[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5834-5837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2246]
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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
January 17, 2011 through January 21, 2011.
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
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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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74,161....................... Mestek, Inc.................. Wrens, GA............... May 28, 2009.
74,162....................... Designs Des Carolines........ Morganton, NC........... May 24, 2009.
74,193....................... Mission Valley Cabinet and Poway, CA............... June 1, 2009.
Countertech.
74,202....................... Hubbell Lighting, Inc., HLI Christiansburg, VA...... May 27, 2009.
Division, Hubbell, Inc.
74,206....................... CenterPoint Teleservices, Eliot, ME............... June 4, 2009.
LLC, Leased Workers from
Robert Half Management
Resources, etc.
74,389....................... Domtar Paper Company, Inc., Cerritos, CA............ July 16, 2009.
Accountemps, Manpower.
74,428....................... MH Technologies, LLC......... Mt. Holly Springs, PA... May 19, 2009.
74,565....................... Smead Manufacturing Company.. McGregor, TX............ August 25, 2009.
74,596....................... International Communication Connellsville, PA....... August 31, 2009.
Materials, Inc., Nukote
International, Inc.
74,720....................... Environ Biocomposites Mankato, MN............. October 11, 2009.
Manufacturing, LLC.
74,741....................... Seneca Foods Corporation..... Buhl, ID................ September 10, 2009.
74,760....................... Eagle Industries, LLC........ Bowling Green, KY....... October 15, 2009.
74,766....................... Rocon Manufacturing Rochester, NY........... October 12, 2009.
Corporation.
74,970....................... The Wise Company, Inc., A Piggott, AR............. December 7, 2009.
Subsidiary of D. Canale
Company, Inc.
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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 number Subject firm Location \1\ Impact date
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74,188..................... Siemens IT Solutions and Bellefontaine, OH.... May 21, 2009.
Services, Inc., Client
Support Services (CSS)
Unit, Native Staffing,
etc.
74,633..................... The Estee Lauder Companies Melville, NY......... September 15, 2009.
Inc., Information
Technology Help Desk, ELC
Management LLC and
Sourcewave, Inc.
74,633A.................... Aveda Corporation, A Blaine, MN........... September 15, 2009.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary
of the Estee Lauder
Companies Inc., IT Help
Desk.
74,651..................... Time Insurance Company, Milwaukee, WI........ September 21, 2009.
dba Assurant Health,
Answerport, Inc., etc.
74,651A.................... Time Insurance Company, Plymouth, MN......... September 21, 2009.
DBA Assurant Health,
Manpower.
74,654..................... Plainfield Stamping-- El Paso, TX.......... September 2, 2009.
Texas, Inc., Plainfield
Tool & Engineering, Inc.,
Select Staffing.
74,695..................... Vico Company, Leased Sumter, SC........... October 4, 2009.
Workers from Roper
Personnel Services.
74,701..................... Avaya, Inc., Global Sales, Basking Ridge, NJ.... October 5, 2009.
Nortel Networks,
DiamondWare, etc.
74,851..................... EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA........ November 5, 2009.
Information
Infrastructure Products;
Unified Storage, Off-Site
Workers, etc.
74,874..................... Solo Cup Operating North Andover, MA.... November 8, 2009.
Corporation.
74,875..................... Pitney Bowes, Global Spokane, WA.......... November 10, 2009.
Financial Services Unit,
Purchase Power
Collections.
74,892..................... Stanley Black and Decker, McAllen, TX.......... November 8, 2009.
CDIY Division; Leased
Workers from Manpower.
74,909..................... Heritage Valley Health Moon Township, PA.... November 5, 2009.
System, Pennsylvanian
Medical Transcriptionist,
Work from Home.
74,972..................... CEVA Logistics, U.S., Jacksonville, FL..... December 6, 2009.
Inc., Accountemps,
Randstad Work Solutions,
ICX Group.
75,004..................... Burroughs Payment Systems, Plymouth, MI......... December 14, 2009.
Inc., Including Workers
Whose Wages Were Reported
Under Unisys Corporation.
75,004A.................... Leased Workers from Plymouth, MI......... December 14, 2009.
Pinnacle, Renhill and
Snelling, Working On-Site
at Burroughs Payment
Systems, Inc.
75,019..................... Suss Microtec, Inc., Waterbury Center, VT. December 20, 2009.
Technical Connections,
Inc..
75,032..................... PricewaterhouseCoopers Detroit, MI.......... December 15, 2009.
LLP, Internal Firm
Services.
75,037..................... Hartford Compressors, West Hartford, CT.... December 21, 2009.
Inc., Dunham--Bush
Industries, SDN BHD.
75,064..................... SOPHOS, Inc............... Dublin, OH........... January 3, 2010.
75,068..................... Dana Holding Corporation, Lugoff, SC........... January 3, 2010.
Off Highway Division,
Manpower, Inc.,
Accountemp, Aerotek.
75,074..................... MAHLE Industries, Inc., Franklin, KY......... January 6, 2010.
MAHLE Engine Components
USA, Inc.
75,074A.................... MAHLE Industries, Inc., Muskegon, MI......... January 6, 2010.
MAHLE Engine Components
USA, Inc., Purchasing
Unit.
75,078..................... NGK Spark Plugs (USA), Irvine, CA........... January 10, 2010.
Inc., NGK Spark Plugs
Co., Ltd, Select
Staffing, Express
Employment.
75,084..................... Valley Towing Products, Lodi, CA............. January 11, 2010.
Express Personnel
Services and
Accountabilities.
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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 \1\ Impact date
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74,226..................... Starn Tool and Meadville, PA........ June 7, 2009.
Manufacturing Company.
74,825..................... Mountain City Lumber Roan Mountain, TN.... October 25, 2009.
Company, Roan Sawmill,
Cranberry Hardwoods, Inc.
74,825A.................... Mountain City Lumber Mountain City, TN.... October 25, 2009.
Company, Sawmill,
Cranberry Hardwoods, Inc.
74,825B.................... Mountain City Lumber Mountain City, TN.... October 25, 2009.
Company, Kiln/Millworks,
Cranberry Hardwoods, Inc.
74,926..................... Advance Urethane Dubuque, IA.......... November 30, 2009.
Technologies, Inc., Sleep
Innovation.
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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 \1\ Impact date
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74,323..................... Verizon Business Network Miami, FL............ ................................
Services, Inc., Verizon
Communications, Inc.
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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 \1\ Impact date
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74,070..................... California Redwood Company Eureka, CA........... ................................
74,635..................... Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Wilkesboro, NC....... ................................
Formerly Wachovia
Corporation, Business
Banking Division.
74,856..................... ACS Education Services, Long Beach, CA....... ................................
Inc., Financial Services
Division.
74,943..................... Assurant, Inc., Business Woodbury, MN......... ................................
Enterprise Application
Services Division.
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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 \1\ Impact date
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74,769..................... Goodrich Lighting Systems. Oldsmar, FL.......... ................................
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I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued
during the period of January 17, 2011 through January 21, 2011. 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.
Dated: January 25, 2011.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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