[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19468-19471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8239]
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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
March 14, 2011 through March 18, 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
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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
(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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74,929............................. John C. Lincoln Health Phoenix, AZ........... November 6, 2009.
Network, Medical
Transcription Department.
75,118............................. Fairbanks Morse Engine, Beloit, WI............ January 18, 2010.
Enpro Industries.
75,222............................. American Standard America, Salem, OH............. June 20, 2010.
Inc., d/b/a American
Standard Brands; Bath
Lifestyles Division.
75,295............................. Katahdin Paper Company, East Millinocket, ME.. February 14, 2010.
LLC, Leased Workers of
Kelly Services.
75,295A............................ Katahdin Paper Company, Millinocket, ME....... February 14, 2010.
LLC, Leased Workers of
Kelly Services.
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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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74,803............................. Clinicient, Inc., Portland, OR.......... October 28, 2009.
Accounting and Billing
Department; Leased Workers
and Teleworkers; etc.
74,906............................. MOL (America) , Inc........ Long Beach, CA........ November 19, 2009.
75,065............................. Bank of America, N.A., Los Angeles, CA....... January 3, 2010.
Global Trade Div.; Bank of
America Corp.; Leased
Workers and Tele-workers,
etc.
75,085............................. Hyde Tools, Inc., Hyde Southbridge, MA....... January 29, 2010.
Group, Inc., Leased
Workers from Diamond
Staffing.
75,121............................. Maine Industrial Tire, LLC, Gorham, ME............ January 19, 2010.
Workers Wages Reported
under GPX International
Tire Corp; Leased Workers,
etc.
75,148............................. United Parcel Service, Des Moines, IA........ January 28, 2010.
Inc., D/B/A UPS; Des
Moines Billing Site.
75,156............................. Abbott Point of Care....... Princeton, NJ......... January 31, 2010.
75,196............................. PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP, St. Louis, MO......... February 8, 2010.
Internal Firm Services
Division, Client Account
Administrators.
75,230............................. Evergreen Solar, Inc., Devens, MA............ February 10, 2010.
Devens Manufacturing;
Leased Workers Advantage
Technical Resourcing and
Kelly.
75,230A............................ Evergreen Solar, Inc., Marlboro, MA.......... February 10, 2010.
Research and Dev.; Leased
Workers Advantage
Technical Resourcing and
Kelly.
75,230B............................ Evergreen Solar, Inc., Marlboro, MA.......... February 10, 2010.
Corporate HQ; Leased Wkrs
Advantage Technical
Resourcing and Kelly.
75,245............................. Biomerieux, Inc., PPM Wilsonville, OR....... February 11, 2010.
Division, Leased Workers
Adecco, Employment
Services and Kelly
Services.
75,274............................. Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL....... February 14, 2010.
Diagnostics Division,
Leased Workers Advanced
Clinical Services, etc.
75,275............................. Wellpoint, Inc., Cash Woodland Hills, CA.... February 14, 2010.
Applications, WellPoint
Co., BC of CA, Leased
Workers Bender, etc.
75,280............................. YKK Snap Fasteners America Lawrence-............. February 14, 2010.
Inc., Leased Workers from burg, KY..............
Employment Plus and Nesco.
75,282............................. I.C. System, Inc., Transfer Mason City, IA........ February 14, 2010.
Agents.
75,284............................. CGI Technologies and Andover, MA........... February 14, 2010.
Solutions, Inc.,
Processing Services.
75,285............................. VisLink, Inc., VisLink, North Billerica, MA... February 14, 2010.
PLC; Leased Workers from
Bradley Hume, Black
Diamond Networks, etc.
75,285A............................ VisLink, Inc. (PMR), Vista, CA............. February 14, 2010.
VisLink, PLC.
75,300............................. Key Plastics, LLC, Exterior Hartford City, IN..... February 14, 2010.
Division; Leased Workers
from All Star Staffing.
75,309............................. Dallas Group of America, Jefferson-............ February 14, 2010.
Inc.. ville, IN.............
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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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75,259............................... Four Star Plastics..... Richmond, KY........... February 11, 2010.
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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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74,911............................... Emerson Network Power, Bannock-burn, IL.......
Connectivity Solutions
Division.
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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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74,705............................... Moll Industries........ Seagrove, NC........... .......................
74,904............................... Jacobs Engineering Cypress, CA............
Group, Inc., Southern
Region.
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The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs
(b)(2) and (b)(3) (public agency acquisition of services from 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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75,184............................... Maine Military Augusta and Limestone,
Authority, Defense, ME.
Veterans and Emergency
Management 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
in cases where these petitions were not
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filed in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 90.11. Every
petition filed by workers must be signed by at least three individuals
of the petitioning worker group. Petitioners separated more than one
year prior to the date of the petition cannot be covered under a
certification of a petition under Section 223(b), and therefore, may
not be part of a petitioning worker group. For one or more of these
reasons, these petitions were deemed invalid.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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75,250............................... Burner Systems Chattanooga, TN........
International.
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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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75,191............................... Faribo Woolens, Inc.... Faribault, MN..........
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I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued
during the period of March 14, 2011 through March 18, 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: March 29, 2011.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011-8239 Filed 4-6-11; 8:45 am]
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