[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67771-67774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27756]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for 
Worker 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 by (TA-W) number issued during the period of 
October 12, 2010 through October 15, 2010.
    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. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the following must be satisfied:
    (1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such 
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are 
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
    (2) The sales or production, or both, of such firm have decreased 
absolutely; and
    (3) One of the following must be satisfied:
    (A) Imports of articles or services like or directly competitive 
with articles produced or services supplied by such firm have 
increased;
    (B) Imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles 
into which one or more component parts produced by such firm are 
directly incorporated, have increased;
    (C) Imports of articles directly incorporating one or more 
component parts produced outside the United States that are like or 
directly competitive with imports of articles incorporating one or more 
component parts produced by such firm have increased;
    (D) Imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles 
which are produced directly using services supplied by such firm, have 
increased; and
    (4) The increase in imports contributed importantly to such 
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the decline in the 
sales or production of such firm; or
    II. Section 222(a)(2)(B) all of the following must be satisfied:
    (1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such 
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are 
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
    (2) One of the following must be satisfied:
    (A) There has been a shift by the workers' firm to a foreign 
country in the production of articles or supply of services like or 
directly competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm;
    (B) There has been an acquisition from a foreign country by the 
workers' firm of articles/services that are like or directly 
competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; and
    (3) The shift/acquisition contributed importantly to the workers' 
separation or threat of separation.
    In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely 
affected workers in public agencies 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) A significant number or proportion of the workers in the public 
agency have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to 
become totally or partially separated;
    (2) The public agency has acquired from a foreign country services 
like or directly competitive with services which are supplied by such 
agency; and

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    (3) The acquisition of services contributed importantly to such 
workers' separation or threat of separation.
    In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely 
affected secondary 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(c) of the Act must 
be met.
    (1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in the 
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are 
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
    (2) The workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to a 
firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification of 
eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, and such supply or 
production is related to the article or service that was the basis for 
such certification; and
    (3) Either--
    (A) The workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it 
supplied to the firm 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 described 
in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers' separation or 
threat of separation.
    In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely 
affected workers in firms identified by the International Trade 
Commission and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply 
for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility 
requirements of Section 222(f) of the Act must be met.
    (1) The workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the 
International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an 
investigation resulting in--
    (A) An affirmative determination of serious injury or threat 
thereof under section 202(b)(1);
    (B) An affirmative determination of market disruption or threat 
thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
    (C) An affirmative final determination of material injury or threat 
thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));
    (2) The petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning on the 
date on which--
    (A) A summary of the report submitted to the President by the 
International Trade Commission under section 202(f)(1) with respect to 
the affirmative determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is 
published in the Federal Register under section 202(f)(3); or
    (B) Notice of an affirmative determination described in 
subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal Register; and
    (3) The workers have become totally or partially separated from the 
workers' firm within--
    (A) The 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
    (B) Notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1-year period preceding 
the 1-year period described in paragraph (2).

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.

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          TA-W No.                Subject firm              Location                     Impact date
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73,760.....................  Propex Operating        Bainbridge, GA.......  March 19, 2009.
                              Company, LLC, Propex,
                              Inc., Carpet Backing,
                              Leased Workers from
                              Advantage Staffing.
73,811.....................  Schrupp Industries,     Parker, PA...........  March 26, 2009.
                              Inc.
73,935.....................  Pratt-Read Corporation  Shelton, CT..........  April 15, 2009.
74,482.....................  Airolite, LLC,          Marietta, OH.........  July 9, 2009.
                              Greenheck Fan
                              Corporation.
74,568.....................  Cardone Industries,     Philadelphia, PA.....  August 17, 2009.
                              Plant 20.
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    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services) of the Trade Act 
have been met.

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          TA-W No.                Subject firm              Location                     Impact date
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73,347.....................  Summit Polymers, Inc.,  Portage, MI..........  January 22, 2009.
                              Technical Center.
74,068.....................  Redbox Automated        Downers Grove, IL....  May 10, 2009.
                              Retail, LLC,
                              Coinstar, Inc.,
                              Leased Workers from
                              LaSalle Network.
74,225.....................  Efficient Technology,   Redondo Beach, CA....  June 9, 2009.
                              Inc..
74,247.....................  Trinity Containers,     Quincy, IL...........  June 2, 2009.
                              LLC.
74,253.....................  International Business  Phoenix, AZ..........  June 3, 2009.
                              Machines (IBM),
                              Global Tech., Unix
                              System, Support
                              Disney, Teleworker.
74,253A....................  International Business  Costa Mesa and El      June 3, 2009.
                              Machines (IBM),         Segundo, CA.
                              Global Tech., Unix
                              System, Support
                              Disney, Teleworker.
74,253B....................  International Business  Atlanta, GA..........  June 3, 2009.
                              Machines (IBM),
                              Global Tech., Unix
                              System, Support
                              Disney, Teleworker.
74,253C....................  International Business  Lenexa, KS...........  June 3, 2009.
                              Machines (IBM),
                              Global Tech., Unix
                              System, Support
                              Disney, Teleworker.
74,253D....................  International Business  Louisville, KY.......  June 3, 2009.
                              Machines (IBM),
                              Global Tech., Unix
                              System, Support
                              Disney, Teleworker.
74,253E....................  International Business  Minneapolis, MN......  June 3, 2009.
                              Machines (IBM),
                              Global Tech., Unix
                              System, Support
                              Disney, Teleworker.
74,253F....................  International Business  Omaha, NE............  June 3, 2009.
                              Machines (IBM),
                              Global Tech., Unix
                              System, Support
                              Disney, Teleworker.
74,253G....................  International Business  Bedford, NH..........  June 3, 2009.
                              Machines (IBM),
                              Global Tech., Unix
                              System, Support
                              Disney, Teleworker.

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74,253H....................  International Business  Englewood Cliffs, NJ.  June 3, 2009.
                              Machines (IBM),
                              Global Tech., Unix
                              System, Support
                              Disney, Teleworker.
74,452.....................  Leisure Arts, Inc.,     Little Rock, AR......  July 30, 2009.
                              Liberty Media,
                              Publishing Division,
                              Leased Workers from
                              Express Employment.
74,578.....................  Solon Manufacturing     Rhinelander, WI......  July 4, 2010.
                              Company.
74,578A....................  A/P Staffing and        Rhinelander, WI......  August 30, 2009.
                              Employment Options,
                              Working at Solon
                              Manufacturing Company.
74,589.....................  Rexam Closure, Closure  Constantine, MI......  August 27, 2009.
                              Division, Leased
                              Workers from Perry
                              Personnel Plus, Inc.
                              & Adecco.
74,636.....................  Deluxe Laboratories,    Hollywood, CA........  September 15, 2009.
                              Inc., Deluxe
                              Entertainment
                              Services Group, Inc.,
                              Adecco, etc.
74,643.....................  Disetronic Sterile      Portsmouth, NH.......  September 16, 2009.
                              Products, Inc., Roche
                              Diagnostics
                              Operations, Inc.,
                              Seaside Assoc. &
                              Adecco.
74,645.....................  Panasonic               Mount Laurel, NJ.....  September 17, 2009.
                              Semiconductor
                              Development Center,
                              Panasonic Corporation
                              of North America.
74,680.....................  Stanley Black and       East Greenwich, RI...  September 8, 2009.
                              Decker, Formerly
                              Stanley Bostitich/
                              CDIY Division.
74,707.....................  EBI Holdings, LLC, D/B/ Parsippany, NJ.......  October 7, 2009.
                              A Biomet Spine,
                              Trauma,
                              Osteobiologics and
                              Bracing/Biomet, Inc.
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    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
Section 222(c) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible 
to apply for TAA) of the Trade Act have been met.

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          TA-W No.                Subject firm              Location                     Impact date
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73,515.....................  Miniature Precision     Prairie Du Chien, WI.  January 15, 2009.
                              Components.
74,618.....................  Young's Furniture       Whitesburg, TN.......  September 9, 2009.
                              Manufacturing
                              Company, Inc..
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Negative Determinations for Worker 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.
    The investigation revealed that the criterion under paragraph 
(a)(1), or (b)(1), or (c)(1) (employment decline or threat of 
separation) of section 222 has not been met.

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          TA-W No.                Subject firm              Location                     Impact date
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74,371.....................  Hewitt Associates,      New Britain, CT.       ....................................
                              LLC, Point Solutions
                              Absence Management
                              Division.
74,587.....................  The Ripley Group, Inc.  Los Angeles, CA......
74,687.....................  Burns Industrial Group  Hinckley, OH.........
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    The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs 
(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and (a)(2)(B) (shift in production or 
services to a foreign country) of section 222 have not been met.

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          TA-W No.                Subject firm              Location                     Impact date
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73,091.....................  Basic Aluminum          Cleveland, OH.         ....................................
                              Castings Co. (The).
73,433.....................  Moog Components Group.  Blacksburg, VA.......  ....................................
73,684.....................  Graphic Packaging       Lawrenceburg, TN.....  ....................................
                              International, Inc.,
                              Consumer Products
                              Division.
73,693.....................  Sony Ericsson Mobile    Research Triangle      ....................................
                              Communications (USA),   Park, NC.
                              Inc., North America
                              Region.
73,697.....................  Federal Coach, LLC,     Fort Smith, AR.......  ....................................
                              J.B. Poindexter &
                              Co., On-Site Leased
                              Workers from Snelling
                              Personnel.
73,783.....................  Scot Industries, Inc..  Lonestar, TX.........  ....................................
73,856.....................  Accent Marketing        Monroe, LA...........  ....................................
                              Services, LLC, MDC
                              Partners, Inc..
74,032.....................  Biolab, A Chemtura      Ashley, IN...........  ....................................
                              Company, Chemtura
                              Corporation.
74,066.....................  Ceva Logistics........  Plainfield, IN.......  ....................................
74,244.....................  John Hancock Life       Boston, MA...........  ....................................
                              Insurance (U.S.A.),
                              Investment Division,
                              The Manulife
                              Financial Corporation.
74,276.....................  MedUS Services, LLC,    Endicott, NY.........  ....................................
                              HealthNow New York
                              Inc.
74,566.....................  Bob Evans Farms, Inc.   Galva, IL............  ....................................
                              an Ohio Corporation,
                              Bob Evans Farms,
                              Inc., a Delaware
                              Corporation.
74,646.....................  American Municipal      Marietta, OH.........  ....................................
                              Power.
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Determinations Terminating Investigations of Petitions for Worker 
Adjustment Assistance

    After notice of the petitions was published in the Federal Register 
and on the Department's Web site, as required by Section 221 of the Act 
(19 U.S.C. 2271), the Department initiated investigations of these 
petitions.
    The following determinations terminating investigations were issued 
because the petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn.

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             TA-W No.                    Subject firm             Location                  Impact date
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74,520............................  Automation             Fort Smith, AR         ..............................
                                     Engineering.
74,521............................  Johnson Material       Hackett, AR            ..............................
                                     Handling.
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    The following determinations terminating investigations were issued 
because the petitions are the subject of ongoing investigations under 
petitions filed earlier covering the same petitioners.

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             TA-W No.                    Subject firm             Location                  Impact date
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74,268............................  The Peltier Glass      Ottawa, IL             ..............................
                                     Company, Crossville,
                                     Inc.
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    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued 
during the period of October 12, 2010 through October 15, 2010. Copies 
of these determinations may be requested under the Freedom of 
Information Act. Requests may be submitted by fax, courier services, or 
mail to FOIA Disclosure Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance 
(ETA), U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210 or [email protected]. These determinations 
also are available on the Department's website at http://www.doleta.gov/tradeact under the searchable listing of determinations.

    Dated: October 22, 2010.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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