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APPENDIX—Continued 

[TAA petitions instituted between 4/9/07 and 4/13/07] 

TA–W Subject firm 

(petitioners) Location Date of institution 

Date of 

petition 

61312 ................ Ashdale Foam Inc. (Comp) .................................................. Conover, NC ......................... 04/13/07 04/10/07 

[FR Doc. E7–7722 Filed 4–23–07; 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 and Alternative 

Trade 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 (TA–W) number and alternative 

trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) by 

(TA–W) number issued during the 

period of April 2 through April 6, 2007. 

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. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following 

must be satisfied: 

A. A significant number or proportion 

of the workers in such workers’ firm, or 

an appropriate subdivision of the firm, 

have become totally or partially 

separated, or are threatened to become 

totally or partially separated; 

B. The sales or production, or both, of 

such firm or subdivision have decreased 

absolutely; and 

C. Increased imports of articles like or 

directly competitive with articles 

produced by such firm or subdivision 

have contributed importantly to such 

workers’ separation or threat of 

separation and to the decline in sales or 

production of such firm or subdivision; 

or 

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the 

following must be satisfied: 

A. A significant number or proportion 

of the workers in such workers’ firm, or 

an appropriate subdivision of the firm, 

have become totally or partially 

separated, or are threatened to become 

totally or partially separated; 

B. There has been a shift in 

production by such workers’ firm or 

subdivision to a foreign country of 

articles like or directly competitive with 

articles which are produced by such 

firm or subdivision; and 

C. One of the following must be 

satisfied: 

1. The country to which the workers’

firm has shifted production of the 

articles is a party to a free trade 

agreement with the United States; 

2. the country to which the workers’

firm has shifted production of the 

articles to a beneficiary country under 

the Andean Trade Preference Act, 

African Growth and Opportunity Act, or 

the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery 

Act; or 

3. There has been or is likely to be an 

increase in imports of articles that are 

like or directly competitive with articles 

which are or were produced by such 

firm or subdivision. 

Also, in order for an affirmative 

determination to be made for 

secondarily affected 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(b) of the Act must be met. 

(1) Significant number or proportion 

of the workers in the workers’ firm or 

an appropriate subdivision of the firm 

have become totally or partially 

separated, or are threatened to become 

totally or partially separated; 

(2) The workers’ firm (or subdivision) 

is a supplier or downstream producer to 

a firm (or subdivision) that employed a 

group of workers who received a 

certification of eligibility to apply for 

trade adjustment assistance benefits and 

such supply or production is related to 

the article that was the basis for such 

certification; and 

(3) Either—

(A) The workers’ firm is a supplier 

and the component parts it supplied for 

the firm (or subdivision) described in 

paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 

percent of the production or sales of the 

workers’ firm; or 

(B) A loss or business by the workers’

firm with the firm (or subdivision) 

described in paragraph (2) contributed 

importantly to the workers’ Separation 

or threat of separation. 

In order for the Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance to issued a 

certification of eligibility to apply for 

Alternative Trade Adjustment 

Assistance (ATAA) for older workers, 

the group eligibility requirements of 

Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act 

must be met. 

1. Whether a significant number of 

workers in the workers’ firm are 50 

years of age or older. 

2. Whether the workers in the 

workers’ firm possess skills that are not 

easily transferable. 

3. The competitive conditions within 

the workers’ industry (i.e., conditions 

within the industry are adverse). 

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. 

TA–W–61,011; Shafer Electronics Co., 

Shafer MN: March 15, 2007. 

TA–W–61,023; Lenze Corporation, 

Emporia, KS: February 23, 2006. 

The following certifications have been 

issued. The requirements of Section 

222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) of the 

Trade Act have been met. 

TA–W–61,008; Hutchens Industries, Inc. 

Foundry, Mansfield, MO: February 

8, 2006. 

TA–W–61,018; International Truck and 

Engine Corporation Truck 

Development and Technical Center, 

Fort Wayne, IN: February 22, 2006. 

The following certifications have been 

issued. The requirements of Section 

222(b) (supplier to a firm whose workers 

are certified eligible to apply for TAA) 

of the Trade Act have been met. 

TA–W–61,210; Carlson Wood Products, 

Inc., Sinclairville, NY: March 22, 

2006. 

The following certifications have been 

issued. The requirements of Section 

222(b) (downstream producer for a firm 

whose workers are certified eligible to 

apply for TAA based on increased 

imports from or a shift in production to 

Mexico or Canada) of the Trade Act 

have been met. 

None. 


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Affirmative Determinations for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance and Alternative 

Trade 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) and 

Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act 

have been met. 

TA–W–60,974; Cadence Innovation, 

Advanced Engineering Center, 

Fraser, MI: January 19, 2006. 

TA–W–61,067; Johnson Controls, Grace 

Power Plant, On-Site at Springs 

Global, Lancaster, SC: February 19, 

2006. 

TA–W–61,111; Bodine Electric 

Company, Sedona Staffing, Peosta, 

IA: March 14, 2006. 

TA–W–61,144; Royal Home Fashions, A 

Subsidiary of Croscill, Inc., 

Durham, NC: February 14, 2006. 

TA–W–61,155; Pine Hosiery Mills, Inc., 

Ether Plant, Star, NC: March 15, 

2006. 

TA–W–61,163; Springs Global US, Inc., 

Calhoun Division, Defender 

Industries, Calhoun, GA: March 21, 

2006. 

TA–W–60,596; TTM Technologies, 

Formerly Know As Tyco Electronics, 

Kelly Services, Dallas, OR: February 

18, 2007. 

TA–W–60,840; Marathon Apparel, 

Temp Force of Sylacauga, 

Childersburg, AL: January 25, 2006. 

TA–W–60,968; Delux Media Services 

LLC, Staff Management, North Little 

Rock, AR: February 14, 2006. 

TA–W–60,937; Key Fashion, Inc., 

Brooklyn, NY: February 8, 2006. 

The following certifications have been 

issued. The requirements of Section 

222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) and 

Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act 

have been met. 

TA–W–60,995; Distinctive Designs 

Furniture USA, Granite Falls 

Division, Express Personal, Granite 

Falls, NC: February 19, 2006. 

TA–W–61,080; A.O. Smith Electrical 

Products Company, McMinnville, 

TN: March 19, 2007. 

TA–W–61,088; Evans Rule Company, 

Inc., L.S. Starrett Co., Inc., 

Charleston, SC: March 8, 2007. 

TA–W–61,148; Russell Corporation, 

Plant #10, Alexander City, AL: 

August 27, 2006. 

TA–W–61,170; Centurion Wireless 

Technologies, d/b/a Laird 

Technologies, Lincoln, NE: March 

22, 2006. 

TA–W–61,102; Springs Global US, Inc., 

Hartwell Weaving and Yarn Div., 

Defender Services Johnson, 

Hartwell, GA: March 30, 2007. 

TA–W–60,823; Industrial Metal 

Products Corporation, Lansing, MI: 

January 19, 2006. 

TA–W–61,090; Easton Sports, Inc, Div. 

of Easton-Bell Sports, Select 

Personnel, Onsite Agency, Van 

Nuys, CA: March 9, 2006. 

TA–W–61,105; Kidde Fenwal, Kidde 

North America Division, Davis 

Companies, Ashland, MA: March 

12, 2006. 

TA–W–61,169; Mitsui Components, Inc., 

Mitsui Smelting and Mining, 

Adecco, Casa Grande, AZ: March 

19, 2006. 

The following certifications have been 

issued. The requirements of Section 

222(b) (supplier to a firm whose workers 

are certified eligible to apply for TAA) 

and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade 

Act have been met. 

TA–W–61,020; Stroupe Mirror 

Company, Thomasville, NC: 

February 24, 2006. 

The following certifications have been 

issued. The requirements of Section 

222(b) (downstream producer for a firm 

whose workers are certified eligible to 

apply for TAA based on increased 

imports from or a shift in production to 

Mexico or Canada) and Section 

246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have 

been met. 

None. 

Negative Determinations for Alternative 

Trade Adjustment Assistance 

In the following cases, it has been 

determined that the requirements of 

246(a)(3)(A)(ii) have not been met for 

the reasons specified. 

The Department has determined that 

criterion (1) of Section 246 has not been 

met. Workers at the firm are 50 years of 

age or older. 

TA–W–61,011; Shafer Electronics Co., 

Shafer, MN. 

TA–W–61,210; Carlson Wood Products, 

Inc., Sinclairville, NY. 

The Department has determined that 

criterion (2) of Section 246 has not been 

met. Workers at the firm possess skills 

that are easily transferable. 

TA–W–61,008; Hutchens Industries, Inc. 

Foundry Mansfield, MO. 

TA–W–61,018; International Truck and 

Engine Corporation Truck 

Development and Technical Center, 

Fort Wayne, IN. 

TA–W–61,023; Lenze Corporation, 

Emporia, KS. 

The Department has determined that 

criterion (3) of Section 246 has not been 

met. Competition conditions within the 

workers’ industry are not adverse. 

None. 

Negative Determinations for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance and Alternative 

Trade 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. 

Because the workers of the firm are 

not eligible to apply for TAA, the 

workers cannot be certified eligible for 

ATAA. 

The investigation revealed that 

criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A.) and (a)(2)(B)(II.A.) 

(employment decline) have not been 

met. 

TA–W–61,033; Trans-Matic 

Manufacturing, Holland, MN. 

TA–W–61,156; Classic Tool Inc, 

Saegertown, MI. 

The investigation revealed that 

criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B.) (Sales or 

production, or both, did not decline) 

and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in production 

to a foreign country) have not been met. 

TA–W–61,114; Vestal Manufacturing 

Enterprises, Inc., Sweetwater, GA. 

TA–W–61,158; Jeld Wen Door Systems, 

Door Division, Chiloquin, NC. 

The investigation revealed that 

criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased 

imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in 

production to a foreign country) have 

not been met. 

TA–W–60,826; Paxar Americas, Inc., A 

Subsidiary of Paxar Corporation, 

Machine Div., Sayre, OR. 

TA–W–60,944; Morton International, 

Inc., Salt Division, Weeks Island 

Facility, New Iberia, AL. 

TA–W–61,000; Gibraltar DFC Strip Steel 

LLC, Farrell, NY. 

TA–W–61,008A; Hutchens Industries, 

Inc., Fabrication Department, 

Mansfield, AR. 

TA–W–61,029; Werner Co., Corporate 

Division, Greenville, MI. 

TA–W–61,042; Kirkwood USA, Inc., 

Ripley, KS. 

TA–W–61,044; Michigan Metal Coating 

Company, Metal Coatings 

International, Inc., Rochester Hills, 

SC. 

The investigation revealed that the 

predominate cause of worker 

separations is unrelated to criteria 

(a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased imports) and 

(a)(2)(B)(II.C) (shift in production to a 

foreign country under a free trade 

agreement or a beneficiary country 

under a preferential trade agreement, or 

there has been or is likely to be an 

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TA–W–61,083; Intel Corporation, 

Optical Platform Division, Newark, 

NC. 

The workers’ firm does not produce 

an article as required for certification 

under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 

1974. 

TA–W–61,061; IBM Corporation, 

Integrated Technology Delivery 

Division, Hazelwood, GA. 

TA–W–61,062; Logistic Services, Inc., 

Oklahoma City, IA. 

TA–W–61,085; Verizon Business,Sub. of 

Verizon Communications, 

Wholesale Service, Tulsa, NC. 

TA–W–61,239; Direct Holdings 

Libraries, Inc., Direct Holdings 

Americas, Inc., Chicago, MO. 

The investigation revealed that 

criteria of Section 222(b)(2) has not been 

met. The workers’ firm (or subdivision) 

is not a supplier to or a downstream 

producer for a firm whose workers were 

certified eligible to apply for TAA. 

None. 

I hereby certify that the aforementioned 

determinations were issued during the period 

of April 2 through April 6, 2007. Copies of 

these determinations are available for 

inspection in Room C–5311, U.S. Department 

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20210 during normal 

business hours or will be mailed to persons 

who write to the above address. 

Dated: April 17, 2007. 

Ralph Dibattista, 

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E7–7723 Filed 4–23–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–60,940] 

U.S. Global Flag LLC, Inc., Thorn, Inc., 

Paterson, NJ; Amended Certification 

Regarding Eligibility To Apply for 

Worker Adjustment Assistance and 

Alternative Trade Adjustment 

Assistance 

In accordance with Section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273), and 

Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 

U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the 

Department of Labor issued a 

Certification of Eligibility to Apply for 

Worker Adjustment Assistance and 

Alternative Trade Adjustment 

Assistance on March 29, 2007, 

applicable to workers of U.S. Global 

Flag LLC, Inc., Paterson, New Jersey. 

The notice was published in the Federal 

Register on April 10, 2007 (72 FR 

17937). 

At the request of the State agency, the 

Department reviewed the certification 

for workers of the subject firm. The 

workers were engaged in the production 

of men’s trousers and short trousers and 

women’s trousers and short skirts and 

jacket linings and bedding. 

New information shows that 

following a corporate decision, workers 

separated from employment at the 

subject firm had their wages reported 

under a separate unemployment 

insurance (UI) tax account for Thorn, 

Inc., a companion company. 

Accordingly, the Department is 

amending the certification to properly 

reflect this matter. 

The intent of the Department’s 

certification is to include all workers of 

U.S. Global Flag LLC, Inc., Paterson, 

New Jersey who were adversely affected 

by increased company imports. 

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–60,940 is hereby issued as 

follows: 

All workers of U.S. Global Flag LLC, Inc., 

including workers paid by Thorn, Inc., 

Paterson, New Jersey, who became totally or 

partially separated from employment on or 

after January 31, 2006, through March 29, 

2009, are eligible to apply for adjustment 

assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act 

of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for 

alternative trade adjustment assistance under 

Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of 

April 2007. 

Richard Church, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E7–7721 Filed 4–23–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–56,863] 

Valspar-Furniture Sales Group & 

International Color Design Center, a 

Subsidiary of Valspar Global Wood 

Coatings D/B/A/ Engineered Polymer 

Solutions High Point, NC; Including 

Employees of Valspar-Furniture Sales 

Group & International Color Design 

Center a Subsidiary of Valspar Global 

Wood Coatings, D/B/A Engineered 

Polymer Solutions High Point, NC 

Operating at Various Locations in the 

Following States: TA–W–56,863A 

Virginia, TA–W–56,863B Vermont, TA–

W–56,863C California, TA–W–56,863D 

Michigan; Amended Certification 

Regarding Eligibility To Apply for 

Worker Adjustment Assistance and 

Alternative Trade Adjustment 

Assistance 

In accordance with Section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273), and 

Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 

U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the 

Department of Labor issued a 

Certification Regarding Eligibility to 

Apply for Worker Adjustment 

Assistance on May 6, 2005, applicable 

to workers of Valspar-Furniture Sales 

Group & International Color Design 

Center, a subsidiary of Valspar Global 

Wood Coatings, High Point, North 

Carolina. The notice was published in 

the Federal Register on May 25, 2005 

(70 FR 30146). 

At the request of the state agency, the 

Department reviewed the certification 

for workers of the subject firm. 

New Information shows that ValsparFurniture Sales Group & International 

Color Design Center, a subsidiary of 

Valspar-Global Wood Coatings is doing 

business as Engineered Polymer 

Solutions. Information also shows that 

worker separations have occurred 

involving out-stationed employees of 

the subject firm who supported 

production at the High Point, North 

Carolina location from the following 

states: Virginia, Vermont, California and 

Michigan. 

Based on this new information, the 

Department is amending this 

certification to include ‘‘doing business 

as Engineered Polymer Solutions’’ and 

to also include out-stationed employees 

of the subject firm located in the 

following states: Virginia, Vermont, 

California and Michigan. 

The intent of the Department’s 

certification is to include all workers of 

Valspar-Furniture Sales Group & 

International Color Design Center, a 


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