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connection therewith was given by 

posting copies of the notice in the Office 

of the Secretary, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, Washington, DC, 

and by publishing the notice in the 

Federal Register on September 12, 2011 

(76 FR 58299). The hearing was held in 

Washington, DC, on January 31, 2012, 

and all persons who requested the 

opportunity were permitted to appear in 

person or by counsel. 

The Commission transmitted its 

determination in these reviews to the 

Secretary of Commerce on April 13, 

2012. The views of the Commission are 

contained in USITC Publication 4313 

(April 2012), entitled Brass Sheet and 

Strip from France, Germany, Italy, and 

Japan: Investigation Nos. 731–TA–313, 

314, 317, and 379 (Third Review). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: April 13, 2012. 

James R. Holbein, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9463 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

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. 

TA–W No. Subject firm Location Impact date 

81,092 ............... Cordis Corporation, Subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, Kelly 

Services Leased Workers.

Miami Lakes, FL ......................... August 7, 2011. 

81,092A ............ Leased Workers On Site at Cordis Corporation, Aten Solutions, 

Accureg, Acro, Advanced Energy Sysytems, APC Workforce, 

etc.

Miami Lakes, FL ......................... February 13, 2010. 

81,116 ............... Clariant Corporation, Austin Industrial, Fluor Enterprises & 

Securitas Security Services USA.

Martin, SC .................................. February 13, 2010. 

81,189 ............... Tecumseh Compressor Company, North American Compressor 

Engineering Group, Tecumseh Product, Manpower.

Ann Arbor, MI ............................. February 13, 2010. 

81,189A ............ Tecumseh Compressor Company, North American Compressor 

Engineering Group, Tecumseh Product, Manpower.

Tecumseh, MI ............................. February 13, 2010. 

81,224 ............... Catawissa Wood and Components, Inc. ......................................... Elysburg, PA ............................... August 18, 2011. 

81,278 ............... Milprint Packaging, LLC, Bemis Flexible Packaging ...................... Newark, CA ................................ February 13, 2010. 

81,329 ............... Somerset Foundries, A Subsidiary of Consolidated Industries, Inc Somerset, PA ............................. February 14, 2011. 

81,360 ............... Robert Bosch LLC, St. Joseph Plant (JPP), BMSN Stratosphere 

Quality, LLC, Allied Barton, etc.

St. Joseph, MI ............................ February 25, 2012. 

81,379 ............... Manpower Staffing Agency, Working On-Site at International 

Business Machines (IBM).

Phoenix, AZ ................................ February 3, 2011. 

81,437 ............... The Wise Company, People Source ............................................... Rector, AR .................................. March 19, 2011. 

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 date 

81,289 ............... Transcom Worldwide (US) Inc., Transcom Worldwide S.A., A 

Luxembourg Company.

Lafayette, LA .............................. February 1, 2011. 

81,292 ............... Siemens Medical Solutions, USA, Inc., Oncology Care Systems 

(Radiation Oncology), Source Right Solutions.

Concord, CA ............................... February 1, 2011. 

81,297 ............... Samsung Information Systems America, Inc., Hard Disk Drive 

Lab, Secure Talent Leased Workers.

San Jose, CA ............................. February 3, 2011. 

81,298 ............... Syniverse Technologies, Inc. .......................................................... Watertown, MA ........................... February 6, 2011. 

81,338 ............... GlaxoSmithKline LLC, Global Manufacturing and Supply Division, 

Manpower, Strategic Resources etc.

East Durham, NY ....................... February 15, 2011. 

81,368 ............... CitiGroup Technology, Inc. (CTI), Financial Reporting Operations, 

Citigroup, Inc., Adecco, Advantage, etc.

Tampa, FL .................................. February 24, 2011. 

81,393 ............... Trim Systems Operating Corp., A Subsidiary of Commercial Vehicle Group, Staffmark Statesville.Statesville, NC ............................ March 1, 2011. 

81,400 ............... North American Communications, Inc., Spherion and Advantage 

Resource Group.

Duncansville, PA ........................ February 27, 2011. 

81,422 ............... Thermo Fisher Scientific Milwaukee, LLC, Molecular Biology Reagents Division, Adecco Leased Workers.Milwaukee, WI ............................ March 14, 2011. 

81,450 ............... Schneider Electric, Including On-Site Leased Workers From Volt 

Workforce Solutions.

Seneca, SC ................................ December 10, 2011. 

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 date 

81,381 ............... Coplas, Inc., A Tiercon Corp. and AGS USA Affiliate .................... Shreveport, LA ........................... March 1, 2011. 

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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. 

TA–W No. Subject firm Location Impact date 

81,383 ............... Impact Confections, SOS Staffing .................................................. Roswell, NM.

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 date 

81,264 ............... Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation, Izod Women’s Wholesale Division.New York, NY.

81,268 ............... Follansbee Steel, Louis Berkman Company, Louis Berkman LLC 

WV.

Follansbee, WV.

81,313 ............... Wyatt VI, Inc., A Division of Wyatt Field Service Company, On 

Site at Hovensa Oil Refinery.

Christiansted, VI.

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. 

TA–W No. Subject firm Location Impact date 

81,088 ............... Unilin Flooring NC, LLC .................................................................. Holden, WV.

81,369 ............... Versatile Entertainment, Inc. ........................................................... Los Angeles, CA.

81,418 ............... Fortis Plastics LLC .......................................................................... Wilmington, OH.

81,452 ............... T–Mobile USA, Inc .......................................................................... Redmond, OR.

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. 

TA–W No. Subject firm Location Impact date 

81,093 ............... Platinum Ribbon Packaging, Inc. .................................................... Port Washington, NY.

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 tollfree 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] 

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 April 30, 2012. 

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