[Federal Register: January 16, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 9)]
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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 December
18 through December 29, 2006.
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 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).
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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-60,531; Intelliden, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO: November 29, 2005.
TA-W-60,560; Electronic Data Systems, EDS-Xerox Account, Rochester, NY:
November 21, 2005.
TA-W-60,371; Grupo Antolin North America, CAD Department, Auburn Hills,
MI: November 6, 2005.
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-60,302; BMC Software, Inc., Waltham, MA: October 25, 2005.
TA-W-60,575; Storeroom Solutions, Inc., Working Onsite at Tower
Automotive, Inc., Granite City, IL: December 11, 2005.
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-60,126; Michelin North America, BF Goodrich Tire Manufacturing,
Opelika, AL: September 20, 2005.
TA-W-60,256; Eaton Corporation, Clutch Division, Auburn, IN: December
17, 2006.
TA-W-60,438; Graphic Electronics, Inc., Tulsa, OK: November 14, 2005.
TA-W-60,515; Maytag Corporation, A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Whirlpool
Corporation, Newton, IA: December 24, 2006.
TA-W-60,527; Danley IEM, LLC, Cleveland, OH: November 13, 2005.
TA-W-60,570; Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation, A Subsidiary of Sanyo
Electric, Forrest City, AR: December 8, 2005.
TA-W-60,446; Vollrath Company LLC (The), Oconomowoc, WI: November 9,
2005.
TA-W-60,474; General Chemical Performance Products, Newark, NJ:
November 22, 2005.
TA-W-60,475; Deco Engineering, Inc., A Subsidiary of Newcor, Inc.,
Royal Oak, MI: November 22, 2005.
TA-W-60,478; Ford Motor Company, St. Louis Assembly Plant, Vehicle
Operations, Hazelwood, MO: November 21, 2005.
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-60,387; Arimon Technologies, Inc., Manitowoc, WI: November 1,
2005.
TA-W-60,496; Hill Rom Company, Inc., Batesville Manufacturing
Operation, Batesville, IN: November 27, 2005.
TA-W-60,502; Superior Industries International, Inc., Johnson City, TN:
November 28, 2005.
TA-W-60,541; Siemens VDO Automotive Corp., Elkhart, IN: December 4,
2005.
TA-W-60,561; Aramark Uniform Services, Lawrenceville, GA: December 7,
2005.
TA-W-60,584; Hart and Cooley, Inc., Holland, MI: December 11, 2005.
TA-W-60,586; Dyno Nobel, Inc., Wolf Lake, IL: November 21, 2005.
TA-W-60,629; General Electric Lighting, Inc., Austintown Products
Plant, Youngstown, OH: December 12, 2005.
TA-W-60,411; Littelfuse, Inc., Electronic Testing and Packaging
Department, Des Plaines, IL: November 9, 2005.
TA-W-60,569; Metaldyne, Powertrain Products, Solon, OH: December 5,
2005.
TA-W-60,580; Lear Corporation, Electronic Switch Division, Zanesville,
OH: November 30, 2005.
TA-W-60,642; M.A. Moslow and Brothers, Inc., Buffalo, NY: July 30,
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-60,421; Fisher and Company, Inc., Corporate Offices, St. Clair
Shores, MI: October 11, 2005.
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.
TA-W-60,575; Storeroom Solutions, Inc., Working Onsite at Tower
Automotive, Inc., Granite City, IL.
TA-W-60,531; Intelliden, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO.
TA-W-60,371; Grupo Antolin North America, CAD Department, Auburn Hills,
MI.
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-60,302; BMC Software, Inc., Waltham, MA.
The Department has determined that criterion (3) of Section 246 has
not been met. Competition conditions within the workers' industry are
not adverse.
TA-W-60,560; Electronic Data Systems, EDS-Xerox Account, Rochester, NY.
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-60,436; Watts Regulator, Carolinas Division, Spindale, NC.
TA-W-60,458; Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp., Allenport, PA.
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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-60,542; GreatBatch Hittman, Inc., Columbia, MD.
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-59,863; Delphi Corporation, Automotive Holdings Group, Moraine,
OH.
TA-W-60,399; Customized Manufacturing, Inc., McKenzie, TN.
TA-W-60,454; Forest City Technologies, Wixom Division, Wixom, MI.
TA-W-60,508; Enhanced Presentations, Inc., Wilmington, NC.
TA-W-60,464; Key Technology, Inc., Medford Office Division, Medford,
OR.
TA-W-60,480; Emcor Facilities Services, Inc., On-Site Contracted
Workers at Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR.
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-60,507; Washington Mutual Bank, Florence, SC.
TA-W-60,517; CDI Corporation, IT Solutions Division, Lexington, KY.
TA-W-60,567; Accordis, Inc., Chicago Service Center, A Subsidiary of
Zavata, Chicago, 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 December 18 through December 29, 2006.
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: January 8, 2007.
Ralph DiBattista,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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