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I hereby certify that the 

aforementioned determinations were 

issued during the period of December 

17, 2012 through December 31, 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: January 2, 2013. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00338 Filed 1–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–82,074] 

Komax Solar, Inc., a Wholly Owned 

Subsidiary of Komax Holdings AG, 

York, PA; Notice of Negative 

Determination Regarding Application 

for Reconsideration 

By applications received on 

November 12, 2012 and November 26, 

2012, two workers independently 

requested administrative 

reconsideration of the negative 

determination regarding workers’ 

eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment 

Assistance (TAA) applicable to workers 

and former workers Komax Solar, Inc., 

a wholly owned subsidiary of Komax 

Holdings, AG, York, Pennsylvania 

(subject firm or Komax). The negative 

determination was issued on November 

1, 2012. The Department’s Notice of 

Determination was published in the 

Federal Register on November 26, 2012 

(77 FR 70480). 

Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c), 

administrative reconsideration may be 

granted under the following 

circumstances: 

(1) If it appears on the basis of facts 

not previously considered that the 

determination complained of was 

erroneous; 

(2) If it appears that the determination 

complained of was based on a mistake 

in the determination of facts not 

previously considered; or 

(3) If in the opinion of the Certifying 

Officer, a misinterpretation of facts or of 

the law justified reconsideration of the 

decision. 

The workers of Komax were engaged 

in activities related to the production of 

solar panel production machines. The 

products manufactured at the subject 

firm are predominantly for export sale. 

The petition stated that the workers 

were informed by the subject firm that 

the layoffs were a result of production 

shifting to a Komax facility in Asia. In 

the request for reconsideration, the 

workers again asserted that separations 

at Komax are attributable to a future 

shift of solar panel production to Asia. 

Machines used to produce solar 

panels are not component parts of solar 

panels and are neither like nor directly 

competitive with solar panels. 

The negative determination was based 

on the Department’s findings that the 

subject firm did not shift to a foreign 

country the production of articles like or 

directly competitive with the solar 

panel production machines produced by 

the workers, or acquire the production 

of such articles from a foreign country; 

that the workers’ separation, or threat of 

separation, was not related to any 

increase in imports by the subject firm 

of articles like or directly competitive 

with solar panel production machines; 

and that the workers’ firm is not a 

supplier or a downstream producer to a 

firm that employed a group of workers 

who received a TAA certification. 

The Department did not conduct a 

survey on the subject firm’s declining 

domestic customers of solar panel 

production machines because sales to 

domestic customers increased during 

the relevant time period. Further, the 

articles manufactured at the subject firm 

during the relevant time period were 

almost entirely export sales. 

One of the requests for 

reconsideration alleges ‘‘flooding of the 

market by underpriced Chinese solar 

modules.’’ The Department notes that 

the International Trade Commission did 

not name Komax as a member of a 

domestic industry in an investigation 

resulting in an affirmative finding of 

serious injury, market disruption, or 

material injury, or threat thereof. 

The workers in the requests for 

reconsideration did not supply facts not 

previously considered or provide 

additional documentation indicating 

that there was either 1) a mistake in the 

determination of facts not previously 

considered or 2) a misinterpretation of 

facts or of the law justifying 

reconsideration of the initial 

determination. Based on these findings, 

the Department determines that 29 CFR 

90.18(c) has not been met. 

Conclusion 

After review of the applications and 

investigative findings, I conclude that 

there has been no error or 

misinterpretation of the law or of the 

facts which would justify 

reconsideration of the Department of 

Labor’s prior decision. Accordingly, the 

application is denied. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of 

December, 2012. 

Del Min Amy Chen, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00340 Filed 1–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Investigations Regarding 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 Office 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 January 22, 2013. 

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 January 22, 2013. 

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 2nd day of 

January 2013. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 


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APPENDIX—45 TAA PETITIONS INSTITUTED BETWEEN 12/17/12 AND 12/31/12 

TA–W Subject firm 

(petitioners) Location Date of institution 

Date of 

petition 

82258 ........... Premier Silica LLC (State/One-Stop) ....................................... Glenford, OH ........................... 12/17/12 12/14/12 

82259 ........... YP Holdings LLC (Workers) ..................................................... St. Louis, MO .......................... 12/17/12 12/14/12 

82260 ........... HB Smith Company Inc. (State/One-Stop) .............................. Westfield, MA .......................... 12/17/12 12/12/12 

82261 ........... Genzyme Science Center (State/One-Stop) ............................ Framingham, MA .................... 12/17/12 12/17/12 

82262 ........... Cequent Performance Products, Inc. (Union) .......................... Goshen, IN .............................. 12/17/12 12/14/12 

82263 ........... American Airlines (Workers) .................................................... Tulsa, OK ................................ 12/17/12 12/14/12 

82264 ........... American Cotton Growers (State/One-Stop) ........................... Littlefield, TX ........................... 12/17/12 12/14/12 

82265 ........... State Street Corporation (State/One-Stop) .............................. North Quincy, MA ................... 12/17/12 12/12/12 

82266 ........... Integrated Medical Partners (State/One-Stop) ........................ Milwaukee, WI ........................ 12/18/12 12/14/12 

82267 ........... Hostess Brands (Workers) ....................................................... Tulsa, OK ................................ 12/18/12 11/14/12 

82268 ........... Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. (Company) ............................ Danville, KY ............................ 12/18/12 12/17/12 

82269 ........... Federal—Mogul (Company) ..................................................... Smithville, TN .......................... 12/18/12 12/18/12 

82270 ........... Trim Masters (Company) ......................................................... Nicholasville, KY ..................... 12/18/12 12/17/12 

82271 ........... Nokia, Inc. System Integration (State/One-Stop) .................... Arlington Heights, IL ............... 12/18/12 11/15/12 

82272 ........... L & W Supply Corporation (State/One-Stop) ........................... Nottingham, MD ...................... 12/18/12 12/17/12 

82273 ........... Johnson Controls (State/One-Stop) ......................................... Milwaukee, WI ........................ 12/18/12 12/14/12 

82274 ........... Applied Materials, Inc. (Workers) ............................................. Kalispell, MT ........................... 12/18/12 12/13/12 

82275 ........... Delphi (Workers) ...................................................................... Troy, MI ................................... 12/19/12 12/18/12 

82276 ........... Peak Sun Silicon Corporation (Workers) ................................. Albany, OR ............................. 12/19/12 12/14/12 

82277 ........... The Berry Company, LLC (Company) ..................................... Englewood, CO ....................... 12/19/12 12/18/12 

82278 ........... Hostess Brands (44 IL Locations) (State/One-Stop) ............... Illinois ...................................... 12/19/12 12/18/12 

82279 ........... HL Operating Corp.d/b/a Hartmann (Workers) ........................ Lebanon, TN ........................... 12/19/12 12/06/12 

82280 ........... Tri-Tronics, Inc. (an affiliate of Garmin International, Inc) 

(Company).

Tucson, AZ ............................. 12/19/12 12/17/12 

82281 ........... Fiberblade, LLC (Union) ........................................................... Ebensburg, PA ........................ 12/20/12 12/19/12 

82282 ........... Exide Technologies (Company) ............................................... Laureldale, PA ........................ 12/20/12 12/19/12 

82283 ........... Reckitt Benckiser, LLC (Company) .......................................... Fort Worth, TX ........................ 12/20/12 12/19/12 

82284 ........... IBM (State/One-Stop) ............................................................... Armonk, NY ............................ 12/20/12 12/19/12 

82285 ........... United States Steel (Union) ..................................................... McKeesport, PA ...................... 12/20/12 12/19/12 

82286 ........... Oshkosh Corporation (Union) .................................................. Oshkosh, WI ........................... 12/20/12 12/17/12 

82287 ........... Hewlett Packard (State/One-Stop) ........................................... Conway, AR ............................ 12/21/12 12/20/12 

82288 ........... Gamesa Technology Corporation (Union) ............................... Trevose, Fairless Hills, and 

Bristol, PA.

12/21/12 12/20/12 

82289 ........... American Airlines (Workers) .................................................... Tulsa, OK ................................ 12/27/12 12/12/12 

82290 ........... Hewlett Packard (State/One-Stop) ........................................... Houston, TX ............................ 12/27/12 12/21/12 

82291 ........... Lee Enterprises, Inc. (State/One-Stop) .................................... Helena & Butte, MT ................ 12/27/12 12/26/12 

82292 ........... Umicore USA Inc. (State/One-Stop) ........................................ Providence, RI ........................ 12/27/12 12/21/12 

82293 ........... Fiserv Inc. (State/One-Stop) .................................................... Walnut, CA .............................. 12/27/12 12/21/12 

82294 ........... American Airlines (Workers) .................................................... Tulsa, OK ................................ 12/27/12 12/20/12 

82295 ........... Radisys (Company) .................................................................. San Diego, CA ........................ 12/27/12 12/20/12 

82296 ........... Lattice Semiconductor (Company) ........................................... Hillsboro, OR .......................... 12/27/12 12/21/12 

82297 ........... Brunswick Laboratories, Inc. (Workers) ................................... Southboro, MA ........................ 12/27/12 12/20/12 

82298 ........... Hostess Brands (Workers) ....................................................... Redding, CA ........................... 12/27/12 12/20/12 

82299 ........... Barclay Elementary—Middle (Company) ................................. Baltimore, MD ......................... 12/27/12 12/18/12 

82300 ........... UBS Financial Services (Workers) .......................................... Weehawken, NJ ...................... 12/28/12 12/27/12 

82301 ........... Carrier (State/One-Stop) .......................................................... Tyler, TX ................................. 12/28/12 12/27/12 

82302 ........... Wausau Paper Mill (State/One-Stop) ...................................... Brainerd, MN ........................... 12/28/12 12/27/12 

[FR Doc. 2013–00339 Filed 1–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Proposed Collection, Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a preclearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed extension of 

the ‘‘Veterans Supplement to the 

Current Population Survey (CPS),’’ to be 

conducted in August 2013, August 

2014, and August 2015. 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the individual listed 

below in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

Addresses section of this notice on or 

before March 11, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amelia 

Vogel, BLS Clearance Officer, Division 

of Management Systems, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue NE., 

Washington, DC 20212. Written 

comments also may be transmitted by 

fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll 

free number). 


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