[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70881-70884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6463]


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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) number and alternative trade 
adjustment assistance (ATAA) by (TA-W) number issued during the periods 
of October and November 2005.
    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

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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 cases, the investigation revealed that the 
criteria for eligibility have not been met for the reasons specified.
    The investigation revealed that criteria (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-58,005; Fairfield Textile Corp., Paterson, NJ
TA-W-58,005A; Fairfield Textile Corp., Paterson, New Jersey, Paterson, 
NJ
TA-W-58,015; Techneglas, Inc., Columbus, OH
TA-W-58,015A; Techneglas, Inc., Pittston, PA
TA-W-58,139; Kellogg Brown and Root, Inc. (KBR), Workers at 
International Paper Facility, Mansfield, LA
TA-W-57,887; Parlex Corp., Multi-Layer Business Unit Div., Methuen, MA
TA-W-58,040; Cope Tool and Die, Inc., Traverse City, MI
TA-W-58,043; Intermark Fabric Corp., Plainfield, CT
TA-W-58,159; FDB, Inc., Lincolnton, GA
    The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B.) (Sales or 
production, or both, did not decline) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B) (No shift in 
production to a foreign country) have not been met.

None

    The investigation revealed that criterion (a)(2)(A)(I.A) and 
(a)(2)(B)(II.A) (no employment decline) have not been met.

TA-W-57,893; Century Technology, Inc., So. San Francisco, CA
TA-W-58,092; Port Augustus Glass/L.E. Smith Glass, Mt. Pleasant, PA

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

TA-W-57,968; IBM Corporation, Business Transformation Outsourcing Div., 
Maumee, OH
TA-W-57,991; MED-Data Inc., Salem, OR
TA-W-58,017; GE Consumer Finance, America's Money Services (Formerly GE 
Finan. Assur.), Schaumburg, IL
TA-W-58,029; IBM, Business Transformation Outsourcing Div., Maumee, OH
TA-W-58,062; Integreo, Inc., Formerly STI Knowledge, Macon, GA
TA-W-58,063; Sony Electronics, Inc., Customer Service Div., San Diego, 
CA
TA-W-58,136; Hewlett Packard Co., Storage Area Works Division, Boise, 
ID
    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.

None
    The investigation revealed that criteria (2) has not been met. The 
workers firm (or subdivision) is not a supplier or downstream producer 
to trade-affected companies.

None

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-57,849 Levi Strauss and Co., Headquarters, San Francisco, CA: 
August 22, 2005
TA-W-57,849A Levi Strauss and Co., Center of Excellence Div., Weston, 
FL: August 22, 2005
TA-W-57,992 Radicispandex, Gastonia, NC: September 19, 2004
TA-W-58,000 Drexel Heritage Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #75, 
Morganton, NC: September 14, 2004
TA-W-58,003 Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Anchorage, AK: September 
20, 2004
TA-W-58,003A Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Fairbanks, AK: September 
20, 2004
TA-W-58,003B Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Valdez, AK: September 
20, 2004
TA-W-58,010 Holland American Wafer Co., Grand Rapids, MI: September 22, 
2004
TA-W-58,011 Cherry Electrical Product, Div. of Cherry Corporation, 
Pleasant Prairie, WI: September 22, 2004
TA-W-58,032 Ken-Tron Mfg., Inc., Owensboro, KY: September 12, 2004
TA-W-58,033 Semiconductor Industries, LLC, (East Greenwich, RI 
location), East Greenwich, RI: October 31, 2005
TA-W-58,059 Pomeroy Computer Resources, Working On-Site at R.J. 
Reynolds Tobacco Co., Macon, GA: October 3, 2004
TA-W-58,084 Draeger Medical, Inc., Telford, PA: October 6, 2004
TA-W-58,091 Beiersporf, Inc., Futuro Manufacturing Div., Mariemont, OH: 
October 3, 2004
TA-W-58,096 Parker Hannifin Corporation, Powertrain Div., On Site 
Leased Workers of Time Staffing, Goshen, IN: October 7, 2004
TA-W-58,106 Seiko Optical Products of America, Inc., Pentax Vision

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Division, Stock Coating Department, Hopkins, MN: October 7, 2004
TA-W-58,108 Southern California Foam, Inc., aka Lazy Pet Products, A 
Subsidiary of United Pet Group, Hazleton, PA: October 10, 2004
TA-W-58,138; Halmode Apparel, New York, NY: October 6, 2004
TA-W-58,170; International Specialty Products, San Diego, CA: October 
11, 2004
TA-W-57,887A; Parlex Corp., Corporate Sales and Administration 
Subdivision, Methuen, MA: September 2, 2004

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

TA-W-57,887A; Parlex Corp., Corporate Sales and Administration 
Subdivision, Methuen, MA: September 2, 2004
TA-W-58,041; FoamPro Manufacturing, Inc., Irvine, CA: September 28, 
2004
TA-W-58,060; Madison Brands, Inc., New York, NY: September 16, 2004
TA-W-58,077; Friedrich Air Conditions, San Antonio, TX: October 31, 
2005
TA-W-58,083; Ach Foam Technologies, LLC, Epsilon Foam Corporation Div., 
Azusa, CA: October 5, 2004
TA-W-58,099; Wip-X Systems, Inc., Mansfield, GA: October 6, 2004
TA-W-58,124; Victory Plastics International LLC, Haverhill, MA: October 
12, 2004
TA-W-58,176; Dixon Ticonderoga Company, Versailles, MO: October 19, 
2004
TA-W-58,189; Meridian Automotive Systems, Inc., Canandaigua, NY: 
October 21, 2004

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

None

    The following certification has been issued. The requirement of 
downstream producer to a trade certified firm has been met.

None

Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    In order for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issued 
a certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) for older workers, the group eligibility 
requirements of section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act must be met.
    In the following cases, it has been determined that the 
requirements of section 246(a)(3)(ii) have not been met for the reasons 
specified.
    The Department as determined that criterion (2) of section 246 has 
not been met. Workers at the firm possess skills that are easily 
transferable.

TA-W-58,096; Parker Hannifin Corporation, Powertrain Div., On Site 
Leased Workers of Time Staffing, Goshen, IN

    The Department has determined that criterion (1) of section 246 has 
not been met. Workers at the firm are 50 years of age or older.

None

    Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the 
workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.

TA-W-57,893; Century Technology, Inc., So. San Francisco, CA
TA-W-57,968; IBM Corporation, Business Transformation Outsourcing Div., 
Maumee, OH
TA-W-58,092; Port Augustus Glass/L.E. Smith Glass, Mt. Pleasant, PA
TA-W-57,887; Parlex Corp., Multi-Layer Business Unit Div., Methuen, MA
TA-W-58,040; Cope Tool and Die, Inc., Traverse City, MI
TA-W-58,043; Intermark Fabric Corp., Plainfield, CT
TA-W-58,159; FDB, Inc., Lincolnton, GA
TA-W-58,005; Fairfield Textile Corp., Paterson, NJ
TA-W-58,005A; Fairfield Textile Corp., Paterson, NJ
TA-W-58,015; Techneglas, Inc., Columbus, OH
TA-W-58,015A; Techneglas, Inc., Pittston, PA
TA-W-58,139; Kellogg Brown and Root, Inc. (KBR), Workers at 
International Paper Facility, Mansfield, LA
TA-W-57,991; MED-Data Inc., Salem, OR
TA-W-58,017; GE Consumer Finance, America's Money Services (Formerly GE 
Finan. Assur.), Schaumburg, IL
TA-W-58,029; IBM, Business Transformation Outsourcing Div., Maumee, OH
TA-W-58,062; Integreo, Inc., Formerly STI Knowledge, Macon, GA
TA-W-58,063; Sony Electronics, Inc., Customer Service Div., San Diego, 
CA
TA-W-58,136; Hewlett Packard Co., Storage Area Works Division, Boise, 
ID
TA-W-58,025; Kealey Johnson Wholesale Florist, Abingdon, VA
TA-W-58,136; Hewlett Packard Co., Storage Area Works Division, Boise, 
ID
TA-W-58,025; Kealey Johnson Wholesale Florist, Abingdon, VA
TA-W-58,116; Commscope, Inc., Scottsboro, AL
TA-W-58,185; General Electric Co., Mebane, NC
TA-W-58,196; Thomas C. Wilson, Inc., Long Island City, NY

    The Department has determined that criterion (3) of section 246 has 
not been met. Competition conditions within the workers' industry are 
not adverse.

None

Affirmative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    In order for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issued 
a certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) for older workers, the group eligibility 
requirements of section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act must be met.
    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 determinations.
    In the following cases, it has been determined that the 
requirements of section 246(a)(3)(ii) have been met.
    I. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers' firm are 
50 years of age or older.
    II. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills that 
are not easily transferable.
    III. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry (i.e., 
conditions within the industry are adverse).

TA-W-57,849; Levi Strauss and Co., Headquarters, San Francisco, CA: 
August 22, 2005
TA-W-57,849A; Levi Strauss and Co., Center of Excellence Div., Weston, 
FL: August 22, 2005
TA-W-58,033; Semiconductor Industries, LLC, (East Greenwich, RI 
location), East Greenwich, RI: October 31, 2005
TA-W-58,084; Draeger Medical, Inc., Telford, PA: October 6, 2004
TA-W-58,091; Beiersporf, Inc., Futuro Manufacturing Div., Mariemont, 
OH: October 3, 2004
TA-W-58,106; Seiko Optical Products of America, Inc., Pentax Vision 
Division, Stock Coating Department, Hopkins, MN: October 7, 2004
TA-W-58,108; Southern California Foam, Inc., aka Lazy Pet Products, A 
Subsidiary. of United Pet Group, Hazleton, PA: October 10, 2004
TA-W-58,138; Halmode Apparel, New York, NY: October 6, 2004
TA-W-58,170; International Specialty Products, San Diego, CA: October 
11, 2004

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TA-W-57,992; Radicispandex, Gastonia, NC: September 19, 2004
TA-W-58,000; Drexel Heritage Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #75, 
Morganton, NC: September 14, 2004
TA-W-58,010; Holland American Wafer Co., Grand Rapids, MI: September 
22, 2004
TA-W-58,011; Cherry Electrical Product, Div. of Cherry Corporation, 
Pleasant Prairie, WI: September 22, 2004
TA-W-58,032; Ken-Tron Mfg., Inc., Owensboro, KY: September 12, 2004
TA-W-58,059; Pomeroy Computer Resources, Working On-Site at R.J. 
Reynolds Tobacco Co., Macon, GA: October 3, 2004
TA-W-58,003; Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Anchorage, AK: September 
20, 2004
TA-W-58,003A; Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Fairbanks, AK: 
September 20, 2004
TA-W-58,003B; Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Valdez, AK: September 
20, 2004
TA-W-58,083; Ach Foam Technologies, LLC, Epsilon Foam Corporation Div., 
Azusa, CA: October 5, 2004
TA-W-58,124; Victory Plastics International LLC, Haverhill, MA: October 
12, 2004
TA-W-58,176; Dixon Ticonderoga Company, Versailles, MO: October 19, 
2004
TA-W-58,189; Meridian Automotive Systems, Inc., Canandaigua, NY: 
October 21, 2004
TA-W-58,060; Madison Brands, Inc., New York, NY: September 16, 2004
TA-W-58,099; Wip-X Systems, Inc., Mansfield, GA: October 6, 2004

    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were 
issued during the month of October and November 2005. 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: November 15, 2005.
Erica R. Canton,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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