Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 242 / Wednesday, December 17, 2014 / Notices 75185 

Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 

as amended.’’ 

Signed in Washington, DC this 2nd day of 

December, 2014. 

Michael W. Jaffe, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29509 Filed 12–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Investigations Regarding Eligibility To 

Apply for Worker 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 Office 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, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance, at the address shown below, 

not later than December 29, 2014. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments regarding the 

subject matter of the investigations to 

the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance, at the address shown below, 

not later than December 29, 2014. 

The petitions filed in this case are 

available for inspection at the Office of 

the Director, Office 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 4th day of 

December 2014. 

Michael W. Jaffe, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

APPENDIX

[14 TAA petitions instituted between 11/24/14 and 11/28/14] 

TA–W Subject firm 

(petitioners) Location Date of institution 

Date of petition 

85665 ................ Mondi Group (Workers) ........................................................ New Philadelphia, OH ........... 11/24/14 11/13/14 

85666 ................ Philips Lightolier (State/One-Stop) ....................................... Fall River, MA ....................... 11/24/14 11/21/14 

85667 ................ JDS Uniphase (Company) .................................................... Milpitas, CA ........................... 11/25/14 11/24/14 

85668 ................ Pamco Machine Company (State/One-Stop) ....................... Lewiston, ME ........................ 11/25/14 11/24/14 

85669 ................ Smith Detection, Inc (Company) .......................................... Edgewood, MD ..................... 11/25/14 11/24/14 

85670 ................ Verizon Communications (Union) ......................................... Erie, PA ................................. 11/25/14 11/24/14 

85671 ................ DIEHL Controls North America, Inc. (Company) ................. Naperville, IL ......................... 11/25/14 11/06/14 

85672 ................ Twin Rivers Paper LLC (Union) ........................................... Madawaska, ME ................... 11/26/14 11/26/14 

85673 ................ Quantum Foods (Workers) ................................................... Bolingbrook, IL ...................... 11/26/14 11/25/14 

85674 ................ Levi Strauss and Co (State/One-Stop) ................................ Eugene, OR .......................... 11/26/14 11/25/14 

85675 ................ Hewlett Packard Co. (State/One-Stop) ................................ Corvallis, OR ......................... 11/26/14 11/25/14 

85676 ................ Syncreon (Company) ............................................................ Trotwood, OH ........................ 11/28/14 11/26/14 

85677 ................ Hitachi Zosen Catalyst USA, LLC (Company) ..................... Scottsboro, AL ...................... 11/28/14 11/26/14 

85678 ................ Navister (Workers) ................................................................ Garland, TX ........................... 11/28/14 11/25/14 

[FR Doc. 2014–29507 Filed 12–16–14; 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 November 24, 2014 through 

November 28, 2014. 

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 

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