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program for Florida, Tennessee, and
Wisconsin.
The following changes have occurred
since the publication of the last notice
regarding the State’s EB status:
• Florida’s 13-week insured
unemployment rate (IUR) for the week
ending October 17, 2020, was 4.74
percent, falling below the 5.00 percent
threshold necessary to remain ‘‘on’’ EB.
Therefore, the EB period for Florida
ends on November 7, 2020. The state
will remain in an ‘‘off’’ period for a
minimum of 13 weeks.
• Tennessee’s 13-week insured
unemployment rate (IUR) for the week
ending October 17, 2020, was 4.84
percent, falling below the 5.00 percent
threshold necessary to remain ‘‘on’’ EB.
Therefore, the EB period for Tennessee
ends on November 7, 2020. The state
will remain in an ‘‘off’’ period for a
minimum of 13 weeks.
• Wisconsin’s 13-week insured
unemployment rate (IUR) for the week
ending October 17, 2020, was 4.87
percent, falling below the 5.00 percent
threshold necessary to remain ‘‘on’’ EB.
Therefore, the EB period for Wisconsin
ends on November 7, 2020. The state
will remain in an ‘‘off’’ period for a
minimum of 13 weeks.
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 state
by the U.S. Department of Labor. In the
case of a state ending an EB period, the
State Workforce Agency will furnish a
written notice to each individual who is
currently filing claims for EB of the
forthcoming termination of the EB
period and its effect on the individual’s
right to EB (20 CFR 615.13(c)).
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].

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Signed in Washington, DC.
John Pallasch,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training.
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Employment and Training
Administration
Notice of the Federal Unemployment
Tax Act (FUTA) Credit Reduction
Applicable in 2020
Sections 3302(c)(2)(A) and 3302(d)(3)
of the FUTA provide that employers in
a state that has outstanding advances
under Title XII of the Social Security
Act on January 1 of two or more
consecutive years are subject to a
reduction in credits otherwise available
against the FUTA tax for the calendar
year in which the most recent such
January 1 occurs, if advances remain on
November 10 of that year. Further,
Section 3302(c)(2)(C) of FUTA provides
for an additional credit reduction for a
year if a state has outstanding advances
on five or more consecutive January 1
and has a balance on November 10 for
such years. Section 3302(c)(2)(C) also
provides for waiver of this additional
credit reduction and substitution of the
credit reduction provided in Section
3302(c)(2)(B) if a state meets certain
conditions.
Employers in the U.S. Virgin Islands
(USVI) were potentially liable for the
additional credit reduction under
Section 3302(c)(2)(C) of FUTA. The
jurisdiction applied for the waiver of
this additional credit reduction. The
Employment and Training
Administration determined that USVI
met all of the criteria of the section
necessary to qualify for the waiver of the
additional credit reduction. Therefore
employers in USVI will have no
additional credit reduction applied for
calendar year 2020. However, as a result
of having outstanding advances on each
January 1 of 2010 through 2020, which
had outstanding balances on November
10, 2020, employers in USVI are subject
to a FUTA credit reduction of 3.0
percent in 2020.
John Pallasch,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities;
Comment Request
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

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The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the ‘‘BLS Occupational Safety and
Health Statistics (OSHS) Cooperative
Agreement Application Package.’’ A
copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the individual listed below
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before January 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora
Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
telephone number 202–691–7628 (this
is not a toll free number.) (See
ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

I. Background
The Secretary of Labor has delegated
to the BLS the authority to collect,
compile, and analyze statistical data on
work-related injuries and illnesses, as
authorized by the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91–596).
The Cooperative Agreement is designed
to allow the BLS to ensure conformance
with program objectives. The BLS has
full authority over the financial
operations of the statistical program.
The existing collection of information
allows Federal staff to negotiate the
Cooperative Agreement with the State
Grant Agencies and monitor their
financial and programmatic
performance and adherence to
administrative requirements imposed by
the Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and
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(2 CFR 200) and other grant related
regulations. The information collected
also is used for planning and budgeting
at the Federal level and in meeting
Federal reporting requirements. The
BLS requires financial reporting that
will produce the information that is
needed to monitor the financial
activities of the BLS Occupational
Safety and Health Statistics grantees.
The Cooperative Agreement
application package being submitted for
approval is representative of the
package sent every year to state
agencies. The work statements included
in the Cooperative Agreement
application also are representative of
what is included in the whole OSHS
Cooperative Agreement package. The
final Cooperative Agreement, including
the work statements, will be submitted
separately to the Office of Management
and Budget for review of any minor

year-to-year information collection
burden changes they may contain.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the OSHS
Cooperative Agreement application
package.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The BLS is particularly interested in
comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility.
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
Number of
respondents

Activity

• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Title of Collection: BLS Occupational
Safety and Health Statistics (OSHS)
Cooperative Agreement Application
Package.
OMB Number: 1220–0149.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments.
Total
responses

Average
burden

Total burden
(hours)

Work Statements .................................................................
BLS–OSHS2 ........................................................................
BLS–OSHS TCF ..................................................................
OSHS Budget Variance Request Form ...............................
BLS–OSHS FRW–A: Base Programs .................................
BLS–OSHS FRW–B: AAMC ................................................
BLS–OSHS Property Listing ................................................

56
56
56
20
56
5
28

1
4
1
1
1
1
1

56
224
56
20
56
5
28

2
1
8/60
15/60
25/60
25/60
25/60

112
224
7.5
5
23.3
2.1
11.7

Total ..............................................................................

56

........................

445

........................

386

Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of
November 2020.
Eric Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
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Number of
responses

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conducts a pre-clearance consultation
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SUMMARY:

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and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed revision of the
‘‘Labor Market Information (LMI)
Cooperative Agreement Application
Package.’’ A copy of the proposed
information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the individual
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before January 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol
Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington,

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DC 20212. Written comments also may
be transmitted by email to BLS_PRA_
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
telephone number 202–691–7628 (this
is not a toll free number). (See
ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The BLS enters into Cooperative
Agreements with State Workforce
Agencies (SWAs) annually to provide
financial assistance to the SWAs for the
production and operation of the
following LMI statistical programs:
Current Employment Statistics, Local
Area Unemployment Statistics,
Occupational Employment Statistics,
and Quarterly Census of Employment
and Wages. The Cooperative Agreement
provides the basis for managing the
administrative and financial aspects of
these programs.
The existing collection of information
allows Federal staff to negotiate the
Cooperative Agreement with the SWAs
and monitor their financial and
programmatic performance and
adherence to administrative

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