[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26423-26425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8821]


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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 16 
through April 27, 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 of 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 issue 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-61,126; U.S. Axle, Inc., On-Site Leased Workers of Volt Services 
Group, Pottstown, PA: March 5, 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-61,212; Motorcar Parts of America, Inc., Perfecto Staffing, Team, 
Priority, Accountemps, City, Torrance, CA: March 27, 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.

NONE

    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

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-60,946; Safer Pigment Corporation, A Subsidiary of Safer Holding 
Corp., Newark, NJ: February 7, 2006
TA-W-60,946A; Safer Textiles Processing Corporation, A Subsidiary of 
Safer Holding Corp., Newark, NJ: February 7, 2006
TA-W-60,946B; Safer Paper and Transfer Printing Corporation, A 
Subsidiary of Safer Holding Corp., Newark, NJ: February 7, 2006
TA-W-60,999; Dispatch Printing Company, Columbus Dispatch

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Division (The), Columbus, OH: February 5, 2006
TA-W-61,041; Collins & Aikman, Port Huron Operations Division, Port 
Huron, MI: February 27, 2006
TA-W-61,100; Performance Sports Apparel, Inc., Reading, PA: March 12, 
2006
TA-W-61,133; Foundation Works, Inc., Cottage Grove, OR: March 14, 2006
TA-W-61,143; Van Dorn Demag Corp, Demag Plastics Group (Formerly Van 
Dorn Service Corp.), Strongville, OH: March 9, 2006
TA-W-60,975; Elliss Technologies LLC, Sterling Heights, MI: February 
14, 2006
TA-W-60,977; Ward Manufacturing, Inc., Blossburg, PA: February 14, 2006
TA-W-61,022; Mid Continent Nail Corporation, A Subsidiary of Libla 
Industries, Inc., Radford, VA: February 23, 2006
TA-W-61,065; Freight Car America, A Subsidiary of Johnstown America, 
Johnstown, PA: March 5, 2006
TA-W-61,068; Microfibers, Inc, Pawtucket Division, Pawtucket, RI: March 
5, 2006
TA-W-61,072; Jefferson City Manufacturing, Inc., Jefferson City, MO: 
March 6, 2006
TA-W-61,107; Boise Cascade LLC, Paper Division,Vancouver, WA: March 12, 
2006
TA-W-61,112; Modine Manufacturing Company, Automotive Division, 
Clinton, TN: March 13, 2006
TA-W-61,119; Northcutt Woodworks, L.P., Crockett, TX: March 13, 2006
TA-W-61,124; Top-Flite Golf Co. (The), Callaway Golf, Johnson & Hill, 
Reliable & Career, Chicopee, MA: October 26, 2006
TA-W-61,132; John Dusenbery Company, Inc., Randolph, NJ: March 16, 2006
TA-W-61,154; Quaker Narrow Fabrics, Milton, PA: March 19, 2006
TA-W-61,171; Athol Manufacturing Co., A Division of Sandusky Athol 
International, Butner, NC: March 22, 2006
TA-W-61,191; Collins & Aikman Products Co, Fabrics Division, Roxboro, 
NC: March 23, 2006
TA-W-61,216; Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc., Pacemaker Furniture 
Company, Lenior, NC: December 23, 2006
TA-W-61,283; IBM Corporation, Workers On-Site at Dana Corporation, 
Seating Products, Fulton, KY: April 10, 2006
TA-W-61,222; Good Companion Sewing Co., San Francisco, CA: March 30, 
2006
TA-W-61,302; TDS/US Automotive, A Subsidiary of TDS Logistics, 
Chesapeake, VA: March 28, 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-60,866; Wolverine World Wide, Rockford, MI: January 29, 2006
TA-W-61,091; Esselte Corporation, Leased Workers of People Link 
Staffing and Trillum Staffing, Kankakee, IL: March 9, 2006
TA-W-61,113; Jabil Circuit, Inc., Including Workers of the Cisco 
Systems, Q-Logic Assembly Lines, St. Petersburg, FL: March 13, 2006
TA-W-61,117; Hanes Brands, Inc., Formerly Sara Lee Branded Apparel, 
Rockingham Plant Division, Rockingham, NC: February 28, 2006
TA-W-61,145; Enhanced Manufacturing Solutions LLC, Amherst Injection 
Molding Div., SPS Temporary, Amherst, NY: February 28, 2006
TA-W-61,157; Visteon Systems LLC, Climate Control Div./Evaporators, 
Connersville, IN: March 19, 2006
TA-W-61,157A; Visteon Systems LLC, Climate Control Div./Radiator/Heat 
Exchange, Connersville, IN: March 19, 2006
TA-W-61,165; Carhartt Inc Autopocket Facility, Autopocket (Sewing) 
Facility, Madisonville, KY: August 3, 2006
TA-W-61,166; Carhartt Inc, Providence (Sewing) Facility, Providence, 
KY: March 21, 2006
TA-W-61,192; Arrow Electronics, Inc., Leased Workers of Adecco, Lenexa, 
KS: March 23, 2006
TA-W-61,218; Hanesbrands, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC: March 29, 2006
TA-W-61,263; Parker Hannifin Corporation, Powertrain Division, Leased 
Workers of Manpower Temp Services, Iron Gate, VA: April 5, 2006
TA-W-61,264; Sanmina Sci USA, Inc., Backplanes Division, Woburn, MA: 
April 6, 2006
TA-W-61,314; Tridon, Smyrna, TN: March 19, 2006
TA-W-61,001; Optera Colorado, Inc., A Subsidiary of Magna Donnelly, 
Longmont, CO: February 16, 2006
TA-W-61,054; Corsair Marine, Inc., Chula Vista, CA: February 28, 2006
TA-W-61,127; ICT, Inc., Calvert City, KY: March 15, 2006
TA-W-61,140; Konica Minolta Graphic Imaging, Glen Cove, NY: March 12, 
2006
TA-W-61,167; Photronics, Inc., Allen, TX: March 13, 2006
TA-W-61,187; PointCare Corporation, Subsidiary of Biocare Corporation, 
San Jose, CA: March 16, 2006
TA-W-61,201; Photronics, Inc., Brookfield, CT: March 23, 2006
TA-W-61,258; Springs Global US, Inc., Formerly Springs Industries, 
Grace Complex, Lancaster, SC: May 3, 2007
TA-W-61,259; Amtek Gears, Inc., Subsidiary of Amtek Auto Limited, Bay 
City, MI: April 5, 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-61,094; Pine River Plastics Inc., St. Clair, MI: March 9, 2006
TA-W-61,220; Silberline Mfg. Company, Inc., Decatur, IN Division, 
Decatur, IN: March 28, 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.

NONE

    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-61,126; U.S. Axle, Inc., On-Site Leased Workers of Volt Services 
Group, Pottstown, PA
TA-W-61,212; Motorcar Parts of America, Inc., Perfecto Staffing, Team, 
Priority, Accountemps, City, Torrance, CA:

    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

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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-61,142; Alcatel Lucent, System Integration Center, Columbus, OH.

    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-60,800; Volvo Trucks North America, A Division of Volvo Group 
North America, New River Valley Assembly Plant, Dublin, VA.

    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-60,662; Irving Forest Products, Pinkham Sawmill Division, Ashland, 
ME.
TA-W-60,942; Weyerhaeuser Company, Bauman Lumber--Sawmill Division, 
Lebanon, OR.
TA-W-61,053; Nypro Kentucky, Hazard Division, Hazard, KY.
TA-W-61,057; Bobcat Company, Gwinner, ND.
TA-W-61,078; U.S. Traffic Corporation, A Quixote Company, Santa Fe 
Spring, CA.
TA-W-61,110; Dent Manufacturing, Inc., Northampton, PA.
TA-W-61,157B; Visteon Systems LLC, Climate Control Div./Modules, 
Connersville, IN.
TA-W-61,175; Beard Hosiery, Inc., Lenior, NC.
TA-W-61,179; Rebtex Inc., Sommerville, NJ.
TA-W-60,905; General Motors Corporation, GMVM Division, Janesville, WI.
TA-W-61,074; Fleetwood Travel Trailers of Kentucky, Inc., Travel 
Trailer Division, Campbellsville, KY.
TA-W-61,122; Snap-On Logistics Company, Division of Snap-On Tools Co. 
LLC, Industrial/Diagnostics Mfg., JohnsonCity, TN.
TA-W-61,180; Welex Incorporated, Blue Bell, PA.

    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 
increase in imports).

TA-W-61,308; Allied Air Enterprises, Bellevue, OH.

    The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for 
certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
TA-W-61,032; Baker Furniture, Grand Rapids, MI.
TA-W-61,153; Lenovo, Americas Sales Operations, Research Triangle Park, 
NC.
TA-W-61,178; Owens-Illinois, Hayward, CA.
TA-W-61,190; Entronix, Rogers, MN.
TA-W-61,190A; Entronix, Eveleth, MN.
TA-W-61,202; Glenoit LLC/Ex-Cell Home Fashion, Inc., Goldsboro, NC.
TA-W-61,255; Unisys Corporation, Technology Management Center, Blue 
Bell, PA.
TA-W-61,266; Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, Concord, CA.
TA-W-61,272; U.S. Borax, Rio Tinto Minerals, Valencia, CA.
    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.

TA-W-61,012; Avantech Manufacturing, LLC, Formerly Known as Intier 
Automotive Interiors of America, Mt. Pleasant,TN.

    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were 
issued during the period of April 16 through April 27, 2007. Copies 
of these determinations are available for inspection in Room C-5311, 
U.S. Department of Labor, 200Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC 20210 during normal business hours or will be mailed to persons 
who write to the above address.

    Dated: May 3, 2007.
Ralph DiBattista,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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