[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52978-52980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20807]


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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 29, 2013 through August 2, 2013.
    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--
    (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).

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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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82,554..............  Halliburton Company,      Duncan, OK......................  March 13, 2012.
                       Halliburton Energy
                       Services, Express.
82,837..............  A.A. Laun Furniture Co..  Kiel, WI........................  June 20, 2012.
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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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82,780..............  Novartis Consumer         Lincoln, NE.....................  June 4, 2012.
                       Health, Inc., OTC (Over-
                       The-Counter) Division,
                       Kelly Services.
82,789..............  Centrinex, LLC, Staffing  Lenexa, KS......................  June 6, 2012.
                       KC, Grafton, Inc.,
                       Allied Staffing, LLC
                       and Staff Point.
82,820..............  Hewitt Associates, LLC,   Hunt Valley, MD.................  June 17, 2012.
                       Aon Consulting, Inc.,
                       Randstad Staffing.
82,842..............  OMSA Inc................  El Paso, TX.....................  June 21, 2012.
82,846..............  Nautel Maine Inc.,        Bangor, ME......................  June 24, 2012.
                       Nautel Capital
                       Corporation, Manpower
                       and Springborn Staffing
                       Services.
82,848..............  Prudential Annuities,     Shelton, CT.....................  June 26, 2012.
                       Annuity Contact Center
                       and New Business
                       Operations, Corporate
                       Brokers.
82,848A.............  Prudential Annuities,     Dresher, PA.....................  June 26, 2012.
                       Annuity Contact Center
                       and New Business
                       Operations, Corporate
                       Brokers.
82,857..............  Rockwell Automation,      Milwaukee, WI...................  June 27, 2012.
                       Shared Service Center,
                       Allegis.
82,858..............  Choice Hotels             Phoenix, AZ.....................  June 27, 2012.
                       International Services
                       Corp., Choice Hotels
                       Int'l, Inc., Property
                       Support Department.
82,906..............  Nidec Motor Corporation,  Paragould, AR...................  July 9, 2013.
                       Nidec Motors & Controls
                       Division, Staffmark.
82,920..............  Cooper Interconnect,      Salem, NJ.......................  July 18, 2012.
                       LLC, Eaton Corporation,
                       Aerotek, Adecco and J&J
                       Staffing.
82,926..............  Salter Labs, Roundtable   Arvin, CA.......................  July 22, 2012.
                       Healthcare Partners,
                       Select Staffing and
                       Kelly Services.
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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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82,633..............  AK Steel Corporation, A   Zanesville, OH..................  March 21, 2012.
                       Subsidiary of AK Steel
                       Holding Corporation.
82,935..............  Chrome Deposit            Weirton, WV.....................  July 25, 2012.
                       Corporation, Weirton
                       Division.
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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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82,618..............  Covidien LP, Medical      Chicopee, MA....................
                       Supplies Global
                       Business Unit, R&D,
                       Covidien PLC.
82,843..............  Goodyear Tire & Rubber    Union City, TN..................
                       Company.
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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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82,644..............  Westport Shipyard, Inc..  Westport, WA....................
82,644A.............  Westport Shipyard, Inc..  Hoquiam, WA.....................
82,644B.............  Westport Shipyard, Inc..  Port Angeles, WA................
82,680..............  SuperMedia LLC,           St. Petersburg, FL..............
                       Publishing Operations
                       Division, Account
                       Management, Dex Media,
                       TAC, etc.
82,691..............  Pioneer Industrial        Perrysburg, OH..................
                       Systems, Glasstech Inc.

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82,706..............  Excelsior Services        Richardson, TX..................
                       Group, Pinnacle
                       Technical Resources,
                       Inc.
82,799..............  General Dynamics          Saco, ME........................
                       Armament & Technical
                       Products, Inc.
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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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82,856..............  Communityone Bank, N.A.,  Granite Falls, NC...............
                       Communityone Bank
                       Corp., Loan Services
                       Center f/k/a Bank of
                       Granite.
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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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82,904..............  Dow Jones & Company,      Princeton, NJ...................
                       Inc., Dow Jones Content
                       Services Division,
                       Factiva, 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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82,940..............  Volex, Inc..............  Fisher, IN......................
82,941..............  Volex, Inc..............  Clinton, AR.....................
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    The following determinations terminating investigations were issued 
because the Department issued a negative determination on petitions 
related to the relevant investigation period applicable to the same 
worker group. The duplicative petitions did not present new information 
or a change in circumstances that would result in a reversal of the 
Department's previous negative determination, and therefore, further 
investigation would duplicate efforts and serve no purpose.

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      TA-W No.              Subject firm                    Location                        Impact date
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82,765..............  Pinnacle Technical        Richardson, TX..................
                       Resources, Inc.,
                       Excelsior Services
                       Group.
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    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued 
during the period of July 29, 2013 through August 2, 2013. 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.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 7th day of August 2013.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2013-20807 Filed 8-26-13; 8:45 am]
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