[Federal Register: January 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 11)]
[Notices]
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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
17, 2007 through January 4, 2008.
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.
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(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-62,553; ALA Casting Company, Inc., Long Island City, NY: November
27, 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-62,462; Enhance America of Missouri, Inc., Washington, MO:
November 8, 2006
TA-W-62,511; Cellular Express, Inc., d/b/a/ Boston Communications
Group, Westbrook, ME: November 26, 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-62,429; Covalence Plastics, City of Industry, CA: October 26, 2006
TA-62,489; CHF Industries, Inc., Bedding Division, Loris, SC: December
30, 2006
TA-W-62,537; Rockford Corporation, Tempe, AZ: December 5, 2006
TA-W-62,545; WM. Wright Company, West Warren, MA: January 21, 2008
TA-W-61,878; Meadwestvaco, Consumer and Office Products Div., Garden
Grove, CA: July 24, 2006
TA-W-62,245; Flakeboard Company, Ltd., Duraflake Division, Albany, OR:
October 1, 2006
TA-W-62,287; Franklin Plastic Products, Inc., Franklin, IN: October 9,
2006
TA-W-62,306; H. C. Holding, LLC, Wadena, MN: October 15, 2006
TA-W-62,346; McConway and Torley, LLC, A Subsidiary of Trinity Parts
and Components, LLC, Kutztown, PA: October 22, 2006
TA-W-62,422; Curtain and Drapery Fashions, Lowell, NC: November 1, 2006
TA-W-62,450; Shape Global Technology, Sanford, ME: November 12, 2006
TA-W-62,470; BMI Electronics, Inc., Montgomery and Lee Staffing,
Hardaway, AL: November 15, 2006
TA-W-62,481; W. R. Hosiery LLC, Fort Payne, AL: November 19, 2006
TA-W-62,502; Girard Plastics, LLC, On-Site Leased Workers From Career
Concepts, Advanced, Girard, PA: November 27, 2006
TA-W-62,319; E. G. Fashion Inc., New York, NY: October 17, 2006
TA-W-62,420; Johnson Hosiery Mills, Inc., Hickory Division, Hickory,
NC: November 2, 2006
TA-W-62,433; Lawrence Sewing, San Francisco, CA: November 7, 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-62,375; International Legwear Group, Athens, TN: September 15, 2007
TA-W-62,405; The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, North American Tire
Co. On-Site Leased Workers From UGL Unico, Tyler, TX: November 2, 2006
TA-W-62,432; LEM Industries, Inc., Obetz, OH: November 7, 2006
TA-W-62,448; Integram St. Louis Seating, Intier Automotive Division,
Division of Magna International, Pacific, MO: November 9, 2006
TA-W-62,454; Ballard Medical Products, A Subsidiary of Kimberly-Clark,
Pocatello, ID: December 20, 2007
TA-W-62,467; USAprons, Inc., Sidney, NE: November 14, 2006
TA-W-62,514; Atlas Aero Corporation, Leased Workers of the Monroe
Group, Meriden, CT: November 28, 2006
TA-W-62,543; McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Kelly Services, Kaztronics,
Lab Support, Robert Half, Parsippany, NJ: December 5, 2006
TA-W-62,557; Sports Belle, Inc., Knoxville, TN: December 6, 2006
TA-W-62,574; Molex, Inc., Integrated Products Division, Maumelle, AR:
December 13, 2006
TA-W-62,472; Corsair Memory, Inc., Fremont, CA: November 9, 2006
TA-W-62,107; Regal Ware, Inc., Kewaskum Manufacturing Plant, Kewaskum,
WI: September 3, 2007
TA-W-62,107A; Regal Ware, Inc., Kewaskum Manufacturing Plant, West
Bend, WI: September 3, 2007
TA-W-62,273; Delphi Corporation, Automotive Holdings Group Division,
On-Site Leased Workers From Bartech, Dayton, OH: October 8, 2006
TA-W-62,273A; Delphi Corporation, Disc Pads Division, On-Site Leased
Workers From Bartech, Dayton, OH: October 8, 2006
TA-W-62,370; Tietex International, LTD, Spartanburg, SC: February 8,
2007
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TA-W-62,457; Only In USA, Inc., Los Angeles, CA: November 6, 2006
TA-W-62,494; Quadriga Art, LLC, Red Farm Studio, LLC, Pawtucket, RI:
November 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) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have
been met.
TA-W-62,491; Westchester Narrow Fabrics, Inc., Milton, PA: June 8, 2007
TA-W-62,534; S and Z Metalworks Limited, A Subsidiary of Metalworks
Worldwide, Cleveland, OH: November 30, 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. The firm does not have a significant number of workers 50
years of age or older.
TA-W-62,462; Enhance America of Missouri, Inc., Washington, 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.
TA-W-62,553; ALA Casting Company, Inc., Long Island City, NY
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-62,511; Cellular Express, Inc., d/b/a/ Boston Communications
Group, Westbrook, ME
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-62,415; Bernard Chaus, Cynthia Steffe Division, Secaucus, NJ.
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-62,423; KLA--Tencor Corporation, Tucson, AZ.
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-62,276; F.L. Smithe Machine Co., Duncansville, PA.
TA-W-62,281; Auburn Investment Castings, Inc., Auburn, AL.
TA-W-62,412; Walter Drake, Inc., Holyoke, MA.
TA-W-62,455; Morgan Trailer Manufacturing Co., Morgantown Division,
Morgantown, PA.
TA-W-62,498; Double D Logging, John Day, OR.
TA-W-62,336; Fabtek Corporation, Division of Blount International,
Menominee, MI.
TA-W-62,535; Nevamar Company, LLC, Saturator Department, Oshkosh, WI.
The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for
certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
TA-W-62,468; VWR International, LLC, Finance Department, Subsidiary of
Varietal Distribution Holdings, LLC, Bridgeport, NJ.
TA-W-62,544; XL Specialty Insurance Company, Exton, PA.
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 17, 2007 through January 4, 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: January 10, 2008.
Ralph DiBattista,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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