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controlled substances in California, the 

jurisdiction in which he maintains his 

DEA registration. (Mot. at 1.) The 

Government contends that such state 

authority is a necessary condition for 

maintaining a DEA COR and therefore 

asks that I summarily recommend to the 

Administrator that Respondent’s COR 

be revoked and any pending 

applications for renewal or modification 

be denied. (Mot. at 1–2.) In support of 

its motion, the Government cites 

Agency precedent and attaches the 

Interim Suspension Order issued by the 

Medical Board of California, marked for 

identification as Exhibit B. 

B. Respondent 

As noted above, Respondent did not 

respond to the Government’s Motion for 

Summary Disposition, or seek an 

extension within the deadline for 

response, and is therefore deemed to 

waive objection. 

III. Discussion 

At issue is whether Respondent may 

maintain his DEA COR given that 

California has suspended Respondent 

from the practice of medicine or 

surgery. 

Under 21 U.S.C. § 824(a)(3), a 

practitioner’s loss of state authority to 

engage in the practice of medicine and 

to handle controlled substances is 

grounds to revoke a practitioner’s 

registration. Accordingly, this Agency 

has consistently held that a person may 

not hold a DEA registration if he is 

without appropriate authority under the 

laws of the state in which he does 

business. See Scott Sandarg, D.M.D., 74 

Fed. Reg. 17,528 (DEA 2009); David W. 

Wang, M.D., 72 Fed. Reg. 54,297 (DEA 

2007); Sheran Arden Yeates, M.D., 71 

Fed. Reg. 39,130 (DEA 2006); Dominick 

A. Ricci, M.D., 58 Fed. Reg. 51,104 (DEA 

1993); Bobby Watts M.D., 53 Fed. Reg. 

11,919 (DEA 1988). 

Summary disposition in a DEA 

suspension case is warranted even if the 

period of suspension of a respondent’s 

state medical license is temporary, or 

even if there is the potential for 

reinstatement of state authority because 

‘‘revocation is also appropriate when a 

state license had been suspended, but 

with the possibility of future 

reinstatement.’’ Stuart A. Bergman, 

M.D., 70 Fed. Reg. 33,193 (DEA 2005); 

Roger A. Rodriguez, M.D., 70 Fed. Reg. 

33,206 (DEA 2005). 

It is well-settled that when no 

question of fact is involved, or when the 

material facts are agreed upon, a 

plenary, adversarial administrative 

proceeding is not required, under the 

rationale that Congress does not intend 

administrative agencies to perform 

meaningless tasks. See Layfe Robert 

Anthony, M.D., 67 Fed. Reg. 35,582 

(DEA 2002); Michael G. Dolin, M.D., 65 

Fed. Reg. 5661 (DEA 2000); see also 

Philip E. Kirk, M.D., 48 Fed. Reg. 32,887 

(DEA 1983), aff’d sub nom. Kirk v. 

Mullen, 749 F.2d 297 (6th Cir. 1984). 

Accord Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer 

Auth. v. EPA, 35 F.3d 600, 605 (1st Cir. 

1994). 

In the instant case, the Government 

asserts, and Respondent does not 

contest, that Respondent’s California 

license to practice medicine and surgery 

is presently suspended. This allegation 

is confirmed by Government Exhibit B. 

I therefore find there is no genuine 

dispute as to any material fact, and that 

substantial evidence shows that 

Respondent is presently without state 

authority to handle controlled 

substances in California. Because ‘‘DEA 

does not have statutory authority under 

the Controlled Substances Act to 

maintain a registration if the registrant 

is without state authority to handle 

controlled substances in the state in 

which he practices,’’ Sheran Arden 

Yeates, M.D., 71 Fed. Reg. 39,130, 

39,131 (DEA 2006), I conclude that 

summary disposition is appropriate. It is 

therefore 

ORDERED that the hearing in this 

case, scheduled to commence on 

November 15, 2011, is hereby 

CANCELLED; and it is further 

ORDERED that all proceedings before 

the undersigned are STAYED pending 

the Agency’s issuance of a final order. 

Recommended Decision 

I grant the Government’s Motion for 

Summary Disposition and recommend 

that Respondent’s DEA COR BL7325079 

be revoked and any pending 

applications denied. 

September 19, 2011. 

s/Timothy D. Wing, 

Administrative Law Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7421 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

(WIA); Lower Living Standard Income 

Level (LLSIL) 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Title I of WIA (Pub. L. 105– 

220) requires the U.S. Secretary of Labor 

(Secretary) to update and publish the 

LLSIL tables annually, for uses 

described in the law (including 

determining eligibility for youth). WIA 

defines the term ‘‘low income 

individual’’ as one who qualifies under 

various criteria, including an individual 

who received income for a six-month 

period that does not exceed the higher 

level of the poverty line or 70 percent 

of the LLSIL. This issuance provides the 

Secretary’s annual LLSIL for 2012 and 

references the current 2012 Health and 

Human Services ‘‘Poverty Guidelines.’’ 

DATES: This notice is effective March 28, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS

ON LLSIL: Please contact Samuel Wright, 

Department of Labor, Employment and 

Training Administration, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room S– 

4231, Washington, DC 20210; 

Telephone: 202–693–2870; Fax: 202– 

693–33015 (these are not toll-free 

numbers); Email address: 

wright.samuel.e@dol.gov. Individuals 

with hearing or speech impairments 

may access the telephone number above 

via Text Telephone (TTY/TDD) by 

calling the toll-free Federal Information 

Relay Service at 1–877–889–5627 (TTY/ 

TDD). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS

ON FEDERAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT

PROGRAMS: Please contact Evan 

Rosenberg, Department of Labor, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Room N–4464, 

Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 

202–693–3593; Fax: 202–693–3110 

(these are not toll-free numbers); Email: 

Rosenberg.Evan@dol.gov. Individuals 

with hearing or speech impairments 

may access the telephone number above 

via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 

Information Relay Service at 1–877– 

889–5627 (TTY/TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of WIA is to provide workforce 

investment activities through statewide 

and local workforce investment systems 

that increase the employment, retention, 

and earnings of participants. WIA 

programs are intended to increase the 

occupational skill attainment by 

participants and the quality of the 

workforce, thereby reducing welfare 

dependency and enhancing the 

productivity and competitiveness of the 

Nation. 

LLSIL is used for several purposes 

under the WIA. Specifically, WIA 

Section 101(25) defines the term ‘‘low 

income individual’’ for eligibility 

purposes, and Sections 127(b)(2)(C) and 

132(b)(1)(B)(v)(IV) define the terms 

‘‘disadvantaged youth’’ and 

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poverty line or LLSIL for State formula 

allotments. The governor and State/local 

workforce investment boards (WIBs) use 

the LLSIL for determining eligibility for 

youth and adults for certain services. 

ETA encourages governors and State/ 

local WIBs to consult the WIA 

regulations and the preamble to the WIA 

Final Rule (published at 65 FR 49294 

August 11, 2000) for more specific 

guidance in applying LLSIL to program 

requirements. The U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) 

published the most current povertylevel guidelines in the Federal Register 

on January 26, 2012 (Volume 77, 

Number 17), pp. 4034–4035. The HHS 

2012 Poverty guidelines may also be 

found on the Internet at http:// 

aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/12poverty.shtml. 

ETA plans to have the 2012 LLSIL 

available on its Web site at http:// 

www.doleta.gov/llsil/2012/. 

WIA Section 101(24) defines LLSIL as 

‘‘that income level (adjusted for 

regional, metropolitan, urban and rural 

differences and family size) determined 

annually by the Secretary [of Labor] 

based on the most recent lower living 

family budget issued by the Secretary.’’ 

The most recent lower living family 

budget was issued by the Secretary in 

fall 1981. The four-person urban family 

budget estimates, previously published 

by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

(BLS), provided the basis for the 

Secretary to determine the LLSIL. BLS 

terminated the four-person family 

budget series in 1982, after publication 

of the fall 1981 estimates. Currently, 

BLS provides data to ETA, which ETA 

then uses to develop the LLSIL tables, 

as provided in the Appendices to this 

Federal Register notice. 

ETA published the 2011 updates to 

the LLSIL in the Federal Register of 

March 21, 2011, at Vol. 76, No. 54, 

pp. 15343–15348. This notice again 

updates the LLSIL to reflect cost of 

living increases for 2011, by calculating 

the percentage change in the most 

recent 2011 Consumer Price Index for 

All Urban Consumers (CPI–U) for an 

area to the 2010 CPI–U, and then 

applying this calculation to each of the 

March 21, 2011 LLSIL figures. The 

updated figures for a four-person family 

are listed in Appendix A, Table 1, by 

region for both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Numbers in all of 

the Appendix tables are rounded up to 

the nearest dollar. Since program 

eligibility for low-income individuals, 

‘‘disadvantaged adults’’ and 

‘‘disadvantaged youth’’ may be 

determined by family income at 70 

percent of the LLSIL, pursuant to WIA 

Sections 101(25), 127(b)(2)(C), and 

132(b)(1)(B)(v)(IV), respectively, those 

figures are listed as well. 

I. Jurisdictions 

Jurisdictions included in the various 

regions, based generally on the Census 

Regions of the U.S. Department of 

Commerce, are as follows: 

A. Northeast 

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New 

Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, 

Pennsylvania Rhode Island, Vermont 

B. Midwest 

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, 

Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North 

Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin 

C. South 

Alabama, American Samoa, Arkansas, 

Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, 

Georgia, Northern Marianas, Oklahoma, 

Palau, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, 

Kentucky, Louisiana, Marshall Islands, 

Maryland, Micronesia, Mississippi, North 

Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virgin Islands, 

Virginia, West Virginia 

D. West 

Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, 

Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, 

Utah, Washington, Wyoming 

Additionally, separate figures have been 

provided for Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam 

as indicated in Appendix B, Table 2. 

For Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam, the 

year 2011 figures were updated from the 

2011 ‘‘State Index’’ based on the ratio of 

the urban change in the State (using 

Anchorage for Alaska and Honolulu for 

Hawaii and Guam) compared to the 

West regional metropolitan change, and 

then applying that index to the West 

regional metropolitan change. 

Data on 23 selected Metropolitan 

Statistical Areas (MSAs) are also 

available. These are based on annual 

and semiannual CPI–U changes for a 12- 

month period ending in December 2011. 

The updated LLSIL figures for these 

MSAs and 70 percent of LLSIL are 

reported in Appendix C, Table 3. 

Appendix D, Table 4 lists each of the 

various figures at 70 percent of the 

updated 2011 LLSIL for family sizes of 

one to six persons. Because Tables 1–3 

only list the LLSIL for a family of four, 

Table 4 can be used to separately 

determine the LLSIL for families of 

between one and six persons. For 

families larger than six persons, an 

amount equal to the difference between 

the six-person and the five-person 

family income levels should be added to 

the six-person family income level for 

each additional person in the family. 

Where the poverty level for a particular 

family size is greater than the 

corresponding 70 percent of the LLSIL 

figure, the figure is shaded. A modified 

Microsoft Excel version of Appendix D, 

Table 4, with the area names, will be 

available on the ETA LLSIL Web site at 

http://www.doleta.gov/llsil/2012/. 

Appendix E, Table 5, indicates 100 

percent of LLSIL for family sizes of one 

to six, and is used to determine selfsufficiency as noted at 20 CFR 663.230 

of the WIA regulations and WIA Section 

134(d)(3)(A)(ii). 

II. Use of These Data 

Governors should designate the 

appropriate LLSILs for use within the 

State from Appendices A, B, and C, 

containing Tables 1 through 3. 

Appendices D and E, which contain 

Tables 4 and 5, which adjust a family 

of four figure for larger and smaller 

families, may be used with any LLSIL 

designated. The governor’s designation 

may be provided by disseminating 

information on MSAs and metropolitan 

and non-metropolitan areas within the 

State or it may involve further 

calculations. For example, the State of 

New Jersey may have four or more 

LLSIL figures for Northeast 

metropolitan, Northeast nonmetropolitan, portions of the State in 

the New York City MSA, and those in 

the Philadelphia MSA. If a workforce 

investment area includes areas that 

would be covered by more than one 

figure, the governor may determine 

which is to be used. 

Under 20 CFR 661.110, a State’s 

policies and measures for the workforce 

investment system shall be accepted by 

the Secretary to the extent that they are 

consistent with WIA and WIA 

regulations. 

III. Disclaimer on Statistical Uses 

It should be noted that publication of 

these figures is only for the purpose of 

meeting the requirements specified by 

WIA as defined in the law and 

regulations. BLS has not revised the 

lower living family budget since 1981, 

and has no plans to do so. The fourperson urban family budget estimates 

series has been terminated. The CPI–U 

adjustments used to update LLSIL for 

this publication are not precisely 

comparable, most notably because 

certain tax items were included in the 

1981 LLSIL, but are not in the CPI–U. 

Thus, these figures should not be used 

for any statistical purposes, and are 

valid only for those purposes under 

WIA as defined in the law and 

regulations. 


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Appendix A 

TABLE 1—LOWER LIVING STANDARD INCOME LEVEL (FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR PERSONS) BY REGION 1

Region 2

2012 

adjusted 

LLSIL 

70 percent 

LLSIL 

Northeast 

Metro ............................................................................................................................................................................. $40,521 $28,365 

Non-Metro 3 ................................................................................................................................................................... 38,745 27,122 

Midwest 

Metro ............................................................................................................................................................................. 35,749 25,024 

Non-Metro ..................................................................................................................................................................... 34,629 24,240 

South 

Metro ............................................................................................................................................................................. 34,578 24,205 

Non-Metro ..................................................................................................................................................................... 34,082 23,857 

West 

Metro ............................................................................................................................................................................. 38,944 27,261 

Non-Metro 4 ................................................................................................................................................................... 37,530 26,271 

1For ease of use, these figures are rounded to the next highest dollar. 

2 Metropolitan area measures were calculated from the weighted average CPI–U’s for city size classes A and B/C. Non-metropolitan area 

measures were calculated from the CPI–U’s for city size class D. 3 Non-metropolitan area percent changes for the Northeast region are no longer available. The Non-metropolitan percent change was calculated using the U.S. average CPI–U for city size class D. 4 Non-metropolitan area percent changes for the West region are based on unpublished BLS data. 

Appendix B 

TABLE 2—LOWER LIVING STANDARD INCOME LEVEL (FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR PERSONS), FOR ALASKA, HAWAII AND

GUAM 1

Region 

2012 

adjusted 

LLSIL 

70 percent 

LLSIL 

Alaska 

Metro ............................................................................................................................................................................. $46,311 $32,418 

Non-Metro 2 ................................................................................................................................................................... 47,090 32,963 

Hawaii, Guam 

Metro ............................................................................................................................................................................. 50,089 35,062 

Non-Metro 2 ................................................................................................................................................................... 50,272 35,190 

1For ease of use, these figures are rounded to the next highest dollar. 

2 Non-Metropolitan percent changes for Alaska, Hawaii and Guam were calculated from the CPI–U’s for all urban consumers for city size class 

D in the Western Region. Generally the non-metro areas LLSIL is lower than the LLSIL in metro areas. This year the non-metro area LLSIL incomes were larger because the change in CPI–U was smaller in the metro areas compared to the change in CPI–U in the non-metro areas of 

Alaska, Hawaii and Guam. 

Appendix C 

TABLE 3—LOWER LIVING STANDARD INCOME LEVEL (FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR PERSONS), FOR 23 SELECTED MSAS 1

Metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) 2012 

adjusted LLSIL 

70 percent 

LLSIL 

Anchorage, AK ......................................................................................................................................................... $47,469 $33,228 

Atlanta, GA .............................................................................................................................................................. 32,617 22,832 

Boston—Brockton—Nashua, MA/NH/ME/CT .......................................................................................................... 43,364 30,355 

Chicago—Gary—Kenosha, IL/IN/WI ....................................................................................................................... 37,012 25,908 

Cincinnati—Hamilton, OH/KY/IN ............................................................................................................................. 35,188 24,632 

Cleveland—Akron, OH ............................................................................................................................................ 36,836 25,785 

Dallas—Ft. Worth, TX .............................................................................................................................................. 32,781 22,947 

Denver—Boulder—Greeley, CO .............................................................................................................................. 37,064 25,945 

Detroit—Ann Arbor—Flint, MI .................................................................................................................................. 34,477 24,134 

Honolulu, HI ............................................................................................................................................................. 51,191 35,834 

Houston—Galveston—Brazoria, TX ........................................................................................................................ 32,109 22,476 

Kansas City, MO/KS ................................................................................................................................................ 34,261 23,983 

Los Angeles—Riverside—Orange County, CA ....................................................................................................... 40,915 28,641 

Milwaukee—Racine, WI ........................................................................................................................................... 35,205 24,644 

Minneapolis—St. Paul, MN/WI ................................................................................................................................ 35,186 24,630 

New York—Northern NJ—Long Island, NY/NJ/CT/PA ........................................................................................... 42,832 29,982 

Philadelphia—Wilmington—Atlantic City, PA/NJ/DE/MD ........................................................................................ 38,992 27,294 

Pittsburgh, PA .......................................................................................................................................................... 42,595 29,817 

St. Louis, MO/IL ....................................................................................................................................................... 33,341 23,339 

San Diego, CA ......................................................................................................................................................... 44,737 31,316 


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TABLE 3—LOWER LIVING STANDARD INCOME LEVEL (FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR PERSONS), FOR 23 SELECTED MSAS 1— 

Continued 

Metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) 2012 

adjusted LLSIL 

70 percent 

LLSIL 

San Francisco—Oakland—San Jose, CA ............................................................................................................... 41,689 29,182 

Seattle—Tacoma—Bremerton, WA ......................................................................................................................... 42,465 29,726 

Washington—Baltimore, DC/MD/VA/WV2 .............................................................................................................. 43,606 30,524 

1For ease of use, these figures are rounded to the next highest dollar. 

2Baltimore and Washington are calculated as a single metropolitan statistical area. 

Appendix D 

Table 4: 70 Percent of Updated 2012 Lower 

Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL), by 

Family Size 

To use the 70 percent LLSIL value, where 

it is stipulated for the WIA programs, begin 

by locating the region or metropolitan area 

where the program applicant resides. These 

are listed in Tables 1, 2 and 3. After locating 

the appropriate region or metropolitan 

statistical area, find the 70 percent LLSIL 

amount for that location. The 70 percent 

LLSIL figures are listed in the last column to 

the right on each of the three tables. These 

figures apply to a family of four. Larger and 

smaller family eligibility is based on a 

percentage of the family of four. To 

determine eligibility for other size families 

consult Table 4 and the instructions below. 

To use Table 4, locate the 70 percent LLSIL 

value that applies to the individual’s region 

or metropolitan area from Tables 1, 2 or 3. 

Find the same number in the ‘‘family of four’’ 

column of Table 4. Move left or right across 

that row to the size that corresponds to the 

individual’s family unit. That figure is the 

maximum household income the individual 

is permitted in order to qualify as 

economically disadvantaged under the WIA. 

Where the HHS poverty level for a 

particular family size is greater than the 

corresponding LLSIL figure, the LLSIL figure 

appears in a shaded block. Individuals from 

these size families may consult the 2012 HHS 

poverty guidelines found on the Health and 

Human Services Web site at http:// 

aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/12poverty.shtml to find 

the higher eligibility standard. Individuals 

from Alaska and Hawaii should consult the 

HHS guidelines for the generally higher 

poverty levels that apply in their States. 

Family of one Family of two Family of three Family of four Family of five Family of six 

$8,098 $13,267 $18,209 $22,476 $26,526 $31,021 

8,221 13,473 18,501 22,832 26,945 31,510 

8,266 13,545 18,592 22,947 27,084 31,671 

8,408 13,775 18,908 23,339 27,544 32,208 

8,595 14,081 19,326 23,857 28,154 32,925 

8,634 14,153 19,432 23,983 28,303 33,101 

8,691 14,239 19,552 24,134 28,480 33,304 

8,718 14,284 19,606 24,205 28,568 33,411 

8,733 14,305 19,639 24,240 28,611 33,459 

8,870 14,536 19,956 24,630 29,070 33,996 

8,870 14,538 19,958 24,632 29,070 33,995 

8,872 14,542 19,964 24,644 29,083 34,011 

9,010 14,769 20,271 25,024 29,530 34,541 

9,285 15,220 20,889 25,785 30,431 35,585 

9,328 15,292 20,985 25,908 30,577 35,761 

9,344 15,313 21,021 25,945 30,617 35,808 

9,459 15,502 21,284 26,271 31,005 36,262 

9,766 16,008 21,975 27,122 32,009 37,428 

9,815 16,084 22,083 27,261 32,169 37,625 

9,832 16,108 22,112 27,294 32,214 37,669 

10,215 16,742 22,978 28,365 33,476 39,146 

10,312 16,898 23,200 28,641 33,797 39,530 

10,511 17,224 23,639 29,182 34,439 40,278 

10,708 17,540 24,081 29,726 35,080 41,024 

10,739 17,599 24,157 29,817 35,190 41,152 

10,795 17,694 24,287 29,982 35,379 41,383 

10,930 17,912 24,595 30,355 35,824 41,892 

10,994 18,016 24,729 30,524 36,026 42,132 

11,280 18,478 25,370 31,316 36,957 43,222 

11,676 19,128 26,263 32,418 38,256 44,744 

11,872 19,449 26,703 32,963 38,898 45,489 

11,968 19,612 26,919 33,228 39,216 45,856 

12,629 20,689 28,406 35,062 41,377 48,393 

12,673 20,768 28,507 35,190 41,527 48,565 

12,905 21,144 29,026 35,834 42,286 49,458 

Appendix E 

Table 5: Updated 2012 LLSIL (100 Percent), 

by Family Size 

To use the LLSIL to determine the 

minimum level for establishing selfsufficiency criteria at the State or local level, 

begin by locating the metropolitan area or 

region from Table 1, 2 or 3. Then locate the 

appropriate region or metropolitan statistical 

area and then find the 2012 adjusted LLSIL 

amount for that location. These figures apply 

to a family of four. Locate the corresponding 

number in the family of four in the column 

below. Move left or right across that row to 

the size that corresponds to the individual’s 

family unit. That figure is the minimum 

figure that States must set for determining 

whether employment leads to self-sufficiency 

under WIA programs. 


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Family of one Family of two Family of three Family of four Family of five Family of six 

$11,569 $18,953 $26,013 $32,109 $37,894 $44,316 

11,744 19,247 26,430 32,617 38,493 45,014 

11,808 19,350 26,560 32,781 38,691 45,244 

12,012 19,679 27,012 33,341 39,348 46,012 

12,279 20,116 27,609 34,082 40,220 47,036 

12,334 20,218 27,760 34,261 40,433 47,287 

12,416 20,342 27,931 34,477 40,685 47,577 

12,454 20,406 28,008 34,578 40,811 47,730 

12,476 20,436 28,055 34,629 40,873 47,798 

12,672 20,765 28,508 35,186 41,528 48,565 

12,671 20,769 28,511 35,188 41,528 48,564 

12,674 20,774 28,520 35,205 41,547 48,587 

12,871 21,098 28,958 35,749 42,185 49,344 

13,264 21,743 29,841 36,836 43,473 50,835 

13,325 21,846 29,979 37,012 43,681 51,087 

13,349 21,875 30,030 37,064 43,738 51,154 

13,513 22,146 30,406 37,530 44,293 51,803 

13,951 22,868 31,393 38,745 45,727 53,468 

14,021 22,977 31,547 38,944 45,955 53,750 

14,045 23,011 31,588 38,992 46,020 53,813 

14,593 23,917 32,825 40,521 47,823 55,923 

14,731 24,140 33,143 40,915 48,281 56,471 

15,016 24,605 33,770 41,689 49,198 57,540 

15,297 25,057 34,402 42,465 50,114 58,605 

15,342 25,141 34,510 42,595 50,271 58,788 

15,422 25,277 34,695 42,832 50,542 59,118 

15,614 25,589 35,135 43,364 51,177 59,845 

15,705 25,737 35,327 43,606 51,465 60,188 

16,114 26,397 36,243 44,737 52,795 61,746 

16,680 27,326 37,519 46,311 54,652 63,920 

16,960 27,784 38,147 47,090 55,569 64,984 

17,097 28,017 38,455 47,469 56,023 65,509 

18,042 29,556 40,580 50,089 59,110 69,133 

18,104 29,668 40,724 50,272 59,324 69,378 

18,436 30,205 41,465 51,191 60,408 70,654 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of 

March, 2012. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7377 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

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[Docket No. 2011–1] 

Cable Statutory License: Specialty 

Station List 

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of 

Congress. 

ACTION: Final specialty station list. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is 

publishing a final list of stations listed 

in affidavits sent to the Copyright Office 

in which the owner or licensee of the 

station attests that the station qualifies 

as a specialty station in accordance with 

the Federal Communications 

Commission’s (‘‘FCC’’) definition of 

specialty station in effect on June 24, 

1981. The list shall be used to verify the 

specialty station status of those stations 

identified as such by cable systems on 

their semi-annual statements of account. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 28, 2012. 

Applicability Dates: The list is 

applicable to statements of account filed 

with the Copyright Office beginning 

with the first accounting period of 2012 

covering January 1, 2012 to June 30, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben 

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Telefax: (202) 707–8366. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

cable statutory license, 17 U.S.C. 111, a 

cable operator may retransmit the signal 

of a distant television station identified 

as a specialty station at the base rate 

rather than at the higher 3.75% rate that 

is incurred for the carriage of a nonpermitted signal. 37 CFR 256.2(c). 

Specialty station status is determined by 

reference to the former regulations of 

the FCC which defined a specialty 

station as ‘‘a commercial television 

broadcast station that generally carries 

foreign-language, religious, and/or 

automated programming in one-third of 

the hours of an average broadcast week 

and one-third of the weekly prime-time 

hours.’’ 47 CFR 76.5(kk) (1981). The 

specialty station designation was part of 

a complex regulatory structure 

governing the carriage of distant 

network station signals in the 1970s. 

However, the FCC no longer determines 

whether a station qualifies as a specialty 

station. It repealed its distant signal 

carriage rules in 1981 and has not 

reviewed its specialty station policy 

since that time. Nevertheless, the Office 

still keeps an active list because it is 

relevant to the calculation of royalties 

under Section 111. 

On this point, it should be noted that 

over twenty years ago, the Office 

implemented policies and procedures 

concerning notice to the public 

regarding specialty stations, the point of 

which was to provide all interested 

parties with a chance to comment on 

those stations claiming specialty status. 

It was the Office’s intention at that time 

that the notice, publication, and 

objection procedures would give all 

parties a chance to cooperate in their 

assessment of the specialty stations on 

the list. 54 FR 38461, 38464 (September 

18, 1989). The Office published its first 

specialty station list in 1990 under these 

procedures which allowed the owner of 


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