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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–65,045A] 

Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant #40, 

Graniteville, South Carolina; Amended 

Certification Regarding Eligibility To 

Apply for Worker Adjustment 

Assistance and Alternative Trade 

Adjustment Assistance 

In accordance with Section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273), and 

Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 

U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the 

Department of Labor issued a 

Certification of Eligibility to Apply for 

Worker Adjustment Assistance and 

Alternative Trade Adjustment 

Assistance on April 6, 2009, applicable 

to workers of Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant 

#40, Graniteville, South Carolina (TA– 

W–65,045A). The notice will soon be 

published in the Federal Register. 

At the request of the State agency, the 

Department reviewed the certification 

for workers of the subject firm. The 

workers produce yarn. 

The review shows that all workers of 

Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant #40, 

Graniteville, South Carolina, were 

previously certified eligible to apply for 

adjustment assistance under petition 

number TA–W–60,796, which expired 

on March 21, 2009. 

Therefore, in order to avoid an 

overlap in worker group coverage, the 

Department is amending the January 26, 

2008 impact date established for TA– 

W–65,045A, to read March 22, 2009. 

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–65,045A is hereby issued as 

follows: 

‘‘All workers of Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant 

#40, Graniteville, South Carolina, who 

became totally separated from employment 

on March 22, 2009 through April 6, 2011, are 

eligible to apply for adjustment assistance 

under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, 

and are also eligible to apply for alternative 

trade adjustment assistance under Section 

246 of the Trade Act of 1974.’’ 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day 

of April 2009. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–14070 Filed 6–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–65,088] 

Snoke Special Products Co., Inc. 

Including On-Site Leased Workers 

From 1st Choice Personnel and East 

Texas Staffing Jacksonville, TX; 

Amended Certification Regarding 

Eligibility To Apply for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance and Alternative 

Trade Adjustment Assistance 

In accordance with Section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 2273), and 

Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 

USC 2813), as amended, the Department 

of Labor issued a Certification of 

Eligibility to Apply for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance and Alternative 

Trade Adjustment Assistance on 

February 12, 2009, applicable to 

workers of Snoke Special Products Co., 

Inc., including on-site leased workers 

from 1st Choice Personnel, Jacksonville, 

Texas. The notice was published in the 

Federal Register on March 3, 2009 (74 

FR 9278). 

At the request of the State agency, the 

Department reviewed the certification 

for workers of the subject firm. The 

workers are engaged in the production 

of copper tubing components for air 

conditioners. 

New information shows that some 

workers separated from employment at 

the subject firm had their wages 

reported under a separate 

unemployment insurance (UI) tax 

account for East Texas Staffing, the 

parent company of 1st Choice 

Personnel. 

Accordingly, the Department is 

amending this certification to properly 

reflect this matter. 

The intent of the Department’s 

certification is to include all workers of 

Snoke Special Products Co., Inc., 

Jacksonville, Texas, who were 

secondarily affected as a supplier of 

copper tubing components for air 

conditioners to a trade certified firm. 

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–65,088 is hereby issued as 

follows: 

‘‘All workers of Snoke Special Products Co., 

Inc. including on-site leased workers from 1st 

Choice Personnel and East Texas Staffing, 

Jacksonville, Texas, who became totally or 

partially separated from employment on or 

after February 2, 2008 through February 12, 

2011, are eligible to apply for adjustment 

assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act 

of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for 

alternative trade adjustment assistance under 

Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.’’ 

Signed at Washington, DC this 13th day of 

May 2009. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–14071 Filed 6–15–09; 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 May 4 through May 8, 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. 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 

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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 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. 

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–65,304A; TecumsehPower 

Company, Sale Operations, Engine 

Components, Salem, IN: February 2, 

2008. 

TA–W–65,304; TecumsehPower 

Company, Dunlap Operations, 

Dunlap, TN: February 2, 2008. 

TA–W–65,806; Weyerhaeuser NR 

Company, iLevel Division, 

Castleberry, AL: April 14, 2008. 

TA–W–64,958; Molex, Inc., 

Transportation Products Divisions, 

Lincoln, NE: January 21, 2008. 

TA–W–65,278; Beck Tool, Inc., 

Edinboro, PA: February 17, 2008. 

TA–W–65,284; Oakhurst Textiles, Inc., 

A Subsidiary of Oakhurst Specialty 

Corporation, Browns Summits, NC: 

February 17, 2008. 

TA–W–65,292; KES Systems, Inc., A 

Subsidiary of KES USA, Tempe, AZ: 

February 5, 2008. 

TA–W–65,477; Osborne and Osborne 

Wood Products, A Division of 

Paddy Mountain Lumber Company, 

Galax, VA: February 19, 2008. 

TA–W–65,698; Matrix Publishing 

Services, York, PA: March 27, 2008. 

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–65,708; Pattison Sign Group, A 

Division of Pattison Group, 

Limestone, ME: March 25, 2008. 

TA–W–65,777; Weyerhaeuser NR 

Company, iLevel Lumber Division, 

Wright City, OK: April 7, 2008. 

TA–W–65,778; Varco Pruden Buildings, 

Eastern Region, Engineering Div., 

Kernersville, NC: April 8, 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–65,735A; Johnson Controls, Inc., 

Technology Centers, Holland, MI: 

March 1, 2008. 

TA–W–65,735; Johnson Controls, Inc., 

Technology Centers, Plymouth, MI: 

March 1, 2008. 

TA–W–65,759; Arvin Meritor LLC, Div. 

of Light Vehicle Systems, Detroit, 

MI: March 8, 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. 

None. 

The Department has determined that 

criterion (2) of Section 246 has not been 

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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. 

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–64,436; Georgia Pacific, Inc., 

Wood Products Division, Coos Bay, 

OR. 

TA–W–65,246; Weyerhaeuser NR 

Company, iLevel Lumber — 

Aberdeen Div., Aberdeen, WA. 

The workers’ firm does not produce an 

article as required for certification 

under Section 222 of the Trade Act 

of 1974. 

TA–W–65,696; Alcatel-Lucent, 

Purchasing Department, Plano, TX. 

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 May 4 

through May 8, 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: May 15, 2009. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–14063 Filed 6–15–09; 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 June 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 June 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 14th day of 

May 2009. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

APPENDIX

TAA petitions instituted between 5/4/09 and 5/8/09 

TA–W Subject firm 

(petitioners) Location Date of institution 

Date of 

petition 

65876 .......... Magneti Marelli Powertrain USA, LLC (Comp) .................................... Sanford, NC ................ 05/04/09 04/30/09 

65877 .......... Albion Associates, Inc. (Wkrs) ............................................................. High Point, NC ............ 05/04/09 04/19/09 

65878 .......... BGF Industries (Wkrs) .......................................................................... Altavista, VA ................ 05/04/09 04/27/09 

65879 .......... In-Zone Athletic Wear (Comp) ............................................................. Fyffe, AL ...................... 05/04/09 05/02/09 

65880 .......... Carpenter Company (Wkrs) ................................................................. Cookeville, TN ............. 05/04/09 05/01/09 

65881 .......... Scotty’s Fashions (Union) .................................................................... Lehighton, PA ............. 05/04/09 05/01/09 

65882 .......... Belcher-Robinson Foundry (Comp) ..................................................... Alexander City, AL ...... 05/04/09 03/30/09 

65883 .......... Muth Mirror Systems (Wkrs) ................................................................ Sheboygan, WI ........... 05/05/09 05/01/09 

65884 .......... Progressive Stamping Company (Comp) ............................................ Royal Oak, MI ............. 05/05/09 05/04/09 

65885 .......... Morgan AM&T (IUE) ............................................................................. Couder Sport, PA ........ 05/05/09 05/04/09 

65886 .......... BG Labs (Comp) .................................................................................. Binghamton, NY .......... 05/05/09 04/17/09 

65887 .......... Fuel Systems, Inc. (Wkrs) .................................................................... Chicago, IL .................. 05/05/09 04/30/09 

65888 .......... Collins Ink Corp. (Wkrs) ....................................................................... Cincinnati, OH ............. 05/05/09 04/22/09 

65889 .......... Cooper Tire and Rubber Company (Wkrs) .......................................... Findlay, OH ................. 05/06/09 05/06/09 

65890 .......... Automatic Machine Product (Wkrs) ..................................................... Corinth, MS ................. 05/06/09 05/01/09 

65891 .......... Springs Global US Inc. (Comp) ........................................................... Sardis, MS .................. 05/06/09 05/05/09 

65892 .......... Specmo Enterprises, Inc. (State) ......................................................... Madison Heights, MI ... 05/06/09 04/06/09 

65893 .......... St. Onge Logging, Inc. (Comp) ............................................................ Kalispell, MT ............... 05/06/09 05/05/09 

65894 .......... Symantec Corporation (Wkrs) .............................................................. Springfield, OR ............ 05/06/09 05/05/09 

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