[Federal Register: June 22, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 120)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for
Worker 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 periods
of May 2006.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made and a
certification of eligibility to apply for directly-impacted (primary)
worker adjustment assistance to be issued, 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 county 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 and a
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance
as an adversely affected secondary group to be issued, 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 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.
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
(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) of section 222 have been met, and section
246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W-59,188; Bosch Rexroth Corporation, Wooster Division, Wooster, OH:
April 10, 2005
TA-W-59,319; Parker and Harper, Inc., Worcester, MA: May 2, 2005
TA-W-59,094; U.S. Baird Corporation (The), Stratford, CT: March 27,
2005
TA-W-59,121; Rhodia, Inc., CDI, Coworx Staffing & Kelly Services,
Deepwater, NJ: March 30, 2005
TA-W-59,362; Mount Vernon Mills, Trion Denim Mill Division, Trion, GA:
May 9, 2005
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) of section 222 and section
246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W-59,406; Jakel, Inc., Highland, IL: April 1, 2006
TA-W-59,264; JohnsonDiversey, Inc., U.S. Institutional Division, On-
Site Leased Workers of ADECCO Manpower and Erg, East Stroudsburg, PA:
April 15, 2005
TA-W-59,299; Bayer Clothing Group, Inc., Clearfield, PA: June 4, 2006
TA-W-59,304; DeRoyal Industries, Inc., DeRoyal Patient Care, Dryden,
VA: May 28, 2006
TA-W-59,329; Optical Electro Forming, Oracle Lenses, Clearwater, FL:
May 2, 2005
TA-W-59,333; Superior Industries International, Inc., Van Nuys Plant,
Van Nuys, CA: May 4, 2005
TA-W-59,355; Quebecor World, Leased Workers of Westaff and DC Staffing
Services, Brookfield, WI: May 8, 2005
TA-W-59,371; Sony Electronics, Display Device, On-Site Leased Workers
of Staffmark and Remedy, San Diego, CA: April 21, 2005
TA-W-59,376; Indian Industries, dba Escalade Sports, Billiard Tables
Division, Evansville, IN: May 9, 2005
TA-W-59,275; Progressive Maintenance Technologies, Inc., On-Site at
Elementis Pigments, Inc., Saint Louis, MO: April 11, 2005
The following certification has been issued. The requirement of
supplier to a trade certified firm and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the
Trade Act have been met.
None
The following certification has been issued. The requirement of
downstream producer to a trade certified firm and section
246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.
None
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Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, the investigation revealed that the
criteria for eligibility have not been met for the reasons specified.
The investigation revealed that criterion (a)(2)(A)(I.A) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.A) (no employment decline) has not been met.
TA-W-59,237; Easton Sports, Inc., A Division of Easton-Bell Sports, Van
Nuys, CA.
TA-W-59,237A; Easton Sports, Inc., A Division of Easton-Bell Sports,
Long Beach, CA.
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.
None
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased
imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B) (No shift in production to a foreign
country) have not been met.
TA-W-59,317; Ascent/Son Manufacturing, San Jose, CA.
TA-W-59,321; Vails Gate Manufacturing, LLC, Tarkett, Inc., New York,
NY.
TA-W-59,324; Hiawathaland Tool, Inc., Kasson, MN.
TA-W-59,350; Central Minnesota Tool and Stamping, Little Falls, MN.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (Increased
imports and (a)(2)(B)(II.C) (has shifted production to a foreign
country) have not been met.
TA-W-59,235; Oakwood International, Employed at Delphi Corp.,
Electgronics and Safety Division, Kokomo, IN.
TA-W-59,257; Systems West Computer Resource, On-Site at Exelon Corp.
Commercial Center, Oakbrook, IL.
The workers firm does not produce an article as required for
certification under section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
TA-W-59,262; Nokia Enterprise Solutions, Operations/Demand
Fullifillment Team, Service Operations and Quality Div., Irving, TX.
TA-W-59,310; Motorola, Inc., Energy Systems Group, Lawrenceville, GA.
TA-W-59,357; Dole Fruit Co., Gulfport Purchasing Department, Gulfport,
MS.
TA-W-59,359; Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC),
Piscataway, NJ.
The investigation revealed that criteria (2) has not been met. The
workers firm (or subdivision) is not a supplier or downstream producer
to trade-affected companies.
None
Affirmative Determinations for Alternative Trade Ajdustment Assistance
In order for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issue 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.
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 determinations.
In the following cases, it has been determined that the
requirements of section 246(a)(3)(ii) have been met.
I. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers' firm are
50 years of age or older.
II. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills that
are not easily transferable.
III. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry (i.e.,
conditions within the industry are adverse).
Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
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.
In the following cases, it has been determined that the
requirements of section 246(a)(3)(ii) have not been met for the reasons
specified.
Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the
workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
TA-W-59,237; Easton Sports, Inc., A Division of Easton-Bell Sports, Van
Nuys, CA.
TA-W-59,237A; Easton Sports, Inc., A Division of Easton-Bell Sports,
Long Beach, CA.
TA-W-59,317; Ascent/Son Manufacturing, San Jose, CA.
TA-W-59,321; Vails Gate Manufacturing, LLC, Tarkett, Inc., New York,
NY.
TA-W-59,324; Hiawathaland Tool, Inc., Kasson, MN.
TA-W-59,350; Central Minnesota Tool and Stamping, Little Falls, MN.
TA-W-59,235; Oakwood International, Employed at Delphi Corp.,
Electgronics and Safety Division, Kokomo, IN.
TA-W-59,257; Systems West Computer Resource, On-Site at Exelon Corp.
Commercial Center, Oakbrook, IL.
TA-W-59,262; Nokia Enterprise Solutions, Operations/Demand
Fullifillment Team, Service Operations and Quality Div., Irving, TX.
TA-W-59,310; Motorola, Inc., Energy Systems Group, Lawrenceville, GA.
TA-W-59,357; Dole Fruit Co., Gulfport Purchasing Department, Gulfport,
MS.
TA-W-59,359; Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC),
Piscataway, NJ.
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
The Department has determined that criterion (2) of section 246 has
not been met. Workers at the firm possess skills that are easily
transferable.
None
The Department has determined that criterion (3) of section 246 has
not been met. Competition conditions within the workers' industry are
not adverse.
TA-W-59,371; Sony Electronics, Display Device, On-Site Leased Workers
of Staffmark and Remedy, San Diego, CA.
I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued
during the month of May 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 9, 2006.
Erica R. Cantor,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-9906 Filed 6-21-06; 8:45 am]
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