[Federal Register: July 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 135)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance
In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor herein presents summaries of
determinations regarding eligibility to apply for trade adjustment
assistance for workers (TA-W) number and alternative trade adjustment
assistance (ATAA) by (TA-W) number issued during the period of June
2006.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for workers of
a primary firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to
apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility
requirements of section 222(a) of the Act must be met.
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
B. The sales or production, or both, of such firm or subdivision
have decreased absolutely; and
C. Increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by such firm or subdivision have contributed
importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or
II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:
A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
B. There has been a shift in production by such workers' firm or
subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or directly
competitive with articles which are produced by such firm or
subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. The country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of
the articles is a party to a free trade agreement with the United
States;
2. The country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of
the articles to a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference
Act, African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act; or
3. There has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of
articles that are like or directly competitive with articles which are
or were produced by such firm or subdivision.
Also, in order for an affirmative determination to be made for
secondarily affected workers of a firm and a certification issued
regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each
of the group eligibility requirements of section 222(b) of the Act must
be met.
(1) Significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers'
firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
(2) The workers' firm (or subdivision) is a supplier or downstream
producer to a firm (or subdivision) that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility to apply for trade
adjustment assistance benefits and
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such supply or production is related to the article that was the basis
for such certification; and
(3) Either--
(A) The workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it
supplied for the firm (or subdivision) described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of the
workers' firm; or
(B) A loss or business by the workers' firm with the firm (or
subdivision) described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the
workers' separation or threat of separation.
In order for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issued
a certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) for older workers, the group eligibility
requirements of section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act must be met.
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers' firm are
50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are
not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry (i.e.,
conditions within the industry are adverse).
Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance
The following certifications have been issued. The date following
the company name and location of each determination references the
impact date for all workers of such determination.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
section 222(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) of the Trade Act have been
met.
None
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) of the Trade Act have been
met.
TA-W-59,283; Staktek Group L.P., Austin, TX: April 25, 2005.
TA-W-59,361; Columbian Chemicals Co., Proctor, WV: May 8, 2005.
TA-W-59,364; Galileo International, LLC, Travel Distribution Services
Division, Centennial, CO: May 4, 2005.
TA-W-59,411; Quadriga Art, Inc., Pennsauken, NJ: May 16, 2005.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
section 222(b) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible
to apply for TAA) of the Trade Act have been met.
None
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
section 222(b) (downstream producer for a firm whose workers are
certified eligible to apply for TAA based on increased imports from or
a shift in production to Mexico or Canada) of the Trade Act have been
met.
None
Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
The following certifications have been issued. The date following
the company name and location of each determination references the
impact date for all workers of such determination.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
section 222(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)
of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W-59,397; Tyden Seal Company (The), A Subsidiary of Tyden Group,
Inc., Hastings, MI: May 15, 2005.
TA-W-59,401; Worth Sports, A Subsidiary of Rawlings Sporting Goods Co.,
Tullahoma, TN: April 3, 2006.
TA-W-59,401A; Worth Sports, A Subsidiary of Rawlings Sporting Goods
Co., Tullahoma, TN: April 3, 2006.
TA-W-59,433; BBA Nonwovens Simpsonville, Inc., A Subsidiary of BBA
Group PLC, Simpsonville, SC: May 17, 2005.
TA-W-59,441; C.N.C. Department of Four Seasons, Division of Standard
Motor Products, Grapevine, TX: May 22, 2005.
TA-W-59,462; Hugo Bosca Company, Inc., Springfield, OH: May 23, 2005.
TA-W-59,247; Saint Gobain Advanced Ceramics, Microelectronics Division,
Sanborn, NY: April 16, 2005.
TA-W-59,332; Plastic Technology Group, Inc., On-Site Leased Wkrs of
Select Personnel Services, Santa Ana, CA: May 4, 2005.
TA-W-59,349; P.H. Glatfelter Co., dba Glatfelter, Neenah, WI: January
10, 2006.
TA-W-59,398; Progress Casting Group, Inc., Albert Lea, MN: May 15,
2005.
TA-W-59,297; Tooling Supply NAFTA, Fair Lawn, NJ: April 25, 2005.
TA-W-59,082; Trinity Pottery, Inc., Rice Lake, WI: March 21, 2005.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)
of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W-59,258; Johnson Controls, Inc., Interiors Experience Facility,
Holland, MI: April 20, 2005.
TA-W-59,261; Gould Packaging, Inc., A Division of LePage's 2000, Inc.,
Dekalb, IL: April 20, 2005.
TA-W-59,271; World Plastic Extruders, Inc., Moonachie, NJ: April 24,
2005.
TA-W-59,295; Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh, LCD Rear Projection
Assembly, Mt. Pleasant, PA: April 27, 2005.
TA-W-59,343; NABCO, Inc, A Division of Remy International, Inc.,
Kaleva, MI: May 5, 2005.
TA-W-59,343A; NABCO, Inc, A Division of Remy International, Inc., Reed
City, MI: May 5, 2005.
TA-W-59,412; Archway and Mother's Cake & Cookie Co., East Division,
Oakland, CA: May 16, 2005.
TA-W-59,414; Bemis Company, Inc., Paper Packaging Division, Peoria, IL:
April 25, 2005.
TA-W-59,461; American Knitting Corp., Allentown, PA: May 22, 2005.
TA-W-59,475; TRW Automotive Steering Plant, Sterling Heights, MI: April
22, 2006
TA-W-59,492; Brand Science LLC, dba LeSportsac, Dandridge, TN: May 25,
2005.
TA-W-59,354; Atlas Engineering, A Division of Penn Engineering, Kent,
OH: May 2, 2005.
TA-W-59,471; Tigra USA, West Jefferson, NC: May 23, 2005.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
section 222(b) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible
to apply for TAA) and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have
been met.
TA-W-59,342; Sheridan Industries, Inc., Albion, MI: May 4, 2005.
TA-W-59,393; SMM USA, Inc., Oceanside, CA: May 12, 2005.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
section 222(b) (downstream producer for a firm whose workers are
certified eligible to apply for TAA based on increased imports from or
a shift in production to Mexico or Canada) and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)
of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W-59,482; Country House Plastics and Finishing LLC, Gilmanton, NH:
May 26, 2005.
Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, it has been determined that the
requirements of 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) have not been met for the reasons
specified.
The Department as determined that criterion (1) of section 246 has
not been met. Workers at the firm are 50 years of age or older.
None.
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The Department as determined that criterion (2) of section 246 has
not been met. Workers at the firm possess skills that are easily
transferable.
TA-W-59,283; Staktek Group L.P., Austin, TX: April 25, 2005.
TA-W-59,361; Columbian Chemicals Co., Proctor, WV: May 8, 2005.
TA-W-59,364; Galileo International, LLC, Travel Distribution Services
Division, Centennial, CO: May 4, 2005.
TA-W-59,411; Quadriga Art, Inc., Pennsauken, NJ: May 16, 2005.
The Department as determined that criterion (3) of section 246 has
not been met. Competition conditions within the workers' industry are
not adverse.
None.
Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, the investigation revealed that the
eligibility criteria for worker adjustment assistance have not been met
for the reasons specified.
Since the workers of the firm are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A.) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.A.) (employment decline) have not been met.
TA-W-59,382; C.M. Holtzinger Fruit Co. Inc., Prosser, WA.
TA-W-59,443; Summit Knitting Mills, Inc., Asheboro, NC.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B.) (Sales or
production, or both, did not decline) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in
production to a foreign country) have not been met.
TA-W-59,419; Panel Processing, Inc., Alpena, MI.
TA-W-59,502; Culpepper Plastics Corp., Clinton, AR.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased
imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in production to a foreign
country) have not been met.
TA-W-59,151; Rowe Pottery Works, Inc., Cambridge, WI.
TA-W-59,167; Tredegar Film Products, LaGrange, GA.
TA-W-59,183; Gehl Company, West Bend, WI.
TA-W-59,211; Franklin Farms, Inc., North Franklin, CT.
TA-W-59,292; GE Consumer and Industrial Lighting Plant, Willoughby, OH.
TA-W-59,309; Rich's Rolling Pin, Inc., Pine Bluff, AR.
TA-W-59,351; Southern Oregon Lumber, Central Point, OR.
TA-W-59,360; Smurfit Stone Container Corp., Container Division,
Mansfield, MA.
TA-W-59,366; Yorktowne Cabinetry, Cabinetry Division, Mifflinburg, PA.
TA-W-59,465; Saint Gobain Crystals, Solon, OH.
The investigation revealed that the predominate cause of worker
separations is unrelated to criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased
imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.C) (shift in production to a foreign
country).
TA-W-59,424; Annalee Mobilitee Dolls, Inc., Meredith, NH.
The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for
certification under section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
TA-W-59,327; Stravina Operating Co., LLC, Chatsworth, CA.
TA-W-59,340; Billings Transportation Group, Inc., Lexington, NC.
TA-W-59,340A; Billings Freight Systems, Inc., Lexington, NC.
TA-W-59,340B; Billings Express, Inc., Atlanta, GA.
TA-W-59,374; Astec America, Inc., Product Support Group, Carlsbad, CA.
TA-W-59,400; Factory Fabrics, Cumberland, RI.
TA-W-59,487; LG Phillips Display USA, Ann Harbor, MI.
The investigation revealed that criteria of Section 222(b)(2) has
not been met. The workers' firm (or subdivision) is not a supplier to
or a downstream producer for a firm whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for TAA.
TA-W-59,331; Orpack Stone Corp., Division of Smurfit Stone, Herrin, IL.
TA-W-59,378; Crossroads Industries, Inc., Gaylord, MI.
I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued
during the month of June 2006. Copies of These determinations are
available for inspection in Room C-5311, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210 during normal business
hours or will be mailed to persons who write to the above address.
Dated: June 27, 2006.
Erica R. Cantor,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-11088 Filed 7-13-06; 8:45 am]
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