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the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, and determine the 

topics to be addressed by the Council in 

2012. 

Organizations or members of the 

public wishing to submit a written 

statement may do so by submitting 30 

copies on or before March 6, 2012 to 

Larry Good, Executive Secretary, ERISA 

Advisory Council, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Suite N–5623, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Statements also may be submitted as 

email attachments in text or pdf format 

transmitted to good.larry@dol.gov. It is 

requested that statements not be 

included in the body of the email. 

Statements deemed relevant by the 

Advisory Council and received on or 

before March 6, 2012 will be included 

in the record of the meeting and 

available in the EBSA Public Disclosure 

room. Do not include any personally 

identifiable information (such as name, 

address, or other contact information) or 

confidential business information that 

you do not want publicly disclosed. 

Individuals or representatives of 

organizations wishing to address the 

Advisory Council should forward their 

requests to the Executive Secretary by 

email 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 March 6. 

Signed at Washington, DC this 21st day of 

February, 2012. 

Michael L. Davis, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employee 

Benefits Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4338 Filed 2–23–12; 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 Maine 

and Michigan 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

change in status of payable periods 

under the EB program for Maine and 

Michigan. 

The following changes have occurred 

since the publication of the last notice 

regarding these States’ EB status: 

• Based on data released by the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics on January 24, 

2012, Maine and Michigan do not meet 

one of the necessary criteria to remain 

on in the EB program: Having a TUR 

trigger rate at least ten percent greater 

than the rate for a comparable period in 

any of the three prior years. This 

triggered Maine and Michigan ‘‘off’’ the 

EB program with the week ending 

January 28, 2012. The end of the 

payable period in both states in the EB 

program will be February 18, 2012. 

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 concluding 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–4524, 

Washington, DC 20210, telephone 

number (202) 693–3008 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or by email: 

gibbons.scott@dol.gov. 

Signed in Washington, DC this 16th day of 

February, 2012. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4295 Filed 2–23–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of a Change in Status of the 

Payable Periods in the Emergency 

Unemployment Compensation 2008 

(EUC08) Program for Connecticut and 

Missouri 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

change in status of the payable periods 

in the Emergency Unemployment 

Compensation 2008 (EUC08) program 

for Connecticut and Missouri. 

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. The following changes 

have occurred since the publication of 

the last notice regarding these States’ 

EUC08 status: 

• Based on data released by the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics on January 24, 

2012, the three month average, 

seasonally adjusted total unemployment 

rate for Connecticut and Missouri fell 

below the 8.5% threshold to remain 

‘‘on’’ in Tier 4 of the EUC08 program. 

As a result, the current maximum 

potential entitlement for Connecticut 

and Missouri in the EUC08 program will 

decrease from 53 weeks to 47 weeks. 

The week ending February 18, 2012 will 

be the last week in which EUC 

claimants in Connecticut and Missouri 

can exhaust Tier 3, and establish Tier 4 

eligibility. Under the phase-out 

provisions, claimants can receive any 

remaining entitlement they have in Tier 

4 after February 18, 2012. 

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, 111– 

312, and 112–78, and the operating 

instructions issued to the states by the 

U.S. Department of Labor. Persons who 


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