) 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Announcement regarding the 

Virgin Islands triggering ‘‘off’’ Tier Three 

of Emergency Unemployment 

Compensation 2008 (EUC08). 

Public Law 111–312 extended 

provisions in Public Law 111–92 which 

amended prior laws to create a Third 

and Fourth Tier of benefits within the 

EUC08 program for qualified 

unemployed workers claiming benefits 

in high unemployment states. The 

Department of Labor produces a trigger 

notice indicating which states qualify 

for EUC08 benefits within Tiers Three 

and Four and provides the beginning 

and ending dates of payable periods for 

each qualifying state. The trigger notice 

covering state eligibility for the EUC08 

program can be found at: http:// 

ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/ 

claims_arch.asp. 

Based on data published January 25, 

2011, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

the following trigger change has 

occurred for the Virgin Islands’ EUC08 

program: 

• The seasonally-adjusted total 

unemployment rate for the 3-month 

period ending December 2010 for the 

Virgin Islands fell below the 6.0% 

threshold to remain ‘‘on’’ Tier Three of 

the EUC08 program. The payable period 

for the Virgin Islands in Tier Three of 

the EUC08 program concluded February 

26, 2011. As a result, the maximum 

potential entitlement of 47 weeks will 

decrease to a maximum potential 

entitlement of 34 weeks in the EUC08 

program. 

Information for Claimants 

The duration of benefits payable in 

the EUC program, and the terms and 

conditions under which they are 

payable, are governed by Public Laws 

110–252, 110–449, 111–5, 111–92, 111– 

118, 111–144, 111–157, 111–205 and 

111–312, and the operating instructions 

issued to the states by the U.S. 

Department of Labor. Persons who 

believe they may be entitled to 

additional benefits under the EUC08 

program, or who wish to inquire about 

their rights under the program, should 

contact their State Workforce Agency. 


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