Notice of a Change in Status of the Extended Benefit (EB) Program for Michigan, 75042 [2020-25964]
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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 24, 2020 / Notices
Signed in Washington, DC.
John Pallasch,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[FR Doc. 2020–25964 Filed 11–23–20; 8:45 am]
Notice of a Change in Status of the
Extended Benefit (EB) Program for
Michigan
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Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
This notice announces a change in
benefit period eligibility under the EB
program for Michigan. The following
change has occurred since the
publication of the last notice regarding
the States’ EB status:
[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0053]
AGENCY:
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Michigan has enacted new legislation
which provides for the temporary adoption of
the total unemployment rate (TUR) trigger
during the current period of 100% Federal
financing. Based on data released by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics on October 20,
2020, the seasonally-adjusted total
unemployment rates for Michigan exceeded
8.0 percent was greater than 110 percent in
both the prior or second prior year, triggering
Michigan ‘‘on’’ to a high unemployment
periods (HUP) in EB. Based on the enacted
State legislation, the HUP trigger became
effective the week ending October 24, 2020
and the maximum potential entitlement for
claimants in the EB program increase from 13
weeks to 20 weeks on November 8, 2020. The
trigger notice covering state eligibility for the
EB program can be found at: https://
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.
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.
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Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratories; Policy for Transitioning
to Satellite Notification and
Acceptance Program (SNAP)
Termination
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, OSHA issues a
final policy for transitioning to the
termination of the Satellite Notification
and Acceptance Program.
DATES: The policy OSHA finalizes in
this notice is issued on November 24,
2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications; telephone: (202) 693–
1999; email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
General and technical information:
Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director,
Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, Directorate of
Technical Support and Emergency
Management, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration; telephone: (202)
693–2110; email: robinson.kevin@
dol.gov. OSHA’s web page includes
information about the NRTL Program
(see https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/
nrtl/).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
A. Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratories (NRTL) Program
Many of OSHA’s safety standards
require employers to use products tested
and certified as safe (e.g., 29 CFR 1910,
subpart S). In general, testing
laboratories, and not employers,
perform the required testing and
certification. To ensure that the testing
and certification performed on products
is appropriate, OSHA implemented the
NRTL Program. This program
establishes the criteria that a testing
laboratory must meet to achieve, and
retain, NRTL recognition.
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OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies
that the organization meets the legal
requirements specified in 29 CFR
1910.7, the regulatory provision
containing the requirements an
organization must meet to become a
NRTL and retain NRTL status.
Recognition is an acknowledgment by
OSHA that the organization can perform
independent safety testing and
certification of the specific products
covered within the organization’s scope
of recognition, and is not a delegation or
grant of government authority.
Recognition under the NRTL Program,
therefore, enables employers to use
products approved by NRTLs to meet
OSHA standards that require product
testing and certification.
Each NRTL is approved for a scope of
recognition, which identifies: (a) The
type of products the NRTL may
approve; and (b) the NRTL’s
‘‘recognized sites.’’ The requirements for
NRTL recognition are outlined in the
NRTL Program Regulation at 29 CFR
1910.7 and Appendix A to that
regulation.
B. NRTL Program Directive
The NRTL Program Directive sets
forth OSHA policies, procedures, and
interpretations that supplement and
clarify the NRTL Program regulation, 29
CFR 1910.7 and Appendix A (NRTL
Program Policies, Procedures and
Guidelines, CPL 01–00–004, available at
https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/
files/enforcement/directives/CPL_01-00004.pdf). OSHA recently revised the
NRTL Program Directive, on October 1,
2019.
The revised NRTL Program Directive
contains a revised definition of
‘‘recognized site.’’ To be recognized, ‘‘a
site must be administratively and
operationally controlled by the NRTL
and must perform at least one of the
following functions: testing and
inspection (and/or accepting test data or
inspections), performing reviews, or
making certification decisions with the
NRTL management system’’ (NRTL
Program Directive, Annex C). In revising
the definition, OSHA eliminated
ownership requirements contained in
the prior definition of recognized site
(NRTL Program Directive Ch. 1.IX.D).
Thus, to be a recognized site, the site no
longer has to be owned by the NRTL.
Prior to issuing the revised NRTL
Program Directive (CPL–01–004), OSHA
permitted NRTLs to use a number of
different supplemental programs in
order to use the services of other
facilities to test and certify products
used in the workplace (60 FR 12980, 74
FR 923). One of these supplemental
programs was Supplemental Program
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of a Change in Status of the Extended Benefit (EB) Program
for Michigan
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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This notice announces a change in benefit period eligibility under
the EB program for Michigan. The following change has occurred since
the publication of the last notice regarding the States' EB status:
Michigan has enacted new legislation which provides for the
temporary adoption of the total unemployment rate (TUR) trigger
during the current period of 100% Federal financing. Based on data
released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on October 20, 2020, the
seasonally-adjusted total unemployment rates for Michigan exceeded
8.0 percent was greater than 110 percent in both the prior or second
prior year, triggering Michigan ``on'' to a high unemployment
periods (HUP) in EB. Based on the enacted State legislation, the HUP
trigger became effective the week ending October 24, 2020 and the
maximum potential entitlement for claimants in the EB program
increase from 13 weeks to 20 weeks on November 8, 2020. The trigger
notice covering state eligibility for the EB program can be found
at: https://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: [email protected].
Signed in Washington, DC.
John Pallasch,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 2020-25964 Filed 11-23-20; 8:45 am]
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