[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1950-1952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-436]


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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 
December 19, 2011 through December 30, 2011.
    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--

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    (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.

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          TA-W No.                  Subject firm                Location                   Impact date
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80,405.....................  Schweizer Aircraft          Horseheads, NY.......  August 30, 2010.
                              Corporation, Sikorsky
                              Aircraft, dba Sikorsky
                              Military Completion,
                              Adecco, Aerotek, etc.
80,413.....................  Flextronics, Flextronics    Louisville, KY.......  December 9, 2011.
                              International, Global
                              Services Division,
                              Aerotek.
80,425.....................  Portage Mold and Die Co...  Ravenna, OH..........  September 8, 2010.
80,483.....................  American Apparel, Inc.....  Garden Grove, CA.....  September 29, 2010.
80,493.....................  Molded Fiber Glass          Gainesville, TX......  October 4, 2010.
                              Companies Texas, Class 8
                              Truck Roof Division.
81,004.....................  Pace American Enterprises,  McGregor, TX.........  February 13, 2010.
                              Inc.
81,004A....................  Pace American Enterprises,  Middlebury, IN.......  February 13, 2010.
                              Inc.
81,004B....................  Pace American Enterprises,  Fitzgerald, GA.......  February 13, 2010.
                              Inc.
81,004C....................  Pace American Enterprises,  Lebanon, OR..........  February 13, 2010.
                              Inc.
81,004D....................  Pace American Enterprises,  Hurricane, UT........  February 13, 2010.
                              Inc.
81,009.....................  Birds Eye Foods, LLC,       Fulton, NY...........  February 13, 2010.
                              Fulton, NY Plant,
                              Pinnacle Foods Group LLC,
                              W L Staff Svces., Inc.
81,010.....................  Velsicol Chemical LLC.....  Memphis, TN..........  February 13, 2010.
81,050.....................  Fenton Gift Shops, Inc....  Williamstown, WV.....  February 13, 2010.
81,050A....................  Fenton Gift Shops, Inc....  Sutton, WV...........  February 13, 2010.
81,087.....................  Burlington Basket Company.  West Burlington, IA..  February 13, 2010.
81,115.....................  The Rupp Forge Company....  Cleveland, OH........  February 13, 2010.
81,131.....................  Topsail Coast Enterprises,  Surf City, NC........  February 13, 2010.
                              Inc.
81,136.....................  Michelin North America,     Opelika, AL..........  June 26, 2010.
                              Inc., BF Goodrich Tire
                              Manufacturing Division.
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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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80,409.....................  Bosch Security Systems,     Lancaster, PA........  February 13, 2010.
                              Inc., Robert Bosch N.A.
80,523.....................  Siemens Water               Vineland, NJ.........  October 14, 2010.
                              Technologies, Spherion
                              Corporation.
81,007.....................  A. Schulman, On-Site        Nashville, TN........  February 13, 2010.
                              Leased Workers From
                              Manpower.
81,036.....................  Fair-Rite Products Corp...  Flat Rock, IL........  February 13, 2010.
81,036A....................  Fair-Rite Products Corp...  Wallkill, NY.........  February 13, 2010.
81,037.....................  Emerson Power               Maysville, KY........  February 13, 2010.
                              Transmission, On-Site
                              Leased Workers from Nesco
                              Services.
81,037A....................  Emerson Power               Maysville, KY........  February 13, 2010.
                              Transmission, On-Site
                              Leased Workers from Nesco
                              Services.
81,043.....................  Outcomes Health             Albuquerque, NM......  February 13, 2010.
                              Information Solutions,
                              LLC.
81,052.....................  Mohawk Fine Paper, Beckett  Hamilton, OH.........  February 13, 2010.
                              Mill Division, Prestige
                              Technical Services.
81,074.....................  Radia Inc., P.S., Business  Everett, WA..........  February 13, 2010.
                              Services Division.
81,100.....................  Checkpoint Caribbean,       Ponce, PR............  February 13, 2010.
                              Ltd., Checkpoint Systems,
                              Personnel Recruiting
                              Services.
81,107.....................  New United Motor            Freemont, CA.........  November 20, 2011.
                              Manufacturing, Inc.
                              (NUMMI), Joint Venture of
                              General Motors
                              Corporation & Toyota
                              Motor Corporation.
81,110.....................  Meggitt Aircraft Braking    Akron, OH............  February 13, 2010.
                              Systems Corporation,
                              Meggitt PLC.
81,110A....................  Kelly Services, Working On- Akron, OH............  February 13, 2010.
                              Site Meggitt Aircraft
                              Braking Systems
                              Corporation.
81,119.....................  Federal-Mogul, Wiper        Michigan City, IN....  January 23, 2012.
                              Products Division.
81,119A....................  Express Employment Working  Michigan City, IN....  February 13, 2010.
                              On-Site at Federal-Mogul.
81,142.....................  Jeunique International,     Santa Fe Springs, CA.  February 13, 2010.
                              Inc.

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81,160.....................  Kardex Production USA,      Lewistown, PA........  February 13, 2010.
                              Inc., Kardex AG.
81,163.....................  Smith Jones, Inc., D.B.A.   Stanberry, MO........  February 13, 2011.
                              Midwest Manufacturing
                              Company.
81,164.....................  BAE Systems Controls,       Irving, TX...........  December 8, 2011.
                              Inc., Electronic Systems
                              Division.
81,165.....................  Cengage Learning,           Mason, OH............  February 13, 2010.
                              Manufacturing Buyers'
                              Department, Adecco,
                              Ajilon and Brooksource.
81,165A....................  Cengage Learning,           Belmont, CA..........  February 13, 2010.
                              Manufacturing Buyers'
                              Department.
81,169.....................  Ikano Communications, Inc.  Chatsworth, CA.......  February 13, 2010.
                              DBA DSL Extreme, Customer
                              Service Department.
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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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81,016.....................  Smart Papers Holdings LLC,  Hamilton, OH.........  February 13, 2010.
                              Plainfield Paper Holdings
                              LLC.
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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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80,529.....................  Wheatland Tube Company....  Sharon, PA.
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    The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs 
(a)(2)(A)(i) (decline in sales or production, or both) 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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80,421.....................  Geiger International, A     Lake Mills, WI.
                              Subsidiary of Herman
                              Miller.
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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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80,414.....................  Equistar Chemicals, LP, A   Cincinnati, OH.
                              Subsidiary of Lyondell
                              Chemical Co
80,446.....................  GoldToeMoretz, LLC, A       Newton, NC.
                              Subsidiary of GTB Holding
                              LLC.
80,493A....................  Molded Fiber Glass          Gainesville, TX.
                              Companies Texas, Wind
                              Turbine Blade Division.
80,512.....................  Pilgrim's Pride             Dallas, TX
                              Corporation.
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    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were 
issued during the period of December 19, 2011 through December 30, 
2011. 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 5, 2012.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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