[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 136 (Friday, July 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41524-41528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17383]
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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 by (TA-W) number issued during the period of
June 28, 2010 through July 2, 2010.
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. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the following must be satisfied:
(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2) The sales or production, or both, of such firm have decreased
absolutely; and
(3) One of the following must be satisfied:
(A) Imports of articles or services like or directly competitive
with articles
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produced or services supplied by such firm have increased;
(B) Imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles
into which one or more component parts produced by such firm are
directly incorporated, have increased;
(C) Imports of articles directly incorporating one or more
component parts produced outside the United States that are like or
directly competitive with imports of articles incorporating one or more
component parts produced by such firm have increased;
(D) Imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles
which are produced directly using services supplied by such firm, have
increased; and
(4) The increase in imports contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the decline in the
sales or production of such firm; or
II. Under Section 222(a)(2)(B), all of the following must be
satisfied:
(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2) One of the following must be satisfied:
(A) There has been a shift by the workers' firm to a foreign
country in the production of articles or supply of services like or
directly competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm;
(B) There has been an acquisition from a foreign country by the
workers' firm of articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; and
(3) The shift/acquisition contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely
affected workers in public agencies 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) A significant number or proportion of the workers in the public
agency have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated;
(2) The public agency has acquired from a foreign country services
like or directly competitive with services which are supplied by such
agency; and
(3) The acquisition of services contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely
affected secondary 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(c) of the Act must
be met.
(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2) The workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to a
firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification of
eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, and such supply or
production is related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and
(3) Either--
(A) The workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it
supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least
20 percent of the production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) A loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm described
in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely
affected workers in firms identified by the International Trade
Commission and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply
for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility
requirements of Section 222(f) of the Act must be met.
(1) The workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the
International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in--
(A) An affirmative determination of serious injury or threat
thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) An affirmative determination of market disruption or threat
thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) An affirmative final determination of material injury or threat
thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));
(2) The petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning on the
date on which--
(A) A summary of the report submitted to the President by the
International Trade Commission under section 202(f)(1) with respect to
the affirmative determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is
published in the Federal Register under section 202(f)(3); or
(B) Notice of an affirmative determination described in
subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal Register; and
(3) The workers have become totally or partially separated from the
workers' firm within--
(A) The 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) Notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1-year period preceding
the 1-year period described in paragraph (2).
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.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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73,046..................... QualityLogic, Incorporated. Boise, ID............. December 3, 2008.
73,904..................... ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, Prosser, WA........... April 9, 2009.
Inc., Leased Workers
Manpower and Barrett
Business Services.
73,960..................... 668 Fashion, Inc........... New York, NY.......... April 16, 2009.
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The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services) of the Trade Act
have been met.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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73,025..................... Harkham Industries, Inc., d/ Los Angeles, CA....... December 2, 2008.
b/a/Jonathan Martin.
73,075..................... ABB, Inc., Robotics Auburn Hills, MI...... December 4, 2008.
Division North America,
Beeline Corporation.
73,078..................... HSBC, Consumer Lending Elmhurst, IL.......... November 23, 2008.
Records Department.
73,288..................... Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY......... January 13, 2009.
Organic Light Emitting
Diode Display Business
Division.
73,443..................... Sungard Availability Thornton, CO.......... January 27, 2009.
Services, LP, Including
leased workers of Insight
Global, Harvey Nash and
Intellisource.
73,466..................... Chart Energy and Chemicals, La Crosse, WI......... January 29, 2009.
LA Crosse Division, Chart
Industries, Inc., Express
Employ., etc.
73,542..................... Sanofi-Aventis, LLC, Kansas City, MO....... February 10, 2009.
Industrial Affairs
Division, Pro-
Unlimited@Sanofi-Aventis.
73,595..................... British Telecom America, A El Segundo, CA........ March 1, 2009.
Subsidiary of BT PLC,
including workers from
Manpower and Tech.
73,757..................... Pricewaterhousecoopers, Los Angeles, CA....... March 12, 2009.
LLP, Internal Firm
Services Division, Client
Account Administrators.
73,860..................... Metalsa Structural Pottstown, PA......... April 1, 2009.
Products, Product
Validaton Group, Leased
Workers from Yoh Services.
73,912..................... Amdocs, Inc., Order and New Haven, CT......... April 9, 2009.
Wholesale Solutions Group
of AT&T Managed Services.
73,941..................... Applied Materials, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT.... April 12, 2009.
Leased Workers from Adecco
USA.
73,987..................... Ford Motor Credit Company, Colorado Springs, CO.. April 22, 2009.
LLC, Colorado Springs
Business Center, Leased
Workers MSX International.
73,995..................... Datamatics Global Services, Burlington, MA........ April 16, 2009.
Inc., Data Entry Group,
Datamatics Global
Services, Ltd.
73,996..................... General Electric Motors Owensboro, KY......... April 23, 2009.
Plant, Energy (Motors)
Division.
74,019..................... Choicepoint, A LexisNexis Brea, CA.............. April 26, 2009.
Company, Leased Workers
Global Contract Services
(GCS) etc.
74,064..................... Aviat U.S., Inc., Including San Antonio, TX....... May 7, 2009.
Greene Resources, Inc.
74,088..................... ABB, Inc................... Mount Pleasant, PA.... May 10, 2009.
74,110..................... Microsemi Corporation-- Scottsdale, AZ........ May 17, 2009.
Scottsdale, Microsemi
Corporation, Leased
workers Superior Staffing.
74,117..................... Mark Machine, Division of Fairfield, NJ......... May 18, 2009.
Paragon Medical.
74,126..................... Broadview Networks King of Prussia, PA... May 7, 2009.
Holdings, Inc.
74,149..................... Hartford Financial Services Indianapolis, IN...... April 29, 2009.
Group, Inc., Claims
Department/Auto Commercial
Liability.
74,149A.................... Hartford Financial Services Tampa, FL............. April 29, 2009.
Group, Inc., Claims
Department/Auto Commercial
Liability.
74,217..................... Honeywell International, Phoenix, AZ........... June 7, 2009.
Inc., Aerospace Division,
Inbound Logistics Group.
74,250..................... Charming Shoppes of Bensalem, PA.......... June 15, 2009.
Delaware, Inc., Accounts
Payable, Rent and
Merchandise Disbursement,
Shared Service Center.
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The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
Section 222(c) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible
to apply for TAA) of the Trade Act have been met.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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72,977.......................... Henniges Automotive, a New Haven, MO..... November 2, 2008.
Subsidiary of
Wynnchurch Capital.
73,072.......................... Android Industries Belvidere, IL..... December 9, 2008.
Belvidere, LLC, Leased
Workers from QPs
Employment Group and
Spherion Corporation.
73,345.......................... Inteva Products, LLC, Vandalia, OH...... December 16, 2008.
Leased Workers from
Accretive Solutions,
Acro Services
Corporation.
73,389.......................... Allagash Enterprise, Allagash, ME...... January 3, 2009.
Inc.
73,767.......................... Toyoda Gosei North Troy, MI.......... March 12, 2009.
American Corporation,
Including leased
workers of Aerotek,
Brooksource, LLC, etc.
74,137.......................... SPS Technologies, LLC, Cleveland, OH..... May 24, 2009.
North America
Fasteners Division,
Leased Workers of Area
Temps.
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The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
Section 222(c) (downstream producer for a firm whose workers are
certified eligible to apply for TAA) of the Trade Act have been met.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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72,722........................... ArcelorMittal Tubular Shelby, OH.......... October 22, 2008.
Products, ArcelorMittal.
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73,460........................... Milacron Plastics Batavia, OH......... February 4, 2009.
Technologies Group LLC,
Leased Workers from Viox
Servcies.
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Negative Determinations for Worker 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.
The investigation revealed that the criterion under paragraph
(a)(1), or (b)(1), or (c)(1) (employment decline or threat of
separation) of section 222 has not been met.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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73,948........................... Central Oregon Bend, OR............ ............................
Workensport.
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The investigation revealed that the criteria under
paragraphs(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and (a)(2)(B) (shift in
production or services to a foreign country) of section 222 have not
been met.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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72,088............................. Active USA, LLC, A Division Springfield, OH ......................
of JHT Holdings, Inc.
72,335............................. Husky Injection Molding Milton, VT ......................
Systems, Inc., A
Subsidiary of Husky
Injection Molding Systems,
LTD.
72,812............................. Ford Motor Company, Wayne Wayne, MI ......................
Assembly Plant.
73,048............................. Mohawk Flush Doors, South Bend, IN ......................
Masonite International.
73,093............................. Ruan Transport, Ruan Marshalltown, IA ......................
Transport Management
Systems.
73,240............................. Union Oil of California, Anchorage, AK ......................
Chevron North America,
Exploration and Production.
73,607............................. Armstrong World Industries, Oneida, TN ......................
Inc., Hardwood Strip
Flooring Mill.
73,853............................. Science Applications Naperville, IL ......................
International Corporation,
Commercial Business
Services BU, Working on
Contract for BP
Corporation.
74,049............................. Trans States Airlines LLC, St. Louis, MO ......................
Passenger Service Agents,
Lambert-St. Louis
International Airport.
74,139............................. KDH Defense Systems, Inc... Johnstown, PA ......................
74,221............................. Tri-Tube Inc............... Abingdon, VA ......................
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Determinations Terminating Investigations of Petitions for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
After notice of the petitions was published in the Federal Register
and on the Department's Web site, as required by Section 221 of the Act
(19 U.S.C. 2271), the Department initiated investigations of these
petitions.
The following determinations terminating investigations were issued
because the petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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72,968....................... WC Wood Corporation, Inc..... Ottawa, OH..............
73,602....................... Apria Healthcare............. Jackson, TN.............
74,114....................... Hagemeyer North America...... Hagerstown, MD..........
74,251....................... Almatis, Inc................. Bauxite, AR.............
74,308....................... Progress Software Corporation Bedford, MA.............
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The following determinations terminating investigations were issued
because the petitioning groups of workers are covered by active
certifications. Consequently, further investigation in these cases
would serve no purpose since the petitioning group of workers cannot be
covered by more than one certification at a time.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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74,186....................... General Motors, Warren Warren, MI..............
Technical Center.
74,261....................... Kenco Logistic Services, LLC. Evansville, IN..........
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I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued
during the period of June 28, 2010 through July 2, 2010. Copies of
these determinations may be requested under the Freedom of Information
Act. Requests may be submitted by fax, courier services, or mail to
FOIA Disclosure Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance (ETA),
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20210 or [email protected]. These determinations also are available
on the Department's Web site at http://www.doleta.gov/tradeact under
the searchable listing of determinations.
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Dated: July 8, 2010.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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