[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13352-13355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5397]


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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 
February 13, 2012 through February 17, 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

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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--
    (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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81,186..................  Liberty Denim, LLC, Her     Liberty, SC..............  February 13, 2010.
                           Services.
81,231..................  Autodie, LLC, A Subsidiary  Grand Rapids, MI.........  March 4, 2012.
                           of Chrysler, LLC.
81,240..................  Snokist Growers, ADD        Yakima, WA...............  February 13, 2010.
                           Staffing and Ace, Inc..
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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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81,055..................  Litton Loan Servicing       Irving, TX...............  February 13, 2010.
                           (Ocwen), A Subsidiary Of
                           Ocwen Financial Corp.
81,055A.................  Litton Loan Servicing       Houston, TX..............  February 13, 2010.
                           (Ocwen).
81,158..................  Hartford Financial          Hartford, CT.............  February 13, 2010.
                           Services Group, Inc.,
                           Corporate/Finance/
                           Controllers.
81,213..................  American Express Travel     Phoenix, AZ..............  February 13, 2010.
                           Related Services Company,
                           Inc., The Account
                           Security Group, American
                           Express Company.

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81,215..................  Apex Tool Group, LLC,       Sumter, SC...............  January 27, 2012.
                           Including On Site Leased
                           Workers from Thompson
                           Industrial.
81,215A.................  Leased Workers from         Sumter, SC...............  February 13, 2010.
                           Aerotek, Working on Site
                           at Apex Tool Group, LLC,
                           Apex Tool Group-Sumter
                           Division.
81,219..................  Deloitte Recap: Biotech     San Francisco, CA........  February 13, 2010.
                           Consulting and BD
                           Software Division, Leased
                           Workers from: Syndicate
                           Bleu, 24Seven talent,
                           Apple One.
81,226..................  Duro Textiles, LLC, Duro    Fall River, MA...........  November 10, 2011.
                           Finishing and Duro
                           Printers Plants,
                           Patriarch Partners.
81,226A.................  LT Staffing and Able        Fall River, MA...........  February 13, 2010.
                           Associates, Duro
                           Textiles, LLC.
81,252..................  Littelfuse, Inc.,           Chicago, IL..............  February 13, 2010.
                           Corporate Resources,
                           Aerotek, Dysis and Tek.
81,254..................  BT North America, Network   Atlanta, GA..............  February 13, 2010.
                           Operations, Leased
                           workers from Manpower and
                           Tech Mahindra.
81,309..................  Hanesbrands, Inc., IH       Winston-Salem, NC........  January 20, 2011.
                           Services, Security
                           Forces, Inc. and
                           Workforce Carolina.
81,263..................  Chartis Global Services,    Houston, TX..............  February 13, 2010.
                           Inc., Regional Service
                           Center, Chartis, Inc..
81,272..................  Electro Scientific          Portland, OR.............  January 24, 2011.
                           Industries, Inc. (ESI),
                           including on-site workers
                           from ProSource and
                           Express.
81,275..................  Cooper Bussmann, LLC,       Gibsonia, PA.............  January 30, 2011.
                           Transportation division,
                           wages reported under
                           Martek, leased workers
                           Adecco, Tops Staffing,
                           Alltek Staffing and
                           Resource Group.
81,277..................  GCC RioGrande, Inc.,        Tijeras, NM..............  February 13, 2010.
                           Accounts Payable
                           Department, Subsidiary of
                           GCC of America, Leased
                           Workers: Accountemps.
81,277A.................  GCC RioGrande, Inc.,        Pueblo, CO...............  February 13, 2010.
                           Accounts Payable
                           Department, Subsidiary of
                           GCC of America. Leased
                           Workers: Accountemps.
                          Hartford Financial          Simsbury, CT.............  February 7, 2011.
                           Services Group, Inc.,
                           Corporate/EIT/Consumer.
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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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81,067..................  Johnson Controls, Inc.,     Hudson, WI...............  February 13, 2010.
                           Valley Staffing.
81,117..................  Sykes Enterprises,          Sterling, CO.............  February 13, 2010.
                           Incorporated, Their Homes
                           In Colorado.
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    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
Section 222(c) (downstream producer for 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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80,482..................  Weather Shield, Inc.......  Park Falls, WI...........  September 10, 2010
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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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81,300..................  Daxin Pacific, Inc........  Seattle, WA..............  ...............................
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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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80,454..................  TMI Forest Products, Crane  Morton, WA...............  ...............................
                           Creek Division, Including
                           On Site Leased Workers:
                           Express Professional
                           Employment.
81,303..................  K&T Switching Services,     Dearborn, MI.............  ...............................
                           Inc. Including Wages
                           Reported Through Complete
                           Personnel Logistics,
                           Inc., Leased Workers:
                           Kelly Services,
                           Prodriver, Adecco,
                           Transforce.
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    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were 
issued during the period of February 13, 2012 through February 17, 
2012. These determinations are available on the Department's Web 
site 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: February 23, 2012.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2012-5397 Filed 3-5-12; 8:45 am]
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