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 Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration
 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 9, 2012 through January 13, 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 
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                    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). 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 No.
Subject firm
Location
Impact date80,488
Plexus Services Corp., Plexus Corp., Adecco
Nampa, ID
July 24, 2011.81,079
Sierrapine
Rocklin, CA
February 13, 2010.
 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. TA-W No.
Subject firm
Location
Impact date80,467
Covad Communications Company, d/b/a Megapath
Seattle, WA
September 23, 2010.81,075
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), Volt and HCL America, Inc.
Austin, TX
February 13, 2010.81,075A
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), Volt and HCL America, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA
February 13, 2010.81,105
WellPoint, Inc., Colorado/Nevada Utilization Management Intake Division
Denver, CO
February 13, 2010.81,120
Euclid Industries Inc,, A Subsidiary of M & R Corporate Services, LLC
Bay City, MI
February 13, 2010.81,126
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd (Portland Office), Argonaut Management Services Division, including home-based workers
Portland, OR
February 13, 2010.81,126A
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
Chicago, IL
February 13, 2010.( print page 8281)81,126B
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
Geneva, IL
February 13, 2010.81,126C
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
Peoria, IL
February 13, 2010.81,126D
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
Denver, CO
February 13, 2010.81,126E
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
Fresno, CA
February 13, 2010.81,126F
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
Redwood City, CA
February 13, 2010.81,126G
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
Los Angeles, CA
February 13, 2010.81,126H
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
San Antonio, TX
February 13, 2010.81,126I
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
Dallas, TX
February 13, 2010.81,126J
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
Greenfield, MA
February 13, 2010.81,126K
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
Boston, MA
February 13, 2010.81,126L
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
Jersey City, NJ
February 13, 2010.81,126M
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
New York, NY
February 13, 2010.81,126N
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
Richmond, VA
February 13, 2010.81,126O
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, Argo Group International Division
Scottsdale, AZ
February 13, 2010.81,138
Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc., Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, All Star Staffing Group
Exeter, PA
February 13, 2010.81,151
Ahlstrom Glass Nonwovens LLC
Bishopville, SC
February 13, 2010.81,170
Thomson Reuters Markets, LLC
Boston, MA
February 13, 2010.81,175
Albany International, PMC Division
Menasha, WI
February 13, 2010.81,193
Segue Manufacturing Services, LLC, On-Site Leased Workers From Additional Contract Services, Express, and Tech
Lowell, MA
February 13, 2010.
 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. TA-W No.
Subject firm
Location
Impact date81,146
L.A. Darling Company, LLC, Wood Division, Staffmark
Piggott, AR
February 13, 2010.
 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. TA-W No.
Subject firm
Location
Impact date80,432
Infuscience South Carolina, LLC
North Charleston, SC81,047
ERA Systems LLC (Formerly ERA Systems Corporation), a Subsidiary of SRA Corporation
Syracuse, NY81,135
Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles, WA
 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 determination terminating an investigation was issued because the petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn. TA-W No.
Subject firm
Location
Impact date81,168
Lightspeed Technologies
Tualatin, OR
 
 
 I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of 
                    *January 9, 2012 through January 13, 2012.*
                     These determinations are available on the Department's Web site at 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: January 23, 2012. Elliott S. Kushner, Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.


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