[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30032-30034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10304]



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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 May 14 
through May 18, 2007.
    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 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 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 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.
    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.

NONE

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

NONE

    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) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W-61,510; Wehadkee Yarn Mills, Headquarters Office, West Point, GA: 
May 14, 2006

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
Section 222(b) (downstream producer for a firm whose workers are 
certified eligible to apply for TAA based on increased imports from or 
a shift in production to Mexico or Canada) of the Trade Act have been 
met.

NONE

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-61,125; Jones Apparel Group, Sample and Pattern Makers, New York, 
NY: April 3, 2006
TA-W-61,125A; Jones Apparel Group, Sample and Pattern Makers, New York, 
NY: April 3, 2006
TA-W-61,125B; Jones Apparel Group, Sample and Pattern Makers, New York, 
NY: April 3, 2006
TA-W-61,161; Indalex, Inc., On-Site Leased Workers of Volt, 
Watsonville, CA: March 20, 2006
TA-W-61,221; Hickory Hardware/Belwith International, a Subsidiary of 
FKI, PLC, Grandville, MI: April 1, 2006
TA-W-61,285; Metrologic Instruments, Corporate Division, Blackwood, NJ: 
April 10, 2006
TA-W-61,386; Berkline, LLC, Livingston, TN: April 25, 2006
TA-W-61,410; CGI Circuits, Inc., Taunton, MA: April 20, 2006

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TA-W-61,419; Firestone Tube Company, Russellville, AR: April 30, 2006
TA-W-61,452; Commonwealth Home Fashions, Willsboro, NY: May 4, 2006
TA-W-60,891; Cheetah Chassis Corporation, Berwick, PA: January 29, 2006
TA-W-61,226; Delphi Corporation, Auto Holdings Group, Instrument 
Cluster Plant, Mays Chemicals, Flint, MI: March 30, 2006
TA-W-61,277; Tonawanda Valve, Inc., North Tonawanda, NY: April 5, 2006
TA-W-61,290; Flexible Technologies, Flexible Solutions Division, 
including On-Site Leased Workers of Employment Solutions, Abbeville, 
SC: April 10, 2006
TA-W-61,341; Carrier Access Corp., Roanoke, VA: April 19, 2006
TA-W-61,346; Northland Tool Corp., Traverse City, MI: April 17, 2006
TA-W-61,371; Grand Marais Investors, Inc., dba K.B. Cook Incorporated, 
Traverse City, MI: April 9, 2006
TA-W-61,412; Carlisle Finishing, LLC, Finishing Division, Carlisle, SC: 
April 27, 2006
TA-W-61,208; GKN Sinter Metals, Inc., Worcester, MA: March 27, 2006

    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-61,219; Collins and Aikman, Automotive Technical Center, Dover, 
NH: March 28, 2006
TA-W-61,280; Dutailier Virginia, Inc., Martinsville, VA: March 28, 2006
TA-W-61,318; Epic Technologies, Inc., On-Site Leased Workers of 
Superior Technical Resources, Johnson City, TN: April 16, 2006
TA-W-61,318A; Epic Technologies, Inc., Leased Workers of Superior Tech. 
Resources, Norwalk, OH: April 16, 2006
TA-W-61,364; CyOptics, Inc., Formerly Apogee Photonics, On-Site Leased 
Workers of Express Personnel Service, Breingsville, PA: April 23, 2006
TA-W-61,421; Filtrona Richmond, Inc., a subsidiary of Filtrona, PLC, 
Richmond, VA: April 20, 2006
TA-W-61,435; Sanmina-SCI Corporation, dba Hadco Corporation, Printed 
Circuit Board Division, Phoenix, AZ: May 1, 2006
TA-W-61,443; Seagate Technology, LLC, Shakopee Division, Shakopee, MN: 
May 3, 2006
TA-W-61,448; VCST Powertrain Components, Inc., a subsidiary of VCST 
Inc., Leased Workers of Aerotek & Entech, Chesterfield, MI: May 2, 2006
TA-W-61,475; Plastiflex, Santa Ana, CA: May 8, 2006
TA-W-61,243; Ferro Electronic Material Systems, Niagara Falls, NY: 
April 3, 2006
TA-W-61,292; Millipore Corporation, Bioscience Division, On-Site Leased 
Workers From Veritude, Danvers, MA: April 10, 2006
TA-W-61,394; Aavid Thermalloy LLC, Leased Workers of All Staff, Central 
NH Employment, Laconia, NH: April 24, 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-61,246; Bush Industries, Inc., Little Valley Facility, Little 
Valley, NY: April 2, 2006
TA-W-61,253; Keystone Powered Metal Co., Columbus, OH: April 3, 2006
TA-W-61,469; Southern Tool Manufacturing Co., Inc., Winston-Salem, NC: 
May 7, 2006
TA-W-61,510; Wehadkee Yarn Mills, Headquarters Office, West Point, GA: 
May 14, 2006

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
Section 222(b) (downstream producer for a firm whose workers are 
certified eligible to apply for TAA based on increased imports from or 
a shift in production to Mexico or Canada) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) 
of the Trade Act have been met.

NONE

Negative Determinations For Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    In the following cases, it has been determined that the 
requirements of 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) have not been met for the reasons 
specified.
    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.

TA-W-61,510; Wehadkee Yarn Mills, Headquarters Office, West Point, GA

    The Department has determined that criterion (2) of Section 246 has 
not been met. Workers at the firm possess skills that are easily 
transferable.
NONE

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

NONE

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.
    Because the workers of the firm are not eligible 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-61,385; The Nielsen Company, Formerly Known as A.C. Nielsen Co., 
Fond du Lac, WI.

    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.) (shift in production to a foreign 
country) have not been met.

TA-W-60,908; Georgia Pacific, Consumer Products Division, Muskogee, OK.
TA-W-60,958; Sekely Industries, Inc., On-Site Leased Workers of 
Staffright, Bartech, Alliance Staffing, Salem, OH.
TA-W-61,086; Delta Consolidated, Inc., Danaher Tool Group Division, 
Raleigh, NC.
TA-W-61,101; Ameridrives International, Inc., Erie, PA.
TA-W-61,150; Boise Cascade, LLC, Paper Division, Salem, OR.
TA-W-61,164; Intel Corporation, Fab 7 Test Factory, Rio Rancho, NM.
TA-W-61,172; Keystone Weaving Mills, Inc., York, PA.
TA-W-61,223; Waterbury Buckle Co., A Division of Illinois Tool Works, 
Inc., Waterbury, CT.
TA-W-61,284; Continental Structural Plastics, Petoskey, MI.
TA-W-61,290A; Flexible Technologies, Heat Solutions Division, 
Abbeville, SC.
TA-W-61,338; Willow Hill Industries, LLC, Willoughby, OH.
TA-W-61,322; Oregon Cutting Systems Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of 
Blount, Inc., Warehouse, Clackamas, OR.
TA-W-61,355; Texas Instruments, Inc., Silicon Technology Development, 
Dallas, TX.

    The investigation revealed that the predominate cause of worker

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separations is unrelated to criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased 
imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.C) (shift in production to a foreign country 
under a free trade agreement or a beneficiary country under a 
preferential trade agreement, or there has been or is likely to be an 
increase in imports).

NONE
    The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for 
certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.

TA-W-61,268; Hewlett Packard Company, Technology Solutions Group, 
Global Mission Critical Solution, Austin, TX.
TA-W-61,342; APL Information Services, LTD, a subdivision of APL 
Limited, Oakland, CA.
TA-W-61,352; SSA Cooper, Georgetown, SC.
TA-W-61,445; United Airlines, Inc., Sales Support Operation Center, Elk 
Grove Village, IL.
TA-W-61,482; Avon Products, Inc., Avon National Contact Center, 
Springdale, OH.
TA-W-61,502; Digitron Packaging, Inc., Redford, MI.

    The investigation revealed that criteria of Section 222(b)(2) has 
not been met. The workers' firm (or subdivision) is not a supplier to 
or a downstream producer for a firm whose workers were certified 
eligible to apply for TAA.

NONE

    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were 
issued during the period of May 14 through May 18, 2007. 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: May 23, 2007.
Ralph DiBattista,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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