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TA–W–64,493; Floturn, Inc., Fairfield, 

OH: November 20, 2007. 

TA–W–64,494A; Chrysler LLC, Indiana 

Transmissional, Plant 1 and 2, 

Powertrain Division, Kokomo, IN: 

November 14, 2007. 

TA–W–64,494B; Chrysler LLC, Kokomo 

Casting Plant, TCMA Division, 

Kokomo, IN: November 14, 2007. 

TA–W–64,494; Chrysler LLC, Kokomo 

Transmissional Plant, Powertrain 

Division, Kokomo, IN: November 

14, 2007. 

TA–W–64,523; KautexTextron.,Wilmington Div, 

Wilmington, OH: November 21, 

2007. 

TA–W–64,543; E. R. Wagner 

Manufacturing Company, 

Engineered Hinges and Stampings 

Business Unit and Tubular 

Products Division, Milwaukee, WI: 

November 24, 2007. 

TA–W–64,550; Chrysler LLC, Trenton 

Engine Plant, Port Huron, MI: 

November 26, 2007. 

TA–W–64,653; RPM Electronics, Inc., 

Rad Technologies, Fort Collins, CO: 

December 8, 2007. 

TA–W–64,663; OutWorks, LLC, Austin, 

TX: December 10, 2007. 

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–64,466; Mt. Pleasant Hosiery 

Mills, Mt. Pleasant, NC. 

TA–W–64,589; American First Forestry, 

Usk, WA. 

The Department has determined that 

criterion (2) of Section 246 has not been 

met. Workers at the firm possess skills 

that are easily transferable. 

None. 

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. 

None. 

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. 

TA–W–64,620; Rockwell Automation, 

Manchester, NH. 

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–63,912; Harley-Davidson Motor 

Company Operations, York, PA. 

TA–W–64,020; American Multimedia, 

Inc., Burlington, NC. 

TA–W–64,101; Eagle Cap Campers, Inc., 

La Grande, OR. 

TA–W–64,164; Veka Innovations d/b/a 

Vinyl Source, Youngstown, OH. 

TA–W–64,218; Trilogy Finishing, 

Detroit, MI. 

The workers’ firm does not produce 

an article as required for certification 

under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 

1974. 

TA–W–64,423; International Sources, 

Inc, Mill Valley, CA. 

TA–W–64,430; Maersk, Inc., Charlotte, 

NC. 

TA–W–64,470; Syncreon-US 

Automotive, Chicago, IL. 

TA–W–64,544; Source Provides, Inc., 

Division Comprehensive Logistics, 

Lansing, MI. 

TA–W–64,625; Black Frymer Company, 

Inc.,—d/b/a National Payroll 

Advance, Cambridge, OH. 

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. 

None. 

I hereby certify that the 

aforementioned determinations were 

issued during the period of December 15 

through December 19, 2008. 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. 

Dated: January 6, 2009. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–640 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

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 December 22 through 

December 26, 2008. 

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, 

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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) 

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. 

None. 

The following certifications have been 

issued. The requirements of section 

222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) of the 

Trade Act have been met. 

None. 

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–64,422; Mars Petcare US, Inc., A 

Subsidiary of Mars, Inc., Everson, 

PA: November 12, 2007. 

TA–W–64,425; Tenere, Inc., Oakdale 

Division, Oakdale, MN: November 

12, 2007. 

TA–W–64,446; Doutt Tool, Inc., 

Venango, PA: November 14, 2007. 

TA–W–64,515; Perry Manufacturing, El 

Dorado Springs, MO: November 20, 

2007. 

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–64,235; DynAmerica 

Manufacturing, LLC, Muncie, IN: 

October 10, 2007. 

TA–W–64,250; Findlay Industries, Inc., 

Chesterfield, MO: October 17, 2007. 

TA–W–64,405; ITW Tomco, A Wholly 

Owned Subsidiary of Illinois Tool 

Works, Bryan, OH: November 25, 

2008. 

TA–W–64,594; Bio-Rad Laboratories, 

Waltham, MA: December 3, 2007. 

TA–W–64,601; Bosch Communications 

Systems, Div. Telex 

Communications, A Subsidiary of 

Robert Bosch North America, 

Glencoe, MN: December 4, 2007. 

TA–W–64,611; Optima Batteries, Inc., A 

Subsidiary of Johnson Controls 

Battery Group, Aurora, CO: 

December 3, 2007. 

TA–W–64,639; Acument Global 

Technologies, A Subsidiary of 

Platinum Equity, Camcar, LLC 

Division, Wytheville, VA: December 

9, 2007. 

TA–W–64,648; Cuno, Inc., A Subsidiary 

of 3M Company, Meriden, CT: 

December 10, 2007. 

TA–W–64,690; Elixir Industries, 

Division 55, Vancouver, WA: 

December 15, 2007. 

TA–W–64,174; Loewenstein, Inc., A 

Division of Brown Jordan 

International, Greensboro, NC: 

October 6, 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) 

and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade 

Act have been met. 

TA–W–64,166; Best Foam, Inc., 

Sherman, MS: October 2, 2007. 

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. 


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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. 

None. 

The Department has determined that 

criterion (2) of section 246 has not been 

met. Workers at the firm possess skills 

that are easily transferable. 

None. 

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–64,667; Wichorus, Inc., San Jose, 

CA. 

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. 

TA–W–64,257; Vanguard Furniture, 

Conover, NC. 

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–64,171; Glen X Machine, 

Wheeling Brake Band and Friction 

Mfg., Glen Dale, WV. 

TA–W–64,389; A. Schulman, Inc., 

Polybatch Color Center, Sharon 

Center, OH. 

TA–W–64,504; Canac Kitchens U.S. 

Limited, Statesville, NC. 

TA–W–64,681; United State Steel— 

Granite City Works, Granite City, IL. 

TA–W–64,574; Alcoa Tennessee 

Operations, Alcoa, TN. 

The workers’ firm does not produce 

an article as required for certification 

under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 

1974. 

TA–W–64,358; First American Title 

Insurance Company, Roseville, CA. 

TA–W–64,442; Technology Associates, 

Inc., dba Ranal, Inc., Measurement 

Point Division, Auburn Hills, MI. 

TA–W–64,451; Open Solutions, Inc., 

San Leandro Facility Item 

Processing Center, San Leandro, 

CA. 

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. 

None. 

I hereby certify that the 

aforementioned determinations were 

issued during the period of December 22 

through December 26, 2008. 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. 

Dated: January 7, 2009. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–641 Filed 1–13–09; 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 and Alternative 

Trade 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, Division of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance, at the address shown below, 

not later than January 26, 2009. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments regarding the 

subject matter of the investigations to 

the Director, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance, at the address 

shown below, not later than January 26, 

2009. 

The petitions filed in this case are 

available for inspection at the Office of 

the Director, Division 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 6th day of 

January 2009. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

APPENDIX

[TAA petitions instituted between 12/15/08 and 12/19/08] 

TA–W Subject firm (petitioners) Location Date of 

institution 

Date of 

petition 

64667 ................ Wichorus, Inc. (State) ........................................................... San Jose, CA ........................ 12/15/08 12/12/08 

64668 ................ Tenneco (State) .................................................................... Cozad, NE ............................. 12/15/08 12/12/08 

64669 ................ Century Chain Plant 3 (Wkrs) .............................................. Hickory, NC ........................... 12/15/08 12/11/08 

64670 ................ NXP Semiconductors (Comp) .............................................. Hopewell Junction, NY .......... 12/15/08 12/02/08 

64671 ................ Ermico Enterprises, Inc. (Wkrs) ........................................... San Francisco, CA ................ 12/15/08 12/12/08 

64672 ................ Alcan Packaging GTA (State) .............................................. Syracuse, NE ........................ 12/15/08 12/12/08 


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