Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 43 / Friday, March 5, 2010 / Notices 10319 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–71,602] 

Cooper Tools—Sumter, Cooper Tools 

Divisions, a Subsidiary of Cooper 

Industries, Inc., Including On-Site 

Leased Workers From Thompson 

Industrial, Sumter, SC; Amended 

Certification Regarding Eligibility To 

Apply for Worker Adjustment 

Assistance 

In accordance with Section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (‘‘Act’’), 

19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor 

issued a Certification of Eligibility to 

Apply for Worker Adjustment 

Assistance on January 26, 2010, 

applicable to workers of Cooper Tools— 

Sumter, Cooper Tools Division, a 

subsidiary of Cooper Industries, Inc., 

including on-site leased workers from 

Thompson Industrial, Sumter, South 

Carolina. The notice will be published 

soon in the Federal Register. 

At the request of the State Agency, the 

Department reviewed the certification 

for workers of the subject firm. The 

workers are engaged in the production 

of adjustable wrenches, pliers, farrier 

tools, aviation snips, bolt cutters, cable 

cutters, screwdrivers and nut drivers. 

The review shows that on August 30, 

2006, a certification of eligibility to 

apply for adjustment assistance was 

issued for all workers of Cooper Tools, 

Inc., a division of Cooper Industries, 

Ltd, Sumter, South Carolina, separated 

from employment on or after August 5, 

2005 through August 30, 2008. The 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register on September 21, 2006 (71 FR 

55216). 

In order to avoid an overlap in worker 

group coverage, the Department is 

amending the July 7, 2008 impact date 

established for TA–W–71,602, to read 

August 31, 2008. 

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–72,314 is hereby issued as 

follows: 

All workers of Cooper Tools—Sumter, 

Cooper Tools Division, a subsidiary of 

Cooper Industries, Inc., including on-site 

leased workers from Thompson Industrial, 

Sumter, South Carolina, who became totally 

or partially separated from employment on or 

after August 31, 2008, through January 26, 

2012, and all workers in the group threatened 

with total or partial separation from 

employment on date of certification through 

two years from the date of certification, are 

eligible to apply for adjustment assistance 

under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act 

of 1974, as amended. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 23rd day 

of February 2010. 

Del Min Amy Chen, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4574 Filed 3–4–10; 8:45 am] 

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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 January 18 through 

January 29, 2010. 

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 


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