[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 243 (Monday, December 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 67905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30248]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-62,932]


Keeper Corporation: Hampton Products International Corporation 
Including On-Site Leased Workers From AAA Staffing; North Windham, CT; 
Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker 
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2273), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as 
amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification Regarding 
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and a Negative 
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance on March 13, 2008, applicable to workers of 
Keeper Corporation, including on-site leased workers from AAA Staffing, 
North Windham, Connecticut. The notice was published in the Federal 
Register on March 26, 2008 (73 FR 16064). The notice was amended on 
December 5, 2008 and February 25, 2009 to include employees in support 
of the subject firm working in Lawrenceville, Georgia, Smyrna, 
Tennessee, West Grove, Pennsylvania and Bountiful, Utah. The notices 
were published in the Federal Register on December 15, 2008 (73 FR 
76058-76059 and March 4, 2009 (74 FR 9432) respectively.
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers were engaged 
in employment related to the production of cargo control products such 
as tie downs, towing straps and bungee cords.
    New information shows that Hampton Products International 
Corporation is the parent firm of Keeper Corporation. Workers wages at 
the subject firm are being reported under the Unemployment Insurance 
(UI) tax account for Hampton Products International Corporation.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification to show 
workers wages are reported to the Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax 
account for Hampton Products International Corporation.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of Keeper Corporation, North Windham, Connecticut who was 
adversely affected by a shift in production of cargo control products 
such as tie downs, towing straps and bungee cords to China.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-63,927 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Keeper Corporation, Hampton Products 
International Corporation, including on-site leased workers of AAA 
Staffing, North Windham, Connecticut (TA-W-62,932), all workers of 
Keeper Corporation, Hampton Products International Corporation, 
Manchester (TA-W-62,932A), including employees in support of Keeper 
Corporation, Hampton Products International Corporation, North 
Windham, Connecticut working out of Lawrenceville, Georgia (TA-W-
62,932B, Smyrna, Tennessee (TA-W-62,932C), West Grove, Pennsylvania 
(TA-W-62,932D) and Bountiful, Utah (TA-W-62,932E), who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 
28, 2007 through March 13, 2010, are eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 and 
are also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment 
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of December 2009.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9-30248 Filed 12-18-09; 8:45 am]
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