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Subject Firm Location

Date received at

Governor’s

Office

Petition

number Articles produced

Emerson Power Transmission

(Wkrs).

Valparaiso, IN ................................. 04/26/2001 NAFTA–4,811 bearing.

Cemex Kosmos Cement (IBM) ......... Pittsburgh, PA ................................. 04/26/2001 NAFTA–4,812 cement.

Tycom (Co.) ...................................... Owego, NY ..................................... 04/27/2001 NAFTA–4,813 precision cutting tools.

Maurice Silvera (Co.) ........................ Lumberton, NC ............................... 04/26/2001 NAFTA–4,814 men’s golf shirts, kid’s sportswear.

Penridge Manufacturing (Co.) .......... Freeland, PA ................................... 04/27/2001 NAFTA–4,815 men’s and ladies outerwear.

Lady Hope Dress (UNITE) ............... Kulpment, PA .................................. 04/27/2001 NAFTA–4,816 dresses.

Square D (Co.) ................................. Ashville, NC .................................... 04/30/2001 NAFTA–4,817 molds.

McGinley Mills (UNITE) .................... Easton, PA ...................................... 04/26/2001 NAFTA–4,818 ribbon goods.

Woodstock Lamp and Shade

(UFCW).

Oldforge, PA ................................... 04/30/2001 NAFTA–4,819 lamp shades and lampshade

frames.

Tridelta Industries (Co.) .................... Mentor, OH ..................................... 04/13/2001 NAFTA–4,820 pressure controls.

Nokia Mobile Phones (Wkrs) ............ Fort Worth, TX ................................ 04/30/2001 NAFTA–4,821 cellular phones.

MEI International (USWA) ................ Duluth, MN ...................................... 04/30/2001 NAFTA–4,822 consumable wear parts.

Brillcast (Co.) .................................... Grand Rapids, MI ........................... 04/30/2001 NAFTA–4,823 functional and decorative parts.

Mother Parker’s Tea and Coffee

(Wkrs).

Amherst, NY ................................... 04/30/2001 NAFTA–4,824 microwave coffee singles.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Workforce Investment Act; Lower

Living Standard Income Level

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of determination of lower

living standard income level.

SUMMARY: Under Title I of the Workforce

Investment Act of 1998 (Public Law

105–220), the Secretary of Labor

annually determines the Lower Living

Standard Income Level (LLSIL) for uses

described in the Law. 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 of the poverty line

or 70 percent of the lower living

standard income level. This issuance

provides the Secretary’s annual LLSIL

for 2001 and references the current 2001

Health and Human Services ‘‘Poverty

Guidelines.’’

EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice is effective

on May 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:

Mr. Ron Putz, Office of Adult Services,

Employment and Training

Administration, Department of Labor,

Room C–5325, 200 Constitution Avenue

NW., Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Ron Putz, Telephone 202–693–3575;

Fax (202) 693–3589 (these are not toll

free numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is the

purpose of the Workforce Investment

Act of 1998 (WIA) ‘‘to provide

workforce investment activities, through

statewide and local workforce

investment systems, that increase the

employment, retention, and earnings of

participants, and increase occupational

skill attainment by participants, and, as

a result, improve the quality of the

workforce, reduce welfare dependency,

and enhance the productivity and

competitiveness of the Nation.’’

The LLSIL is used for several

purposes under WIA: specifically, WIA

Section 101(25) defines the term ‘‘low

income individual’’ for eligibility

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

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

‘‘disadvantaged adult,’’ and

‘‘disadvantaged youth’’ in terms of the

poverty line of LLSIL for purpose of

State allotments. The Governor and

State/Local Workforce Investment

Boards need the LLSIL for determining

eligibility for youth, eligibility for

employed adult workers for certain

services, and for the Work Opportunity

Tax Credit (WOTC). We encourage the

Governors and State/Local Workforce

Investment Boards to consult WIA and

its Regulations and Preamble at 29 CFR

Part 652 et al., for more specific

guidance in applying the LLSIL to

program requirements. The Department

of Health and Human Services

published the annual update of the

poverty-level guidelines in the Federal

Register at 65 Fed. Reg. 7555, (Feb. 16,

2001), The HHS 2001 Poverty guidelines

may also be found on the Internet at:

http://www.aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/

01poverty.htm.

ETA plans to have the 1001 LLSIL

available on its web site at: http://

www.wdsc.org/llsil/llsi101.htm

WIA Section 101(24) defines the

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 of labor in the fall of 1981.

The four-person urban family budget

estimates, previously published by the

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, from which it develops the

LLSIL tables.

The Employment and Training

Administration (ETA) published the

2000 updates to the LLSIL in the

Federal Register of May 12, 2000, at 65

FR 30630. This notice again updates the

LLSIL to reflect cost of living increases

for 2000 by applying the percentage

change in the December 2000 Consumer

Price Index for All Urban Consumers

(CPI–U), compared with the December

1999 CPI–U, to each of the May 12,

2000, LLSIL figures. Those updated

figures for a family of four are listed in

Table 1 below by region for both

metropolitan and nonmetropolitan

areas. Figures in all of the

accompanying tables are rounded up to

the nearest ten. Since ‘‘low income

individual,’’ ‘‘disadvantaged adult,’’ 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 below as well.

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Jurisdictions included in the various

regions, based generally on Census

Divisions of the U.S. Department of

Commerce, are as follows:

Northeast

Connecticut

Maine

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Vermont

Virgin Islands

Midwest

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

North Dakota

Ohio

South Dakota

Wisconsin

South

Alabama

American Samoa

Arkansas

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Northern Marianas

Oklahoma

Palau

Puerto Rico

South Carolina

Kentucky

Louisiana

Marshall Islands

Maryland

Mississippi

Micronesia

North Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

West Virginia

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 Table 2 below.

For Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam, the

year 2001 figures were updated from the

May 12, 2000, ‘‘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

semiannual CPI–U changes for a 12

month period ending in December 2000.

The updated LLSIL figures for these

MSAs and 70 percent of the LLSIL are

reported in Table 3 below.

Table 4 below lists each of the various

figures at 70 percent of the updated

2000 LLSIL for family sizes of one to 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 LLSIL

figure, the figure is indicated in

parentheses. Table 5, 100 percent of

LLSIL, is used to determine selfsufficiency as noted at 20 CFR § 663.230

of WIA Regulations and WIA section

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

Use of These Date

Governors should designate the

appropriate LLSILs for use within the

State from Tables 1 through 3. Tables 4

and 5 may be used with any of the

levels designated. The Governor’s

designation may be provided by

disseminating information on

Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)

and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan

areas within the State, or it may involve

further calculations. For example, the

State of New Jersey may have four or

more LLSIL figures: metropolitan,

nonmetropolitan, for portions of the

State in the New York City MSA, and

for 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 661.220, 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 the WIA and the WIA

regulations.

Disclaimer on Statistical Uses

It should be noted that the 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 the 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 the

WIA as defined in the law and

regulations.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of

May, 2001.

Shirley M. Smith,

Administrator, Office of Adult Service.

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