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TA–W–63,883; Metaldyne, Sintered 

Division, Ridgway, PA: August 11, 

2007. 

TA–W–63,953; Katahdin Paper 

Company, LLC, Millinocket, ME: August 

27, 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–63,775; Duncan Solutions, 

Harrison, AR: July 30, 2007. 

TA–W–63,846; Kennametal, Inc., 

Chestnut Ridge Plant, Latrobe, PA: 

August 7, 2007. 

TA–W–63,860; K–Rain Manufacturing 

Corp., Riviera Beach, FL: August 7, 

2007. 

TA–W–63,888; Plastech Engineered 

Products (JCIM), Franklin, TN: 

August 7, 2007. 

TA–W–63,939; Hewlett Packard, Inkjet 

& Web Sol., CDI, Manpower, 

Securitas, Volt, Corvallis, OR: 

August 26, 2007. 

TA–W–63,972; DeRoyal Industries, Inc., 

DeRoyal Surgical Div., Powell, TN: 

August 26, 2007. 

TA–W–63,978; Rieter Automotive 

Systems, Leased Workers From The 

Wood Companies, Saint Joseph, MI: 

July 22, 2007. 

TA–W–63,996A; MPC Computers, LLC, 

North Sioux City, SD: September 4, 

2007. 

TA–W–63,996; MPC Computers, LLC, 

Leased Workers of Adecco Staffing, 

Nampa, ID: September 4, 2007. 

TA–W–64,039; Kaz, Inc., Hudson, NY: 

September 12, 2007. 

TA–W–63,829; S4 Carlisle Publishing 

Services, Carlisle Publising, Carlisle 

Communications, Dubuque, IA: July 

29, 2008. 

TA–W–63,838; International Rectifier, 

Fabrication Facility #5, El Segundo, 

CA: July 29, 2007. 

TA–W–63,849; HDM/Henredon 

Showroom/Offices, A Subsidiary of 

Furniture Bands International, High 

Point, NC: August 5, 2007. 

TA–W–63,863; WH Manufacturing, Inc., 

A Subsidiary of Propulsys, Inc., 

Formerly known as White 

Hydraulics, Inc., Hopkinsville, KY: 

August 12, 2007. 

TA–W–63,870; Peerless-Winsmith, Inc., 

Springville, NY: August 8, 2007. 

TA–W–63,877; Covidien, Medical 

Devices Division, formerly known as 

Tyco Healthcare Group, LP, 

Watertown, NY: August 11, 2007. 

TA–W–63,945; Futuro, A Division of 

Beiersdorf NA, Mariemont, OH: 

November 1, 2007. 

TA–W–63,983; Hillerich and Bradsby 

Co., Louisville Slugger Div, Select 

Staffing, Ontario, CA: July 22, 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) 

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

Act have been met. 

TA–W–63,987; Metaldyne, St Marys, PA: 

October 31, 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–63,765; Campbell 

Manufacturing, Sparta, 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. 

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–63,959; KDH Defense Systems, 

Inc., Johnstown, Pa. 

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–63,641; Shaw 

Industries,Residential 

Manufacturing, Stevenson, AL. 

TA–W–63,781; Dow Reichhold Specialty 

Latex, LLC, Chickamauga, GA. 

TA–W–63,836; Weyerhaeuser 

Company,ILevel Coburg Sawmill, 

Eugene, OR. 

TA–W–63,928; Norandal USA, Inc., 

Salisbury, NC. 

TA–W–63,933; Upoc Networks, Inc., A 

Subsidiary of DADA USA, Inc., New 

York, NY. 

The workers’ firm does not produce 

an article as required for certification 

under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 

1974. 

TA–W–63,854; Cassens Transport, Inc., 

Fenton, MO. 

TA–W–63,958; American Parts and 

Services, Inc., Schaumburg, IL. 

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 September 

15 through September 19, 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 26, 2008. 

Erin Fitzgerald, 

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

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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 

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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 October 14, 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 October 14, 

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 24th day of 

September 2008. 

Erin Fitzgerald, 

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

APPENDIX

[TAA petitions instituted between 9/15/08 and 9/19/08] 

TA–W Subject firm (petitioners) Location Date of 

institution 

Date of 

petition 

64041 ................ A.G. Simpson (State) ........................................................... Shreveport, LA ...................... 09/15/08 09/12/08 

64042 ................ Grupo Antolin (State) ............................................................ Shreveport, LA ...................... 09/15/08 09/12/08 

64043 ................ Intier (Innertech-Shreveport) (State) .................................... Shreveport, LA ...................... 09/15/08 09/12/08 

64044 ................ Kace/Dana (Kace Logistics) (State) ..................................... Shreveport, LA ...................... 09/15/08 09/12/08 

64045 ................ Kace/Siegel Roberts (State) ................................................. Shreveport, LA ...................... 09/15/08 09/12/08 

64046 ................ Guilford Mills (Wkrs) ............................................................. Kenansville, NC .................... 09/15/08 09/04/08 

64047 ................ Shreveport Logistics (State) ................................................. Shreveport, LA ...................... 09/15/08 09/12/08 

64048 ................ Rieter Automotive Systems (State) ...................................... Shreveport, LA ...................... 09/15/08 09/12/08 

64049 ................ Meridian Automotive Systems (State) .................................. Shreveport, LA ...................... 09/15/08 09/12/08 

64050 ................ Ventra St. Louis LLC (Comp) ............................................... Pacific, MO ............................ 09/15/08 09/12/08 

64051 ................ Pacific Consolidated Industries (Comp) ............................... Riverside, CA ........................ 09/15/08 09/03/08 

64052 ................ Arkansas Extrusions (State) ................................................. Hot Springs, AR .................... 09/15/08 09/12/08 

64053 ................ Oakley (State) ....................................................................... Shreveport, LA ...................... 09/15/08 09/12/08 

64054 ................ Modas LLC (State) ............................................................... Shreveport, LA ...................... 09/15/08 09/12/08 

64055 ................ Tango Transport, Inc. (State) ............................................... Shreveport, LA ...................... 09/16/08 08/01/08 

64056 ................ Remy International, Inc. Co. (Comp) ................................... Winchester, VA ..................... 09/16/08 09/11/08 

64057 ................ Alba Health LLC (State) ....................................................... Rockwood, TN ...................... 09/16/08 09/02/08 

64058 ................ Meridian Automotive Systems (Wkrs) .................................. Ionia, MI ................................ 09/16/08 09/08/08 

64059 ................ Johnson Controls (State) ...................................................... Shreveport, LA ...................... 09/16/08 08/01/08 

64060 ................ Ai-Shreveport LLC (State) .................................................... Shreveport, LA ...................... 09/16/08 08/29/08 

64061 ................ R R Donnelley (Wkrs) .......................................................... Monroe, WI ........................... 09/16/08 09/05/08 

64062 ................ Valspar Corporation (Wkrs) .................................................. Jackson, TN .......................... 09/16/08 08/29/08 

64063 ................ XP Power (State) .................................................................. Anaheim, CA ......................... 09/16/08 09/15/08 

64064 ................ Bumper Works, Inc. (UAW) .................................................. Danville, IL ............................ 09/17/08 09/15/08 

64065 ................ Aeiomed, Inc. (State) ............................................................ Minneapolis, MN ................... 09/17/08 09/16/08 

64066 ................ Mid South Electrical (Wkrs) .................................................. East Gadsden, AL ................. 09/17/08 08/28/08 

64067 ................ Hillerich and Bradsby Company (CA) .................................. Ontario, CA ........................... 09/17/08 09/16/08 

64068 ................ Memorex Products, Inc. (State) ........................................... Cerritos, CA .......................... 09/17/08 09/16/08 

64069 ................ Norwalk International Wood Products LLC (Comp) ............. Byrdstown, TN ...................... 09/17/08 09/15/08 

64070 ................ Perfection Mold and Machine Company (Comp) ................. Akron, OH ............................. 09/17/08 09/16/08 

64071 ................ J P Morgan Chase Bank NA (Wkrs) .................................... Lexington, KY ........................ 09/17/08 08/30/08 

64072 ................ Bowling Green Metalforming (Comp) ................................... Bowling Green, KY ............... 09/18/08 09/12/08 

64073 ................ Broan Nutone Storage Solutions (Comp) ............................ Cleburne, TX ......................... 09/18/08 09/01/08 

64074 ................ First Insight Corporation (Comp) .......................................... Hillsboro, OR ......................... 09/18/08 09/17/08 

64075 ................ Lexis Nexis/Global Data Fabrication (Wkrs) ........................ Miamisburg, OH .................... 09/18/08 09/09/08 

64076 ................ Pearson Education (Wkrs) ................................................... York, PA ................................ 09/18/08 09/09/08 

64077 ................ Trelleborg YSH, Inc. (Comp) ................................................ Peru, IN ................................. 09/18/08 09/17/08 

64078 ................ Tyco Elecontronics, Global Application Tooling (Comp) ...... Harrisburg, PA ...................... 09/19/08 09/18/08 

64079 ................ SKF Automotive Division (Comp) ......................................... Glasgow, KY ......................... 09/19/08 09/18/08 

64080 ................ Prevue Employment Service/Wetzel Molded Plastics 

(Wkrs).

Warren, OH ........................... 09/19/08 09/12/08 

64081 ................ Emerson Appliance (Wkrs) ................................................... Frankfort, IN .......................... 09/19/08 09/15/08 

64082 ................ Precision Manufacturing and Assembly (State) ................... Dayton, OH ........................... 09/19/08 09/18/08 

64083 ................ American Axle and Manufacturing (Wkrs) ........................... Detroit, MI ............................. 09/19/08 09/16/08 

64084 ................ Adobe Air, Inc. (Wkrs) .......................................................... Phoenix, AZ .......................... 09/19/08 09/12/08 

64085 ................ Whirlpool Corporation (State) ............................................... Fort Smith, AR ...................... 09/19/08 09/18/08 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–63,640] 

3M Touch Systems, a Subsidiary of 3M 

Electro & Communication Division, 

Milwaukee, WI; Notice of Negative 

Determination on Reconsideration 

On August 1, 2008, the Department 

issued an Affirmative Determination 

Regarding Application for 

Reconsideration for the workers and 

former workers of the subject firm. The 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register on August 12, 2008 (73 FR 

46920). 

The initial investigation resulted in a 

negative determination based on the 

finding that imports of touch screens for 

mobile phones did not contribute 

importantly to worker separations at the 

subject firm and no shift of production 

to a foreign source occurred. 

In the request for reconsideration the 

company official provided an additional 

list of customers who purchased touch 

screens from the subject firm. 

On reconsideration the Department of 

Labor surveyed these customers 

regarding their purchases of touch 

screens (including like or directly 

competitive products) during 2006, 

2007, and January through June 2008 

over the corresponding 2007 period. 

The survey revealed no imports of touch 

screens during the relevant period. 

The petitioner also stated that workers 

of the subject firm were previously 

certified eligible for TAA. The petitioner 

further states that if the subject firm 

‘‘did not attempt to re-position the 

business and instead, close entirely in 

2007, all the employees would have 

been eligible for TAA.’’ The petitioner 

seems to allege that because workers of 

the subject firm were previously 

certified eligible for TAA, the workers of 

the subject firm should be granted 

another TAA certification. 

When assessing eligibility for TAA, 

the Department exclusively considers 

import impact during the relevant time 

period (from one year prior to the date 

of the petition). Therefore, events 

occurring before 2007 are outside of the 

relevant period and are not relevant in 

this investigation. 

Conclusion 

After reconsideration, I affirm the 

original notice of negative 

determination of eligibility to apply for 

worker adjustment assistance for 

workers and former workers of 3M 

Touch Systems, a subsidiary of 3M, 

Electro & Communications Division, 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

September, 2008. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–63,502] 

Onsite International Inc., El Paso, TX; 

Notice of Negative Determination 

Regarding Application for 

Reconsideration 

By application of July 28, 2008, a 

petitioner requested administrative 

reconsideration of the Department’s 

negative determination regarding 

eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment 

Assistance (TAA), applicable to workers 

and former workers of the subject firm. 

The denial notice was signed on July 7, 

2008, and published in the Federal 

Register on July 28, 2008 (73 FR 43790). 

Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c), 

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 petition for the workers of Onsite 

International, Inc., El Paso, Texas 

engaged in administrative functions was 

denied because the petitioning workers 

did not produce an article within the 

meaning of Section 222 of the Act. 

The workers of Onsite International 

Inc., El Paso, Texas were previously 

certified eligible to apply for TAA under 

petition number TA–W–55,702, which 

expired on October 13, 2006. The 

investigation revealed that production at 

the subject firm ceased in 2006. 

The petitioner contends that the 

Department erred in its interpretation of 

work performed at the subject facility 

and further conveys that workers of the 

subject company ‘‘handled all aspects of 

shipping, receiving, repairing, repacking 

of the garments’’. The petitioner further 

states that the subject firm produced 

articles in the last three years and 

workers of the subject firm were 

previously certified eligible for TAA 

based on a shift in production to 

Mexico. The petitioner seems to allege 

that because the petitioning workers 

were part of the initial certified worker 

group and remained employed by the 

subject firm after all the production 

stopped and beyond October 13, 2006, 

the current worker group, who are 

engaged in distribution of articles, 

should be also eligible for TAA. 

A company official of the subject firm 

verified that production of articles was 

shifted from the subject firm to Mexico 

in 2004 and that no production took 

place at the subject firm since 2006. The 

official further clarified that workers of 

the subject firm remained to end 

programs and dispose of the assets after 

all production ceased. 

The investigation revealed that the 

subject facility did not manufacture 

articles since January 2006, when 

production shifted to Mexico. Although 

a small amount of cutting continued 

until early 2007, workers of the subject 

firm were not engaged in production of 

an article or supporting production of 

the article during the relevant time 

period. 

Under the Trade Act of 1974, as 

amended, certification of group 

eligibility to apply for TAA will be 

issued where a shift of production is the 

alleged basis for certification provided 

that (1) a significant number or 

proportion of the workers of such 

workers’ firm, or an appropriate 

subdivision, have been totally or 

partially separated or are threatened to 

become totally or partially separated; 

and (2) there has been a shift in 

production from the workers’ firm or 

subdivision to an eligible foreign 

country of articles like or directly 

competitive with those produced by the 

subject firm or subdivision under 

section 222(a)(2)(B)(i); and, either the 

foreign country is a party to a free trade 

agreement with the United States under 

section 222(a)(2)(B)(ii)(I), is a 

beneficiary country under section 

222(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II), or there has been or 

is likely to be an increase in imports of 

like or directly competitive articles. The 

Department interprets the standard for 

certification as requiring that the shift of 

production of an article to a foreign 

country must be a cause of the 

separations of workers of the firm that 

were engaged in or supported the 

production of that article. 

That the subject workers were not 

separated, or threatened with 

separation, until January 31, 2008 (two 

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