[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19753-19756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5658]


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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 March 2006.
    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 county of

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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.

Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and 
Alternative Trade 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, and Section 
246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W-58,829; Winspec Manufacturing, Ronkonkoma, NY: February 9, 2005
TA-W-58,850; American Fiber and Finishing, Inc., Newberry, SC: October 
7, 2005
TA-W-58,893; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Leased Wkrs of Voit, Santa Rosa, CA: 
February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893A; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Tempe, AZ: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893B; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Palo Alto, CA: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893C; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Santa Clara, CA: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893D; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Yorba Linda, CA: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893E; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Colorado Springs, CO: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893F; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Englewood, CO: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893G; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Fort Collins, CO: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893H; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Loveland, CO: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893I; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Merritt Island, FL: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893J; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Acworth, GA: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893K; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Carmel, IN: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893L; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Andover, MA: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893M; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Rye, NH: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893N; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Cary, NC: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893O; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Shelby, NC: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893P; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Allentown, PA: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893Q; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Austin, TX: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893R; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Roanoke, VA: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893S; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Newcastle, WA: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893T; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Sequim, WA: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,893U; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Automated Test Group, 
Semiconductor Test Solutions, Brookfield, WI: February 22, 2005
TA-W-58,913; Century Furniture LLC, Case Goods Plant #1, A Subsidiary 
of CV Industries, Hickory, NC: February 24, 2005
TA-W-58,916A; Sony Electronics, Vatio of America, On-site wkrs of 
Remedy Staffing and Staffmark, San Diego, CA: May 20, 2005
TA-W-58,931; Johnson Electric Automotive, Brownsville, TX: February 28, 
2005
TA-W-58,987; Lady Ester Lingerie Corporation, Berwick, PA: March 8, 
2005
TA-W-58,990; Springs Global US, Inc., HW Close Plant, Fort Lawn, SC: 
March 1, 2005
TA-W-59,004; Acco Chain and Lifting Products, A Division of FKI 
Industries, York, PA: March 7, 2005
TA-W-59,029; American and Efird, Inc., Gastonia, NC: February 20, 2005
TA-W-59,031; Fraser Papers L.L.C., Berlin, NH: March 14, 2005
TA-W-59,081; CFM Home Products, Joplin, MO: March 17, 2005
TA-W-59,085; Barry Controls Defense and Industrial, A Subsidiary of the 
Hutchinson Group, Camden, AR: March 24, 2005
TA-W-58,506; Alpha Sintered Metals, Inc., Ridgway, PA: December 14, 
2004
TA-W-58,690; Weyerhaeuser, Veneer Technologies, Wright City, OK: 
January 20, 2005
TA-W-58,754; Allegheny Color Corporation, A Division of Apollo Colors, 
Inc., Ridgway, PA: January 30, 2005
TA-W-58,866; Dolan Industries, Inc., Clinton, MA: February 16, 2005

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TA-W-59,055; New England Confectionery Company (NECCO), Stark Candy 
Division, Thibodaux, LA: March 16, 2005

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) of section 222 and section 
246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W-58,882; APA Enterprises, Inc., Aberdeen, SD: February 6, 2005
TA-W-58,918; Perlos, Inc., Including On-Site Leased Wkrs of Cornerstone 
Staffing, Ft. Worth, TX: March 23, 2005
TA-W-59,013; Conopco, Inc., dba Unilever, dba Unilever Food Division, 
Leased Wkrs of Key Resources, Asheboro, NC: March 13, 2005
TA-W-59,040; AH Schreiber Company, Gordon Garment Division, Bristol, 
VA: May 13, 2006
TA-W-58,715; Interface Fabrics, East Douglas, MA: January 20, 2005
TA-W-58,871; Tyco Electronics, Div. Tyco International, Lombard, IL: 
February 3, 2005
TA-W-58,978; Confluent Photonics Corp., A Subsidiary of Auxora, Inc., 
Salem, NH: March 9, 2005
TA-W-59,074; Western Graphics Corporation, Including Leased Wkrs of 
Personnel Source, Eugene, OR: March 21, 2005

    The following certification has been issued.
    The requirement of supplier to a trade certified firm and section 
246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.

None.
    The following certification has been issued.
    The requirement of downstream producer to a trade certified firm 
and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W-59,036; Collins and Aikman, Southwest Laminates, Inc. Division, El 
Paso, TX: March 15, 2005

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 criterion (a)(2)(A)(I.A) and 
(a)(2)(B)(II.A) (no employment decline) has not been met.

None.
    The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B.) (Sales or 
production, or both, did not decline) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B) (shift in 
production to a foreign country) have not been met.

None.

    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-58,887; Haden Schweitzer Corp., A Division of Haden International 
Group, Auburn Hills, MI.
TA-W-58,897; Ingersoll CM Systems, LLC, Midland, MI.
TA-W-58,902; Marcus Brothers Textiles, New York, NY.
TA-W-58,948; Carolina Mills, Inc., Plant #3, Newton, NC.

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

TA-W-58,909; Abco Rents, Inc., Laurens, SC.
TA-W-58,922; Radici Fabrics USA, Fall River, MA.
TA-W-58,942; Holmes Group (The), A Subsidiary of Jarden Corp., Sedalia, 
MO.
TA-W-58,966; Quintiles, Inc., A Subsidiary of Quintiles Transnational 
Corp., Data Management Department, Morrisville, NC.
TA-W-59,020; Sony Electronics, Inc., Local Service Center, Customer 
Service Division, San Diego, CA.
TA-W-59,034; ExxonMobil Chemical Co., A Division of Exxon Mobil Corp., 
Film Division, Macedon, NY.
TA-W-59,038; Shure Electronics, Douglas, AZ.

    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.

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

TA-W-58,887; Haden Schweitzer Corp., A Division of Haden International 
Group, Auburn Hills, MI.
TA-W-58,897; Ingersoll CM Systems, LLC, Midland, MI.
TA-W-58,902; Marcus Brothers Textiles, New York, NY.
TA-W-58,948; Carolina Mills, Inc., Plant # 3, Newton, NC.
TA-W-58,909; Abco Rents, Inc., Laurens, SC.
TA-W-58,922; Radici Fabrics USA, Fall River, MA.
TA-W-58,942; Holmes Group (The), A Subsidiary of Jarden Corp., Sedalia, 
MO.
TA-W-58,966; Quintiles, Inc., A Subsidiary of Quintiles Transnational 
Corp., Data Management Department, Morrisville, NC.
TA-W-59,020; Sony Electronics, Inc., Local Service Center, Customer 
Service Division, San Diego, CA.
TA-W-59,034; ExxonMobil Chemical Co., A Division of Exxon Mobil Corp., 
Film Division, Macedon, NY.
TA-W-59,038; Shure Electronics, Douglas, AZ.

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

TA-W-59,031; Fraser Papers L.L.C., Berlin, NH.
TA-W-58,882; APA Enterprises, Inc., Aberdeen, SD.

    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-59,029; American and Efird, Inc., Gastonia, NC.
TA-W-59,081; CFM Home Products, Joplin, MO.
TA-W-59,055; New England Confectionery Company (NECCO), Stark Candy 
Division, Thibodaux, LA.
TA-W-58,918; Perlos, Inc., Including On-Site Leased Workers of 
Cornerstone Staffing, Ft. Worth, TX.

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

None.

    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were 
issued during the month of March 2006. 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.


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    Dated: April 7, 2006.
Erica R. Cantor,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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