[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4730-4732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1616]


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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 
January 10, 2011 through January 14, 2011.
    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
    (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

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    (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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73,490................  Owens-Illinois, Inc.,   Charlotte, MI......................  February 9, 2009.
                         North America
                         Division.
73,532................  Roto-Die Company, Inc.  Meadows of Dan, VA.................  February 16, 2009.
74,135................  Wood Products           Days Creek, OR.....................  May 19, 2009.
                         Northwest.
74,146................  Furniture Crafters of   Collinsville, VA...................  May 14, 2009.
                         Virginia, Inc.
74,208................  SB Acquisitions, LLC,   Westbrook, ME......................  June 7, 2009.
                         dba Saunders Brothers.
74,243................  Wardwell Braiding       Central Falls, RI..................  June 8, 2009.
                         Machine Company.
74,264................  Lazar Industries LLC,   Siler City, NC.....................  June 15, 2009.
                         East Division.
74,341................  Hearthstone             Boone, NC..........................  March 14, 2010.
                         Enterprises Inc., DBA
                         Charleston Forge.
74,605................  Cambridge Tool & Die..  Cambridge, OH......................  September 7, 2009.
74,746................  Adrenaline Sporting     Sherwood, OR.......................  October 4, 2009.
                         Goods, LLC.
75,018................  Owens-Illinois, Inc.,   Bridgeton, NJ......................  December 19, 2009.
                         North America
                         Division; Bridgeton
                         Warehouse.
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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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74,138................  Louis Baldinger &       Astoria, NY........................  May 24, 2009.
                         Sons, Inc.
74,183................  SunGard Public Sector,  Bethlehem, PA......................  March 5, 2009.
                         Sunguard Data
                         Systems; K-12
                         Education Division.
74,604................  HCP Packaging Inc.,     Hinsdale, NH.......................  September 7, 2009.
                         USA, Leased Workers
                         of Masiello Temp
                         Agency.
74,831................  CompuCom Systems,       Menlo Park, CA.....................  November 2, 2009.
                         Inc., I-4 Division.
74,895................  Wellpoint, Inc.,        Indianapolis, IN...................  November 15, 2009.
                         Enterprise Provider
                         Data Management Team;
                         Leased Workers Kelly
                         Services, etc.
74,958................  Tenneco, Inc., Naoerc   Cozad, NE..........................  January 16, 2011.
                         Division, Leased
                         Workers from Elite
                         Staffing, Inc.
74,967................  Philips Lighting        Danville, KY.......................  March 12, 2010.
                         Company, Lighting
                         Division.
74,967A...............  Adecco Employment       Danville, KY.......................  December 5, 2009.
                         Services, Working On-
                         site at Philips
                         Lighting Company;
                         Lighting Division.
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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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74,090................  Daimler Trucks North    Detroit, MI........................  May 13, 2009.
                         America, Detroit
                         Diesel.
74,259................  Lapeer Plating and      Lapeer, MI.........................  May 26, 2009.
                         Plastics, Inc., f/k/a
                         Dott Industries Deco
                         Plate; Dott
                         Acquisitions and IES,
                         Inc.
74,490................  Fermer Precision, Inc.  Ilion, NY..........................  July 23, 2009.
74,866................  Mountain City Lumber    Marion, VA.........................  November 9, 2009.
                         Co., Cranberry
                         Hardwoods, 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 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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74,417................  Good Harbor Fillet      Gloucester, MA.....................  ...........................
                         Company, LLC, Leased
                         Workers from
                         Employment on Demand
                         Agency.
74,669................  Greif Brothers          Washington, PA.....................  ...........................
                         Corporation, PPS.
74,790................  CTI and Associates,     Wixom, MI..........................  ...........................
                         Inc.
74,949................  ProDrive Systems,       Ogdensburg, NY.....................  ...........................
                         Inc., TTI Turner
                         Technology
                         Instruments, Inc.;
                         Leased Workers Alpha
                         Staffing, etc.
74,991................  Norandex Building       Gaylord, MI........................  ...........................
                         Materials
                         Distribution, Inc.,
                         Saint-Gobain.
75,062................  Bucyrus Community       Bucyrus, OH........................  ...........................
                         Hospital, Inc.
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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 
in cases where these petitions were not filed in accordance with the 
requirements of 29 CFR 90.11. Every petition filed by workers must be 
signed by at least three individuals of the petitioning worker group. 
Petitioners separated more than one year prior to the date of the 
petition cannot be covered under a certification of a petition under 
Section 223(b), and therefore, may not be part of a petitioning worker 
group. For one or more of these reasons, these petitions were deemed 
invalid.

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       TA-W No.              Subject firm                     Location                       Impact date
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75,076................  Sheet Metal Workers     Southfield, MI.....................
                         Local 80.
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    The following determinations terminating investigations were issued 
because the petitioning groups of workers are covered by active 
certifications. Consequently, further investigation in these cases 
would serve no purpose since the petitioning group of workers cannot be 
covered by more than one certification at a time.

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       TA-W No.              Subject firm                     Location                       Impact date
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75,025................  Emerson Transportation  Bridgeton, MO......................
                         Services, Emerson
                         Electric, Located
                         Throughout the US.
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    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were 
issued during the period of January 10, 2011 through January 14, 
2011. 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 Web site at http://www.doleta.gov/tradeact under 
the searchable listing of determinations.

     Dated: January 19, 2011.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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