Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 49818-49819 [2014-19952]
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separation from employment on date of
certification through two years from the date
of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of
Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 12th day of
August 2014.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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Administration
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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 August 4, 2014 through
August 8, 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;
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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.
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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.
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.
85,261, Hibu Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
April 18, 2013.
85,261A, Hibu Inc., King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania. April 18, 2013.
85,261B, Hibu Inc., The Woodlands,
Texas. April 18, 2013.
85,261C, Hibu Inc., Spokane Valley,
Washington. April 18, 2013.
85,261D, Hibu Inc., Columbus, Ohio.
April 18, 2013.
85,261E, Hibu Inc., Effingham, Illinois.
April 18, 2013.
85,261F, Hibu Inc., San Diego,
California. April 18, 2013.
85,299, Graymark International, Inc.,
Tustin, California. May 8, 2013.
85,312, Applied Materials, Austin,
Texas. May 15, 2013.
85,341, Sanderson Plumbing Products,
Inc., Columbus, Mississippi. May
28, 2013.
85,347, St. Jude Medical, Minnetonka,
Minnesota. May 29, 2013.
85,357, Flextronics International Inc.,
Fort Worth, Texas. June 3, 2013.
85,357A, Motorola Mobility LLC., Fort
Worth, Texas. June 3, 2013.
85,363, Regal Beloit Corporation, Mt.
Sterling, Kentucky. June 5, 2013.
85,363, Regal Beloit Corporation,
Winchester, Kentucky. June 5, 2013.
85,366, Luminus Devices, Inc., Woburn,
Massachusetts. June 5, 2013.
85,368, FEI Company, Delmont,
Pennsylvania. June 9, 2013.
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85,391, Second Shift Manufacturing
Group, Sylmar, California. June 23,
2013.
85,407, Quality Ribbon Mills, Inc.,
Cumberland, Rhode Island, June 24,
2013.
85,414, Commemorative Brands, Inc.,
Austin, Texas. July 4, 2013.
85,416, Motor Coach Holdings, LLC.,
Loudonville, Ohio, July 7, 2013.
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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.
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.
85,382, Baldor Electric Company, Fort
Smith, Arkansas.
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.
85,362, Catawissa Wood and
Components, Inc., Elysburg,
Pennsylvania.
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.
85,396, Fabricast Valve, LLC.,
Longview, Washington.
The workers’ firm does not produce
an article as required for certification
under Section 222 of the Trade Act of
1974.
85,317, Child Care Services, Courtland,
Mississippi.
85,394, Merck Sharp & Dohme
Corporation, Rahway, New Jersey.
85,399, Sandler & Travis Trade
Advisory Services, Inc., Farmington
Hills, Michigan.
Determinations Terminating
Investigations of Petitions for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
After notice of the petitions was
published in the Federal Register and
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on the Department’s Web site, as
required by Section 221 of the Act (19
USC 2271), the Department initiated
investigations of these petitions.
The following determinations
terminating investigations were issued
because the petitioning groups of
workers are covered by active
certifications. Consequently, further
investigation in these cases would serve
no purpose since the petitioning group
of workers cannot be covered by more
than one certification at a time.
85,281, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.,
Hoboken, New Jersey.
85,421, YP Holdings LLC., Southfield,
Michigan.
I hereby certify that the aforementioned
determinations were issued during the period
of August 4, 2014 through August 8, 2014.
These determinations are available on the
Department’s Web site www.doleta.gov/
tradeact/taa/taa_search_form.cfm under the
searchable listing of determinations or by
calling the Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance toll free at 888–365–6822.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of
August 2014.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2014–0021]
General Working Conditions in
Shipyard Employment; Extension of
the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in its General Working
Conditions in Shipyard Employment
Standard (29 CFR part 1915, subpart F).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent or received) by
October 21, 2014.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
comments and attachments
electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
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Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
instructions online for submitting
comments.
Facsimile: If your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
messenger, or courier service: When
using this method, you must submit a
copy of your comments and attachments
to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
OSHA–2014–0021, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N–2625,
200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries
(hand, express mail, messenger, and
courier service) are accepted during the
Department of Labor’s and Docket
Office’s normal business hours, 8:15
a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and the OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2014–0021) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, are
placed in the public docket without
change, and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov.
For further information on submitting
comments see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other materials in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov
or the OSHA Docket Office at the
address above. All documents in the
docket (including this Federal Register
notice) are listed in the https://
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some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publically available to
read or download from the Web site. All
submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may contact Theda Kenney at the
address below to obtain a copy of the
ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
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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 August
4, 2014 through August 8, 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 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.
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.
85,261, Hibu Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. April 18, 2013.
85,261A, Hibu Inc., King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. April 18, 2013.
85,261B, Hibu Inc., The Woodlands, Texas. April 18, 2013.
85,261C, Hibu Inc., Spokane Valley, Washington. April 18, 2013.
85,261D, Hibu Inc., Columbus, Ohio. April 18, 2013.
85,261E, Hibu Inc., Effingham, Illinois. April 18, 2013.
85,261F, Hibu Inc., San Diego, California. April 18, 2013.
85,299, Graymark International, Inc., Tustin, California. May 8, 2013.
85,312, Applied Materials, Austin, Texas. May 15, 2013.
85,341, Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc., Columbus, Mississippi. May
28, 2013.
85,347, St. Jude Medical, Minnetonka, Minnesota. May 29, 2013.
85,357, Flextronics International Inc., Fort Worth, Texas. June 3,
2013.
85,357A, Motorola Mobility LLC., Fort Worth, Texas. June 3, 2013.
85,363, Regal Beloit Corporation, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. June 5, 2013.
85,363, Regal Beloit Corporation, Winchester, Kentucky. June 5, 2013.
85,366, Luminus Devices, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts. June 5, 2013.
85,368, FEI Company, Delmont, Pennsylvania. June 9, 2013.
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85,391, Second Shift Manufacturing Group, Sylmar, California. June 23,
2013.
85,407, Quality Ribbon Mills, Inc., Cumberland, Rhode Island, June 24,
2013.
85,414, Commemorative Brands, Inc., Austin, Texas. July 4, 2013.
85,416, Motor Coach Holdings, LLC., Loudonville, Ohio, July 7, 2013.
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.
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.
85,382, Baldor Electric Company, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
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.
85,362, Catawissa Wood and Components, Inc., Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
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.
85,396, Fabricast Valve, LLC., Longview, Washington.
The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for
certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
85,317, Child Care Services, Courtland, Mississippi.
85,394, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation, Rahway, New Jersey.
85,399, Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services, Inc., Farmington
Hills, Michigan.
Determinations Terminating Investigations of Petitions for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
After notice of the petitions was published in the Federal Register
and on the Department's Web site, as required by Section 221 of the Act
(19 USC 2271), the Department initiated investigations of these
petitions.
The following determinations terminating investigations were issued
because the petitioning groups of workers are covered by active
certifications. Consequently, further investigation in these cases
would serve no purpose since the petitioning group of workers cannot be
covered by more than one certification at a time.
85,281, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
85,421, YP Holdings LLC., Southfield, Michigan.
I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were
issued during the period of August 4, 2014 through August 8, 2014.
These determinations are available on the Department's Web site
www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taa_search_form.cfm under the
searchable listing of determinations or by calling the Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance toll free at 888-365-6822.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of August 2014.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2014-19952 Filed 8-21-14; 8:45 am]
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