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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 153 / Tuesday, August 9, 2011 / Notices 
Advisory Council should forward their 
requests to the Executive Secretary or 
telephone (202) 693–8668. Oral 
presentations will be limited to ten 
minutes, time permitting, but an 
extended statement may be submitted 
for the record. Individuals with 
disabilities who need special 
accommodations should contact the 
Executive Secretary by August 19 at the 
address indicated. 
Signed at Washington, DC this 3rd day of 
August, 2011. 
___________________________ 
Michael L. Davis, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employee 
Benefits Security Administration. 
[FR Doc. 2011–20107 Filed 8–8–11; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
Employment And Training 
Administration 
Announcement Regarding the Virgin 
Islands Triggering ‘‘on’’ Tier Three of 
Emergency Unemployment 
Compensation 2008 (EUC08). 
AGENCY: Employment and Training 
Administration, Labor. 
ACTION: Notice. 
SUMMARY: Announcement regarding the 
Virgin Islands triggering ‘‘on’’ Tier 
Three of Emergency Unemployment 
Compensation 2008 (EUC08). 
Public law 111–312 extended 
provisions in public law 111–92 which 
amended prior laws to create a Third 
and Fourth Tier of benefits within the 
EUC08 program for qualified 
unemployed workers claiming benefits 
in high unemployment states. The 
Department of Labor produces a trigger 
notice indicating which states qualify 
for EUC08 benefits within Tiers Three 
and Four and provides the beginning 
and ending dates of payable periods for 
each qualifying state. The trigger notice 
covering state eligibility for the EUC08 
program can be found at: http:// 
ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/ 
claims_arch.asp. 
Based on data published July 8, 2011, 
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the 
following trigger change has occurred 
for the Virgin Islands’ EUC08 program: 
• The estimated three month average, 
seasonally adjusted total unemployment 
rate for the Virgin Islands rose to meet 
or exceed the 6.0% threshold to trigger 
‘‘on’’ in Tier Three of the EUC 2008 
program. The payable period in Tier 
Three for the Virgin Islands began July 
24, 2011, and claimants there will be 
eligible for up to an additional 13 weeks 
of benefits. 
Information for Claimants 
The duration of benefits payable in 
the EUC program, and the terms and 
conditions under which they are 
payable, are governed by public laws 
110–252, 110–449, 111–5, 111–92, 111– 
118, 111–144, 111–157, 111–205 and 
111–312, and the operating instructions 
issued to the states by the U.S. 
Department of Labor. Persons who 
believe they may be entitled to 
additional benefits under the EUC08 
program, or who wish to inquire about 
their rights under the program, should 
contact their State Workforce Agency. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Scott Gibbons, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Employment and Training 
Administration, Office of 
Unemployment Insurance, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Frances 
Perkins Bldg. Room S–4524, 
Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
number (202) 693–3008 (this is not a 
toll-free number) or by e-mail: 
gibbons.scott@dol.gov. 
Signed in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of 
August, 2011. 
Jane Oates, 
Assistant Secretary, Employment and 
Training Administration. 
[FR Doc. 2011–20109 Filed 8–8–11; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
Request for Comments—Poverty Data 
and LSC Funding Distribution 
AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. 
ACTION: Request for comments. 
SUMMARY: Since 1996, the Legal Services 
Corporation’s annual appropriation has 
mandated that the Corporation 
distribute most of its appropriated funds 
to basic field programs for LSC-defined 
geographic areas so as to provide an 
equal figure per individual in poverty 
for each geographic area. The 
appropriation has further mandated that 
the number of individuals in poverty in 
each geographic area be determined by 
the Bureau of the Census ‘‘on the basis 
of the most recent decennial census.’’ 
The 2010 decennial census, however, 
did not collect poverty data for the 50 
states, the District of Columbia or Puerto 
Rico, so ‘‘the most recent decennial 
census’’ will not provide a basis for 
determining how many people in 
poverty are within those jurisdictions. 
The LSC Board of Directors requests 
comments on a proposal by LSC’s 
management to address this issue by 
making recommendations to the 
President and to Congress that: (1) The 
determination of the number of 
individuals in poverty in each 
geographic area be made by the Bureau 
of the Census, without any reference to 
the decennial census as the basis for 
that determination; (2) funding be 
reallocated among geographic areas 
every three years based on updated 
poverty population determinations by 
the Bureau of the Census; and (3) the 
first reallocation be phased in over two 
years, in Fiscal Year 2013 and Fiscal 
Year 2014. 
DATES: Written comments will be 
accepted until September 8, 2011. 
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 
submitted by mail, fax or e-mail to Mark 
Freedman, Senior Assistant General 
Counsel, Legal Services Corporation, 
3333 K St., NW., Washington, DC 20007; 
202–295–1623 (phone); 202–337–6519 
(fax); mfreedman@lsc.gov. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Mark Freedman, Senior Assistant 
General Counsel, Legal Services 
Corporation, 3333 K St., NW., 
Washington, DC 20007; 202–295–1623 
(phone); 202–337–6519 (fax); 
mfreedman@lsc.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Legal 
Services Corporation (‘‘LSC’’ or 
‘‘Corporation’’) was established by the 
United States Congress ‘‘for the purpose 
of providing financial support for legal 
assistance in noncriminal matters or 
proceedings to persons financially 
unable to afford such assistance.’’ 42 
U.S.C. 2996b(a). LSC performs this 
function primarily through providing 
Federal funding to civil legal aid 
programs providing legal services to 
low-income persons throughout the 
United States and its possessions and 
territories in geographic areas 
determined by LSC. Since 1996, the 
Legal Services Corporation’s annual 
appropriation has mandated that the 
Corporation distribute most of its 
appropriated funds to basic field 
programs for LSC-defined geographic 
areas so as to provide an equal figure 
per individual in poverty for each 
geographic area. The appropriation has 
further mandated that the number of 
individuals in poverty in each 
geographic area be determined by the 
Bureau of the Census ‘‘on the basis of 
the most recent decennial census.’’ 
(Certain exceptions apply for areas in 
which other adjusted population counts 
have been historically used.) Public Law 
104–134, Title V, 501(a), 110 Stat. 1321, 
1321–50 (1996) (incorporated by 
reference thereafter). Under that 
mandate, LSC has reallocated funding 
every ten years. The 2010 U.S. census, 
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