[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24914-24917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10604]


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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 
April 18, 2011 through April 22, 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

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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
    (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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74,931......................  Matrix Tool and Mold,    Trinity, NC...........  October 30, 2009.
                               Inc.
75,003......................  Velsicol Chemical, LLC,  Memphis, TN...........  December 15, 2009.
                               True Specialties
                               Corp., Quarles
                               Building Maintenance,
                               and Murray Guard.
75,102......................  Guilford Mills, Inc.,    Pine Grove, PA........  February 10, 2010.
                               Pine Grove Facility;
                               Leased Workers from
                               One Source.
75,207......................  The Pierce Company,      Upland, IN............  February 9, 2010.
                               Inc., A Subsidiary of
                               Avis Industrial
                               Corporation.
75,247......................  Jones Distribution       Socorro, TX...........  February 11, 2010.
                               Corporation, A
                               Subsidiary of The
                               Jones Group; Leased
                               Workers of Southwest
                               Staffing, Inc.
75,291......................  CCI Systems, Inc.......  Iron Mountain, MI.....  February 14, 2010.
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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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74,810......................  Symantec Corporation,    Austin, TX............  November 1, 2009.
                               SQA Engineering, VCS
                               and VCS-One Group.
74,810A.....................  Symantec Corporation,    Mountain View, CA.....  November 1, 2009.
                               SQA Engineering, VCS
                               and VCS-One Group.
74,810B.....................  Symantec Corporation,    Beaverton, OR.........  November 1, 2009.
                               SQA Engineering, VCS
                               and VCS-One Group.
75,113......................  Thomas & Betts           Mercer, PA............  January 14, 2010.
                               Corporation, HVAC
                               Division.
75,155......................  Hitachi Global Storage   San Jose, CA..........  January 31, 2010.
                               Technologies, Inc.,
                               Hitachi Global Storage
                               Technologies Holdings
                               PTE., LTD, Manpower,
                               Inc..
75,203......................  Sigue Corporation......  Sylmar, CA............  February 7, 2010.

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75,217......................  MEMC Electronic          St. Peters, MO........  May 24, 2010.
                               Materials, Inc.,
                               Including On-Site
                               Leased Workers from
                               Adecco.
75,231......................  Comcast Corporation,     Nashville, TN.........  February 10, 2010.
                               Call Center.
75,238......................  McNeil Consumer          Fort Washington, PA...  January 11, 2010.
                               Healthcare, McNeil-
                               PPC, Inc., Johnson &
                               Johnson, Leased
                               Workers of Worksense.
75,262......................  Highmark, Health Plan    Pittsburgh, PA........  February 11, 2010.
                               Operations, Workers
                               Working from Home in
                               PA.
75,262A.....................  Highmark, Health Plan    Camp Hill, PA.........  February 11, 2010.
                               Operations Division.
75,262B.....................  Highmark, Health Plan    Erie, PA..............  February 11, 2010.
                               Operations Division.
75,262C.....................  Highmark, Health Plan    Johnstown, PA.........  February 11, 2010.
                               Operations Division.
75,290......................  CSC, Managed Services    Schaumburg, IL........  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Schaumburg,
                               IL.
75,290A.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Phoenix, AZ...........  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Phoenix, AZ.
75,290B.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Woodland Hills, CA....  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Woodland
                               Hills.
75,290C.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Los Angeles, CA.......  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Los Angeles,
                               CA.
75,290D.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Simi Valley, CA.......  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Simi Valley,
                               CA.
75,290E.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Davie, FL.............  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Davie, FL.
75,290F.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Alpharetta, GA........  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Alpharetta,
                               GA.
75,290G.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Pocatello, ID.........  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Pocatello, ID.
75,290H.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Olathe, KS............  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Olathe, KS.
75,290I.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Overland Park, KS.....  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Overland
                               Park, KS.
75,290J.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Baltimore, MD.........  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Baltimore, MD.
75,290K.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Owings Mills, MD......  July 29, 2011.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Owings Mills,
                               MD.
75,290L.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Caledonia, MI.........  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Caledonia, MI.
75,290M.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Omaha, NE.............  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Omaha, NE.
75,290N.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Melville, NY..........  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Melville, NY.
75,290O.....................  CSC, Managed Services    New York, NY..........  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in New York, NY.
75,290P.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Independence, OH......  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Independence,
                               OH.
75,290Q.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Oklahoma City, OK.....  February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division
                               Working at Client
                               Sites in Oklahoma
                               City, OK.
75,290R.....................  CSC, Managed Services    Teleworkers from AZ,    February 14, 2010.
                               Sector Division          CA, CO, FL, GA, etc.
                               Teleworkers from AZ,
                               CA, CO, FL, GA, etc.
75,311......................  Agilent Technologies,    Wilmington, DE........  February 14, 2010.
                               Inc., Chemical
                               Analysis Group, Little
                               Falls Procurement;
                               Remote and Leased
                               Workers.
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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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74,899......................  Tasman Hartford, LLC...  Hartford, WI..........  November 17, 2009.
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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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75,140......................  Donald A. Holland        Enumclaw, WA..........  .................................
                               Consulting.
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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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74,878......................  GKN Aerospace Chem-      Kent, WA..............  .................................
                               Tronics, Inc., A
                               Division of GKN
                               America Corporation.
74,900......................  ISP Stitching and        Racine, WI............  .................................
                               Bindery Products, A
                               Subsidiary of Samuel
                               Strapping Systems.
75,024......................  Havells USA, Inc.,       Mullins, SC...........  .................................
                               Havells Netherlands,
                               Havells India, SLI
                               Lighting Products,
                               Olsten Staffing.
75,026......................  C & R Lumber Mill, LLC.  Charleston, ME........  .................................
75,133......................  McComb Mill Warehouse..  McComb, MS............  .................................
75,138......................  Ashland Foundry and      Ashland, PA...........  .................................
                               Machine Works, Inc.
75,183......................  Reynolds Food            Grove City, PA........  .................................
                               Packaging, LLC, A
                               Subsidiary of Reynolds
                               Group Holding Limited.
75,211......................  US Airways, Inc., Fleet  Buffalo, NY...........  .................................
                               Service Operations,
                               Buffalo-Niagara
                               International Airport.
75,292......................  ConocoPhillips Alaska    Nikiski, AK...........  .................................
                               Natural Gas Company, A
                               Joint Venture with
                               Marathon Oil; Kenai
                               Plant.
75,312......................  R.J. Reynolds Tobacco    Winston Salem, NC.....  .................................
                               Company, Subsidiary of
                               Reynolds American,
                               Inc.; Leased Workers
                               from Debbie's Staffing.
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    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued 
during the period of April 18, 2011 through April 22, 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: April 26, 2011.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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