[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10301-10303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5037]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for 
Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 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 (TA-W) number and alternative trade adjustment 
assistance (ATAA) by (TA-W) number issued during the period of February 
17 through February 20, 2009.
    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. Section (a)(2)(A)--all of the following must be satisfied:
    A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such 
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become 
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or 
partially separated;
    B. The sales or production, or both, of such firm or subdivision 
have decreased absolutely; and
    C. Increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with 
articles produced by such firm or subdivision have contributed 
importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to 
the decline in sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or
    II. Section (a)(2)(B)--both of the following must be satisfied:
    A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such 
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become 
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or 
partially separated;
    B. There has been a shift in production by such workers' firm or 
subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or directly 
competitive with articles which are produced by such firm or 
subdivision; and
    C. One of the following must be satisfied:
    1. The country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of 
the articles is a party to a free trade agreement with the United 
States;
    2. The country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of 
the articles to a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference 
Act, African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin 
Economic Recovery Act; or
    3. There has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of 
articles that are like or directly competitive with articles which are 
or were produced by such firm or subdivision.
    Also, in order for an affirmative determination to be made for 
secondarily affected 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(b) of the Act must 
be met.
    (1) Significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' 
firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm have become totally or 
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially 
separated;
    (2) The workers' firm (or subdivision) is a supplier or downstream 
producer to a firm (or subdivision) that employed a group of workers 
who received a certification of eligibility to apply for trade 
adjustment assistance benefits and such supply or production is related 
to the article that was the basis for such certification; and
    (3) Either--
    (A) The workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it 
supplied for the firm (or subdivision) 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 (or 
subdivision)

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described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers' 
separation or threat of separation.
    In order for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issue a 
certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment 
Assistance (ATAA) for older workers, the group eligibility requirements 
of Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act must be met.
    1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers' firm are 
50 years of age or older.
    2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are 
not easily transferable.
    3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry (i.e., 
conditions within the industry are adverse).

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-64,952; Heritage Footwear, Inc., Fort Payne, AL: January 14, 2008

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) of the Trade Act have been 
met.

TA-W-64,802; HR Solutions, LLC, Subsidiary of Affiliated Computer 
Services, Pittsburgh, PA: December 22, 2007

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
Section 222(b) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible 
to apply for TAA) of the Trade Act have been met.

None

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
Section 222(b) (downstream producer for a firm whose workers are 
certified eligible to apply for TAA based on increased imports from or 
a shift in production to Mexico or Canada) of the Trade Act have been 
met.

None

Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and 
Alternative Trade 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) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) 
of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W-64,528; Fujifilm Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc., Greenwood, SC: 
November 24, 2007
TA-W-64,876; Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Bato Division, 
LaVergne, TN: January 12, 2008
TA-W-64,905; Kelsey-Hayes Company, North American Braking and 
Suspension Division, Leased Workers from Sizemore, Warrenton, GA: 
January 14, 2008
TA-W-65,147A; Bradington-Young, LLC, Hickory Plant, On-Site Leased 
Workers of Manpower, Hickory, NC: February 5, 2008
TA-W-65,147B; Bradington-Young, LLC, Cover Plant, Cherryville, NC: 
February 5, 2008
TA-W-65,147C; Bradington-Young, LLC, Frames Plant, Cherryville, NC: 
February 5, 2008
TA-W-65,147; Bradington-Young, LLC, Cherryville Plant, On-Site Leased 
Workers of PSU Personal Services, Woodleaf, NC: February 5, 2008
TA-W-65,175; Molded Dimensions, Inc., Port Washington, WI: February 6, 
2008
TA-W-65,101; Kelsey Hayes Company, North American Braking and 
Suspension Division, Fowlerville, MI: September 12, 2008
TA-W-64,408; Theis Precision Steel Corporation, A Subsidiary of 
Friedrich Gustav Their Kaltwalzwerke, Bristol, CT: November 10, 2007
TA-W-64,737A; Stillwater Mining Company, Stillwater Mine, Nye, MT: 
December 4, 2007
TA-W-64,737B; Stillwater Mining Company, Stillwater Metallurgical 
Complex, Columbus Administration and Warehouse, Columbus, MT: December 
4, 2007
TA-W-64,737C; Stillwater Mining Company, East Boulder Mine, McLeod, MT: 
December 4, 2007
TA-W-64,737; Stillwater Mining Company, Corporation Office, Billings, 
MT: December 4, 2007
TA-W-64,815; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Subsidiary of PPG, Inc. 
and Corning, Inc., Port Allegany, PA: January 5, 2008
TA-W-64,875; Rosboro Lumber Company, Lumber Division, Springfield, OR: 
November 16, 2008
TA-W-64,983; Plum Creek Northwest Lumber, Inc., Pablo Sawmill, Leased 
Workers of LC Staffing, Pablo, MT: January 22, 2008
TA-W-65,086; Penn Racquet Sports, Inc., A Subsidiary of HTM USA 
Holdings, Phoenix, AZ: February 2, 2008

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) 
of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W-64,944; Invista S.A.R.L., Leased Worekrs of Mundy Maintenance, 
Service and Operations, Waynesboro, VA: January 20, 2008
TA-W-64,967; ARRK Product Development Group, San Diego, CA: January 14, 
2008
TA-W-64,985; JCIM, US-LLC, Formerly known as Plastech Engineered 
Products, Wauseon, OH: January 22, 2008
TA-W-64,988; Source Northwest, Inc., dba Source Window Coverings, 
Woodinville, WA: January 22, 2008
TA-W-65,039; Elcoteq, Inc., Richardson Division, Richardson, TX: 
January 29, 2008
TA-W-65,076; Pentair Water, Water Systems Division, A Subsidiary of 
Pentair, Delavan, WI: January 15, 2008
TA-W-65,163; International Textile Group, Burlington Worldwide, 
Cordova, NC: January 6, 2009
TA-W-65,172; Summit Polymers, Inc., Valley Plant, Portage, MI: January 
23, 2008
TA-W-64,424; Schawk, Inc., Stamford Division Stamford, CT: November 12, 
2007
TA-W-64,956; Citigroup Global Markets, Presentation Technologies Group 
New York, NY: January 20, 2008
TA-W-65,041; Alcatel-Lucent, Inc., Multicore Product Division, SSG 
Group Plano, TX: January 26, 2008
TA-W-65,051; Tyco Electronics, Carlisle, PA: January 29, 2008
TA-W-65,143; Goulds Pumps/ITT Industries, Ashland, PA: January 21, 2008
TA-W-65,186; Elkay Manufacturing Company, Elkay Distribution Company, 
Bolingbrook, IL: February 6, 2008
TA-W-65,198; Touch Sensor Technologies, LLC, Subsidiary of Methode 
Electronics, Leased Workers From Kay and Associates, Wheaton, IL: 
February 6, 2008
TA-W-65,200; DimcoGray Corporation, Molding Department Centerville, OH: 
February 6, 2008
TA-W-65,220; Allied Motion Motor Equipment, Owosso, MI: February 9, 
2008

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
Section 222(b) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible 
to apply for TAA)

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and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W-64,974; Fredon Development Industries, LLC, Newton, NJ: January 
23, 2008
TA-W-64,421; Pacific Automotive Components and Systems International, 
ImLay City, MI: November 12, 2007
TA-W-64,870; Molded Fiber Glass Co., Stevenson, WA: January 12, 2008
TA-W-64,902; Shin Etsu Handoti America, Inc., Leased Workers of Volt 
and Kelly Temporary, Vancouver, WA: January 14, 2008
TA-W-64,960; Pax Machine Works, Inc., Celina, OH: January 21, 2008
TA-W-65,102; Kelsey Hayes Company, North American Braking and 
Suspension Division Fenton, MI: February 3, 2008
TA-W-65,178; Louis Lavitt Company, Inc., Hickory, NC: February 6, 2008

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
Section 222(b) (downstream producer for a firm whose workers are 
certified eligible to apply for TAA based on increased imports from or 
a shift in production to Mexico or Canada) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) 
of the Trade Act have been met.

None

Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    In the following cases, it has been determined that the 
requirements of 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) have not been met for the reasons 
specified.
    The Department has determined that criterion (1) of Section 246 has 
not been met. The firm does not have a significant number of workers 50 
years of age or older.

TA-W-64,952; Heritage Footwear, Inc., Fort Payne, AL
    The Department has determined that criterion (2) of Section 246 has 
not been met. Workers at the firm possess skills that are easily 
transferable.

TA-W-64,802; HR Solutions, LLC, Subsidiary of Affiliated Computer 
Services, Pittsburgh, PA

    The Department has determined that criterion (3) of Section 246 has 
not been met. Competition conditions within the workers' industry are 
not adverse.

None

Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and 
Alternative Trade 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.
    Because the workers of the firm are not eligible to apply for TAA, 
the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
    The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A.) and 
(a)(2)(B)(II.A.) (employment decline) have not been met.

TA-W-64,420; Nordyne, Inc., On-Site Leased Workers From Lifestyle 
Staffing Poplar Bluff, MO.

    The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B.) (Sales or 
production, or both, did not decline) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in 
production to a foreign country) have not been met.
    The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased 
imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in production to a foreign 
country) have not been met.

TA-W-64,186; American Polymers, Inc., Oxford, MA.
TA-W-64,793; Lukas Confections, Inc., dba The Classic Caramel Co., 
York, PA. 
TA-W-64,846; Tracker Marine Group, LLC, Bolivar, MO.
TA-W-64,875A; Rosboro Lumber Company, Plywood Division Springfield, OR.
TA-W-64,875B; Rosboro Lumber Company, Glulam Beams Division 
Springfield, OR.
TA-W-65,252; Hutchinson Technology, Inc., Plymouth, MN.
TA-W-65,160; Hutchinson Technology, Inc., Hutchinson, MN.

    The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for 
certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.

TA-W-64,912; Road and Rail Services, Venice, IL.
TA-W-65,013; Axcelis Technologies, Global Customer Operations, 
Portland, OR.
TA-W-65,021; EcoLab, Inc., Accounts Receivable Division, Research and 
Development Division, Eagan, MN.

    The investigation revealed that criteria of Section 222(b)(2) has 
not been met. The workers' firm (or subdivision) is not a supplier to 
or a downstream producer for a firm whose workers were certified 
eligible to apply for TAA.

TA-W-64,570; ZF Lemforder, LLC, Chicago, IL.

    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued 
during the period of February 17 through February 20, 2009. Copies of 
these determinations are available for inspection in Room N-5428, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210 
during normal business hours or will be mailed to persons who write to 
the above address.

Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
    Dated: March 3, 2009.
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