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Answer: The state will augment the 

oldest (first) EUC08 claim. After this 

augmented amount on the claim is 

exhausted, the state will augment and 

pay EUC08 on the other claim, if the 

claimant continues to have compensable 

unemployment and meets all other 

eligibility conditions, such as being able 

and available. 

5. Question: An individual exhausts a 

First-Tier EUC08 claim during an 

EUC08 Second-Tier period. The 

individual has First-Tier entitlement on 

another claim. How is this situation 

handled? 

Answer: The state will augment the 

oldest (first) EUC08 claim with SecondTier benefits. After this augmented 

amount is exhausted, the state will pay 

any remaining First-Tier entitlement, 

including any enhanced First-Tier 

entitlement, on the other claim, if the 

claimant is otherwise eligible. If, when 

this remaining First-Tier entitlement is 

exhausted, or anytime thereafter within 

the statutory timeframe, the state is in 

an EUC08 Second-Tier period, the state 

will augment the account and pay 

benefits on this claim, if the claimant is 

otherwise eligible. 

E. Interstate Claims for EUC08 

1. Question: Under the permanent 

Federal-State Extended Benefit (EB) 

program an individual who files an 

interstate claim from a state that is not 

triggered ‘‘on’’ EB is limited to two 

weeks of EB. Does this same limitation 

apply to Second-Tier EUC08? 

Answer: No. The ‘‘two-week’’ 

limitation of the permanent EB program 

does not apply to EUC08. Eligible 

individuals filing against a state that 

triggered ‘‘on’’ an EUC08 Second-Tier 

period may receive up to 13 weeks of 

Second-Tier EUC08. 

Note: An individual who resides in a state 

that is triggered ‘‘on’’ but who is filing 

against a state that is not triggered ‘‘on’’ is not 

entitled to Second-Tier EUC08. This is 

because the individual’s entitlement is 

determined under the applicable state law, 

that is, the law of the state with respect to 

which the individual is an exhaustee for 

EUC08 purposes. 

F. Reporting Requirements for EUC08 

1. Question: Are all Second-Tier 

augmentations counted as ‘‘monetary 

redeterminations?’’ 

Answer: Yes. All augmentations are 

counted as monetary redeterminations. 

Activities related to the recalculation of 

First-Tier EUC08 and augmentation of 

Second-Tier EUC08, do not meet the 

definition under ET Handbook No. 401 

for an initial, additional, or a 

transitional claim. States will receive 

credit for monetary redetermination 

activity on the UI–3. 

Note: An additional claim should be taken 

in connection with recalculation of EUC08 

entitlement if the individual had intervening 

employment since filing his/her last claim. 

2. Question: Must states track three 

different EUC08 activities: EUC08 (first 

13 weeks), expanded First Tier EUC08, 

and Second-Tier EUC08? 

Answer: States are required to report 

only First-Tier and Second-Tier EUC08 

activities. In addition, states must revise 

previous reports of final payments, once 

redeterminations have been made, for 

prior EUC08 exhaustees on the EUC08- 

specific ETA 5159. States will resubmit 

Section B of the EUC08-specific ETA 

5159 for claimants who were reported as 

exhaustees and who are no longer 

exhaustees because their First-Tier 

EUC08 accounts are recalculated. All 

First-Tier EUC08 activities are aggregate. 

For those states reporting Second-Tier 

EUC08 activity, they will report 

payment activities, first pays and final 

pays in the new Section C of the EUC08- 

specific ETA 5159. 

Note: See Item 2.a. under Reporting 

Instructions in Attachment A of UIPL 23–08, 

Change 2. 

3. Question: Are there separate time 

charges required for First-Tier and 

Second-Tier EUC08? 

Answer: No, separate time charges are 

not required. The administrative 

funding and reporting of financial data 

will be for the entire EUC08 program. 

4. Question: Is there a date by which 

states are required to revise the ETA 

5159 to back out the final payment 

numbers for EUC08 claims that are 

recalculated to redetermine the First 

Tier balance? 

Answer: States are expected to revise 

their prior reports and submit them with 

their December 2008 ETA 5159 Report. 

Additional revisions to these reports are 

to be made on an ongoing basis, as 

needed. Many states may be able to 

simply re-run reports for prior quarters 

after the redeterminations are made. 

Other states may need to count 

transactions and back them out from 

pre-existing totals. 

5. Question: How should states report 

Second-Tier EUC08 on the Liable Agent 

Data Transfer (LADT)? 

Answer: The expanded reporting 

(Section C) on the ETA 5159 does not 

include any data elements that break out 

reporting for Interstate Claims or for 

First- and Second-Tier EUC08. States 

should report aggregate interstate claims 

activity for both First- and Second-Tier 

EUC08 in the same manner as states 

have been reporting for the LADT and 

unemployment insurance required 

reports. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

January 2009. 

Douglas F. Small, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Proposal Review Panel for Physics; 

Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting. 

Name: LIGO Science Education Center 

Partnership (SUBR), Proposal Review Panel 

for Physics, #1208. 

Date and Time: Thursday, February 19, 

2009; 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. 

Friday, February 20, 2009; 8 a.m.–4 p.m. 

Place: Southern University of Baton Rouge, 

Louisiana and LIGO Livingston, Louisiana. 

Type of Meeting: Partially Closed. 

Contact Person: Kathleen McCloud, 

Program Director, Division of Physic, 

National Science Foundation (703) 292–8236. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide an 

evaluation concerning the proposal 

submitted to the National Science 

Foundation. 

Tentative Agenda 

Thursday, February 19, 2009 

8:30 a.m.–11 a.m. Closed—Executive 

Session, Overview by LIGO–SUBR staff. 

11 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Open—tour of LIGO 

Education Center and Lunch. 

1:30 p.m.–2 p.m. Travel to SUBR. 

2:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Closed—Executive 

Session. 

Friday, February 20, 2009 

8 a.m.–9 a.m. Closed—Executive Session. 

9 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Open—tour of SUBR 

facilities. 

11 a.m.–4 p.m. Closed—Executive Session 

with LIGO and SUBR, Close out. 

Reason for Closing: The proposal contains 

proprietary or confidential material, 

including technical information on 

personnel. These matters are exempt under 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(2)(4) and (6) of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act. 

Dated: February 3, 2009. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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