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municipio in the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico. 

Procedures for Classifying Labor 

Surplus Areas 

ETA issues the LSA list on a fiscal 

year basis. The list becomes effective 

each October 1 and remains in effect 

through the following September 30. 

The reference period used in preparing 

the current list was January 2011 

through December 2012. The national 

average unemployment rate (including 

Puerto Rico) during this period was 

rounded to 8.56 percent. Twenty 

percent higher than the national 

unemployment rate is 10.27 percent. 

Since the ceiling unemployment rate is 

10.0 percent, the qualifying rate for LSA 

classification is 10.0 percent. Therefore, 

areas included on the FY 2014 LSA list 

had a rounded unemployment rate for 

the referenced period of 10.0 percent 

(actual rate, greater than or equal to 

9.95) or above during the reference 

period. To ensure all areas classified as 

labor surplus meet the requirements, 

when a city is part of a county and 

meets the unemployment qualifier as a 

LSA, the city is identified in the LSA 

list. The balance of county, not the 

entire county, will be identified if the 

balance of county also meets the LSA 

unemployment criteria. The FY 2014 

LSA list, statistical data on the current 

and some previous year’s LSAs, and the 

list of LSAs in Puerto Rico can be 

accessed at ETA’s LSA Web site 

http://www.doleta.gov/programs/

lsa.cfm. In addition, the 2014 LSA list 

is available on the LMI Win-Win 

Network Community of Practice at 

https://winwin.workforce3one.org/view/

Labor_Surplus_Area_List_Issued/info. 

Petition for Exceptional Circumstance 

Consideration 

ETA can also designate LSAs under 

exceptional circumstance criteria. ETA 

can waive the regular classification 

criteria when an area experiences a 

significant increase in unemployment 

which is not temporary or seasonal and 

which was not reflected in the data for 

the 2-year reference period. In these 

situations, ETA can designate civil 

jurisdictions, Metropolitan Statistical 

Areas or Combined Statistical Areas, as 

defined by the Office of Management 

and Budget as LSAs. In order for an area 

to be classified as a LSA under the 

exceptional circumstance criteria, the 

state workforce agency must submit a 

petition requesting such classification to 

ETA. The current criteria for an 

exceptional circumstance classification 

are: an area’s unemployment rate is at 

least 10.0 percent for each of the three 

most recent months; has a projected 

unemployment rate of at least 10.0 

percent for each of the next 12 months; 

and has documentation that the 

exceptional circumstance event has 

already occurred. The state workforce 

agency may file petitions on behalf of 

civil jurisdictions, as well as a 

Micropolitan Statistical Areas, 

Metropolitan Statistical Areas or 

Combined Statistical Areas. The 

addresses of state workforce agencies 

are available on the ETA Web site at: 

http://www.doleta.gov/programs/lsa.cfm 

and https://winwin.workforce3one.org/

view/Labor_Surplus_Area_List_Issued/

info. State workforce agencies may 

submit petitions in electronic format to 

wright.samuel.e@dol.gov, or in hard 

copy to the U.S. Department of Labor, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Workforce 

Investment, 200 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Room S–4231, Washington, DC 

20210 Attention Samuel Wright. Data 

collection for the petition is approved 

under OMB 1205–0207, expiration date 

March 31, 2014. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of 

September, 2013. 

Eric Seleznow, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment 

and Training Administration. 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Council on the Arts 180th 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Arts, National Foundation on the Arts 

and Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), as amended, notice is 

hereby given that the National 

Endowment for the Arts will hold a 

virtual meeting of the National Council 

on the Arts. Agenda times are 

approximate. 

DATES: November 15, 2013 from 4:15 

p.m. to 4:45 p.m. (This meeting replaces 

the meeting originally scheduled for 

October 25, 2013, which has been 

cancelled.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Office of Public Affairs, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, at 202/682–5570. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting, on Friday, November 15th, will 

be open to the public. For information 

about access to the open session of this 

meeting, go to http://arts.gov/about/

national-council-arts. The meeting will 

begin with opening remarks and 

updates from the Senior Deputy 

Chairman. Presentation of Guidelines 

will be at 4:25 p.m. and voting on 

recommendations for funding and 

rejection at 4:30 p.m. The meeting will 

conclude with discussion of other 

business at 4:35 p.m. and will adjourn 

at 4:45 p.m. 

If, in the course of the open session 

discussion, it becomes necessary for the 

Council to discuss non-public 

commercial or financial information of 

intrinsic value, the Council will go into 

closed session pursuant to subsection 

(c)(4) of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b, and in 

accordance with the February 15, 2012 

determination of the Chairman. 

Additionally, discussion concerning 

purely personal information about 

individuals, such as personal 

biographical and salary data or medical 

information, may be conducted by the 

Council in closed session in accordance 

with subsection (c)(6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Any interested persons may attend, as 

observers, Council discussions and 

reviews that are open to the public. If 

you need special accommodations due 

to a disability, please contact the Office 

of Accessibility, National Endowment 

for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682– 

5733, Voice/T.T.Y. 202/682–5496, at 

least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: October 18, 2013. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and 

Panel Operations. 

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OMB Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for the Office of 

Management and Budget Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

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ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of 

information collection and solicitation 

of public comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has recently 

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following proposal for the collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

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