[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 149 (Thursday, August 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46122-46124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18834]


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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 
July 16, 2012 through July 20, 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
    (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--

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    (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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81,626..................  ATI Wah Chang, Allegheny     Albany, OR............  June 17, 2012.
                           Technologies, Inc..
81,626A.................  Kelly Services, LBCC Career  Albany, OR............  May 16, 2011.
                           Center, CADD Connections,
                           etc., ATI Wah Chang,
                           Allegheny Technologies.
81,678..................  JMC Steel Group (Wheatland   Sharon, PA............  November 14, 2011.
                           Sharon Pipe Warehouse).
81,682..................  The Taylor Desk Company,     Lynwood, CA...........  June 4, 2011.
                           The Taylor Chair Company.
81,682A.................  The Taylor Chair Company...  Bedford, OH...........  June 4, 2011.
81,704..................  RG Steel Warren LLC,         Warren, OH............  December 2, 2011.
                           Formerly Known as
                           Severstal Steel, RG Steel
                           LLC.
81,704A.................  Computer Science             Warren, OH............  June 4, 2011.
                           Corporation (CSC), Working
                           at RG Steel Warren
                           Formerly Known as
                           Severstal Steel, RG Steel
                           LLC.
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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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81,700..................  Pyrotek, Inc., On-Site       Wenatchee, WA.........  June 7, 2011.
                           Leased Workers from Labor
                           Ready.
81,707..................  Northern Trust Company, S.   Chicago, IL...........  June 12, 2011.
                           Canal Street Facility,
                           Teksystems, Quadratic,
                           Solstice, Forbes, etc..
81,708..................  Reliance Mediaworks Imaging  Burbank, CA...........  June 12, 2011.
                           Services, a Subsidiary of
                           Reliance Mediaworks.
81,728..................  Tellabs, Inc., Signature     Petaluma, CA..........  June 14, 2011.
                           Building Maintenance and
                           Facilities Services.
81,729..................  Crawford and Company, ICT    Tucker, GA............  June 14, 2011.
                           Storage & DR
                           Administration Branch, ICT
                           Mainframe Systems Branch,
                           etc..
81,729A.................  Crawford and Company, ICT    Lake Zurich, IL.......  June 14, 2011.
                           Storage & DR
                           Administration Branch, ICT
                           Messaging Administration
                           Branch.
81,729B.................  Crawford and Company, ICT    Atlanta, GA...........  June 14, 2011.
                           Production Control Branch
                           and ICT Desktop Support
                           Branch.
81,729C.................  Crawford and Company, ICT    Sunrise, FL...........  June 14, 2011.
                           Production Control Branch
                           and ICT Desktop Support
                           Branch.
81,732..................  JCIM, US-LLC...............  Kendallville, IN......  June 15, 2011.
81,736..................  A. Jaffe, Inc., Remote       New York, NY..........  May 31, 2011.
                           Workers and Teleworkers
                           Reporting to 7 West 45th
                           Street, Suite 1403.
81,752..................  WestPoint Home, LLC, Bed     Chipley, FL...........  July 3, 2011.
                           Products Division,
                           Manpower, Inc..
81,753..................  WestPoint Home LLC,          Valley, AL............  May 21, 2012.
                           Administration/Engineering
                           Office.
81,754..................  WestPoint Home LLC, Clemson  Clemson, SC...........  June 26, 2012.
                           Centre.
81,759..................  WestPoint Home LLC,          New York, NY..........  June 26, 2012.
                           Corporate Sales Office,
                           Arkansas, Illinois,
                           Georgia, Minnesota, etc..
81,767..................  Cognizant Technology         Beaverton, OR.........  June 29, 2011.
                           Solutions.
81,771..................  Ross Sand Casting            Winchester, IN........  July 3, 2011.
                           Industries, Inc..
81,772..................  WellPoint, Inc., Sr.         Indianapolis, IN......  July 2, 2011.
                           Business Div. Claims
                           Dept., UI Wages WellPoint
                           Companies, etc..
81,772A.................  WellPoint, Inc., Senior      Newbury Park, CA......  July 2, 2011.
                           Operations Claims
                           Representatives and
                           Membership Specialists.
81,774..................  Ecolab, Accounts Payable     Eagan, MN.............  July 3, 2011.
                           Department, Adecco
                           Staffing.
81,777..................  American Greetings           Brooklyn, OH..........  July 5, 2011.
                           Corporation, Supply Chain
                           Division.
81,795..................  American Furniture           Ecru, MS..............  October 1, 2011.
                           Manufacturing, Inc., Cut
                           and Sew Operations.
81,796..................  Adams Globalization,         Austin, TX............  July 9, 2011.
                           Transperfect Translations,
                           IDTP Department.
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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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81,386..................  W. Scott & Company, The      St. Joseph, MO........  .................................
                           Staffing Center.
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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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81,742..................  ConAgra Foods, Inc.........  Omaha, NE.............  .................................
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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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81,675..................  PPP Careers, Inc., Navistar  Fort Wayne, IN........  .................................
                           Truck Development &
                           Technology Center, Truck
                           Division, etc.
81,750..................  Crawford and Company, ICT    Tucker, GA............  .................................
                           Production Control Branch.
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     I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were 
issued during the period of July 16, 2012 through July 20, 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: July 25, 2012.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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