[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52227-52228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22287]


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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 (TA-W) issued during the period of 
August 2003.
    In order for an affirmative determination to be made and a 
certification of eligibility to apply for directly-impacted (primary) 
worker adjustment assistance to be issued, each of the group 
eligibility requirements of Section 222(a) of the Act must be met.
    I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
    A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such 
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become 
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or 
partially separated;
    B. The sales or production, or both, of such firm or subdivision 
have decreased absolutely; and
    C. Increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with 
articles produced by such firm or subdivision have contributed 
importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to 
the decline in sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or
    II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:
    A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such 
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become 
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or 
partially separated;
    B. There has been a shift in production by such workers' firm or 
subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or directly 
competitive with articles which are produced by such firm or 
subdivision; and
    C. One of the following must be satisfied:
    1. The country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of 
the articles is a party to a free trade agreement with the United 
States;
    2. The country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of 
the articles to a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference 
Act, African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin 
Economic Recovery Act; or
    3. There has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of 
articles that are like or directly competitive with articles which are 
or were produced by such firm or subdivision.
    Also, in order for an affirmative determination to be made and a 
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance 
as an adversely affected secondary group to be issued, each of the 
group eligibility requirements of section 222(b) of the Act must be 
met.
    (1) Significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' 
firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm have become totally or 
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially 
separated;
    (2) The workers' firm (or subdivision) is a supplier or downstream 
producer to a firm (or subdivision) that employed a group of workers 
who received a certification of eligibility to apply for trade 
adjustment assistance benefits and such supply or production is related 
to the article that was the basis for such certification; and
    (3) Either--(A) The workers' firm is a supplier and the component 
parts it supplied for the firm (or subdivision) described in paragraph 
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of the 
workers' firm; or
    (B) A loss or business by the workers' firm with the firm (or 
subdivision) described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the 
workers' separation or threat of separation.

Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance

    In the following case, the investigation revealed that the criteria 
for eligibility have not been met for the reasons specified.
    The investigation revealed that criterion (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) 
(Increased imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (No shift in production to a 
foreign country) have not been met.

TA-W-51,958; UTI Star Guide, Arvada, CO
TA-W-52,093; Mendocino Forest Products, Fort Bragg, CA
TA-W-52,149; OEC Medical Systems, Inc., d/b/a GE OEC Medical Systems, 
Inc., a subsidiary of The General Electric Co., Warsaw, IN
TA-W-52,215; Cooper B-Line, Portland, OR
TA-W-51,918; Alstom T&D Industries, High Voltage Switchgear Div., 
Charleroi, PA
TA-W-51,995; Occidental Chemical Corp., New Owner--Elementis Chromium 
LP, a subsidiary of Elementis PLC, Castle Hayne, NC
TA-W-52,267; Ken-Bar Manufacturing Co., Baldwin, GA
TA-W-52,292; Manning Lighting, Sheboygan, WI
TA-W-52,297; Intermet, Radford Foundry, Radford, VA
TA-W-52,327; NIBCO, Inc., Central Tooling Services Center, Elkhart, IN
TA-W-51,800; Meridian Automotive Systems, Exterior Composites Div., 
Centralia, IL
TA-W-51,838; Rio Grande Forest Products, Inc., Espanola, NM
TA-W-52,128 & A, B; Control Engineering Co., Pellston, MI, Harbor 
Springs, MI and Boyne City, MI
TA-W-52,171; Read-Rite Corp., Fremont, CA
TA-W-52,293; Hilti North America, a Div. of Hilti Corp., Plant 5, 
Tulsa, OK

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

TA-W-52,003; Menlo Logistics, Inc., d/b/a Menlo Worldwide Logistics, a 
wholly owned subsidiary of Menlo Worldwide, LLC, Edison, NJ
TA-W-52,357; Motorola, Inc., Personal Communications Sector (PCS), 
Libertyville, IL
TA-W-52,255; Solectron Technology, Inc., Charlotte, NC
TA-W-52,403; Jones Equipment, Inc., Missoula, MT
TA-W-51,970; Northwest Airlines, Inc., St. Paul, MN

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TA-W-52,358; JDS Uniphase, Rochester, MN

    The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A) (no 
employment declines) have not been met.
TA-W-52,421; State of Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission 
Permit #S04T64920J, Dillingham, AK
TA-W-52,326; Bojud Knitting Mills, Inc., Amsterdam, NY

    The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A) (I.C) (increased 
imports) and (a)(2)(B) (II.C) (has shifted production to a foreign 
country) have not been met.

TA-W-52,052; Corning Cable Systems, Telecommunications Cable Plant 
(TCP), Hickory, NC

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 
(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) of section 222 have been met.

TA-W-52,117; Johnstown America Corp., Johnstown, PA: June 9, 2002.
TA-W-52,202; Lexel Company, Hutsonville, IL: June 23, 2002.
TA-W-52,274; Thomson, Inc., Circleville Glass Operations, Circleville, 
OH: June 27, 2002.
TA-W-52,336; Consolidated Diesel Co., Whitakers, NC: July 16, 2002.
TA-W-52,349; Terry Apparel, a/k/a Mariana Apparel, Mariana, AR: July 
18, 2002.
TA-W-52,173; Carr Lowrey Glass Co., Baltimore, MD: June 27, 2002.
TA-W-52,332; Aircraft Precision Products, Inc., Ithaca, MI: July 15, 
2002.
TA-W-52,252; Richmond Management, LLC, Talbott, TN: July 3, 2002.
TA-W-52,319; Akron Porcelain and Plastics Co., Inc., Akron, OH: June 
20, 2002.
TA-W-52,340; RST&B Curtain and Drapery, Florence, SC: July 17, 2002.
TA-W-52,431; PFC, Inc., Athens, TN: July 29, 2002.
TA-W-52,465; Moog Aircraft, Salt Lake City, UT: July 31, 2002.
TA-W-52,276; Bureau of Engraving, Inc., Electronics Group, Minneapolis, 
MN: July 10, 2002.
TA-W-52,197; Specialty Mode, Inc., Jacksonville, NC.
TA-W-52,072; Colson Associates, Inc., a div. of Colson Caster Corp., 
Jonesboro, AR: June 16, 2002.

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) of section 222 have been met.

TA-W-52,080; MJJ Brilliant, Inc., New York, NY: June 2, 2002.
TA-W-52,187; General Electric, Industrial Systems/Motors Div., a 
subsidiary of General Electric Co., Jonesboro, AR: June 27, 2002.
TA-W-52,194; Cascades Diamond, Inc., including leased workers of 
Dunhill Staffing Systems, Thorndike, MA: June 24, 2002.
TA-W-52,275; Cordis Corp., Miami Lakes, FL: June 20, 2002.
TA-W-52,300; A.O. Smith, Water Products Co., including leased workers 
of Manpower, ESI and Quantum, McBee, SC: July 8, 2002.
TA-W-52,328; Photocircuits Corp., including leased workers of Express 
Personnel Services, Peachtree City, GA: July 16, 2002.
TA-W-52,341; Firestone Tube Co., Russellville, AR: July 16, 2002.
TA-W-52,401; Ivaco Steel Processing, Tonawanda, NY: July 24, 2002.
TA-W-52,443; Formica Corp., Evendale Facility, Cincinnati, OH: July 31, 
2002.
TA-W-52,456; Cutler Hammer, Inc. (formerly Innovative Technology, 
Inc.), div. of The Eaton Corp., Brooksville, FL: August 1, 2002.
TA-W-52,457; Coherent, Inc., Printed Circuit Boards Department, Auburn, 
CA: August 4, 2002.
TA-W-52,458; APW, Creedmoor, NC: August 4, 2002.
TA-W-51,502; Ericsson Micro Electronics, Inc., Power Modules Div., 
Richardson, TX: April 7, 2002.
TA-W-52,237; Alstom Power, Inc., Performance Projects, Chattanooga, TN: 
July 3, 2002.
TA-W-52,299; Gerber Plumbing Fixtures, LLC, Gerber Plumbing Fixtures 
Corp., Globe Valve Div., Delphi, IN: July 11, 2002.
TA-W-52,375; Sanmina-SCI Corp., EMS Div., Huntsville, AL: July 22, 
2002.
TA-W-52,450; VF Imagewear, Tupelo, MS: August 1, 2002.
TA-W-52,037; Swan Finishing Co., Inc., Fall River, MA: June 13, 2002.
TA-W-52,115; Penn Iron Works, Inc., Sinking Spring, PA: June 16, 2002.
TA-W-52,226 & A; Yorkshire Americas, Inc., Charlotte, NC and Lowell 
Manufacturing facility, Lowell, NC: July 2, 2002.
TA-W-52,254; Alexander Fabrics LLLP, Burlington, NC: July 1, 2002.
TA-W-52,263; Trelleborg YSH, Inc., a div. of Trelleborg Industries, 
Inc., a div. of Trelleborg AB, Logansport, IN: July 1, 2002.
TA-W-52,424; Emglo Products, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Flack 
and Decker (USA), Inc., including leased workers of Rom Ruggeri 
Enterprise, d/b/a Spherion, Johnstown, PA: July 29, 2002.

    The following certification has been issued. The requirement of 
upstream supplier to a trade certified primary firm has been met.

TA-W-52,335; American Bag Corp., a div. of Milliken and Company, 
Stearns, KY: November 21, 2002.

    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued 
during the months of August. 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 18, 2003.
Timothy Sullivan,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-22287 Filed 8-29-03; 8:45 am]
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