52222 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 179 / Monday, September 20, 2021 / Notices 

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Further Information Contact: Blessed 

Chuksorji-Keefe of the Department, 

telephone (202) 693–8567 (This is not a 

toll-free number.) 

General Information 

The attention of interested persons is 

directed to the following: 

(1) The fact that a transaction is the 

subject of an exemption under section 

408(a) of the Act and/or section 

4975(c)(2) of the Code does not relieve 

a fiduciary or other party in interest or 

disqualified person from certain other 

provisions of the Act and/or the Code, 

including any prohibited transaction 

provisions to which the exemption does 

not apply and the general fiduciary 

responsibility provisions of section 404 

of the Act, which, among other things, 

require a fiduciary to discharge his 

duties respecting the plan solely in the 

interest of the participants and 

beneficiaries of the plan and in a 

prudent fashion in accordance with 

section 404(a)(1)(b) of the Act; nor does 

it affect the requirement of section 

401(a) of the Code that the plan must 

operate for the exclusive benefit of the 

employees of the employer maintaining 

the plan and their beneficiaries; 

(2) Before an exemption may be 

granted under section 408(a) of the Act 

and/or section 4975(c)(2) of the Code, 

the Department must find that the 

exemption is administratively feasible, 

in the interests of the plan and of its 

participants and beneficiaries, and 

protective of the rights of participants 

and beneficiaries of the plan; 

(3) The proposed exemptions, if 

granted, will be supplemental to, and 

not in derogation of, any other 

provisions of the Act and/or the Code, 

including statutory or administrative 

exemptions and transitional rules. 

Furthermore, the fact that a transaction 

is subject to an administrative or 

statutory exemption is not dispositive of 

whether the transaction is in fact a 

prohibited transaction; and 

(4) The proposed exemptions, if 

granted, will be subject to the express 

condition that the material facts and 

representations contained in each 

application are true and complete, and 

that each application accurately 

describes all material terms of the 

transaction which is the subject of the 

exemption. 

Signed at Washington, DC. 

G. Christopher Cosby, 

Acting Director, Office of Exemption 

Determinations, Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20237 Filed 9–17–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of a Change in Status of the 

Extended Benefit (EB) Program for 

New Mexico 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

This notice announces a change in 

benefit period eligibility under the EB 

program that has occurred since the 

publication of the last notice regarding 

the States’ EB status: 

• The beginning date for New 

Mexico’s High Unemployment Period 

(HUP) was July 4, 2021, and statutorily 

once a state begins a HUP it must 

remain ‘‘on’’ for 13-weeks. During the 

mandatory 13-week ‘‘on’’ period, the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics released data 

which showed the seasonally-adjusted 

total unemployment rate for New 

Mexico falling below the 8.0 percent 

threshold necessary to remain ‘‘on’’ a 

HUP in EB. As such, the HUP for New 

Mexico will end on October 2, 2021 and 

beginning October 3, 2021, the 

maximum potential entitlement for 

claimants in EB in New Mexico 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.as. 

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 beginning 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: U.S. 

Department of Labor, Employment and 

Training Administration, Office of 

Unemployment Insurance Room S– 

4524, Attn: Thomas Stengle, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693– 

2991 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

by email: Stengle.Thomas@dol.gov. 

Signed in Washington, DC. 

Lenita Jacobs-Simmons, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20238 Filed 9–17–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of a Change in Status of the 

Extended Benefit (EB) Program for the 

District of Columbia 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

This notice announces a change in 

benefit period eligibility under the EB 

program that has occurred since the 

publication of the last notice regarding 

the District of Columbia’s EB status: 

• Based in the language in the 

District’s law which conditioned the 

applicability of the Total 

Unemployment Rate (TUR) trigger on 

full Federal funding resulted in an ‘‘off’’ 

indicator for the District of Columbia for 

the week ending August 21, 2021. This 

will end any payable period associated 

with the TUR trigger for the District of 

Columbia on September 11, 2021. 

The trigger notice covering state 

eligibility for the EB program can be 

found at: http://ows.doleta.gov/ 

unemploy/claims_arch.as. 

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 beginning 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,