[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62489-62490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17862]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for 
Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 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 period of October 
9 through October 13, 2006.
    In order for an affirmative determination to be made for workers of 
a primary firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to 
apply for worker adjustment assistance, 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 beSatisfied:
    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 for 
secondarily affected workers of a firm and a certification issued 
regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, 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 of business by the workers' firm with the firm (or 
subdivision) described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the 
workers' separation or threat of separation.
    In order for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issue 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.
    1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers' firm are 
50 years of age or older.
    2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are 
not easily transferable.
    3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry (i.e., 
conditions within the industry are adverse).

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

TA-W-60,165; Emerson Climate Technologies, A Business of Emerson 
Electric, Emerson Heating Products Division, Murfreesboro, TN: 
September 18, 2005.

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 
section 222(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) 
of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W-59,985; River City Trucking, Old Town, ME: August 28, 2005.
TA-W-60,119; Brite Star Manufacturing, A Subsidiary of J. Kinderman and 
Sons, Philadelphia, PA: September 22, 2006.
TA-W-60,168; Korn Industries, A Subsidiary of Chromcraft Revington, 
Sumter, SC: September 20, 2005.

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TA-W-59,930; Shaw Mudge and Company, Shelton, CT: August 18, 2005.
TA-W-60,048; Pure Flo, LLC, A Subsidiary of ITT Corp., Kenosha, WI: 
September 8, 2005.
TA-W-60,081; Alma Products Company, Automotive Clutch and Disc 
Assembly, Alma, MI: September 12, 2005.
TA-W-60,127; Penn-Elkco Spring Co., St. Marys, PA: September 18, 2005.
TA-W-60,151; CEP Products, A Subsidiary of the Reserve Group, Lapeer, 
MI: September 15, 2005.
TA-W-60,057; Citywear Production, Inc., New York, NY: September 9, 
2005.

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

TA-W-59,820; Airfoil Technologies International-Ohio, Mentor, OH: July 
21, 2005.
TA-W-60,082; Northern Diecast Corp., Harbor Springs, MI: September 12, 
2005.
TA-W-60,102; Sematic USA, Inc., Tyler Elevator Products, Valley View, 
OH: September 13, 2005.
TA-W-60,150; Celestica Corp., Westminster, CO: September 25, 2005.
TA-W-60,155; Technicolor Videocassette of Michigan, A Subsidiary of 
Thomson, Livonia, MI: September 23, 2005.
TA-W-60,179; Tenneco, Elastomers Division, Napoleon, OH: October 2, 
2005.
TA-W-60,193; Ilpea, Inc., Division 26, A Subsidiary of Ilpea Spa, Ft. 
Smith, AR: September 29, 2005.
TA-W-60,195; Walter Kidde Residential Equipment, Kidde Residential and 
Commercial Division, Mebane, NC: October 1, 2005.
TA-W-60,191; Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc., Commercial Division, 
Southern Pines, NC: August 13, 2006.

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
Section 222(b) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible 
to apply for TAA) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have 
been met.

TA-W-60,021; Elite Cushions, Inc., Dudley Shoals Division, Granite 
Falls, NC: September 7, 2005.

Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    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-60,165; Emerson Climate Technologies, A Business of Emerson 
Electric, Emerson Heating Products Division, Murfreesboro, TN.

Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    In the following cases, the investigation revealed that the 
eligibility criteria for worker adjustment assistance have not been met 
for the reasons specified.
    Since the workers of the firm are denied eligibility to apply for 
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
    The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A.) and 
(a)(2)(B)(II.A.) (employment decline) have not been met.

TA-W-60,181; Custom Fashions, Inc., Tupelo, MS.

    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.

TA-W-60,115; Modine Manufacturing, Automotive Division, Richland Plant, 
Blythewood, SC.

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

TA-W-59,992; Aimsworth Engineered, USA LLC, Bemidji, MN.
TA-W-59,992A; Aimsworth Engineered, USA LLC, Cook, MN.
TA-W-60,034; Visteon Systems LLC, North Penn Electronics Facility, 
Lansdale, PA.
TA-W-60,088; DuPont Performance Coatings, Automotive System Division, 
Troy, MI.
TA-W-60,116; Journal Sentinel Inc., Production Plant, West Milwaukee, 
WI.

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

TA-W-60,042; Mattel, Inc., Boys' Entertainment Design Unit, El Segundo, 
CA.
TA-W-60,108; XPEDX, A Division of International Paper, Greensboro, NC.
TA-W-60,109; Agere Systems, Assembly and Test Support, Allentown, PA.
TA-W-60,184; Bellsouth Corporation, Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc., 
Division, Paducah, KY.

    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued 
during the period of October 9 through October 13, 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.

    Dated: October 19, 2006.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-17862 Filed 10-24-06; 8:45 am]
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