[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57452-57454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22966]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for 
Worker Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA Transitional Adjustment 
Assistance

    In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended, the Department of Labor herein presents summaries of 
determinations regarding eligibility to apply for trade adjustment 
assistance for workers (TA-W) issued during the period of August, 2002.
    In order for an affirmative determination to be made and a 
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance 
to be issued, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 
of the Act must be met.
    (1) That a significant number or proportion of the workers in the 
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof, have become 
totally or partially separated,
    (2) That sales or production, or both, of the firm or sub-division 
have decreased absolutely, and
    (3) That increases of imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with articles produced by the firm or appropriate 
subdivision have contributed importantly to the separations, or threat 
thereof, and to the absolute decline in sales or production.

Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance

    In each of the following cases the investigation revealed that 
criterion (3) has not been met. A survey of customers indicated that 
increased imports did not contribute importantly to worker separations 
at the firm.

TA-W-41,040; Chambersburg Engineering Co., Chambersburg, PA
TA-W-41,403; Tyco Electronics Corp., Lickdale Plant, Jonestown, PA
TA-W-41,555; Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc., Healy, AK
TA-W-41,604; Benchmark electronics (AVEX), Pulaski, TN
TA-W-41,536; Solectron Texas, Inc., A Subsidiary of Solectron Corp., 
Austin, TX
TA-W-41,602; Diversified Tool Corp., Cambridge Springs, PA

    In the following cases, the investigation revealed that the 
criteria for eligibility have not been met for the reasons specified.
    Increased imports did not contribute importantly to worker 
separations at the firm.

TA-W-41,603; Tredegar Film Products, A Division of Tredegar Corp, 
Tacoma, WA
TA-W-41,653; La-Z-Boy East, Florence, SC
TA-W-41,619; UBE Automotive North America Mason Plant, Inc., Mason, OH
TA-W-41,432; Lucent Technologies, OFS Fitel, Sturbridge, MA
TA-W-41,683; International Comfort Products Corp (USA), Lewisburg, TN
TA-W-41,607; Deer and Co Construction and Forestry Div., John Deere 
Commercial Worksite Products, Loudon, TN

    The workers firm does not produce an article as required for 
certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.

TA-W-41,737; Severn Trent Services, Inc., Environmental Service Group, 
Fieldale, VA
TA-W-41,693; Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Great 
Lakes Transportation, LLC, Duluth, MN
TA-W-41,518; United Electric Co., Virginia, MN
TA-W-41,634; Ansell Protective Products A Subsidiary of Ansell 
Healthcare Int'l Science and Technology Dept, Coshocton, OH
TA-W-41,626; Sitel Corp., Longview, TS

    The investigation revealed that criteria (2) has not been met. 
Sales of production did not decline during the relevant period as 
required for certification.

TA-W-41,969; New River Energetics Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Radford, 
VA

    The investigation revealed that criteria (2) and criteria (3) have 
not been met. Sales of production did not decline during the relevant 
period as required for certification.

TA-W-41,704; LTV Tubular Product Co., Marion, OH

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.

TA-W-41,499; Sanford, North America, LP, Newell Rubbermaid Corp., Santa 
Monica, CA: April 18, 2001.
TA-W-41,417; Flexprint, A Subsidiary of Flexpaq, Moorestown, NJ: March 
29, 2001.
TA-W-41,390; Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corp., a/k/a Sumco USA, Salem, 
OR: March 16, 2001.
TA-W-41,552; Southtech, Inc., Tappahannock, VA: April 29, 2001.
TA-W-41,612; J.R. Simplot Co., Food Group, Heyburn, ID: May 9, 2001.
TA-W-41,690; Peterson-Kruse, Inc., Rockford, IL: June 4, 2001.
TA-W-41,697; Silver Furniture Manufacturing Co., Inc., A Wholly Owned 
Subsidiary of Silver Furniture Co., Inc., A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of 
Chromcraft Revington Co., Inc., Knoxville, TN: June 6, 2001.
TA-W-41,698; Volant Ski Co., LLC, a/k/a Volant Sports, LLC, Wheat 
Ridge, CO: June 24, 2001.
TA-W-41,685; Dana Corp., Coupled Products Div., Columbia City, IN: June 
10, 2001.
TA-W-41,689; Volunteer Knit Apparel, Inc., Rutledge, TN: June 11, 2001.
TA-W-41,675; Great Lakes Chemical Corp., Newport, TN: May 18, 2001.
TA-W-41,679; Newsouth Apparel, LLC, Brewton, AL: June 7, 2001.
TA-W-41,682; Canon Business Machines, Inc., A Subsidiary of Canon 
U.S.A., Inc., & Canon, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA: May 14, 2001.
TA-W-41,649; Calumet Steel Co., Chicago Heights, IL: May 24, 2001.
TA-W-41,659; Louisiana Uniform Industries, A Subsidiary of Superior 
Uniform Group, Inc., Delhi, LA: May 17, 2001

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TA-W-41,662; Cerro Copper Products, Sauget, IL: May 7, 2001.
TA-W-41,620; Atofina Chemicals, Inc., Wichita, KS: May 13, 2001.
TA-W-41,627; Moltrup Steel Products Co., Beaver Falls, PA: May 17, 
2001.
TA-W-41,629; Standard Steel Burnham, PA: May 22, 2001.
TA-W-40,895; Oshio Oregon, Inc., Newberg, OR: October 22, 2000.
TA-W-41,269; Victoria Vogue, Inc., Bethlehem, PA: March 7, 2001.
TA-W-41,334; Metaldyne Corp., Formerly Known as Simpson Industries, 
Inc., Troy, OH: December 8, 2001.
TA-W-41,469; Telect, Liberty Lake, WA: April 16, 2001.
TA-W-41,520; U.S. Manufacturing Co., Pasadena, CA: April 4, 2001.
TA-W-41,524; American Candy Co., Lebanon, TN: October 31, 2000.
TA-W-41,670; Burlington House, Burlington House Div. Office, 
Greensboro, NC and A; Graham Plant, Graham, NC, B; Pioneer Plant, 
Burlington, NC, C; Williamsburg Plant, Matkins, NC, D; Sheffield Plant, 
Rocky Mount, NC, E; Burlington House Div. Manufacturing Offices, 
Burlington, NC, F; Burlington Consumer Products Div., Reidsville, NC, 
G; Reidsville Drapery Plant, Reidsville, NC: May 22, 2001. and H; 
Stokesdale Plant, Stokesdale, NC: October 13, 2002.

    Also, pursuant to Title V of the North American Free Trade 
Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103-182) concerning transitional 
adjustment assistance hereinafter called (NAFTA-TAA) and in accordance 
with Section 250(a), Subchaper D, Chapter 2, Title II, of the Trade Act 
as amended, the Department of Labor presents summaries of 
determinations regarding eligibility to apply for NAFTA-TAA issued 
during the months of August, 2002.
    In order for an affirmative determination to be made and a 
certification of eligibility to apply for NAFTA-TAA the following group 
eligibility requirements of Section 250 of the Trade Act must be met:
    (1) That a significant number or proportion of the workers in the 
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof, (including 
workers in any agricultural firm or appropriate subdivision thereof) 
have become totally or partially separated from employment and either--
    (2) That sales or production, or both, of such firm or subdivision 
have decreased absolutely,
    (3) That imports from Mexico or Canada of articles like or directly 
competitive with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have 
increased, and that the increases imports contributed importantly to 
such workers' separations or threat of separation and to the decline in 
sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or
    (4) That there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm 
or subdivision to Mexico or Canada of articles like or directly 
competitive with articles which are produced by the firm or 
subdivision.

Negative Determinations NAFTA-TAA

    In each of the following cases the investigation revealed that 
criteria (3) and (4) were not met. Imports from Canada or Mexico did 
not contribute importantly to workers' separations. There was no shift 
in production from the subject firm to Canada or Mexico during the 
relevant period.

NAFTA-TAA-06060; Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corp., a/k/a Sumco USA, 
Salem, OR
NAFTA-TAA-06133; Dekko Engineering, Manitowoc, WI
NAFTA-TAA-06144; Monona Wire Corp., Edgewood Plant, Edgewood, IA
NAFTA-TAA-06155; Tyco Electronics Corp., Lickdale Plant, Jonestown, PA
NAFTA-TAA-06213; Diversified Tool Corp., Cambridge Springs, PA
NAFTA-TAA-05464; Harvard Industries, Inc., Jackson, MI
NAFTA-TAA-06075; Lockheed Martin, Distribution Technologies, Inc., 
Tulsa, OK
NAFTA-TAA-06162; Ponderosa Pulp Products, Oshkosh, WI
NAFTA-TAA-06203; Specialty Minerals (Michigan), Inc., SMI-Plainwell 
Div., Plainwell, MI
NAFTA-TAA-06233; Moltrup Steel Products Co., Beaver Falls, PA
NAFTA-TAA-06280; Intermix Distributors, Inc. (d/ba Intermix Foods, El 
Paso, TX
NAFTA-TAA-06281; Agrilink Foods, Pickle Plant, Tacoma, WA
NAFTA-TAA-06287; Olson Technologies, Inc., Allentown, PA
NAFTA-TAA-06318; UBE Automotive North America Mason Plant, Inc., Mason, 
OH
NAFTA-TAA-06326; Schneider Electric/Square D Company, Monroe, NC

    The investigation revealed that the criteria for eligibility have 
not been met for the reasons specified.
    The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm did not 
produce an article within the meaning of Section 250(a) of the Trade 
Act, as amended.

NAFTA-TAA-06368; Penske Truck Leasing, St. Louis Administration Center, 
Chesterfield, MO
NAFTA-TAA-06339; Maxxim Medical, Inc., Asheville NC Div., Asheville, NC
NAFTA-TAA-06296; Great Lakes Fleet, Inc., A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of 
Great Lakes Transportation, LLC, Duluth, MN
NAFTA-TAA-06154; Enterasys Networks, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
NAFTA-TAA-06147; Electronic Data Systems (EDS), Winchester, KY

    The investigation revealed that criteria (2) has not been met. 
Sales or production did not decline during the relevant period as 
required for certification.

NAFTA-TAA-06476; New River Energetics, Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (ATK), 
Radford, VA

Affirmative Determinations NAFTA-TAA

NAFTA-TAA-06130; Corning, Inc., Photonic Technologies/Monroe Photonic 
Park, West Henrietta, NY: November 15, 2000.
NAFTA-TAA-06190; Sanford, North America, LP, Newwell Rubbermaid Corp., 
Santa Monica, CA: April 18, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06215; J.R. Simplot Co., Food Group, Heyburn, ID: May 15, 
2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06316; Andrew Corp., Formerly Micro Pulse, Inc., Wireless 
Products Div., Camarillo, CA: June 18, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06319; General Cable Industries, Inc., Monticello, IL: June 
18, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06328; A.O. Smith, Electrical Products Co., Upper Sandusky, 
OH: April 9, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06180; Jay Manufacturing, Div. Of Sunrise Medical, Inc., 
including Leased Workers of Staffing Solutions and Corestaff, Longmont, 
CO: ``All workers engaged in the production of gel-filled cushions for 
wheelchairs who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after May 13, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06234; Scotty's Fashions of Lehighton, Inc., Lehighton, PA: 
May 25, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06239; Square D Co., Schneider Electric, Oxford, OH: April 
29, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06253; Calumet Steel Co., Chicago Heights, IL: May 24, 2001.

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NAFTA-TAA-06268; Ilsco Corp., Kentucky Connector Corp., Glasgow, KY: 
May 20, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06282; Glen Oaks Industries, Inc., Marietta Sportswear Mfg 
Co., Inc., Dallas, TX: June 13, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06355; Donaldson Co., Inc., Baldwin, WI: July 15, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06236; Burlington House, Burlington House Div. Offices, 
Greensboro, NC, A; Graham Plant, Graham, NC, B; Pioneer Plant, 
Burlington, NC, C: Williamsburg Plant, Matkins, NC, D; Sheffield Plant, 
Rock Mount, NC, E; Burlington House Div. Manufacturing Offices, 
Burlington, NC, F; Burlington Consumer Products Div., Reidsville, NC, 
G; Reidsville Drapery Plant, Reidsville, NC: May 31, 2001 and H; 
Stokesdale Plant, Stokesdale, NC: October 31, 2002.
NAFTA-TAA-06315; Kenworth Truck Co., A Div, of PACCAR, Inc., 
Fabrication Department, Seattle, WA: April 9, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06358; Dana Corp., Coupled Products Div., Columbia City, IN: 
June 6, 2001.
    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued 
during the months of August, 2002. Copies of these determinations are 
available for inspection in Room C-5311, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210 during normal business 
hours or will be mailed to persons who write to the above address.

    Dated: August 28, 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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