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I hereby certify that the 

aforementioned determinations were 

issued during the period of February 27, 

2012 through March 2, 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: March 9, 2012. 

Michael W. Jaffe, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6571 Filed 3–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Investigations Regarding Certifications 

of Eligibility To Apply For Worker 

Adjustment Assistance 

Petitions have been filed with the 

Secretary of Labor under Section 221 (a) 

of the Trade Act of 1974 (‘‘the Act’’) and 

are identified in the Appendix to this 

notice. Upon receipt of these petitions, 

the Director of the Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance, Employment 

and Training Administration, has 

instituted investigations pursuant to 

Section 221 (a) of the Act. 

The purpose of each of the 

investigations is to determine whether 

the workers are eligible to apply for 

adjustment assistance under Title II, 

Chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations 

will further relate, as appropriate, to the 

determination of the date on which total 

or partial separations began or 

threatened to begin and the subdivision 

of the firm involved. 

The petitioners or any other persons 

showing a substantial interest in the 

subject matter of the investigations may 

request a public hearing, provided such 

request is filed in writing with the 

Director, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance, at the address shown below, 

not later than March 29, 2012. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments regarding the 

subject matter of the investigations to 

the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance, at the address shown below, 

not later than March 29, 2012. 

The petitions filed in this case are 

available for inspection at the Office of 

the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance, Employment and Training 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room N–5428, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of 

March 2012. 

Michael Jaffe, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

APPENDIX

[40 TAA petitions instituted between 2/20/12 and 3/2/12] 

TA–W Subject firm (petitioners) Location Date of 

institution 

Date of 

petition 

81348 ................ Fashion Tech (Company) ..................................................... Salt Lake City, UT ................. 02/21/12 02/17/12 

81349 ................ Alcatel—Lucent (Workers) .................................................... Charlotte, NC ........................ 02/21/12 02/17/12 

81350 ................ Fashion Ability Inc. (Workers) .............................................. New York, NY ....................... 02/21/12 02/19/12 

81351 ................ Quanex Corporation/Truseal Technologies Inc. (Union) ...... Barbourville, KY .................... 02/21/12 02/18/12 

81352 ................ Simclar, Inc. (Company) ....................................................... Dayton, OH ........................... 02/21/12 02/17/12 

81353 ................ UBS Services LLC (Workers) ............................................... Jersey City, NJ ...................... 02/21/12 02/17/12 

81354 ................ ALCOA, Tennessee Operations (Union) .............................. Alcoa, TN .............................. 02/21/12 02/07/12 

81355 ................ Sanmina—SCI Corporation (State/One-Stop) ...................... Huntsville, AL ........................ 02/22/12 02/21/12 

81356 ................ The W.E. Bassett Company (Company) .............................. Shelton, CT ........................... 02/22/12 02/08/12 

81357 ................ Tri-Fab (State/One-Stop) ...................................................... Fremont, CA .......................... 02/22/12 02/10/12 

81358 ................ Clipper Windpower Inc. (Workers) ....................................... Carpinteria, CA ..................... 02/22/12 02/21/12 

81359 ................ Codi Inc. (Company) ............................................................ Tower City, PA ...................... 02/23/12 02/22/12 

81360 ................ Robert Bosch, LLC (Union) .................................................. St. Joseph, MI ....................... 02/24/12 02/23/12 

81361 ................ The State Journal-Register (Workers) ................................. Springfield, IL ........................ 02/24/12 02/17/12 

81362 ................ Prairie Mountain Publishing (Workers) ................................. Boulder, CO .......................... 02/24/12 02/23/12 

81363 ................ FLABEG Automotive US Corporation (Company) ............... Brackenridge, PA .................. 02/24/12 02/23/12 

81364 ................ Jeld Wen, Inc. (State/One-Stop) .......................................... Bend, OR .............................. 02/24/12 02/23/12 

81365 ................ Avaya, Audio and Video Group (State/One-Stop) ............... Highlands Ranch, CO ........... 02/24/12 02/23/12 

81366 ................ Lumber Products, Sunrise Division (State/One-Stop) .......... Spokane Valley, WA ............. 02/27/12 02/23/12 

81367 ................ Infinite Convergence Solutions (Workers) ............................ Arlington Heights, IL ............. 02/27/12 02/27/12 

81368 ................ CitiGroup (State/One-Stop) .................................................. Tampa, FL ............................. 02/27/12 02/24/12 

81369 ................ Versatile Entertainment, Inc. (Company) ............................. Los Angeles, CA ................... 02/27/12 02/24/12 

81370 ................ Intelius, Inc. (Workers) ......................................................... Bothell, WA ........................... 02/27/12 02/24/12 

81371 ................ Flo-Pro, Inc. (Company) ....................................................... Bedford, NH .......................... 02/27/12 02/24/12 

81372 ................ Simpson Lumber Co. LLC (Union) ....................................... Shelton, WA .......................... 02/27/12 02/21/12 

81373 ................ RS Medical (International Rehabilitative Services) (State/ 

One-Stop).

Vancouver, WA ..................... 02/28/12 02/27/12 

81374 ................ Emhart Teknologies (State/One-Stop) ................................. Campbellsville, KY ................ 02/28/12 02/27/12 

81375 ................ Dow Jones Corporation (State/One-Stop) ........................... Princeton, NJ ........................ 02/28/12 02/28/12 

81376 ................ Stanley Black and Decker, working from home in Houston, 

Texas (Workers).

Townson, MD ........................ 02/28/12 02/27/12 

81377 ................ Allied Motion Motor Products (Workers) .............................. Owosso, MI ........................... 02/29/12 02/28/12 

81378 ................ II–VI Inc. (Workers) .............................................................. Saxonburg, PA ...................... 02/29/12 02/10/12 

81379 ................ IBM (State/One-Stop) ........................................................... Phoenix, AZ .......................... 02/29/12 02/03/12 

81380 ................ YPG (Workers) ..................................................................... Blue Bell, PA ......................... 02/29/12 02/04/12 

81381 ................ Coplas, Inc. (State/One-Stop) .............................................. Shreveport, LA ...................... 03/01/12 02/29/12 

81382 ................ Vector Engineering Inc. (Workers) ....................................... Grass Valley, CA .................. 03/01/12 02/28/12 

81383 ................ Impact Confections (State/One-Stop) .................................. Roswell, NM .......................... 03/02/12 02/29/12 


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APPENDIX—Continued 

[40 TAA petitions instituted between 2/20/12 and 3/2/12] 

TA–W Subject firm (petitioners) Location Date of 

institution 

Date of 

petition 

81384 ................ Industrial Plastics (Union) ..................................................... Valley City, OH ..................... 03/02/12 03/02/12 

81385 ................ Pfizer, Inc. (State/One-Stop) ................................................ Groton, CT ............................ 03/02/12 02/27/12 

81386 ................ W Scott & Co. (Workers) ...................................................... St. Joseph, MO ..................... 03/02/12 03/01/12 

81387 ................ Eastman Kodak (Workers) ................................................... Kettering, OH ........................ 03/02/12 03/01/12 

[FR Doc. 2012–6570 Filed 3–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of Listening Sessions on 

Implementation of Unemployment 

Insurance Provisions of the Middle 

Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act 

of 2012 (Pub. L. 112–96) 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

participation in listening sessions. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces 

listening sessions designed to gain input 

from employers, labor organizations, 

State workforce agencies, and relevant 

program experts on the implementation 

of provisions of the Middle Class Tax 

Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 

related to Short Time Compensation 

(STC) and Self Employment Assistance 

(SEA) programs. Specifically the 

Department of Labor (Department) is 

interested in hearing from stakeholders 

on the following issues: 

• Model State legislation to support 

implementation of the two programs; 

• Guidance and technical assistance 

to States; and 

• Reporting requirements. 

Times and Dates: The listening 

sessions for the STC and SEA programs 

are as follows: 

Short Time Compensation 

Monday, March 19, 2012 at 1 p.m. EST. 

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 3 p.m. EST. 

Self Employment Assistance 

Monday, March 19, 2012 at 3 p.m. EST. 

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 1 p.m. EST. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

To Register: You must be a registered 

user of Workforce3 One to participate in 

the listening sessions. To register for 

Workforce 3 One go to www.

workforce3one.org. To register for the 

listening sessions please visit: https://

www.workforce3one.org/view/

1001206655621113753/info to register. 

Once an individual has registered, an 

email will be sent with detailed 

instructions for accessing the listening 

session and for dialing into the 

conference call line. The listening 

sessions will be recorded. Space is 

limited, so please only register for one 

STC session and one SEA session. 

Background: The Middle Class Tax 

Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 

(Pub. L. 112–96) (Act) includes within 

it Title II—Unemployment Benefit 

Continuation and Program 

Improvement, which contains Subtitle 

D—Short-Time Compensation Program, 

that has new provisions that promote 

significant expansion of the STC 

program (also known as work sharing) 

and Subtitle E—Self-Employment 

Assistance, both provide incentives for 

States to implement these programs. 

Below are summaries of the provisions 

for both the STC and SEA programs in 

the Act. 

Short Time Compensation Program 

The Act codifies and expands the 

existing definition of STC by amending 

section 3306, Federal Unemployment 

Tax Act (FUTA), to add a new 

subsection defining ‘‘short-time 

compensation program’’ as a program 

under which: 

• Employer participation is 

voluntary; 

• Employers reduce employee hours 

in lieu of layoffs; 

• The reduction of hours is at least 10 

percent and not more than 60 percent 

and employees are not disqualified from 

unemployment compensation; 

• Employees receive a pro rata share 

of unemployment benefits that they 

would have received if totally 

unemployed; 

• Employees meet work availability 

and work search requirements if they 

are available for their workweek as 

required; 

• Eligible employees may participate 

in appropriate training, either employer 

sponsored or funded under the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998; 

• Employers are required to certify 

that, if health and retirement benefits 

are provided, those benefits will not be 

reduced due to participation in the STC 

program; and 

• The State unemployment insurance 

agency requires the employer to submit 

a written plan describing how the 

requirements of this subsection will be 

implemented, with an estimate of the 

number of layoffs that would have 

occurred but for the STC program; the 

plan must be consistent with employer 

obligations under Federal law. 

The Act provides for a transition 

period and effective date for existing 

programs that can be either the date the 

State changes its law or 2 years and 6 

months after the enactment of the Act. 

Except for the transition period, the STC 

provisions are effective upon enactment, 

pending guidance from the Department. 

The Act provides for two ways that 

States may implement and/or expand 

their STC programs. To encourage States 

to implement permanent STC programs, 

the Act provides for 100 percent 

reimbursement of the amount of STC 

paid under a program meeting the new 

definition for an STC program in section 

3306(v), up to 26 times the amount of 

regular compensation, including 

dependents’ allowances, payable to the 

individual under State law. However, 

no payments may be made to a State for 

STC benefits paid to an individual who 

is employed on a seasonal, temporary, 

or intermittent basis. States operating an 

STC program under the old definition 

will be eligible for 2 years of 

reimbursement until they amend their 

laws to conform to the new definition 

under 3306(v). Payments are available 

for STC programs for weeks of 

unemployment beginning on or after 

February 22, 2012, and ending on or 

before the date that is 3 years and 6 

months after the date of enactment. 

To enable States that need to enact 

new State legislation, which could take 

time, the Act also provides for a 

temporary Federal STC program. If a 

State’s law does not provide for 

payment of STC, States may enter into 

an agreement with the Secretary OF 

Labor (Secretary) such that the State 

will be paid, by way of reimbursement, 

one-half of the amount of STC paid to 

individuals pursuant to the agreement, 

and any additional administrative 


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