Labor Surplus Area Classification Under Executive Orders 12073 and 10582, 53699-53700 [2011-22003]

Download as PDF 53699 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 167 / Monday, August 29, 2011 / Notices Number of respondents Data collection activity Total burden hours Subtotal—Interviews .......................................................................... 260 360 360 360 90 30 540 Subtotal—Focus Groups ................................................................... 1,080 660 Grantee Surveys: a. Screening Calls .................................................................................... b. Web/Telephone Survey ........................................................................ 152 760 13 253 Subtotal—Surveys ............................................................................. 912 266 Total ........................................................................................... 2,252 1,186 Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and may be included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the final information collection request. The comments will become a matter of public record. Dated: August 22, 2011. Jane Oates, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration. [FR Doc. 2011–22002 Filed 8–26–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Labor Surplus Area Classification Under Executive Orders 12073 and 10582 Employment and Training Administration, Labor. ACTION: Notice AGENCY: The purpose of this notice is to announce the annual list of labor surplus areas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. DATES: Effective Date: The annual list of labor surplus areas is effective October 1, 2011, for all states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel Wright, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S–4231, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693–2870 (This is not a toll-free number). SUMMARY: Emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES Total annualized cost 260 Focus Groups: a. Participant Information Sheet ............................................................... b. Informed Consent ................................................................................. c. Discussion ............................................................................................ Average hourly wage rate* 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 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:45 Aug 26, 2011 Jkt 223001 7,223 16.00 16.00 16.00 1,440 480 8,640 10,560 44.84 28.01 583 7,087 7,670 n/a 25,453 regulations require 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, ETA 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. (c) A county, except those counties which contain any type of civil jurisdictions defined in A or B above and a county in the States of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island; or (d) A ‘‘balance of county’’ consisting of a county less any component cities and townships identified in paragraphs A or B above; or (e) A county equivalent which is a town in the States of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, or a municipio in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Eligible Labor Surplus Areas A Labor Surplus Area (LSA) is a civil jurisdiction that has a civilian average annual unemployment rate during the previous two calendar years of 20 percent or more above the average annual civilian unemployment rate for all states during the same 24-month reference period. Only official unemployment estimates provided to ETA by the Bureau of Labor Statistics are used in making these classifications. The average unemployment rate for all states includes data for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The basic LSA classification criteria include a ‘‘floor unemployment rate’’ (6.0%) and a ‘‘ceiling unemployment rate’’ (10.0%). Civil jurisdictions are defined as follows: (a) A city of at least 25,000 population on the basis of the most recently available estimates from the Bureau of the Census; or (b) A town or township in the States of Michigan, New Jersey, New York, or Pennsylvania of 25,000 or more population and which possess powers and functions similar to those of cities; or The Department of Labor (DOL) 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 2009 through December 2010. The national average unemployment rate during this period was 9.5 percent. Twenty percent higher than the national unemployment rate is 11.4 percent. Since the ceiling unemployment rate is 10.0 percent, the qualifying rate is 10.0 percent. Therefore, areas included on the FY 2012 labor surplus area list had an average unemployment rate of 10.0 percent or above during the reference period. When a civil jurisdiction is part of a county and meets the unemployment qualifier as a labor surplus area, then the balance of county will be used if the balance of county also meets the unemployment criteria of a labor surplus area. The FY 2012 labor surplus area list and the list of labor surplus areas in Puerto Rico can be accessed at the ETA’s LSA website at https://www.doleta.gov/programs/ lsa.cfm. PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Procedures for Classifying Labor Surplus Areas E:\FR\FM\29AUN1.SGM 29AUN1 53700 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 167 / Monday, August 29, 2011 / Notices NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 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 2-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, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. 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 ETA. The current criteria for an exceptional circumstance classification are: an area’s unemployment rate is at least 10.0 percent for each of the three most recent months; a projected unemployment rate of at least 10.0 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 Micropolitan Statistical Areas. The addresses of state workforce agencies are available on the ETA Web site at: https://www.doleta.gov/programs/ lsa.cfm. State Workforce Agencies may submit petitions in electronic format to wright.samuel.e@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, Attention Samuel Wright. Data collection for the petition is approved under OMB 1205–0207, expiration date March 31, 2012. Emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES Petition for Exceptional Circumstance Consideration Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day of August, 2011. Jane Oates, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration. [FR Doc. 2011–22003 Filed 8–26–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–FT–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:45 Aug 26, 2011 Jkt 223001 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed records schedules; request for comments. AGENCY: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instructions on what happens to records when no longer needed for current Government business. They authorize the preservation of records of continuing value in the National Archives of the United States and the destruction, after a specified period, of records lacking administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published for records schedules in which agencies propose to destroy records not previously authorized for disposal or reduce the retention period of records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments on such records schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a). DATES: Requests for copies must be received in writing on or before September 28, 2011. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA will send a copy of the schedule. NARA staff usually prepare appraisal memorandums that contain additional information concerning the records covered by a proposed schedule. These, too, may be requested and will be provided once the appraisal is completed. Requesters will be given 30 days to submit comments. ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of any records schedule identified in this notice by contacting Records Management Services (ACNR) using one of the following means: Mail: NARA (ACNR), 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740–6001. E-mail: request.schedule@nara.gov. Fax: 301–837–3698. Requesters must cite the control number, which appears in parentheses after the name of the agency which submitted the schedule, and must provide a mailing address. Those who desire appraisal reports should so indicate in their request. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurence Brewer, Director, Records Management Services (ACNR), National SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740–6001. Telephone: 301–837–1539. E-mail: records.mgt@nara.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year Federal agencies create billions of records on paper, film, magnetic tape, and other media. To control this accumulation, agency records managers prepare schedules proposing retention periods for records and submit these schedules for NARA’s approval, using the Standard Form (SF) 115, Request for Records Disposition Authority. These schedules provide for the timely transfer into the National Archives of historically valuable records and authorize the disposal of all other records after the agency no longer needs them to conduct its business. Some schedules are comprehensive and cover all the records of an agency or one of its major subdivisions. Most schedules, however, cover records of only one office or program or a few series of records. Many of these update previously approved schedules, and some include records proposed as permanent. The schedules listed in this notice are media neutral unless specified otherwise. An item in a schedule is media neutral when the disposition instructions may be applied to records regardless of the medium in which the records are created and maintained. Items included in schedules submitted to NARA on or after December 17, 2007, are media neutral unless the item is limited to a specific medium. (See 36 CFR 1225.12(e).) No Federal records are authorized for destruction without the approval of the Archivist of the United States. This approval is granted only after a thorough consideration of their administrative use by the agency of origin, the rights of the Government and of private persons directly affected by the Government’s activities, and whether or not they have historical or other value. Besides identifying the Federal agencies and any subdivisions requesting disposition authority, this public notice lists the organizational unit(s) accumulating the records or indicates agency-wide applicability in the case of schedules that cover records that may be accumulated throughout an agency. This notice provides the control number assigned to each schedule, the total number of schedule items, and the number of temporary items (the records proposed for destruction). It also includes a brief description of the temporary records. The records schedule itself contains a full E:\FR\FM\29AUN1.SGM 29AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 167 (Monday, August 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53699-53700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22003]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Labor Surplus Area Classification Under Executive Orders 12073 
and 10582

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

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) 2012.

DATES: Effective Date: The annual list of labor surplus areas is 
effective October 1, 2011, for all states, the District of Columbia, 
and Puerto Rico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel Wright, Office of Workforce 
Investment, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Room S-4231, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-
2870 (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 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, ETA 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

    A Labor Surplus Area (LSA) is a civil jurisdiction that has a 
civilian average annual unemployment rate during the previous two 
calendar years of 20 percent or more above the average annual civilian 
unemployment rate for all states during the same 24-month reference 
period. Only official unemployment estimates provided to ETA by the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics are used in making these classifications. 
The average unemployment rate for all states includes data for the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The basic LSA classification criteria 
include a ``floor unemployment rate'' (6.0%) and a ``ceiling 
unemployment rate'' (10.0%).
    Civil jurisdictions are defined as follows:
    (a) A city of at least 25,000 population on the basis of the most 
recently available estimates from the Bureau of the Census; or
    (b) A town or township in the States of Michigan, New Jersey, New 
York, or Pennsylvania of 25,000 or more population and which possess 
powers and functions similar to those of cities; or
    (c) A county, except those counties which contain any type of civil 
jurisdictions defined in A or B above and a county in the States of 
Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island; or
    (d) A ``balance of county'' consisting of a county less any 
component cities and townships identified in paragraphs A or B above; 
or
    (e) A county equivalent which is a town in the States of 
Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, or a municipio in the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Procedures for Classifying Labor Surplus Areas

    The Department of Labor (DOL) 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 2009 through 
December 2010. The national average unemployment rate during this 
period was 9.5 percent. Twenty percent higher than the national 
unemployment rate is 11.4 percent. Since the ceiling unemployment rate 
is 10.0 percent, the qualifying rate is 10.0 percent. Therefore, areas 
included on the FY 2012 labor surplus area list had an average 
unemployment rate of 10.0 percent or above during the reference period. 
When a civil jurisdiction is part of a county and meets the 
unemployment qualifier as a labor surplus area, then the balance of 
county will be used if the balance of county also meets the 
unemployment criteria of a labor surplus area. The FY 2012 labor 
surplus area list and the list of labor surplus areas in Puerto Rico 
can be accessed at the ETA's LSA website at https://www.doleta.gov/programs/lsa.cfm.

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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 
2-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, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. 
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 ETA. The current criteria for an exceptional circumstance 
classification are: an area's unemployment rate is at least 10.0 
percent for each of the three most recent months; a projected 
unemployment rate of at least 10.0 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 Micropolitan Statistical Areas. The addresses of state 
workforce agencies are available on the ETA Web site at: https://www.doleta.gov/programs/lsa.cfm. State Workforce Agencies may submit 
petitions in electronic format to wright.samuel.e@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, Attention Samuel 
Wright. Data collection for the petition is approved under OMB 1205-
0207, expiration date March 31, 2012.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day of August, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-22003 Filed 8-26-11; 8:45 am]
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