[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3932-3936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1312]


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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

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herein presents summaries of determinations regarding eligibility to 
apply for trade adjustment assistance for workers by (TA-W) number 
issued during the period of November 2 through November 13, 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. 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 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-70,545; Truck-Lite Company, Inc., Leased Workers from Adecco, 
Falconer, NY: May 8, 2008.
TA-W-70,564; Gemeinhardt, LLC, Elkhart, IN: May 20, 2008.
TA-W-70,879; Reynolds Consumer Products, Weyauwega Plant, d/b/a/Presto, 
Weyauwega, WI: June 2, 2008.
TA-W-71,485; Albaugh, Inc., Leased Workers--Imko, Aerotek, Austin 
Nichols, and Lab Tech, St. Joseph, MO: June 23, 2008.

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TA-W-71,539; Plum Creek, Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., LC Staffing, 
Columbia Falls, MT: July 1, 2008.
TA-W-70,034; Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc., Leased Workers from Integrated 
Personnel, Colville, WA: May 18, 2008.
TA-W-70,418; Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Acutrol Division, Auburn, CA: 
May 19, 2008.
TA-W-70,526; Kennametal, Inc., Lyndonville, VT: May 18, 2008.
TA-W-70,765; Nova Chemicals Inc, Performance Styrenics Division, Leased 
Workers from Allied Barton Security, Monaca, PA: May 20, 2008.
TA-W-71,458; FormTech Industries, LLC, Detroit, MI: June 26, 2008.
TA-W-71,983; Weber Automotive Corporation, Leased Workers from Spherion 
and Johnson SVS Group, Summerville, SC: August 4, 2008.
TA-W-72,047; Mark Two Engineering, Inc., Aerotek, Medley, FL: August 
13, 2008.
TA-W-72,440; Wheatland Tube Company, Sharon, PA: July 22, 2009.
TA-W-71,035; Prestige Printing, J.L. Wauford, Inc./Leased from Kelly 
Services and Randstad USA, Madison, TN: June 5, 2008.
TA-W-70,189; Signature Aluminum, Inc., Greenville, PA: May 18, 2008.
TA-W-70,396; U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Wheeling Machine Products 
Division, Pine Bluff, AR: May 19, 2008.

    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-70,398; Cessna Aircraft Company, A Division of Textron, Leased 
Workers From Express Professional Staffing, Bend, OR: May 18, 2008.
TA-W-70,453; Flextronics International, Limited, Leased Workers From 
Arotex, Flexicorps, Industrial Staffing, Elk Grove Village, IL: May 20, 
2008.
TA-W-70,916; Agilent Technologies, Digital Test, Independent 
Contractors & Leased Workers Johnson Controls & Volt, Colorado Springs, 
CO: June 1, 2008.
TA-W-70,972; Amphenol Backplane Systems, Amphenol Corp., Microtech and 
Accountemps, Nashua, NH: June 1, 2008.
TA-W-70,984; Keihin IPT Manufacturing, Inc., Keihin NA, Formerly KIPT, 
Now KNA, Leased Workers from Spartan Staffing, Greenfield, IN: June 2, 
2008.
TA-W-71,094; Duro Textiles, LLC, Duro Finishing and Duro Textile 
Printers, Leased Workers From Olsten Staffing, Fall River, MA: May 5, 
2009.
TA-W-71,355; Hollingsworth and Vose Company, Hawkinsville Division, 
Willstaff Worldwide, Hawkinsville, GA: June 10, 2008.
TA-W-71,395; Startek USA, Inc., Subsidiary of Startek, Lynchburg, VA: 
June 24, 2008.
TA-W-71,402; The Timken Company, Leased Workers from Adecco and 
Megaforce, Randleman, NC: June 23, 2008.
TA-W-71,431; Sealing Products Manufacturing, LLC, Dana Holding 
Corporation, LLC, ADECCO, Danville, KY: June 24, 2008.
TA-W-71,478; United States Gypsum, Santa Fe Springs Plant, Santa Fe 
Springs, CA: June 29, 2008.
TA-W-71,480; Hydro Aluminum Precision Tubing North America, Adrian, MI: 
June 26, 2008.
TA-W-71,530; Nordson Corporation, Leased Workers from Kelly Services, 
Robert Half Management, Amherst, OH: July 1, 2008.
TA-W-71,755; Bose Corporation, Park Place Manufacturing, Leased Workers 
from Randstad, Framingham, MA: July 17, 2008.
TA-W-72,069; Rennoc Corporation, Vineland, NJ: August 18, 2008.
TA-W-72,099; Motorola Inc., Government and Public Safety Division, 
Schaumburg, IL: August 20, 2008.
TA-W-72,167; Shorewood Packaging, Newport News, VA: August 25, 2008.
TA-W-72,169; NuTec Tooling Systems, Inc., Leased Workers from Career 
Concepts, Meadville, PA: August 28, 2008.
TA-W-72,199; Littelfuse LP, Leased Worker of Aerotek, Inc., Irving, TX: 
September 1, 2008.
TA-W-72,244; Control Logic, Inc., Connelly Springs, NC: August 28, 
2008.
TA-W-72,263; The H and H Trailer Company, Kingman Division, Kingman, 
AZ: September 8, 2008.
TA-W-72,353; Philips Respironics, Royal Phillips Electronics Inc., 
Leased Workers of Qualcomm Inc., Bend, OR: September 17, 2009.
TA-W-72,395; 3M/Southbridge, Leased Workers from Coworx Staffing 
Services, Southbridge, MA: September 17, 2008.
TA-W-72,469; Magal-Senstar, Inc., Division of Magal Security Systems, 
Fremont, CA: September 30, 2008.
TA-W-72,500; Hardinge, Inc., Leased Workers of Manpower, Elmira, NY: 
September 29, 2008.
TA-W-72,503; Sycamore Networks, Inc., Silvx Network Management 
Software, Chelmsford, MA: November 25, 2008.
TA-W-72,561; United Tool and Plastics, Inc., Waynesboro, VA: October 8, 
2008.
TA-W-70,151; Smith and Nephew, Inc., Wound Management--Largo Div./
Leased Workers of Olsten Staffing, Largo, FL: May 4, 2008.
TA-W-70,433; Weyerhaeuser NR, I-Level Division, Buckhannon, WV: May 18, 
2008.
TA-W-70,900; Acushnet Company, Leased Workers from Marquee Staffing, 
Carlsbad, CA: June 1, 2008.
TA-W-71,125; Intra Corporation, Westland, MI: June 10, 2008.
TA-W-71,225; Dura Automotive Systems, Seats Division, Leased Workers 
from Furst Staffing, Stockton, IL: June 5, 2008.
TA-W-71,259; Cooper Tools, Inc., Cooper Power Tools Division, Cooper 
Industries, Dayton, OH: June 22, 2009.
TA-W-72,093; Atlantic Guest, Inc., Actuant Company, Berlin, CT: August 
19, 2008.
TA-W-72,133; North American Pulp Molding, LLC, Luberski, Inc/dba Hidden 
Villa Ranch, Haynesville, LA: August 25, 2008.
TA-W-70,403; IBM Corporation, Global Business Services, El Segundo, CA: 
May 18, 2008.
TA-W-70,916A; Agilent Technologies, Digital Test, Independent 
Contractors & Leased Workers Johnson Controls & Volt, Santa Rosa, CA: 
June 1, 2008.
TA-W-71,031; International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), Global 
Business Services, ABB Account, Endicott, NY: May 20, 2008.
TA-W-71,243; ACS Commercial Solutions, Inc., Affiliated Computer 
Services, Business Processing Solutions Group, Lexington, KY: June 3, 
2008.
TA-W-71,905; Accenture LLP, Randstad, MIR Mitchell & Co., Dayton, OH: 
July 30, 2008.
TA-W-72,195; Experian, Global Technology Services Division, Leased 
Workers of Tapfin, Costa Mesa, CA: September 1, 2008.
TA-W-72,272; Mitsubishi Motors R and D of America, Inc., Mitsubishi 
Motors North America, Technicon Int'l, Ann Arbor, MI: September 5, 
2008.
TA-W-72,468; EDAG, Inc., Leased Workers from Partner Personnel, Inc., 
Auburn Hills, MI: September 30, 2008.
TA-W-72,491; Commerce Energy, Inc., Just Energy, Leased Workers from

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Accountants International, etc., Costa Mesa, CA: October 2, 2008.
TA-W-70,919; The Stride Rite Corporation, IT Solutions Delivery, 
Lexington, MA: June 1, 2008.
TA-W-71,493; Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corporation, Leased 
Workers of Talent Tree, Inc., Charleston, SC: June 30, 2008.
TA-W-71,507; Eastman Kodak, Graphics Communication Group, Adecco, 
Norwalk, CT: June 30, 2008.
TA-W-71,907; Allstate Insurance Company, Allstate Service Info., Kelly 
Services, Diamond Bar, CA: August 3, 2008.
TA-W-71,924; Allstate Insurance Company, Allstate Motor Club Division, 
South Barrington, IL: July 31, 2008.
TA-W-72,048; FLSmidth, Inc., Cement Div., Leased Workers of Aerotek 
Contract, Engineering, Allied Personnel, Bethlehem, PA: August 14, 
2008.
TA-W-72,480; Interdent Service Corporation, Central Business Office/
Billing and Collections Department, Vancouver, WA: September 29, 2008.

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
Section 222(b) (adversely affected workers in public agencies) of the 
Trade Act have been met.

None.

    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-70,143A; JL French Automotive Castings LLC, On-Site Leased Workers 
From Quality Personnel, Glasgow, KY: May 18, 2008.
TA-W-70,143; JL French Automotive Castings LLC, On-Site Leased Workers 
From Labor Ready, Sheboygan, WI: May 18, 2009.
TA-W-70,457; Core Manufacturing, Multi-Plastics, Inc., Division Sipco, 
Inc., M-Ploy, Saegertown, PA: May 20, 2008.
TA-W-70,481; Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products, LLC, Richmond, VA: 
May 21, 2008.
TA-W-70,611; Janesville Acoustics, A Unit of Jason, Inc., Norwalk, OH: 
May 22, 2008.
TA-W-70,773; Microfibres, Inc., Pawtucket, RI: April 24, 2009.
TA-W-70,782; BASF, Coatings Division, Leased Workers from Adecco, 
Greenville, OH: May 20, 2008.
TA-W-70,824; Bridgestone APM Company, Findlay, OH: May 29, 2008.
TA-W-70,885; Neff-Perkins Company, Perry Facility, Perry, OH: May 28, 
2008.
TA-W-70,992; United Machine Works, Inc., Greenville, NC: May 26, 2008.
TA-W-71,101; Stroh Die Casting Company, Inc, Milwaukee, WI: June 5, 
2008.
TA-W-71,127; Lear Corporation, Seating Systems Division, Lordstown, OH: 
June 9, 2008.
TA-W-71,706; Daimler Trucks North America, LLC, Gastonia Components and 
Logistics, Gastonia, NC: July 15, 2008.
TA-W-71,725; Caterpillar, Inc., Large Power Systems Division, 
Mossville, IL: July 6, 2008.
TA-W-72,223; Axletech International, Subsidiary of General Dynamics, 
Oshkosh, WI: August 31, 2008.
TA-W-72,324; Katahdin Paper Company, Pulp Mill, East Millinocket, ME: 
September 15, 2008.
TA-W-70,660; Gold Canyon Mining and Construction, LLC, Apache Junction, 
AZ: May 20, 2008.
TA-W-70,687; Marmon/Keystone Corporation, Marmon Distribution Services, 
LLC, East Butler Division, Butler, PA: May 21, 2008.
TA-W-71,444; Applied Materials, Inc., Leased Workers from K2 Associates 
and Nstar, Rio Rancho, NM: June 25, 2008.

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

TA-W-71,011; Cadon Acquisitions, LLC, Cadon Plating and Coatings, 
Phoenix Personnel, Wyandotte, MI: June 3, 2008.

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of 
Section 222(f) (firms identified by the International Trade Commission) 
of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W-71,425; US Steel Corporation, Fairfield, AL: July 21, 2007.

Insert C-ITC.

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 criterion under paragraph 
(a)(1), or (b)(1), or (c)(1)(employment decline or threat of 
separation) of section 222 has not been met.

TA-W-70,356; Ford Motor Company, Powertrain Test Laboratories, 
Dearborn, MI.
TA-W-70,389; Stanley Access Technologies, Farmington, CT.
TA-W-71,382; Nortech Systems, Inc., Intercon 1 Division, Baxter, MN.
TA-W-71,383; Nortech Systems, Inc., Aerospace Systems Division, 
Wayzata, MN.
TA-W-72,325; C and K Powder Coating, Ebensburg, PA.

    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.

None.

    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-70,664; Signature Aluminum, Temroc Hamel Division, Hamel, MN.
TA-W-70,715; Broan-Nutone, LLC, Hartford, WI.
TA-W-70,800; MeadWestvaco Corporation, Consumer and Office Products 
Div., Enfield, CT.
TA-W-70,827; FormTech Industries, LLC, Minerva Division, Minerva, OH.
TA-W-70,861; Parkdale America, LLC, Plant #29, Sanford, NC.
TA-W-70,906; Windsor Republic Door, Inc., Republic Doors and Frames 
Div., Manpower, Hamilton, McKenzie, TN.
TA-W-71,024; Idaho Ethanol Processing, LLC, ED&F Man Biofuels, 
Caldwell, ID.
TA-W-71,375; AK Steel Corporation, Mansfield Works Division, Mansfield, 
OH.
TA-W-71,384; Nortech Systems, Inc., Aerospace Systems Division, Leased 
Workers of Doherty Staffing Solutions, Fairmont, MN.
TA-W-71,954; National Envelope Corporation, Long Island City, NY.
TA-W-72,039; PolyVision Corporation, Leased Workers of Spherion 
Company, Dixonville, PA.
TA-W-72,205; Charles Conkle Motor Company, Inc., Kokomo, IN.
TA-W-72,231; Lonza Inc., Riverside, Synthesis Section, Custom Mfg, Lab 
Support, Conshohocken, PA.
TA-W-70,038; ABF Freight Systems, Subsidiary of Arkansas Best Corp., 
Dayton, OH.
TA-W-70,282; J.W. Pike LTD/Vintage Verandah, Inc., Kalispell, MT.
TA-W-70,743; General Motors Corporation, Powertrain Central,

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Advanced Mechanical Engineering, Pontiac, MI.
TA-W-70,872; Mars Petcare US, Inc., Mars Incorporated, McKenzie, TN.
TA-W-71,835; FracTech Services, Cisco, TX.
TA-W-71,918; Eberly Originals Ltd., Newton, NJ.
    The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs 
(b)(2) and (b)(3) (public agency acquisition of services from a foreign 
country) of section 222 have not been met.

None.

    The investigation revealed that criteria of Section 222(c)(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 as 
eligible to apply for TAA.

None.

    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were 
issued during the period of November 2 through November 13, 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.

     Dated: January 13, 2010.
 Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division Of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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