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Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of
September 2007.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Labor Surplus Area Classification;
Under Executive Orders 12073 and
10582
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is
to announce the annual list of labor
surplus areas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008.
DATES: Effective Date: The annual list of
labor surplus areas is effective October
1, 2007 for all states, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony D. Dais, Office of Workforce
Investment, Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room S–4231,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:
(202) 693–2784 (This is not a toll-free
number).
The
Department of Labor’s regulations
implementing Executive Orders 12073
and 10582 are set forth at 20 CFR Part
654, Subparts A and B. These
regulations require the Assistant
Secretary of Labor for the Employment
and Training Administration (ETA) to
classify jurisdictions as labor surplus
areas pursuant to the criteria specified
in the regulations and to publish
annually a list of labor surplus areas.
Pursuant to those regulations, the
Assistant Secretary of Labor is hereby
publishing the annual list of labor
surplus areas.
In addition, the regulations provide
exceptional circumstance criteria for
classifying labor surplus areas when
catastrophic events, such as natural
disasters, plant closings, and contract
cancellations are expected to have a
long-term impact on labor market area
conditions, discounting temporary or
seasonal factors.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Eligible Labor Surplus Areas
Procedures for Classifying Labor
Surplus Areas
Under the labor surplus area
classification methodology, areas are
classified as having a surplus of labor
based on civil jurisdictions rather than
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on metropolitan statistical areas or labor
market areas. Civil jurisdictions are
defined as all cities with a population
of at least 25,000 and all counties.
Townships with a population of 25,000
or more are also considered as civil
jurisdictions in four states (Michigan,
New Jersey, New York, and
Pennsylvania). In Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, and Rhode
Island, where counties have very
limited or no government functions, the
classifications are done for individual
towns.
A civil jurisdiction is classified as a
labor surplus area when its average
unemployment rate was at least 20
percent above the average
unemployment rate for all states
(including the District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico) during the previous two
calendar years. During periods of high
national unemployment, the 1.20
percent ratio is disregarded and an area
is classified as a labor surplus area if its
unemployment rate during the previous
two calendar years was 10 percent or
more. This 10 percent ‘‘ceiling’’ comes
into effect whenever the two-year
average unemployment rate for all states
was 8.3 percent or above (i.e., 8.3
percent times the 1.20 ratio equals 10.0
percent). Similarly, a ‘‘floor’’ of 6.0
percent is used during periods of low
national unemployment in order for an
area to qualify as a labor surplus area.
The six percent ‘‘floor’’ comes into
effect whenever the average
unemployment rate for all states during
the two-year reference period was 5.0
percent or less.
The Department of Labor issues the
labor surplus area list on a fiscal year
basis. The list becomes effective each
October 1 and remains in effect through
the following September 30. The
reference period used in preparing the
current list was January 2005 through
December 2006. The national average
unemployment rate during this period
was 4.9 percent. Applying the ‘‘floor’’
concept, the unemployment rate for an
area to qualify as having a surplus of
labor for FY 2008 is 6.0 percent.
Therefore, areas included on the FY
2008 labor surplus area list had an
average unemployment rate of 6.0
percent or above during the reference
period. The FY 2008 labor surplus area
list can be accessed at https://
www.doleta.gov/programs/lsa.cfm.
Petition for Exceptional Circumstance
Consideration
The classification procedures also
provide for the designation of labor
surplus areas under exceptional
circumstance criteria. These procedures
permit the regular classification criteria
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to be waived when an area experiences
a significant increase in unemployment
which is not temporary or seasonal and
which was not reflected in the data for
the two-year reference period. Under the
program’s exceptional circumstance
procedures, labor surplus area
classifications can be made for civil
jurisdictions, Metropolitan Statistical
Areas or Primary Metropolitan
Statistical Areas. In order for an area to
be classified as a labor surplus area
under the exceptional circumstance
criteria, the state workforce agency must
submit a petition requesting such
classification to the Department of
Labor’s Employment and Training
Administration. The current criteria for
an exceptional circumstance
classification are: an area
unemployment rate of at least 6.0
percent for each of the three most recent
months; a projected unemployment rate
of at least 6.0 percent for each of the
next 12 months; and documentation that
the exceptional circumstance event has
already occurred. The state workforce
agency may file petitions on behalf of
civil jurisdictions, as well as
Metropolitan Statistical Areas or
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas,
as defined by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). The addresses of
state workforce agencies are available in
this notice and on the ETA Web site at
https://www.doleta.gov/programs/
lsa.cfm. State workforce agencies may
submit petitions in electronic format to
dais.anthony@dol.gov, or in hard copy
to the U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Workforce
Investment, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Room S–4231, Washington, DC
20210. Data collection for the petition is
approved under OMB 1205–0207, dated
November 23, 2004.
State Workforce Agencies
Alabama—Department of Industrial
Relations, 649 Monroe St., Room
2204, Montgomery 36131.
Alaska—Department of Labor &
Workforce Development, P.O. Box
111149, Juneau 99811–1149.
Arizona—Arizona Department of
Economic Security, P.O. Box 6123,
Site Code 901A, Phoenix 85005.
Arkansas—Employment Security
Department, P.O. Box 2981, Little
Rock 72203.
California—Employment Development
Department, 800 Capitol Mall,
Sacramento 95814.
Colorado—Department of Labor and
Employment, 633 17th Street, suite
1200, Denver 80202–3660.
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Connecticut—Connecticut Department
of Labor, 200 Folly Brook Boulevard,
Wethersfield 06109.
Delaware—Delaware Department of
Labor, Division of Employment &
Training, 4425 North Market Street,
Wilmington 19802.
District of Columbia—Department of
Employment Services, 64 New York
Avenue NE., Suite 3000, Washington
20002.
Florida—Agency for Workforce
Innovation, 107 E. Madison Street,
Suite 212, Caldwell Building,
Tallahassee 32399–4120.
Georgia—Georgia Department of Labor,
148 Andrew Young International
Boulevard NE., Suite 600, Atlanta
30303.
Hawaii—Department of Labor and
Industrial Relations, 830 Punchbowl
St., Room 321, Honolulu 96813.
Idaho—Department of Labor, 317 W.
Main Street, Boise 83735.
Illinois—Department of Employment
Security, 33 S. State Street, Chicago
60602–2802.
Indiana—Department of Workforce
Development, 10 North Senate
Avenue, Room SE 302, Indianapolis
46204–2277.
Iowa—Iowa Workforce Development,
1000 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines
50319.
Kansas—Kansas Department of
Commerce, 1000 SW. Jackson Street,
Suite 100, Topeka 66612–1354.
Kentucky—Department of Workforce
Investment, 275 East Main Street,
Frankfort 40601.
Louisiana—Department of Labor, P.O.
Box 94094, 1001 N. 23rd Street, Baton
Rouge 70804.
Maine—Department of Labor, 45
Commerce Drive, P.O. Box 259,
Augusta 04332–0259.
Maryland—Department of Labor,
Licensing and Regulation, 1100 N.
Eutaw Street, Room 616, Baltimore
21201.
Massachusetts—Division of
Unemployment Insurance, 19
Staniford Street, 3rd Floor, Boston
02114.
Michigan—Department of Labor &
Economic Growth, Ottowa Building—
4th Floor, 611 W. Ottawa Street,
Lansing 48909.
Minnesota—Department of Employment
& Economic Development, 332
Minnesota Street, Suite E 200, St. Paul
55101–1351.
Mississippi—Employment Security
Commission, 1235 Echelon Parkway,
Jackson 39213.
Missouri—Department of Labor and
Industrial Relations, P.O. Box 504,
421 East Dunklin, Jefferson City
65102.
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Montana—Department of Labor and
Industry, 1327 Lockey, P.O. Box 1728,
Helena 59624–1728.
Nebraska—Department of Labor, 550
South 16th Street, Lincoln 68509.
Nevada—Department of Employment,
Training and Rehabilitation, 500 E.
Third Street, Carson City 89713.
New Hampshire—Department of
Employment Security, 32 S. Main
Street, Concord 03301.
New Jersey—Department of Labor and
Workforce Development, P.O. Box
110, John Fitch Plaza, Trenton 08625–
0110.
New Mexico—Department of Labor, 401
Broadway, NE., P.O. Box 1928,
Albuquerque 87103.
New York—Department of Labor, State
Campus-Building 12, Albany 12240.
North Carolina—Employment Security
Commission, P.O. Box 25903, Raleigh
27611.
North Dakota—Job Service North
Dakota, 1000 E. Divide Ave., P.O. Box
5507, Bismarck 58506–5507.
Ohio—Department of Jobs and Family
Services, 30 E. Broad Street, 32nd
Floor, Columbus 43215.
Oklahoma—Employment Security
Commission, 2401 North Lincoln
Boulevard, Oklahoma City 73105.
Oregon—Oregon Employment
Department, 875 Union St., NE.,
Salem 97311.
Pennsylvania—Department of Labor &
Industry, 7th and Forster Streets, L&I
Building, 17th Floor, Harrisburg
17121.
Puerto Rico—Department of Labor and
Human Resources, 505 Munoz Rivera
Avenue, P.O. Box 364452, Hato Rey
00936–4452.
Rhode Island—Department of Labor &
Training, 1511 Pontiac Avenue,
Cranston 02920.
South Carolina—Employment Security
Commission, P.O. Box 995, Columbia
29202.
South Dakota—Department of Labor,
700 Governors Drive, Pierre 57501.
Tennessee—Department of Labor and
Workforce Development, 710 James
Robertson Parkway, 8th Floor—
Andrew Johnson Tower, Nashville
37243 .
Texas—Texas Workforce Commission,
101 East 15th Street, Room 618,
Austin 78778.
Utah—Department of Workforce
Services, 140 East 300 South, Salt
Lake City 84145–0249.
Vermont—Department of Labor, 5 Green
Mountain Drive, P.O. Box 488,
Montpelier 05601–0488.
Virginia—Virginia Employment
Commission, 703 East Main Street,
Richmond 23219.
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Washington—Employment Security
Department, P.O. Box 9046, Olympia
98507–9046.
West Virginia—Bureau of Employment
Programs, 112 California Ave.,
Charleston 25305.
Wisconsin—Department of Workforce
Development, 201 East Washington
Street, Room A400, Madison 53702.
Wyoming—Department of Employment,
1510 E. Pershing Boulevard, 2nd
Floor, Cheyenne 82002.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 1 day of
October 2007.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary, Employment & Training
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Labor Surplus Area Classification; Under Executive Orders 12073
and 10582
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce the annual list of
labor surplus areas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008.
DATES: Effective Date: The annual list of labor surplus areas is
effective October 1, 2007 for all states, the District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony D. Dais, Office of Workforce
Investment, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room S-4231, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-
2784 (This is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Labor's regulations
implementing Executive Orders 12073 and 10582 are set forth at 20 CFR
Part 654, Subparts A and B. These regulations require the Assistant
Secretary of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
to classify jurisdictions as labor surplus areas pursuant to the
criteria specified in the regulations and to publish annually a list of
labor surplus areas. Pursuant to those regulations, the Assistant
Secretary of Labor is hereby publishing the annual list of labor
surplus areas.
In addition, the regulations provide exceptional circumstance
criteria for classifying labor surplus areas when catastrophic events,
such as natural disasters, plant closings, and contract cancellations
are expected to have a long-term impact on labor market area
conditions, discounting temporary or seasonal factors.
Eligible Labor Surplus Areas
Procedures for Classifying Labor Surplus Areas
Under the labor surplus area classification methodology, areas are
classified as having a surplus of labor based on civil jurisdictions
rather than on metropolitan statistical areas or labor market areas.
Civil jurisdictions are defined as all cities with a population of at
least 25,000 and all counties. Townships with a population of 25,000 or
more are also considered as civil jurisdictions in four states
(Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania). In Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island, where counties have very
limited or no government functions, the classifications are done for
individual towns.
A civil jurisdiction is classified as a labor surplus area when its
average unemployment rate was at least 20 percent above the average
unemployment rate for all states (including the District of Columbia
and Puerto Rico) during the previous two calendar years. During periods
of high national unemployment, the 1.20 percent ratio is disregarded
and an area is classified as a labor surplus area if its unemployment
rate during the previous two calendar years was 10 percent or more.
This 10 percent ``ceiling'' comes into effect whenever the two-year
average unemployment rate for all states was 8.3 percent or above
(i.e., 8.3 percent times the 1.20 ratio equals 10.0 percent).
Similarly, a ``floor'' of 6.0 percent is used during periods of low
national unemployment in order for an area to qualify as a labor
surplus area. The six percent ``floor'' comes into effect whenever the
average unemployment rate for all states during the two-year reference
period was 5.0 percent or less.
The Department of Labor issues the labor surplus area list on a
fiscal year basis. The list becomes effective each October 1 and
remains in effect through the following September 30. The reference
period used in preparing the current list was January 2005 through
December 2006. The national average unemployment rate during this
period was 4.9 percent. Applying the ``floor'' concept, the
unemployment rate for an area to qualify as having a surplus of labor
for FY 2008 is 6.0 percent. Therefore, areas included on the FY 2008
labor surplus area list had an average unemployment rate of 6.0 percent
or above during the reference period. The FY 2008 labor surplus area
list can be accessed at https://www.doleta.gov/programs/lsa.cfm.
Petition for Exceptional Circumstance Consideration
The classification procedures also provide for the designation of
labor surplus areas under exceptional circumstance criteria. These
procedures permit the regular classification criteria to be waived when
an area experiences a significant increase in unemployment which is not
temporary or seasonal and which was not reflected in the data for the
two-year reference period. Under the program's exceptional circumstance
procedures, labor surplus area classifications can be made for civil
jurisdictions, Metropolitan Statistical Areas or Primary Metropolitan
Statistical Areas. In order for an area to be classified as a labor
surplus area under the exceptional circumstance criteria, the state
workforce agency must submit a petition requesting such classification
to the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.
The current criteria for an exceptional circumstance classification
are: an area unemployment rate of at least 6.0 percent for each of the
three most recent months; a projected unemployment rate of at least 6.0
percent for each of the next 12 months; and documentation that the
exceptional circumstance event has already occurred. The state
workforce agency may file petitions on behalf of civil jurisdictions,
as well as Metropolitan Statistical Areas or Primary Metropolitan
Statistical Areas, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). The addresses of state workforce agencies are available in this
notice and on the ETA Web site at https://www.doleta.gov/programs/
lsa.cfm. State workforce agencies may submit petitions in electronic
format to dais.anthony@dol.gov, or in hard copy to the U.S. Department
of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce
Investment, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-4231, Washington, DC
20210. Data collection for the petition is approved under OMB 1205-
0207, dated November 23, 2004.
State Workforce Agencies
Alabama--Department of Industrial Relations, 649 Monroe St., Room 2204,
Montgomery 36131.
Alaska--Department of Labor & Workforce Development, P.O. Box 111149,
Juneau 99811-1149.
Arizona--Arizona Department of Economic Security, P.O. Box 6123, Site
Code 901A, Phoenix 85005.
Arkansas--Employment Security Department, P.O. Box 2981, Little Rock
72203.
California--Employment Development Department, 800 Capitol Mall,
Sacramento 95814.
Colorado--Department of Labor and Employment, 633 17th Street, suite
1200, Denver 80202-3660.
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Connecticut--Connecticut Department of Labor, 200 Folly Brook
Boulevard, Wethersfield 06109.
Delaware--Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Employment &
Training, 4425 North Market Street, Wilmington 19802.
District of Columbia--Department of Employment Services, 64 New York
Avenue NE., Suite 3000, Washington 20002.
Florida--Agency for Workforce Innovation, 107 E. Madison Street, Suite
212, Caldwell Building, Tallahassee 32399-4120.
Georgia--Georgia Department of Labor, 148 Andrew Young International
Boulevard NE., Suite 600, Atlanta 30303.
Hawaii--Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, 830 Punchbowl
St., Room 321, Honolulu 96813.
Idaho--Department of Labor, 317 W. Main Street, Boise 83735.
Illinois--Department of Employment Security, 33 S. State Street,
Chicago 60602-2802.
Indiana--Department of Workforce Development, 10 North Senate Avenue,
Room SE 302, Indianapolis 46204-2277.
Iowa--Iowa Workforce Development, 1000 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines
50319.
Kansas--Kansas Department of Commerce, 1000 SW. Jackson Street, Suite
100, Topeka 66612-1354.
Kentucky--Department of Workforce Investment, 275 East Main Street,
Frankfort 40601.
Louisiana--Department of Labor, P.O. Box 94094, 1001 N. 23rd Street,
Baton Rouge 70804.
Maine--Department of Labor, 45 Commerce Drive, P.O. Box 259, Augusta
04332-0259.
Maryland--Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, 1100 N. Eutaw
Street, Room 616, Baltimore 21201.
Massachusetts--Division of Unemployment Insurance, 19 Staniford Street,
3rd Floor, Boston 02114.
Michigan--Department of Labor & Economic Growth, Ottowa Building--4th
Floor, 611 W. Ottawa Street, Lansing 48909.
Minnesota--Department of Employment & Economic Development, 332
Minnesota Street, Suite E 200, St. Paul 55101-1351.
Mississippi--Employment Security Commission, 1235 Echelon Parkway,
Jackson 39213.
Missouri--Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, P.O. Box 504,
421 East Dunklin, Jefferson City 65102.
Montana--Department of Labor and Industry, 1327 Lockey, P.O. Box 1728,
Helena 59624-1728.
Nebraska--Department of Labor, 550 South 16th Street, Lincoln 68509.
Nevada--Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, 500 E.
Third Street, Carson City 89713.
New Hampshire--Department of Employment Security, 32 S. Main Street,
Concord 03301.
New Jersey--Department of Labor and Workforce Development, P.O. Box
110, John Fitch Plaza, Trenton 08625-0110.
New Mexico--Department of Labor, 401 Broadway, NE., P.O. Box 1928,
Albuquerque 87103.
New York--Department of Labor, State Campus-Building 12, Albany 12240.
North Carolina--Employment Security Commission, P.O. Box 25903, Raleigh
27611.
North Dakota--Job Service North Dakota, 1000 E. Divide Ave., P.O. Box
5507, Bismarck 58506-5507.
Ohio--Department of Jobs and Family Services, 30 E. Broad Street, 32nd
Floor, Columbus 43215.
Oklahoma--Employment Security Commission, 2401 North Lincoln Boulevard,
Oklahoma City 73105.
Oregon--Oregon Employment Department, 875 Union St., NE., Salem 97311.
Pennsylvania--Department of Labor & Industry, 7th and Forster Streets,
L&I Building, 17th Floor, Harrisburg 17121.
Puerto Rico--Department of Labor and Human Resources, 505 Munoz Rivera
Avenue, P.O. Box 364452, Hato Rey 00936-4452.
Rhode Island--Department of Labor & Training, 1511 Pontiac Avenue,
Cranston 02920.
South Carolina--Employment Security Commission, P.O. Box 995, Columbia
29202.
South Dakota--Department of Labor, 700 Governors Drive, Pierre 57501.
Tennessee--Department of Labor and Workforce Development, 710 James
Robertson Parkway, 8th Floor--Andrew Johnson Tower, Nashville 37243 .
Texas--Texas Workforce Commission, 101 East 15th Street, Room 618,
Austin 78778.
Utah--Department of Workforce Services, 140 East 300 South, Salt Lake
City 84145-0249.
Vermont--Department of Labor, 5 Green Mountain Drive, P.O. Box 488,
Montpelier 05601-0488.
Virginia--Virginia Employment Commission, 703 East Main Street,
Richmond 23219.
Washington--Employment Security Department, P.O. Box 9046, Olympia
98507-9046.
West Virginia--Bureau of Employment Programs, 112 California Ave.,
Charleston 25305.
Wisconsin--Department of Workforce Development, 201 East Washington
Street, Room A400, Madison 53702.
Wyoming--Department of Employment, 1510 E. Pershing Boulevard, 2nd
Floor, Cheyenne 82002.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 1 day of October 2007.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary, Employment & Training Administration.
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