[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23509-23511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9431]


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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 
April 2, 2012 through April 6, 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 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

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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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81,092.....................  Cordis Corporation,         Miami Lakes, FL......  August 7, 2011.
                              Subsidiary of Johnson &
                              Johnson, Kelly Services
                              Leased Workers.
81,092A....................  Leased Workers On Site at   Miami Lakes, FL......  February 13, 2010.
                              Cordis Corporation, Aten
                              Solutions, Accureg, Acro,
                              Advanced Energy Sysytems,
                              APC Workforce, etc.
81,116.....................  Clariant Corporation,       Martin, SC...........  February 13, 2010.
                              Austin Industrial, Fluor
                              Enterprises & Securitas
                              Security Services USA.
81,189.....................  Tecumseh Compressor         Ann Arbor, MI........  February 13, 2010.
                              Company, North American
                              Compressor Engineering
                              Group, Tecumseh Product,
                              Manpower.
81,189A....................  Tecumseh Compressor         Tecumseh, MI.........  February 13, 2010.
                              Company, North American
                              Compressor Engineering
                              Group, Tecumseh Product,
                              Manpower.
81,224.....................  Catawissa Wood and          Elysburg, PA.........  August 18, 2011.
                              Components, Inc..
81,278.....................  Milprint Packaging, LLC,    Newark, CA...........  February 13, 2010.
                              Bemis Flexible Packaging.
81,329.....................  Somerset Foundries, A       Somerset, PA.........  February 14, 2011.
                              Subsidiary of
                              Consolidated Industries,
                              Inc.
81,360.....................  Robert Bosch LLC, St.       St. Joseph, MI.......  February 25, 2012.
                              Joseph Plant (JPP), BMSN
                              Stratosphere Quality,
                              LLC, Allied Barton, etc.
81,379.....................  Manpower Staffing Agency,   Phoenix, AZ..........  February 3, 2011.
                              Working On-Site at
                              International Business
                              Machines (IBM).
81,437.....................  The Wise Company, People    Rector, AR...........  March 19, 2011.
                              Source.
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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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81,289.....................  Transcom Worldwide (US)     Lafayette, LA........  February 1, 2011.
                              Inc., Transcom Worldwide
                              S.A., A Luxembourg
                              Company.
81,292.....................  Siemens Medical Solutions,  Concord, CA..........  February 1, 2011.
                              USA, Inc., Oncology Care
                              Systems (Radiation
                              Oncology), Source Right
                              Solutions.
81,297.....................  Samsung Information         San Jose, CA.........  February 3, 2011.
                              Systems America, Inc.,
                              Hard Disk Drive Lab,
                              Secure Talent Leased
                              Workers.
81,298.....................  Syniverse Technologies,     Watertown, MA........  February 6, 2011.
                              Inc..
81,338.....................  GlaxoSmithKline LLC,        East Durham, NY......  February 15, 2011.
                              Global Manufacturing and
                              Supply Division,
                              Manpower, Strategic
                              Resources etc.
81,368.....................  CitiGroup Technology, Inc.  Tampa, FL............  February 24, 2011.
                              (CTI), Financial
                              Reporting Operations,
                              Citigroup, Inc., Adecco,
                              Advantage, etc.
81,393.....................  Trim Systems Operating      Statesville, NC......  March 1, 2011.
                              Corp., A Subsidiary of
                              Commercial Vehicle Group,
                              Staffmark Statesville.
81,400.....................  North American              Duncansville, PA.....  February 27, 2011.
                              Communications, Inc.,
                              Spherion and Advantage
                              Resource Group.
81,422.....................  Thermo Fisher Scientific    Milwaukee, WI........  March 14, 2011.
                              Milwaukee, LLC, Molecular
                              Biology Reagents
                              Division, Adecco Leased
                              Workers.
81,450.....................  Schneider Electric,         Seneca, SC...........  December 10, 2011.
                              Including On-Site Leased
                              Workers From Volt
                              Workforce Solutions.
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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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81,381.....................  Coplas, Inc., A Tiercon     Shreveport, LA.......  March 1, 2011.
                              Corp. and AGS USA
                              Affiliate.
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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 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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81,383.....................  Impact Confections, SOS     Roswell, NM..........
                              Staffing.
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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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81,264.....................  Phillips-Van Heusen         New York, NY.........
                              Corporation, Izod Women's
                              Wholesale Division.
81,268.....................  Follansbee Steel, Louis     Follansbee, WV.......
                              Berkman Company, Louis
                              Berkman LLC WV.
81,313.....................  Wyatt VI, Inc., A Division  Christiansted, VI....
                              of Wyatt Field Service
                              Company, On Site at
                              Hovensa Oil Refinery.
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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 USC 2271), the Department initiated investigations of these 
petitions.
    The following determinations terminating investigations were issued 
because the petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn.

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          TA-W No.                  Subject firm                Location                   Impact date
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81,088.....................  Unilin Flooring NC, LLC...  Holden, WV...........
81,369.....................  Versatile Entertainment,    Los Angeles, CA......
                              Inc..
81,418.....................  Fortis Plastics LLC.......  Wilmington, OH.......
81,452.....................  T-Mobile USA, Inc.........  Redmond, OR..........
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    The following determinations terminating investigations were issued 
in cases where these petitions were not filed in accordance with the 
requirements of 29 C.F.R. 90.11. Every petition filed by workers must 
be signed by at least three individuals of the petitioning worker 
group. Petitioners separated more than one year prior to the date of 
the petition cannot be covered under a certification of a petition 
under Section 223(b), and therefore, may not be part of a petitioning 
worker group. For one or more of these reasons, these petitions were 
deemed invalid.

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          TA-W No.                  Subject firm                Location                   Impact date
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81,093.....................  Platinum Ribbon Packaging,  Port Washington, NY..
                              Inc..
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    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were 
issued during the period of April 2, 2012 through April 6, 2012. 
These determinations are available on the Department's Web site 
tradeact/taa/taa search form.cfm.cfm under the searchable listing of 
determinations or by calling the Office of Trade Adjustment 
Assistance toll-free at 888-365-6822.

    Dated: April 12, 2012.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2012-9431 Filed 4-18-12; 8:45 am]
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