[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59551-59553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24116]



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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 and 
September, 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-41,601C & D; Dimon, Inc., Manufacturing Plant, Greenville, NC and 
Manufacturing Plant, Kinston, NC
TA-W-41,681; Farley's and Sather's Candy Co., Pittston, PA
TA-W-41,692; SMS Sutton, Div. Of SMS Eumuco, Bellefonte, PA
TA-W-41,797; Lewiston Shoe Machinery, Lewiston, ME
TA-W-41,798; GNB Industrial Power, A Subsidiary of Exide Technologies, 
Kankakee, IL
TA-W-41,808; Newcore, Inc., Technologies Plant, Troy, MI: All workers 
engaged in the production of bearing caps are denied eligibility to 
apply for trade adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade 
Act of 1974.
TA-W-41,802; U.S. Conec, Ltd, Hickory, NC: All workers engaged in the 
production of fiber optic automated polishing machines are denied 
eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance under Section 223 
of the Trade Act of 1974.
TA-W-41,152 & A, B; Haworth, Inc., Holland, MI, Douglas, MI and 
Allegan, MI: All workers engaged in the production of steel Files are 
denied eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance under 
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
TA-W-41,776; The Worthington Steel Co., Malvern, PA
TA-W-41,563; Clariant Corp., Oak Creek, WI
TA-W-41,799; General Electric Industrial Systems, Salem, VA
TA-W-41,793; General Cable Corp., Sanger, CA

    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-41,673; Nichiren Coupler TEC USA, El Paso, TX
TA-W-41,803; Copeland Corp., Ava, MO
TA-W-41,749; The Hahn Equipment Co., A Subsidiary of The Toro Co., 
Evansville, IN
TA-W-41,861; U.S. Precision Glass, Lewisburg, OH
TA-W-41,849; Neoplan USA Corp., Brownsville, TX
TA-W-41,811; Clark Alabama, Inc., Pell City, AL

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

TA-W-41,790; Fleetwood Homes of Lumberton, Lumberton, NC
TA-W-41,738; Customer Satisfaction First, Wilkes-Barre, PA
TA-W-41,843; Workers of Guardsmark, Owensboro KY Employed at Sumitomo 
Electric Wiring, Morgantown, KY
TA-W-41,813 & A; Startek, Laramie, WY and Grand Junction, CO
TA-W-41,711; A.O. Smith Corp., A.O. Smith Electrical Products, Inc., 
McMinnville, TN
TA-W-41,687; Next Day Apparel, A Div. Of Oxford Industries, Inc., 
Walhalla, SC

    The investigation revealed that criteria (1) has not been met. A 
significant number or proportion of the workers did not become totally 
or partially separated from employment as required for certification.

TA-W-41,865; Twinpack Packaging, Inc., Also Known as Amcor Specialty 
Packaging, A Subdivision of Amcor, Ltd, Newport News, VA

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

TA-W-41,721; Collins & Aikman Corp., Marshall Plant/Carpets and 
Acoustics Div., Marshall, MI
TA-W-41,801; Bard Endoscopic Technologies, A Subsidiary of C.R. Bard, 
Inc., Mentor, 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-41,705; Cooper Crouse-Hinds, Commercial Products Div., A Div. Of 
Cooper Industries, Roanoke, VA: June 3, 2001.
TA-W-41,702; Farmland Industries, Inc., Pollock Louisiana Nitrogen 
Plant, Pollock, LA: May 14, 2001.
TA-W-41,691; Montgomery Production, Inc., A Subsidiary of Unilever PLC/
Unilever NV, Including Leased Workers of Staffing Network LLC, 
Montgomery, IL: June 11, 2001.
TA-W-41,671; West Penn Hat and Cap Corp., Creighton, PA: May 14, 2001.
TA-W-41,668; Visiontek, LLC, Gurnee, IL: May 8, 2001.
TA-W-41,601; Dimon, Inc., Manufacturing Plant, Danville, VA, A; 
Corporate Offices, Danville, VA, B; Manufacturing Plant, Farmville, NC 
May 23, 2001.
TA-W-41,065; Wabash National Corp., Wabash National, LP, Huntsville, 
TN: February 14, 2001.
TA-W-41,742; Komatsu America Corp., Peoria, IL: June 12, 2001.
TA-W-41,729; The Sirena Apparel Group, Inc., Los Angeles, CA: May 29, 
2001.
TA-W-41,719; State of The Art, Inc., State College, PA: June 14, 2001.
TA-W-41,707; Jarvis East, A Subdivision of Standex International Corp., 
Palmer, MA: May 31, 2001.
TA-W-41,812; A.O. Smith Electrical Products Co., Monticello, IN: June 
24, 2001.
TA-W-41,784; Doutt Tool, Inc., Venango, PA: June 19, 2001.
TA-W-41,782; Brach's Confections, Inc., Chicago, IL: June 4, 2001.
TA-W-41,780; Motorola, Inc., Plantation, FL: April 18, 2001.

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TA-W-41,773; Degussa Corp./BASF Performance Copolymers, LLC, Theodore, 
AL: June 14, 2001.
TA-W-41,764; Corning Frequency Control, A Subdivision of Corning, Inc., 
Mercersburg, PA: June 10, 2001.
TA-W-41,761; Glen Oaks Industries, Marietta Sportswear Manufacturing 
Co., Inc., Dallas, TX: June 13, 2001.
TA-W-41,755; Dale Hollow Apparel, Byrdstown, TN: June 7, 2001.
TA-W-41,860; Oki Data Americas, Inc., A Subsidiary of Oki Data Corp., A 
Subsidiary of Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd, Mount Laurel, NJ: July 
15, 2001.
TA-W-41,835; Premier Turbines, A Subsidiary of Sabreliner Corp., 
Neosho, MO: June 25, 2001.
TA-W-41,834; Munsey Products, Inc., Little Rock, AR: June 19, 2001.
TA-W-41,833; Metso Automation USA, Inc., Formerly Known as Neles 
Automation, Field Systems Div., Shrewsbury, MA: February 1, 2002.
TA-W-41,828; Eagle-Picher Technologies, LLC, Electro-Optical Materials 
Department (EP-EOM), Quapaw, OK: June 21, 2001.
TA-W-41,825; Voith Paper, Inc., A Subsidiary of J.M. Voith AG, 
Appleton, WI: June 19, 2001.
TA-W-41,824; Spectel/Multilink, Inc., A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of 
Spectel Ltd, Andover, MA: June 17, 2001.
TA-W-41,821; Midwest Metallurgical Lab, Div. Of Detroit Stoker Co., 
Marshall, MI: April 2, 2001.
TA-W-41,815 & A; Saunders Mfg, Co., Inc., Readfield, ME and Meridian, 
MS: July 1, 2001.
TA-W-41,808; Newcore, Inc., Technologies Plant, Troy, MI: All workers 
engaged in employment related to the production of oil pump 
transmission shafts who became separated from employment on or after 
June 24, 2001.
TA-W-41,806; Bethel Furniture Stock, Inc., Bethel, ME: June 20, 2001.
TA-W-41,805; Schneider Automation, Inc., North Andover, MA: July 1, 
2001.
TA-W-41,804; Premier Turbines, A Subsidiary of Sabreliner Corp., 
Independence, KS: June 24, 2001.
TA-W-41,800 & A; Lightening Metal Specialties, d/b/a/ Flextronics, 
Enclousure Systems Div., 1431 FM 101, New Braunfels, TX and 710 FM 306, 
New Braunfels, TX: June 18, 2001.
TA-W-41,775; Hussey Copper, Ltd, Leetsdale, PA: March 21, 2001.
TA-W-41,766; Crucible Specialty Metals, Syracuse, NY: June 14, 2001.
TA-W-41,750; D and L Tool, Inc., Meadville, PA: June 11, 2001.
TA-W-41,743; Alfa Laval (Tri-Clover), Kenosha, WI: June 1, 2001.
TA-W-41,616; Kennametal, Inc., Greenfield Industrial Products Group, 
Lyndonville, VT: May 14, 2001.
TA-W-41,509; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Microelectronics Div., Rohnert 
Park, CA: April 19, 2001.
TA-W-41,277; Cooper Crouse-Hinds, A Div. Of Cooper Industries, Inc., 
Syracuse, NY: March 1, 2001.
TA-W-40,570; ATD Corp., Vienna, OH: November 10, 2000.
TA-W-41,802; U.S. Conec, Ltd, Hickory, NC: All workers engaged in the 
production of optical circuits, buses, subassemblies and optical 
ferrules who became separated from employment on or after June 17, 
2001.
TA-W-41,152; Haworth, Inc., Holland, MI: All workers engaged in the 
production of wood office furniture who became separated from 
employment on or after January 15, 2001.

    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 and September, 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-06159; EAG Electronics Corp., Fairview, PA
NAFTA-TAA-06214; Farley's and Sather's Candy Co., Pittston, PA
NAFTA-TAA-06252; Nichirin Coupler TEC USA, Inc., El Paso, TX
NAFTA-TAA-06401; Volant Ski Co., LLC, Also Known as Volant Sports, LLC, 
Wheat Ridge, CO
NAFTA-TAA-06417; Gate City Printing Co., Inc., Greensboro, NC
NAFTA-TAA-06352; Aerus, LLC, Formerly Electrolux, LLC, Piney Flats, TN
NAFTA-TAA-06191; Deere and Co., Construction and Forestry Div., John 
Deere Commercial Worksite Products, Loudon, TN: All workers engaged in 
the production of upper-links for skid steer loaders are denied 
eligibility to apply of NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of the Trade Act of 
1974.
NAFTA-TAA-06308; Santiam Forest Products, Sweet Home, OR
NAFTA-TAA-06360; Neoplan USA Corp., Brownsville, TX
NAFTA-TAA-06182; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Microelectronics Div., 
Rohnert Park, CA
NAFTA-TAA-06346; National Textiles, LLC Gaffney, SC
NAFTA-TAA-06384; Southern Transformer Co., East Point, GA
NAFTA-TAA-06347; Midwest Metallurgical Lab, Div. Of Detroit Stoker Co., 
Marshall MI
NAFTA-TAA-06394; General Cable Corp., Sanger, CA

    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-06443; Tellabs Operations, Inc., Burlington, MA
NAFTA-TAA-06245; Next Day Apparel, A Div. Of Oxford Industries, Inc., 
Walhalla, SC

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    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-06221; Collins and Aikman Corp., Marshall Plant/Carpets and 
Acoustics Div., Marshall, MI

    The investigation revealed that criteria (1) has not been met. A 
significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm 
or an appropriate subdivision (including workers in any agricultural 
firm or appropriate subdivision thereof) did not become totally or 
partially separated from employment as required for certification.

NAFTA-TAA-06407; Twinpack Packaging, Inc., Also Known As Amcor 
Specialty Packaging, A Subdivision of Amcore, Ltd, Newport News, VA

Affirmative Determinations NAFTA-TAA

NAFTA-TAA-06191; Deere and Company, Construction and Forestry Div., 
John Deere Commercial Worksite Products, Loudon, TN: All workers 
engaged in the production of skid steer bucket attachments who became 
separated from employment on or after May 3, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06386; Nova Bus, Div. Of Provost Car (US), Schenectady, NY: 
July 11, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06363; Corning Frequency Control, A Subdivision of Corning, 
Inc, Mercersburg, PA: June 10, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06349; John Deere Vehicle Group, Inc., Worldwide Commercial 
and Consumer Equipment Div., Williamsburg, VA: July 3, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06343; Doutt Tool, Inc., Vanango, PA: June 19, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06327; A.O. Smith Electrical Products Co., Monticello, IN: 
June 24, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06305; Montgomery Production, Inc., A Subsidiary of Unilever 
PLC/Unilever NVm Including Leased Workers of Staffing Network LLC, 
Montgomery, IL: June 8, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06257; Associated Garments LLP, Miami, FL: May 5, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-05932; ADC Telecommunications, Le Sueur, MN: March 7, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06416; Norscan, Inc., Conover, NC: Juy 22, 2001.
NAFT-TAA-06409; Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Test and Assembly Div., 
Haverhill, MA: July 12, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06079; Sterling Fluid Systems (USA), Inc., Process Metals 
Foundry, White Pigeon, MI: April 8, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06323; Metso Automation USA, Inc., Formerly Known as Neles 
Automation, Field Systems Div., Shrewsbury, MA: June 17, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06362; D and L Tool, Inc., Meadville, PA: June 11, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06412; U.S. Precision Glass, Lewisburg, OH: June 28, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06456; Bard Endoscopic Technologies, A Subsidiary of C.R. 
Bard, Inc., Mentor, OH: July 17, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06091; Cooper Crouse-Hinds, A Div. Of Cooper Industries, 
Inc., Syracuse, NY: August 24, 2000.
NAFTA-TAA-06302 & A; Lightening Metals Specialties, d/b/a Flextronics, 
Enclosure Systems Div., 1431 FM 101, New Braunfels, TX and 710 FM 306, 
New Braunfels, TX: June 19, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06331; Premier Turbines, A Subsidiary of Sabreliner Corp., 
Independence, KS: June 24, 2001.
NAFTA-TAA-06311; Premier Turbines, A Subsidiary of Sabreliner Corp., 
Neosho, MO: June 26, 2001
NAFTA-TAA-06301; BR Holdings, Ltd, Racine Steel Castings Div., Racine, 
WI: June 14, 2001.

    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued 
during the months of August and September, 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: September 6, 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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