[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67771-67774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27756]
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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
October 12, 2010 through October 15, 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 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. 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
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(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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73,760..................... Propex Operating Bainbridge, GA....... March 19, 2009.
Company, LLC, Propex,
Inc., Carpet Backing,
Leased Workers from
Advantage Staffing.
73,811..................... Schrupp Industries, Parker, PA........... March 26, 2009.
Inc.
73,935..................... Pratt-Read Corporation Shelton, CT.......... April 15, 2009.
74,482..................... Airolite, LLC, Marietta, OH......... July 9, 2009.
Greenheck Fan
Corporation.
74,568..................... Cardone Industries, Philadelphia, PA..... August 17, 2009.
Plant 20.
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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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73,347..................... Summit Polymers, Inc., Portage, MI.......... January 22, 2009.
Technical Center.
74,068..................... Redbox Automated Downers Grove, IL.... May 10, 2009.
Retail, LLC,
Coinstar, Inc.,
Leased Workers from
LaSalle Network.
74,225..................... Efficient Technology, Redondo Beach, CA.... June 9, 2009.
Inc..
74,247..................... Trinity Containers, Quincy, IL........... June 2, 2009.
LLC.
74,253..................... International Business Phoenix, AZ.......... June 3, 2009.
Machines (IBM),
Global Tech., Unix
System, Support
Disney, Teleworker.
74,253A.................... International Business Costa Mesa and El June 3, 2009.
Machines (IBM), Segundo, CA.
Global Tech., Unix
System, Support
Disney, Teleworker.
74,253B.................... International Business Atlanta, GA.......... June 3, 2009.
Machines (IBM),
Global Tech., Unix
System, Support
Disney, Teleworker.
74,253C.................... International Business Lenexa, KS........... June 3, 2009.
Machines (IBM),
Global Tech., Unix
System, Support
Disney, Teleworker.
74,253D.................... International Business Louisville, KY....... June 3, 2009.
Machines (IBM),
Global Tech., Unix
System, Support
Disney, Teleworker.
74,253E.................... International Business Minneapolis, MN...... June 3, 2009.
Machines (IBM),
Global Tech., Unix
System, Support
Disney, Teleworker.
74,253F.................... International Business Omaha, NE............ June 3, 2009.
Machines (IBM),
Global Tech., Unix
System, Support
Disney, Teleworker.
74,253G.................... International Business Bedford, NH.......... June 3, 2009.
Machines (IBM),
Global Tech., Unix
System, Support
Disney, Teleworker.
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74,253H.................... International Business Englewood Cliffs, NJ. June 3, 2009.
Machines (IBM),
Global Tech., Unix
System, Support
Disney, Teleworker.
74,452..................... Leisure Arts, Inc., Little Rock, AR...... July 30, 2009.
Liberty Media,
Publishing Division,
Leased Workers from
Express Employment.
74,578..................... Solon Manufacturing Rhinelander, WI...... July 4, 2010.
Company.
74,578A.................... A/P Staffing and Rhinelander, WI...... August 30, 2009.
Employment Options,
Working at Solon
Manufacturing Company.
74,589..................... Rexam Closure, Closure Constantine, MI...... August 27, 2009.
Division, Leased
Workers from Perry
Personnel Plus, Inc.
& Adecco.
74,636..................... Deluxe Laboratories, Hollywood, CA........ September 15, 2009.
Inc., Deluxe
Entertainment
Services Group, Inc.,
Adecco, etc.
74,643..................... Disetronic Sterile Portsmouth, NH....... September 16, 2009.
Products, Inc., Roche
Diagnostics
Operations, Inc.,
Seaside Assoc. &
Adecco.
74,645..................... Panasonic Mount Laurel, NJ..... September 17, 2009.
Semiconductor
Development Center,
Panasonic Corporation
of North America.
74,680..................... Stanley Black and East Greenwich, RI... September 8, 2009.
Decker, Formerly
Stanley Bostitich/
CDIY Division.
74,707..................... EBI Holdings, LLC, D/B/ Parsippany, NJ....... October 7, 2009.
A Biomet Spine,
Trauma,
Osteobiologics and
Bracing/Biomet, Inc.
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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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73,515..................... Miniature Precision Prairie Du Chien, WI. January 15, 2009.
Components.
74,618..................... Young's Furniture Whitesburg, TN....... September 9, 2009.
Manufacturing
Company, Inc..
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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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74,371..................... Hewitt Associates, New Britain, CT. ....................................
LLC, Point Solutions
Absence Management
Division.
74,587..................... The Ripley Group, Inc. Los Angeles, CA......
74,687..................... Burns Industrial Group Hinckley, OH.........
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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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73,091..................... Basic Aluminum Cleveland, OH. ....................................
Castings Co. (The).
73,433..................... Moog Components Group. Blacksburg, VA....... ....................................
73,684..................... Graphic Packaging Lawrenceburg, TN..... ....................................
International, Inc.,
Consumer Products
Division.
73,693..................... Sony Ericsson Mobile Research Triangle ....................................
Communications (USA), Park, NC.
Inc., North America
Region.
73,697..................... Federal Coach, LLC, Fort Smith, AR....... ....................................
J.B. Poindexter &
Co., On-Site Leased
Workers from Snelling
Personnel.
73,783..................... Scot Industries, Inc.. Lonestar, TX......... ....................................
73,856..................... Accent Marketing Monroe, LA........... ....................................
Services, LLC, MDC
Partners, Inc..
74,032..................... Biolab, A Chemtura Ashley, IN........... ....................................
Company, Chemtura
Corporation.
74,066..................... Ceva Logistics........ Plainfield, IN....... ....................................
74,244..................... John Hancock Life Boston, MA........... ....................................
Insurance (U.S.A.),
Investment Division,
The Manulife
Financial Corporation.
74,276..................... MedUS Services, LLC, Endicott, NY......... ....................................
HealthNow New York
Inc.
74,566..................... Bob Evans Farms, Inc. Galva, IL............ ....................................
an Ohio Corporation,
Bob Evans Farms,
Inc., a Delaware
Corporation.
74,646..................... American Municipal Marietta, OH......... ....................................
Power.
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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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74,520............................ Automation Fort Smith, AR ..............................
Engineering.
74,521............................ Johnson Material Hackett, AR ..............................
Handling.
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The following determinations terminating investigations were issued
because the petitions are the subject of ongoing investigations under
petitions filed earlier covering the same petitioners.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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74,268............................ The Peltier Glass Ottawa, IL ..............................
Company, Crossville,
Inc.
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I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued
during the period of October 12, 2010 through October 15, 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 website at http://www.doleta.gov/tradeact under the searchable listing of determinations.
Dated: October 22, 2010.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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