[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33492-33494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13587]


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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 May 
14, 2012 through May 18, 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

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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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81,504............................  Allied Tube & Conduit,      Morrisville, PA......  April 5, 2011.
                                     Morrisville Plant, Atkore
                                     International, Manpower.
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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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81,413............................  Merck Sharp & Dohme         Kenilworth, NJ.......  March 12, 2011.
                                     Corporation, Merck
                                     Research Labs, Disease
                                     Area Biology, In Vitro/In
                                     Vivo, etc.
81,451............................  AT&T Service, Inc.,         Dallas, TX...........  March 10, 2012.
                                     Mobility & U-Verse
                                     Delivery Division, AT&T,
                                     Inc., eCAM and Mastech,
                                     Inc.
81,474............................  Wellpoint, CS90 Claims      Albany, NY...........  April 2, 2011.
                                     Processing, Kelly
                                     Services & Aerotek
                                     Staffing & Remote, etc.
81,477............................  Verizon Business Network    Tulsa, OK............  March 28, 2011.
                                     Services, Inc., Service
                                     Assurance Department.
81,486............................  First Advantage, Select     St. Petersburg, FL...  April 2, 2011.
                                     Business Services, (UI)
                                     Wages Accufacts Pre
                                     Employment Screening.
81,496............................  Standard Motor Products,    Mishawaka, IN........  March 17, 2011.
                                     Inc., Wire and Cable
                                     Division.
81,500............................  StarTek USA, Inc.,          Jonesboro, AR........  March 27, 2011.
                                     Staffmark East, LLC.
81,501............................  The Travelers Indemnity     Knoxville, TN........  April 5, 2011.
                                     Company, Personal
                                     Insurance Division,
                                     Account Analyst
                                     Operations.
81,518............................  Maersk Agency USA, Inc.,    Charlotte, NC........  April 13, 2011.
                                     A.P. Moller-Maersk,
                                     Finance Division, Remx
                                     and Remote Workers in New
                                     Jersey.
81,521............................  Journal Register East,      New Haven, CT........  April 9, 2011.
                                     Circulation Customer
                                     Service, Journal Register
                                     Company.
81,533............................  CDR Systems Corp.,          Estherville, IA......  April 24, 2011.
                                     Aventure Staffing.
81,547............................  Joerns Healthcare, LLC,     Stevens Point, WI....  April 25, 2011.
                                     Stevens Point, Wisconsin
                                     Division, ABR and Aerotek.
81,580............................  Sanofi-Aventis US LLC,      Kansas City, MO......  July 3, 2012.
                                     Sanofi Pharmaceuticals,
                                     Industrial Affairs
                                     Division, Pro-Unlimited.
81,610............................  Infinite Convergence        Westford, MA.........  May 11, 2011.
                                     Solutions, Inc., Platform
                                     Division, Infinite
                                     Computer Solutions, 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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81,454............................  SIC Processing USA, LP,     Portland, OR.........  March 23, 2011.
                                     Express Personnel and De
                                     Paul Industries, (UI)
                                     Wages were through XEN 1.
81,454A...........................  SIC Processing USA, LP,     Hillsboro, OR........  March 23, 2011.
                                     Solar World, Express
                                     Personnel and De Paul
                                     Industries, (UI) Wages
                                     XEN 1.
81,509............................  Parkdale America, LLC,      Hillsville, VA.......  March 22, 2011.
                                     Plant 30, Serve Source/
                                     Defender Services.
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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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81,431............................  Motorola Solutions, Inc.,   Schaumburg, IL.
                                     Enterprise Mobility
                                     Solutions, Astro System
                                     Integration and Test.
81,508............................  Burris, Incorporated......  Spartanburg, SC.
81,570............................  Sapa Inc..................  Parsons, KS.
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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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81,387............................  Eastman Kodak Company,      Dayton, OH.
                                     IPS--Dayton Location.
81,448............................  General Dynamics Itronix    Sunrise, FL.
                                     Corporation, General
                                     Dynamics Corporation,
                                     Remote Workers Reporting
                                     to Sunrise, Florida.
81,455............................  Abound Solar, Inc.,         Longmont, CO.
                                     Aerotek.
81,461............................  LiteSteel Technologies      Troutville, VA.
                                     America, LLC, Renick
                                     Group, Labor Finders,
                                     etc., Chase Professionals
                                     and API Group.
81,471............................  SNE Enterprises, Inc.,      Mosinee, WI.
                                     Peachtree Companies, Inc..
81,475............................  Huntington Foam LLC.......  Fort Smith, AR.
81,476............................  Wells Fargo Bank, National  Fort Dodge, IA.
                                     Association, Subsidiary
                                     of Wells Fargo & Company,
                                     Wells Fargo Bank's
                                     Consumer Lending.
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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 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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81,613............................  WellPoint, Inc., Care       Newbury Park, CA.....
                                     Management UM Intake.
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    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued 
during the period of May 14, 2012 through May 18, 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: May 23, 2012.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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