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supporting documentation, including 

among other things a description of the 

likely respondents, proposed frequency 

of response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain or by contacting 

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on 202–693– 

4223 (this is not a toll-free number)/ 

e-mail DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Dept. of 

Labor—Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, 

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Fax: 202–395–6974 (these are not tollfree numbers), E-mail: Federal Register. 

In order to ensure the appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

reference the OMB Control Number (see 

below). 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Revision of an 

existing OMB Control Number. 

Title of Collection: State Planning 

Guidance and Instructions for Title I of 

the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

(WIA) and the Wagner-Peyser Act and 

State Unified Plan Planning Guidance 

for State Unified Plans and Unified Plan 

Modifications. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0398. 

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 59. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,950. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: 

$0. 

Description: The Workforce 

Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (Pub. L. 

105–220) provides the framework for a 

network of State workforce investment 

systems designed to meet the needs of 

the nation’s businesses, job seekers, 

youth, and those who want to further 

their careers. Title I of WIA requires that 

States develop five-year strategic plans 

for this system, which must also contain 

the detail plans required under the 

Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49g). Plan 

modifications to the WIA title I and 

Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49g) are 

required by WIA 20 CFR 661–230. 

Section V provides States the option of 

submitting a State Unified Plan. The 

State Unified Plan was previously 

cleared under OMB Control Number 

1205–0407 and is now being combined 

with this request for clarity and because 

they are so closely related in scope and 

requirements. For additional 

information, see the related notices 

published at Volume 73 FR 24613 

through 24614 on May 5, 2008. 

Darrin A. King, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–21235 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

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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 August 25 through August 29, 

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, 

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 

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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 or 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. 

TA–W–63,412; Pfizer, Inc, 

Conshohocken, PA: May 19, 2007. 

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. 

TA–W–63,803; MIG Wire and Tube, LLC, 

Chattanooga, TN: August 1, 2007. 

TA–W–63,868; MSX International, St. 

Louis Tire and Wheel Assembly, St. 

Louis, MO: August 13, 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) 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–63,766; Federal-Mogul 

Corporation, Lighting Products Div., 

Boyertown, PA: July 24, 2007. 

TA–W–63,869; Syntex Rubber 

Corporation, Monroe Staffing, 

Bridgeport, CT: August 13, 2007. 

TA–W–63,676; Stark Candy Company, 

Subsidiary of New England 

Confectionery Co., Pawaukee, WI: 

July 10, 2007. 

TA–W–63,712A; Gentry Mills, Inc., 

Albemarle, NC: July 18, 2007. 

TA–W–63,712; Gentry Mills, Inc., 

Wadesboro, NC: July 18, 2007. 

TA–W–63,748; Great Eastern Mussel 

Farms, Inc., Manpower and @Work 

Personnel Services, Tenants Harbor, 

ME: July 25, 2007. 

TA–W–63,826; Belco Forest Products, 

Inc., Shelton, WA: August 5, 2007. 

TA–W–63,844; Kenro Incorporated, Seek 

Careers and Staffing, Fredonia, WI: 

August 8, 2007. 

TA–W–63,793; General Motors 

Corporation, Vehicle Mfg. Div, 

Shreveport Assembly, Development 

Dimension, Shreveport, LA: August 

1, 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–63,622; Plastech Engineered 

Products, Molding Division, 

Grandville, MI: June 26, 2008. 

TA–W–63,645; Kavlico Corporation, 

Custom Sensors & Tech., Select 

Temp & Triad Agency, Moorpark, 

CA: June 23, 2007. 

TA–W–63,774; AME Manufacturing, 

Inc., Riverside, CA: July 25, 2008. 

TA–W–63,840; Intermec Technologies 

Corporation, Everett, WA: July 30, 

2007. 

TA–W–63,703A; Armstrong Wood 

Products, Inc., Armstrong 

Hardwood Flooring Company, 

Oneida, TN: July 11, 2007. 

TA–W–63,703B; Armstrong Wood 

Products, Inc., Armstrong 

Hardwood Flooring Company, 

Oneida, TN: July 11, 2007. 

TA–W–63,703; Armstrong Wood 

Products, Inc., Armstrong 

Hardwood Flooring Company, 

Oneida, TN: July 11, 2007. 

TA–W–63,299; Siegel Robert 

Automotive, Farmington, MO: April 

29, 2007. 

TA–W–63,736; Portage Tool, A Division 

of Tempel Steel Company, Chicago, 

IL: July 21, 2007. 

TA–W–63,770; ACCO Brands, Pleasant 

Prairie, WI: July 28, 2007. 

TA–W–63,776; GE Consumer and 

Industrial Lighting, Cleveland, OH: 

July 29, 2007. 

TA–W–63,789; Newport Corporation, 

Spectra-Physics Lasers, High Power 

Diode Dept, Tucson, AZ: July 28, 

2007. 

TA–W–63,864; Luminent OIC, Inc., DBA 

Source Photonics, Inc., Production 

Division, Chatsworth, CA: August 

11, 2007. 

TA–W–63,878; Gerber Scientific, Inc., 

South Windsor, CT: August 14, 

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–63,763; Bennington Paperboard, 

Subsidiary of The Newark Group, 

North Hoosick, NY: July 28, 2007. 

TA–W–63,764; Haverhill Paperboard, 

Subsidiary of The Newark Group, 

Bradford, MA: July 28, 2007. 

TA–W–63,861; American Trim, LLC, 

Southern Operations, Cullman, AL: 

August 8, 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–63,868; MSX International, St. 

Louis Tire and Wheel Assembly, St. 

Louis, MO. 

The Department has determined that 

criterion (2) of Section 246 has not been 

met. Workers at the firm possess skills 

that are easily transferable. 


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TA–W–63,412; Pfizer, Inc, 

Conshohocken, PA. 

TA–W–63,803; MIG Wire and Tube, LLC, 

Chattanooga, TN. 

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. 

None. 

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–63,699; England, Inc., 

Morristown, TN. 

TA–W–63,707; Alcoa, Inc., Rockdale, 

TX. 

TA–W–63,716; Woodbridge Corporation, 

Brodhead, WI. 

TA–W–63,785; American Woodmark, 

Ham Lake, MN. 

TA–W–63,800; Columbia Falls 

Aluminum Company, LLC, 

Columbia Falls, MT. 

TA–W–63,853; Red Sheld 

Environmental, LLC, Old Town, ME. 

TA–W–63,909; Auxora, Inc., Baldwin 

Park, CA. 

TA–W–63,708; ABB Reliability Services, 

Full Service, Working at 

International Paper, Mansfield, LA. 

The workers’ firm does not produce 

an article as required for certification 

under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 

1974. 

TA–W–63,845; Monster Cable Products, 

Distribution Center, Inventory & 

Quality Control, Brisbane, CA. 

TA–W–63,886; Geo Specialty Chemicals, 

Rubber and Plastics Division, 

Gibbstown, NJ. 

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 August 25 through August 29, 2008. 

Copies of these determinations are available 

for inspection in Room C–5311, 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: September 4, 2008. 

Erin FitzGerald, 

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E8–21320 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

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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 September 22, 2008. 

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 September 

22, 2008. 

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 C–5311, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of 

September 2008. 

Erin Fitzgerald, 

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

APPENDIX

[TAA petitions instituted between 8/25/08 and 8/29/08] 

TA–W Subject firm 

(petitioners) Location Date of institution 

Date of 

petition 

63924 ............ Boise Cascade, LLC (AFL–CIO) .................................................... La Grande, OR .................... 08/25/08 08/20/08 

63925 ............ Hutchinson FTS (Comp) ................................................................. Byrdstown, TN ..................... 08/25/08 08/22/08 

63926 ............ Veyance Technologies, Inc. (Comp) .............................................. Fairlawn, OH ....................... 08/25/08 08/22/08 

63927 ............ Delfingen US, Inc. (Comp) ............................................................. El Paso, TX ......................... 08/25/08 06/24/08 

63928 ............ Norandal USA, Inc. (Comp) ............................................................ Salisbury, NC ...................... 08/25/08 08/22/08 

63929 ............ Superior Industries International Incorporated (Comp) .................. Pittsburg, KS ....................... 08/25/08 08/22/08 

63930 ............ Liberty Molds, Inc. (State) .............................................................. Portage, MI .......................... 08/25/08 08/22/08 

63931 ............ Melco Engraving (State) ................................................................. Rochester Hills, MI .............. 08/25/08 08/21/08 

63932 ............ Irving Forest Products/Pinkham Saw Mill (Union) .......................... Fort Kent, ME ...................... 08/25/08 08/21/08 

63933 ............ Upoc Networks, Inc./Administaff Companies (State) ..................... New York, NY ..................... 08/25/08 08/19/08 

63934 ............ SMI Global Corporation (State) ...................................................... Bellevue, WA ....................... 08/26/08 08/25/08 

63935 ............ Kellwood Company (State) ............................................................. Chesterfield, MO ................. 08/27/08 08/18/08 


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