Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 9 / Friday, January 13, 2012 / Notices 2091 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of a Change in Status of an 

Extended Benefit (EB) Period for 

Delaware and Minnesota 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

change in benefit period eligibility 

under the EB program for Delaware and 

Minnesota. 

The following changes have occurred 

since the publication of the last notice 

regarding State EB status: 

• Based on data released by the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics on December 

20, 2011, the estimated three month 

average, seasonally adjusted total 

unemployment rate for Minnesota fell to 

6.4%, and their third year look-back fell 

to 108%. These two factors trigger 

Minnesota ‘‘off’’ the EB program with 

the week ending December 24, 2011, 

and the end of the payable period in 

Minnesota in the EB program will be 

January 14, 2012. 

• Based on data released by the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics on December 

20, 2011, the estimated three month 

average, seasonally adjusted total 

unemployment rate for Delaware fell to 

7.9%, below the rate required to remain 

in a high unemployment period (HUP). 

Claimants will remain eligible for up to 

20 weeks of benefits in Delaware 

through January 14, 2012, but starting 

January 15, 2012, the maximum 

potential entitlement in the EB program 

in Delaware will decrease from 20 

weeks to 13 weeks. 

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) (4)). 

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 9th day of 

January, 2012. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–591 Filed 1–12–12; 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 Iowa and 

Oklahoma 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Announcement regarding 

Notice of a Change in Status of the 

payable period in the Emergency 

Unemployment Compensation 2008 

(EUC08) program for Iowa and 

Oklahoma. 

Public law 112–78 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 released by the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics on December 

20, 2011, the estimated three month 

average, seasonally adjusted total 

unemployment rate for Iowa fell to 

5.9%, below the threshold to remain 

‘‘on’’ in Tier 3 of the EUC08 program. 

As a result, the current maximum 

potential duration for claimants in Iowa 

in the EUC08 program will decrease 

from 47 weeks to 34 weeks. The week 

ending January 14, 2012 will be the last 

week in which EUC claimants in Iowa 

can exhaust Tier 2, and establish Tier 3 

eligibility. Under the phase-out 

provisions, claimants can receive any 

remaining entitlement they have in Tier 

3 after January 14, 2012. 

• Based on data released by the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics on December 

20, 2011, the estimated three month 

average, seasonally adjusted total 

unemployment rate for Oklahoma rose 

to 6.0%, meeting the criteria to trigger 

‘‘on’’ to Tier 3 in the EUC08 program. 

Claimants who have exhausted Tier 2 in 

the EUC08 program may be eligible for 

up to 13 additional weeks of benefits. 

The payable period for Oklahoma in 

Tier 3 of the EUC08 program begins 

January 8, 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 

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 email: 

gibbons.scott@dol.gov. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 9th day of 

January 2012. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–590 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

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