[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25199-25201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10165]


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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 9, 2012 through April 13, 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.

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    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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81,206.....................  Stern-Leach, Cookson        Attleboro, MA........  February 10, 2011.
                              Precious Metals, Cookson
                              America, Adecco Staffing,
                              Qualified, etc.
81,206A....................  Hallmark Sweet, Cookson     Attleboro, MA........  February 10, 2011.
                              Precious Metals, Cookson
                              America, Adecco Staffing,
                              Qualified, etc.
81,206B....................  Stern Metals, Cookson       Attleboro, MA........  February 10, 2011.
                              Precious Metals, Cookson
                              America, Adecco Staffing,
                              Qualified, etc.
81,283.....................  SolarWorld Industries       Camarillo, CA........  February 13, 2010.
                              America LP, ProHire and
                              Kelly Services.
81,293.....................  NCO Financial Systems,      Canonsburg, PA.......  February 2, 2011.
                              Inc., Innosource.
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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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81,274.....................  Aosom LLC, Ningbo MH        Lake Oswego, OR......  January 26, 2011.
                              Industry Co., NW
                              Staffing, Begin Right,
                              Office Team, etc.
81,358.....................  Clipper Windpower, LLC,     Carpinteria, CA......  February 21, 2011.
                              Accounts Payable
                              Department, On-Site
                              Workers of Appleone and
                              Accountemps.
81,367.....................  Infinite Convergence        Arlington Heights, IL  February 27, 2011.
                              Solutions, Inc.,
                              Messaging Software
                              Division, Infinite
                              Computer Solutions, Inc.
81,408.....................  Syngenta Crop Protection    Greensboro, NC.......  March 12, 2011.
                              LLC, Including On Site
                              Leased Workers of Olsten,
                              Adecco and HR Group.
81,415.....................  Covidien, Medical Devices   Mansfield, MA........  March 13, 2011.
                              Sector, Vascular
                              Therapies Division, Kelly
                              Services.
81,417.....................  Nilfisk-Advance             Plymouth, MN.........  October 1, 2011.
                              Incorporated, On Site: E-
                              Technical, Apple One,
                              Ware Technology Services
                              and Staffing.
81,419.....................  Panduit Corporation,        Tinley Park, IL......  November 25, 2011.
                              Tinley Park Manufacturing
                              Division, On-Site Workers
                              from Aerotek, Inc.
81,419A....................  Panduit Corporation, New    New Lenox, IL........  November 25, 2011.
                              Lenox Production
                              Division, Cable Tie
                              Division, Areotek, Inc.
81,425.....................  Becromal of America, Inc.,  Clinton, TN..........  March 15, 2011.
                              Resource MFG.
81,430.....................  Vectron International.....  Hudson, NH...........  March 19, 2011.
81,435.....................  Albany International,       Albany, NY...........  May 22, 2012.
                              Corrugated Belts Division.
81,440.....................  KRACO Enterprises, LLC, A   Compton, CA..........  March 21, 2011.
                              Subsidiary of Sun Capital
                              Partners, Inc.

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81,446.....................  WellPoint, Inc., NE         North Haven, CT......  March 22, 2011.
                              Enrollment and Billing
                              Division, Aerotek, Kelly
                              and Populus Group.
81,456.....................  Siltronic Corporation,      Portland, OR.........  March 28, 2011.
                              FAB1 Plant, Express
                              Temporaries and Aerotek
                              Commercial, etc.
81,465.....................  Anthem Blue Cross and Blue  Richmond, VA.........  April 29, 2011.
                              Shield, Wellpoint, Inc.,
                              Service Operations, Blue
                              Cross and Blue Shield in
                              Georgia.
81,470.....................  Capewell Horsenails, Inc.,  Bloomfield, CT.......  March 27, 2011.
                              Mustad USA, Premiere
                              Staffing, Kelly Staffing,
                              Lauren Staffing, etc.
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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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81,427.....................  Bremner Food Group Inc....  Fort Smith, AR.......
81,433.....................  Afni, Inc., Experis.......  San Antonio, TX......
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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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81,391.....................  Shape Corporation.........  Grand Haven, MI......
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    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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81,371.....................  Flo-Pro, Inc., A Division   Bedford, NH..........
                              of Introcan, Motor Parts
                              of America, Inc.
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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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81,485.....................  Convergys Corporation,      Ogden, UT............
                              Microsoft Answer Desk
                              Project.
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    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were 
issued during the period of April 9, 2012 through April 13, 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: April 18, 2012.
 Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2012-10165 Filed 4-26-12; 8:45 am]
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