[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 43 (Friday, March 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 10319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4574]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-71,602]


Cooper Tools--Sumter, Cooper Tools Divisions, a Subsidiary of 
Cooper Industries, Inc., Including On-Site Leased Workers From Thompson 
Industrial, Sumter, SC; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To 
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended 
(``Act''), 19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor issued a 
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance 
on January 26, 2010, applicable to workers of Cooper Tools--Sumter, 
Cooper Tools Division, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries, Inc., 
including on-site leased workers from Thompson Industrial, Sumter, 
South Carolina. The notice will be published soon in the Federal 
Register.
    At the request of the State Agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged 
in the production of adjustable wrenches, pliers, farrier tools, 
aviation snips, bolt cutters, cable cutters, screwdrivers and nut 
drivers.
    The review shows that on August 30, 2006, a certification of 
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance was issued for all 
workers of Cooper Tools, Inc., a division of Cooper Industries, Ltd, 
Sumter, South Carolina, separated from employment on or after August 5, 
2005 through August 30, 2008. The notice was published in the Federal 
Register on September 21, 2006 (71 FR 55216).
    In order to avoid an overlap in worker group coverage, the 
Department is amending the July 7, 2008 impact date established for TA-
W-71,602, to read August 31, 2008.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-72,314 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Cooper Tools--Sumter, Cooper Tools Division, a 
subsidiary of Cooper Industries, Inc., including on-site leased 
workers from Thompson Industrial, Sumter, South Carolina, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after August 
31, 2008, through January 26, 2012, and all workers in the group 
threatened with total or partial separation from employment on date 
of certification through two years from the date of certification, 
are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of 
Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of February 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010-4574 Filed 3-4-10; 8:45 am]
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