[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6588-6591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2886]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 23, 2012 through January 27, 2012.
    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

[[Page 6589]]

    (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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TA-W No.          Subject firm          Location       Impact date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
80,375..........  Newton Falls Fine     Newton Falls,    August 15,
                   Paper Company LLC,    NY.              2010.
                   Scotia Newton, Inc.
81,034..........  Roseburg Forest       Louisville, MS.  February 13,
                   Products Louisville                    2010.
                   MS Particleboard,
                   Composite Panel
                   Division.
81,057..........  HarperCollins         Williamsport,    February 13,
                   Publishers,           PA.              2010.
                   Distribution
                   Operations
                   Division, Keystone
                   Staffing, One
                   Source Staff, etc.
81,198..........  Andersen Corporation  Bayport, MN....  February 13,
                                                          2010.
81,204..........  Cooper Tire & Rubber  Findlay, OH....  May 19, 2011.
                   Company.
81,204A.........  Cooper Tire & Rubber  Findlay, OH....  February 13,
                   Company,                               2010.
                   Alternative Mgmt
                   Resources, Time
                   Staffing, Inc., etc.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TA-W No.          Subject firm          Location       Impact date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
80,433..........  Werner Company,       Merced, CA.....  September 12,
                   Merced Division, a                     2010.
                   Subsidiary of New
                   Werner Holding Co.,
                   Placement, etc.
80,465..........  JDS Uniphase          Santa Rosa, CA.  February 13,
                   Corporation, Leased                    2010.
                   Workers from Source
                   Right Solutions.
81,028..........  Thomasville           Lenoir, NC.....  February 13,
                   Furniture                              2010.
                   Industries, Inc.,
                   Furniture Brands,
                   Lenoir Case Goods
                   Plant  25,
                   Onin Staffing.
81,029..........  Hostess Brands,       St. Louis, MO..  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029A.........  Hostess Brands,       Hodgkins, IL...  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029B.........  Hostess Brands,       Peoria, IL.....  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029C.........  Hostess Brands,       Davenport, IA..  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029D.........  Hostess Brands,       Alexandria, LA.  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029E.........  Hostess Brands,       Cincinnati, OH.  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029F.........  Hostess Brands,       Biddeford, ME..  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029G.........  Hostess Brands,       Ogden, UT......  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029H.........  Hostess Brands,       Tulsa, OK......  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029I.........  Hostess Brands,       Emporia, KS....  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029J.........  Hostess Brands,       Indianapolis,    February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate      IN.              2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029K.........  Hostess Brands,       Philadelphia,    February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate      PA.              2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.

[[Page 6590]]

 
81,029L.........  Hostess Brands,       Northwood, OH..  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029M.........  Hostess Brands,       Rocky Mount, NC  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029N.........  Hostess Brands,       Knoxville, TN..  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029O.........  Hostess Brands,       Memphis, TN....  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029P.........  Hostess Brands,       Jacksonville,    February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate      FL.              2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029Q.........  Hostess Brands,       Columbus, GA...  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029R.........  Hostess Brands,       Orlando, FL....  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029S.........  Hostess Brands,       Sacramento, CA.  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029T.........  Hostess Brands,       Billings, MT...  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,029U.........  Hostess Brands,       Lakewood, WA...  February 13,
                   Inc., Interstate                       2010.
                   Brands Corp.,
                   Resources Global
                   Int'l, Ranstad
                   Finance, etc.
81,045..........  Aerotek Inc.,         Princeton, NJ..  February 13,
                   Working On-Site at                     2010.
                   Dow Jones
                   Corporation.
81,063..........  Cole Hersee           Schertz, TX....  February 13,
                   Distribution                           2010.
                   Center, Aerotek and
                   VIP Staffing.
81,068..........  ET Publishing         Virginia         February 13,
                   International,        Gardens          2010.
                   LLC., Cosmopolitan    (Miami), FL.
                   Continental
                   Department.
81,078..........  The Genie Company, A  Alliance, OH...  February 13,
                   Division of                            2010.
                   Overhead Door
                   Corporation.
81,090..........  Lattice               Hillsboro, OR..  February 13,
                   Semiconductor                          2010.
                   Corporation,
                   Information
                   Technology
                   Department,
                   Contract Wkrs from
                   Igate Technologies.
81,090A.........  Lattice               San Jose, CA...  February 13,
                   Semiconductor                          2010.
                   Corporation,
                   Information
                   Technology
                   Department,
                   Contract Wkrs from
                   Igate Technologies.
81,090B.........  Lattice               Bethlehem, PA..  February 13,
                   Semiconductor                          2010.
                   Corporation,
                   Information
                   Technology
                   Department.
81,113..........  The Gillette          Boston, MA.....  November 20,
                   Company, Procter &                     2011.
                   Gamble Company,
                   Leased Workers from
                   Adecco and Versatex.
81,176..........  Bombardier            Pittsburgh, PA.  February 13,
                   Transportation                         2010.
                   (Holdings) USA,
                   Inc., Systems, LLE
                   and RCS, Adecco,
                   Synergy Staffing,
                   etc.
81,183..........  Avalon Laboratories,  Rancho           February 13,
                   LLC.                  Dominguez, CA.   2010.
81,203..........  American Institute    Melville, NY...  November 26,
                   of Physics, Access                     2011.
                   Staffing and Office
                   Team.
81,203A.........  American Institute    College Park,    February 13,
                   of Physics; Off-      MD.              2010.
                   Site Workers in
                   College Park, MD,
                   Reporting to
                   Melville, NY.
81,222..........  CPS Color Equipment,  Concord, NC....  February 13,
                   Inc., Including on-                    2010.
                   site leased workers
                   from Pionear and
                   Integra Staffing.
81,239..........  The Fechheimer        Grantsville, MD  February 13,
                   Brothers Company,                      2010.
                   Berkshire Hathaway,
                   Grantsville Mfg.
                   Plant.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TA-W No.          Subject firm          Location       Impact date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
81,242..........  Johnson Controls,     Shreveport, LA.  January 13,
                   Inc., dba Hoover                       2011.
                   Universal, On-Site
                   Leased Workers from
                   Kelly Services.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TA-W No.          Subject firm          Location       Impact date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
81,122..........  Siemens IT Solutions  Pittsburgh, PA.  ...............
                   and Services,
                   Siemens Energy,
                   Renewables-Energy
                   Lab Division.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[[Page 6591]]

    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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TA-W No.          Subject firm          Location       Impact date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
80,402..........  Richline Group Inc..  New York, NY...  ...............
80,424..........  Manistique Papers,    Manistique, MI.  ...............
                   Inc.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TA-W No.          Subject firm          Location       Impact date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
81,102..........  Samsung Information   San Jose, CA...  ...............
                   Systems America,
                   Inc.
81,102A.........  Samsung Information   Irvine, CA.....  ...............
                   Systems America,
                   Inc.
81,159..........  Transcom Worldwide    Lafayette, LA..  ...............
                   North America.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TA-W No.          Subject firm          Location       Impact date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
80,232..........  StarTek USA, Inc....  Collinsville,    ...............
                                         VA.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were 
issued during the period of January 23, 2012 through January 27, 
2012. These determinations are available on the Department's Web 
site tradeact/taa/taa search form.cfm under the searchable listing 
of determinations or by calling the Office of Trade Adjustment 
Assistance toll-free at (888) 365-6822.

    Dated: February 1, 2012.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2012-2886 Filed 2-7-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-FN-P