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or of participants that continue to work 

beyond normal retirement age (29 CFR 

2530.203–3). In order for a plan to 

suspend benefits pursuant to the 

regulation, it must notify affected 

retirees or participants (by first class 

mail or personal delivery) during the 

first calendar month or payroll period in 

which the plan withholds payment, that 

benefits are suspended. This notice 

must include the specific reasons for 

such suspension, a general description 

of the plan provisions authorizing the 

suspension, a copy of the relevant plan 

provisions, and a statement indicating 

where the applicable regulations may be 

found (i.e., 29 CFR 2530.203–3). In 

addition, the suspension notification 

must inform the retiree or participant of 

the plan’s procedure for affording a 

review of the suspension of benefits. 

The ICR currently is scheduled to expire 

on May 31, 2011. 

III. Focus of Comments 

The Department is particularly 

interested in comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the collections of 

information are necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the collections of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., by permitting electronic 

submissions of responses. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the ICRs for OMB approval 

of the extension of the information 

collection; they will also become a 

matter of public record. 

Dated: November 3, 2010. 

Joseph S. Piacentini, 

Director, Office of Policy and Research, 

Employee Benefits Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28306 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of a Change in Status of an 

Extended Benefit (EB) Period for 

Alaska and Wisconsin 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

change in benefit period eligibility 

under the Extended Benefits program 

for Alaska and Wisconsin. 

The following changes have occurred 

since the publication of the last notice 

regarding the States’ EB status: 

• The Total Unemployment Rate 

(TUR) data for August 2010, released on 

September 21, 2010, by the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, brought the threemonth average seasonally adjusted 

TURs in Alaska and Wisconsin below 

the 8.0% threshold to remain ‘‘on’’ for a 

High Unemployment Period (HUP) in 

the Extended Benefits program. As a 

result, Alaska and Wisconsin concluded 

their HUP on October 16 and eligibility 

for claimants has been reduced from a 

maximum potential entitlement of 20 

weeks to a maximum potential 

entitlement of 13 weeks in the Extended 

Benefits program. 

The trigger notice covering state 

eligibility for the Extended Benefit 

program can be found at: http://ows.

doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp. 

A new trigger notice is posted at this 

location each week. 

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 Workforce 

Security, 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 4th day of 

November 2010. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28350 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Announcement Regarding the Virgin 

Islands Triggering ‘‘on’’ to Tier Three of 

Emergency Unemployment 

Compensation 2008 (EUC08) 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Announcement regarding the 

Virgin Islands triggering ‘‘on’’ to Tier 

Three of Emergency Unemployment 

Compensation 2008 (EUC08). 

Public Law 111–205 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. 

A new trigger notice is posted at this 

location each week that the program is 

in effect. 

Based on data published October 8, 

2010 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 September 2010 for the 

Virgin Islands rose to 6.2 percent, 

causing the Virgin Islands to begin a 

payable period in the third tier of EUC 

effective October 24, 2010. Eligibility for 

claimants in the Virgin Islands will be 

increased from a maximum potential 

entitlement of 34 weeks to a maximum 

potential entitlement of 47 weeks in the 

EUC program. 


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