[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22730-22732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9842]
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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
April 4, 2011 through April 8, 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 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
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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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74,976............... Armstrong World Industries, Armstrong Beaver Falls, PA.... December 7, 2009.
Building Products Division, Including An On-
Site Contractor.
75,081............... Crawford Furniture Manufacturing Corporation. Jamestown, NY....... January 7, 2010.
75,092............... Jacobson Hat Company, Inc.................... Scranton, PA........ January 7, 2010.
75,093............... Yakama Forest Products, The Tribes of the White Swan, WA...... January 12, 2010.
Yakama Nation-Tribal Enterprise.
75,143............... Alliance Group Technologies Company Kokomo, Peru, IN............ January 26, 2010.
Inc.
75,194............... Weyerhaeuser NR Company, Ilevel Zwolle Veneer Zwolle, LA.......... February 7, 2010.
Division.
75,195............... Ilevel By Weyerhaeuser, Human Resources Albany, OR.......... February 7, 2010.
Division.
75,195A.............. Ilevel By Weyerhaeuser, Human Resources Idabel, OK.......... February 7, 2010.
Division.
75,195B.............. Ilevel By Weyerhaeuser, Human Resources Cosmopolis, WA...... February 7, 2010.
Division.
75,195C.............. Ilevel By Weyerhaeuser, Human Resources Federal Way, WA..... February 7, 2010.
Division.
75,204............... ArcelorMittal Laplace, LLC, Leased Workers Harriman, TN........ February 9, 2010.
G&A Environmental Contractors, Inc. and
Dynamic Security.
75,252............... The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, North Union City, TN...... February 10, 2010.
American Tire.
75,252A.............. Leased Workers from The Hamilton-Ryker Group, Union City, TN...... February 10, 2010.
LLC; Securitas, etc., Working On-Site at the
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
75,254............... Cima Labs, Manufacturing Operations, Cephalon Eden Prairie, MN.... February 11, 2010.
Inc., Leased Workers Aerotek Science, etc.
75,267............... AK Steel Corporation, Ashland Works Coke Ashland, KY......... February 11, 2011.
Plant.
75,307............... BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Laundry New Bern, NC........ February 14, 2010.
Factory, Tesi Staffing and Employee
Screening 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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74,723............... Oracle America, Inc., Oracle Corporation, Broomfield, CO...... October 8, 2009.
Order-to-Cash Strategy and Operations
Division.
74,954............... VCustomer Corporation, Including Tele-Workers Kirkland, WA........ November 30, 2009.
Reporting to Kirkland, Washington.
75,023............... Chrysler Group, LLC, Power Train Div., Mack Detroit, MI......... December 5, 2010.
Avenue Engine Plant 1, Caravan
Knight.
75,036............... Panasonic Corporation of North America, Rolling Meadows, IL. November 22, 2009.
Business Operations Group.
75,096............... Hilton Worldwide, Memphis Operations, Brands Memphis, TN......... January 12, 2010.
& Commercial Services Divisions, etc.
75,096A.............. Hilton Worldwide, Brands & Commercial Mclean, VA.......... January 12, 2010.
Services Divisions, etc.
75,096B.............. Hilton Worldwide, Brands & Commercial Addison, TX......... January 12, 2010.
Services Divisions, etc.
75,169............... Elkay Manufacturing.......................... Ogden, UT........... February 1, 2010.
75,224............... Tetra Pak Gable Top Systems, Inc., A Minneapolis, MN..... December 11, 2010.
Subsidiary of Tetra Pak, Inc.
75,253............... Hewlett Packard Company, CASS Volume Omaha, NE........... February 11, 2010.
Operations Division.
75,256............... Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc.............. New Lexington, OH... February 2, 2010.
75,276............... Associated Tube USA, Leased Workers from Elizabethtown, KY... February 14, 2010.
Manpower and Advance Staffing.
75,286............... Moulton Logistics Management, Call Center Van Nuys, CA........ February 11, 2010.
Services, Select Staffing, Accountabilities
& Barrington.
75,303............... Gildan USA, Inc., Retail Sales Div., Off-Site Charleston, SC...... February 14, 2010.
Workers Reporting to Charleston, SC from KY.
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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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75,218............... International Automotive Components, North Lebanon, PA......... February 9, 2010.
America, Personnel and CJR Solutions D/B/A
Harvard Resources Solutions.
75,243............... Ansley, Inc., Including Off-Site Workers in Bonners Ferry, ID... February 10, 2010.
Idaho and Washington.
75,263............... Macsteel Service Centers USA, Inc., Eastern Liverpool, NY....... February 11, 2010.
Division.
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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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75,042............... Allied Systems, Ltd, AKA Allied Automotive Janesville, WI...... December 15, 2009.
Group, Allied Systems Holding.
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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 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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74,898............... Fry Communications, Inc., Heat Set Press Mechanicsburg, PA...
Department.
74,905............... International Union UAW Local 735, Working on Ypsilanti, MI.......
Site at General Motors Willow Run
Powertrain, etc.
75,020............... John Hancock Life Insurance Company (USA), Milwaukee, WI.......
Long Term Care Division.
75,041............... Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems & Sensors, Eagan, MN...........
Leased Workers DCR and Caribou Thunder.
75,214............... Foodswing, Inc............................... Cambridge, MD.......
75,221............... World Color (USA), LLC, World Color (USA) Lebanon, OH.........
Corp., Quad Graphics, Inc., Leased Premium
Personnel, etc.
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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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74,982............... vCustomer Corporation........................ Kirkland, WA........
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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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75,279............... Hewlett Packard Company, Enterprise Storage Roseville, CA.......
and Networks, Supply Chain Division.
75,289............... American Food and Vending, Working On-Site at Union City, TN......
Goodyear Tire.
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I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued
during the period of April 4, 2011 through April 8, 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: April 13, 2011.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011-9842 Filed 4-21-11; 8:45 am]
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