[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6652-6654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2731]
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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 January
19 through January 23, 2009.
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
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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.
TA-W-64,479; Pardon, Inc., Gladstone, MI: November 13, 2007
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-64,558; East Coast Hardwood Veneers, Inc., Hagerstown, MD:
November 10, 2007
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-64,453; ThyssenKrupp Crankshaft Company, LLC, Fostoria Machining,
Fostoria, OH: November 5, 2007
TA-W-64,465; Eldorado Cap Company, Eldorado, IL: November 7, 2007
TA-W-64,867; Sherrill Furniture, Hickory White Furniture Division,
Hickory, NC: January 12, 2008
TA-W-64,293; Statton Furniture Manufacturing Company, Hagerstown, MD:
December 16, 2008
TA-W-64,353; Woodmark Originals, Inc., A Subsidiary of Howard Miller
Clock Company, High Point, NC: October 31, 2007
TA-W-64,395; Armstrong Wood Products, A Subsidiary of Armstrong World
Industries, Beverly, WV: November 10, 2007
TA-W-64,444; International Paper, A.K.A. Weyerhaeuser Company, Albany
Mill, Albany, OR: October 17, 2007
TA-W-64,595; True Textiles, Inc., FKA Interfacefabrics, Elkin, NC:
December 5, 2007
TA-W-64,835; Logistics Services, Dayton, OH: December 26, 2007
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-64,392; Columbus McKinnon Corporation, Chain Division, Lexington,
TN: October 30, 2007
TA-W-64,503A; Corning Cable Systems, Administrative Site, Hickory, NC:
November 20, 2008
TA-W-64,503B; Corning Cable Systems, Hickory Cable Facility, Adecco,
Hickory, NC: November 20, 2008
TA-W-64,503; Corning Cable Systems, Optical Assembly Plant, Adecco,
Hickory, NC: November 20, 2008
TA-W-64,621; IAC Carlisle LLC, Carlisle, PA: February 22, 2009
TA-W-64,670; NXP Semiconductors USA, A Subsidiary of NXP
Semiconductors, Hopewell Junction, NY: December 2, 2007
TA-W-64,733; Modine Manufacturing, Truck Division, Lawrenceburg, TN:
December 17, 2007
TA-W-64,771; Hanesbrands, Inc., China Grove, NC: December 17, 2007
TA-W-64,901; Regal-Beloit Corporation, Electric Motors Group,
Neillsville, WI: January 9, 2008
TA-W-64,692; Aptara, Inc., Commerce, CA: December 15, 2007
TA-W-64,746; HDM Furniture Industries, Furniture Brands International,
Drexel Heritage Plant #60, Morganton, NC: December 18, 2007
TA-W-64,760; HDM Furniture Industries, Inc., HDM/Drexel-Heritage,
Morganton, NC: December 19, 2007
TA-W-64,781; Quality Synthetic Rubber, Inc., Twinsburg, OH: December
24, 2007
TA-W-64,783; Coherent-DEOS, LLC, d/b/a Coherent Radiation, Bloomfield,
CT: December 26, 2007
TA-W-64,844; Coherent, Inc., Laser Diode Modules Division, Auburn, CA:
January 8, 2008
TA-W-64,866; Laird Technologies, Chattanooga, TN: January 8, 2008
TA-W-64,879; Maxim Integrated Products, Hillsboro, OR: January 11, 2008
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.
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TA-W-64,227; Federal Mogul Powertrain, Inc., A Division of Federal
Mogul Corporation, South Bend, IN: October 14, 2007
TA-W-64,498; Jones Plastic and Engineering Co., LLC, Jeffersontown, KY:
November 20, 2007
TA-W-64,711; Scott Brass, Inc., Cranston, RI: December 16, 2007
TA-W-64,727; Printer Components, Inc., A Subsidiary of Floturn, Inc.,
Victor, NY: December 17, 2007
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. The firm does not have a significant number of workers 50
years of age or older.
TA-W-64,479; Pardon, Inc., Gladstone, MI
TA-W-64,558; East Coast Hardwood Veneers, Inc., Hagerstown, MD:
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.
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.) (shift in production to a foreign
country) have not been met.
TA-W-64,311; Chrysler LLC, Toledo North Assembly Plant, Toledo, OH.
TA-W-64,656; International Designer Transitions, Inc., Graham, NC.
TA-W-64,695; Keith Manufacturing Company, Madras, OR.
TA-W-64,770; DSI Ground Support, A Subsidiary of Dywidag Systems
International USA, Blairsville, PA.
The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for
certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
TA-W-64,130; Sears, Roebuck and Company, Call Center, Home Services
Division, Columbus, OH.
TA-W-64,414; Western Union Financial Services, Inc., Bridgeton, MO.
TA-W-64,604; DHL Express, Bloomington, IN.
TA-W-64,791; IMI Cornelius Equipco, Inc., Remanufacturing Division,
Monmouth, IL.
TA-W-64,864; CDG Management, LLC, Millennium Teleservices Division,
Central City, KY.
TA-W-64,878; EDS, AN HP Company, Charlotte, NC.
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 January 19 through January 23, 2009. Copies of
these determinations are available for inspection in Room N-5428, 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: February 2, 2009.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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