[Federal Register: March 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 61)]
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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 March 12
through March 16, 2007.
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.
TA-W-60,788; Hearth and Home Technologies, Division of HNI Industries,
Mt. Pleasant, IA: January 16, 2006
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) of the Trade Act have been
met.
TA-W-60,893; Wayne Wire Air Bag Components, Inc., Div. of Wayne Wire
Cloth Products, Inc., Kalkaska, MI: February 1, 2006
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-61,006; CST, Inc., Job Works, Inc., Mt. Carmel, IL: February 14,
2006
TA-W-61,060; Latronics Corporation, Latrobe, PA: March 4, 2007
TA-W-61,084; Renfro Corporation, Mt. Airy Riverside Plant, Mt. Airy,
NC: November 19, 2006
TA-W-60,687; Wheatland Tube Co., Sharon Plant, Sharon, PA: February 5,
2007
TA-W-60,695; Longview Fibre Company, Winton Sawmill, Leavenworth, WA:
December 28, 2005
TA-W-60,906; Weyerhaeuser--Veneer Technologies, Cobury Veneer Division,
Eugene, OR: February 2, 2006
TA-W-61,005; United States Sugar Processing, LLC, a Subsidiary of
United States Sugar Corporation, Pahokee, FL: February 16, 2006
TA-W-60,663; Sang Choy Fashion, Inc., New York, NY: December 21, 2005
TA-W-60,813; New State Fashion, Inc., New York, NY: January 22, 2006
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-60,818; Case New Holland, LLC, Goodfield Manufacturing Operations,
Goodfield, IL: January 23, 2006
TA-W-60,867; Polymer Group, Inc.--Chicopee, Gainesville, GA: January
30, 2006
TA-W-60,991; Heinz North America, Lea and Perrins Division, Fairlawn,
NJ: February 14, 2006
TA-W-61,025; Methode Electronics, Inc., Automotive Electronic Controls
Division, Golden, IL: February 23, 2006
TA-W-61,038; Delphi Corporation, Automotive Holdings Group, Moraine,
OH: February 26, 2006
TA-W-61,045; Eaton Corporation, Electrical Components Division, Selma,
NC: February 6, 2006
TA-W-61,066; ITW Plastic, A Subdivision of Illinois Tool Works, Inc.,
Shelby Township, MI: February 19, 2006
TA-W-60,865; Garrity Industries, Inc., Madison, CT: January 29, 2006
TA-W-60,933; Gerson and Gerson, Inc., Middlesex, NC: February 8, 2006
TA-W-60,951; Hartford Technologies, Rocky Hill, CT: November 18, 2006
TA-W-60,967; Masco Corporation of Indiana, Delta Faucet Company,
Greensburg, IN: February 5, 2006
TA-W-60,972; Parlex Polymer Flexible Circuits, Inc., PTF Division,
Cranston, RI: February 15, 2006
TA-W-60,976; Federal Mogul, Inc, Globab Distribution and Logistics
Division, Berkeley, MO: February 13, 2006
TA-W-60,978; First Alert/BRK Brands, Inc., Aurora, IL: February 16,
2006
TA-W-60,997; Employment Solutions, Working on Site at Water Pik, Inc.,
Fort Collins, CO: February 21, 2006
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TA-W-61,004; Seydel Companies (The), Pendergrass, GA: February 12, 2006
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-60,855A; Ixtlan Technology, LLC, Adrian, MI: January 15, 2006
TA-W-60,870; Lear Corporation, Interior Systems Division, Sidney, OH:
January 25, 2006
TA-W-60,959; Appalachian Veneer and Lumber, dba Mundy's Lumber and
Veneer, Marble, NC: February 12, 2006
TA-W-61,031; Hitachi Transport System (America), Ltd., Greenville, SC:
February 26, 2006
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. Workers at the firm are 50 years of age or older.
None
The Department has determined that criterion (2) of Section 246 has
not been met. Workers at the firm possess skills that are easily
transferable.
TA-W-60,788; Hearth and Home Technologies, Division of HNI Industries,
Mt. Pleasant, IA.
TA-W-60,893; Wayne Wire Air Bag Components, Inc., Div. of Wayne Wire
Cloth Products, Inc., Kalkaska, MI.
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.
TA-W-61,015; Dan D Company, Tillamook, OR.
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-59,773; Euro Matic Plastics, Wilson, NC.
TA-W-60,623; Holiday Housewares, Inc., Leominster, MA.
TA-W-60,734; Primary Staffing Services, Inc., Workers Employed at
Pearson Artworks, York, PA.
TA-W-60,801; Collins and Aikman--Tooling and Equipment Group, Dover,
NH.
TA-W-60,821; Hillsdale Automotive, A Subsidiary of Eaglepicher,
Traverse City, MI.
TA-W-60,882; CAMACO, LLC, Mariana Division, Marianna, AR.
TA-W-60,883; Gleason Works (The), Rochester, NY.
TA-W-60,894; Carpenter Company, Leominster, MA.
TA-W-60,827; Sun Microsystems, Inc., Louisville, CO.
TA-W-60,886; Liebert Corporation, Irvine, CA.
The investigation revealed that the predominate cause of worker
separations is unrelated to criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased
imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.C) (shift in production to a foreign country
under a free trade agreement or a beneficiary country under a
preferential trade agreement, or there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports).
None
The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for
certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
TA-W-60,086; Ford Motor Company, Product Development and Engineering
Center, Dearborn, MI.
TA-W-60,843; Clorox Services Company, A Subsidiary of the Clorox
Company, Oakland, CA.
TA-W-60,971; PHD Michigan, LLC, A Subsidiary of PHD Media, LLC, Troy,
MI.
TA-W-61,027; World Aviation Rewind, Santa Ana, CA.
TA-W-61,052; Allied Systems, Chesapeake, VA.
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 March 12 through March 16, 2007. 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: March 23,2007.
Ralph DiBattista,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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