48904 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 153 / Tuesday, August 9, 2011 / Notices 

Advisory Council should forward their 

requests to the Executive Secretary or 

telephone (202) 693–8668. Oral 

presentations will be limited to ten 

minutes, time permitting, but an 

extended statement may be submitted 

for the record. Individuals with 

disabilities who need special 

accommodations should contact the 

Executive Secretary by August 19 at the 

address indicated. 

Signed at Washington, DC this 3rd day of 

August, 2011. 

___________________________ 

Michael L. Davis, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employee 

Benefits Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20107 Filed 8–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment And Training 

Administration 

Announcement Regarding the Virgin 

Islands Triggering ‘‘on’’ Tier Three of 

Emergency Unemployment 

Compensation 2008 (EUC08). 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Announcement regarding the 

Virgin Islands triggering ‘‘on’’ 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 July 8, 2011, 

by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the 

following trigger change has occurred 

for the Virgin Islands’ EUC08 program: 

• The estimated three month average, 

seasonally adjusted total unemployment 

rate for the Virgin Islands rose to meet 

or exceed the 6.0% threshold to trigger 

‘‘on’’ in Tier Three of the EUC 2008 

program. The payable period in Tier 

Three for the Virgin Islands began July 

24, 2011, and claimants there will be 

eligible for up to an additional 13 weeks 

of benefits. 

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. 

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–4524, 

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 3rd day of 

August, 2011. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20109 Filed 8–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 

Request for Comments—Poverty Data 

and LSC Funding Distribution 

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Since 1996, the Legal Services 

Corporation’s annual appropriation has 

mandated that the Corporation 

distribute most of its appropriated funds 

to basic field programs for LSC-defined 

geographic areas so as to provide an 

equal figure per individual in poverty 

for each geographic area. The 

appropriation has further mandated that 

the number of individuals in poverty in 

each geographic area be determined by 

the Bureau of the Census ‘‘on the basis 

of the most recent decennial census.’’ 

The 2010 decennial census, however, 

did not collect poverty data for the 50 

states, the District of Columbia or Puerto 

Rico, so ‘‘the most recent decennial 

census’’ will not provide a basis for 

determining how many people in 

poverty are within those jurisdictions. 

The LSC Board of Directors requests 

comments on a proposal by LSC’s 

management to address this issue by 

making recommendations to the 

President and to Congress that: (1) The 

determination of the number of 

individuals in poverty in each 

geographic area be made by the Bureau 

of the Census, without any reference to 

the decennial census as the basis for 

that determination; (2) funding be 

reallocated among geographic areas 

every three years based on updated 

poverty population determinations by 

the Bureau of the Census; and (3) the 

first reallocation be phased in over two 

years, in Fiscal Year 2013 and Fiscal 

Year 2014. 

DATES: Written comments will be 

accepted until September 8, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted by mail, fax or e-mail to Mark 

Freedman, Senior Assistant General 

Counsel, Legal Services Corporation, 

3333 K St., NW., Washington, DC 20007; 

202–295–1623 (phone); 202–337–6519 

(fax); mfreedman@lsc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Freedman, Senior Assistant 

General Counsel, Legal Services 

Corporation, 3333 K St., NW., 

Washington, DC 20007; 202–295–1623 

(phone); 202–337–6519 (fax); 

mfreedman@lsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Legal 

Services Corporation (‘‘LSC’’ or 

‘‘Corporation’’) was established by the 

United States Congress ‘‘for the purpose 

of providing financial support for legal 

assistance in noncriminal matters or 

proceedings to persons financially 

unable to afford such assistance.’’ 42 

U.S.C. 2996b(a). LSC performs this 

function primarily through providing 

Federal funding to civil legal aid 

programs providing legal services to 

low-income persons throughout the 

United States and its possessions and 

territories in geographic areas 

determined by LSC. Since 1996, the 

Legal Services Corporation’s annual 

appropriation has mandated that the 

Corporation distribute most of its 

appropriated funds to basic field 

programs for LSC-defined geographic 

areas so as to provide an equal figure 

per individual in poverty for each 

geographic area. The appropriation has 

further mandated that the number of 

individuals in poverty in each 

geographic area be determined by the 

Bureau of the Census ‘‘on the basis of 

the most recent decennial census.’’ 

(Certain exceptions apply for areas in 

which other adjusted population counts 

have been historically used.) Public Law 

104–134, Title V, 501(a), 110 Stat. 1321, 

1321–50 (1996) (incorporated by 

reference thereafter). Under that 

mandate, LSC has reallocated funding 

every ten years. The 2010 U.S. census, 


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