Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, 5071-5073 [E6-1193]
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Secretary of Commerce on January 25,
2006. The views of the Commission are
contained in USITC Publication 3831
(December 2005), entitled Internal
Combustion Industrial Forklift Trucks
from Japan: Investigation No. 731–TA–
377 (Second Review).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: January 26, 2006.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. E6–1212 Filed 1–30–06; 8:45 am]
eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of
January 2006.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6–1179 Filed 1–30–06; 8:45 am]
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Administration
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Notice of Determinations Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–58,215]
Bespak, Inc. Tenax Corporation, Apex,
N.C.; Amended Certification Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
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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, as
amended, the Department of Labor
issued a Certification of Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance and Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance on December 2,
2005, applicable to workers of Bespak,
Inc., Apex, North Carolina. The notice
was published in the Federal Register
on December 21, 2005 (70 FR 75841).
At the request of a former employee,
the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject
firm. The workers produce drug
delivery devices (inhalers, bags, pumps,
I.V. lines, and syringes).
The company official provided
information to the Department
confirming that the workers wages at the
subject firm are reported under the
Unemployment Insurance tax account
for Tenax Corporation, which is a
member of the Bespak Group.
Based on this new information, the
Department is amending the
certification to include workers of
Bespak, Inc., Apex, North Carolina,
whose wages are reported to Tenax
Corporation.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–58,215 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Bespak, Inc., Tenax
Corporation, Apex, North Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 25, 2004,
through December 2, 2007, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also
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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
periods of January 2006.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made and a
certification of eligibility to apply for
directly-impacted (primary) worker
adjustment assistance to be issued, 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
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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 and a
certification of eligibility to apply for
worker adjustment assistance as an
adversely affected secondary group to be
issued, 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.
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 (a)(2)(A)
(increased imports) of section 222 have
been met.
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TA–W–58,468; Candor Hosiery Mills,
Inc., Distribution Center, Robbins,
NC: December 5, 2004.
TA–W–58,468A; Candor Hosiery Mills,
Inc., Robbins, NC: December 5,
2004.
TA–W–58,482; Dan River Inc., Home
Fashions Sewing, Morven, NC:
December 8, 2004.
TA–W–58,530; Fiskars Brands, Inc.,
SOC Division, Wausau, WI:
December 5, 2004.
TA–W–58,553; Precision Source, P&C
Quality Turned Components,
Esmond, RI: December 28, 2004.
TA–W–58,424; Quality Manufacturing,
Inc., Winchester, KY: November 22,
2004.
TA–W–58,341; Alene Candles, Inc.,
Placement Pros, Valley
Employment & ET Staffing,
Putnam, CT: November 14, 2004.
TA–W–58,393; E.J. Snyder and
Company, Inc., Albemarle, NC:
November 18, 2004.
TA–W–58,411; Phibro-Tech, Inc.,
Sumter Manufacturing Plant,
Sumter, SC: November 22, 2004.
TA–W–58,415; El Paso Garment
Contractors, Inc., El Paso, TX:
November 28, 2004.
TA–W–58,449; Mississippi Polymers,
Inc., Corinth, MS: November 30,
2004.
TA–W–58,450; Bay Engineered Castings,
New Contracting, Ahead, Custom
Staff, ABR, De Pere, WI: November
30, 2004.
TA–W–58,451; Textron Fastening
Systems (TFS), TFS Greenville
Operations, Greenville, MS:
November 10, 2004.
TA–W–58,458; Hitchcock Chair
Company, Hitchcock Holdings, New
Hartford, CT: December 2, 2004.
TA–W–58,463; Nexus Custom
Electronics Corp., Woburn, MA:
November 30, 2004.
TA–W–58,501; Tinnerman Palnut,
Textron Fastening Systems,
Flemingsburg, KY: December 12,
2004.
TA–W–58,504; Yankee Plastics, Inc.,
Easthampton, MA: November 14,
2004.
TA–W–58,508; Occidental Chemical
Corp. (OxyChem), Subsidiary of
Occidental Petroleum Corp., New
Castle, DE: December 15, 2004.
TA–W–58,513; Apricot, Inc., Hartford,
NC: December 7, 2007.
TA–W–58,383; Diversco Integrated
Services, Murray Ohio Plant,
Lawrenceburg, TN: November 18,
2004.
TA–W–58,544; Wickers Sportswear, Inc.,
Wolfeboro, NH: December 21, 2004.
The following certifications have been
issued. The requirements of (a)(2)(B)
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(shift in production) of section 222 have
been met.
TA–W–58,441; Caldwell Manufacturing
Company, Jackson, MS: November
22, 2004.
TA–W–58,438; Palliser Furniture Corp.,
Carolina Division, Troutman, NC:
November 30, 2004.
TA–W–58,478; Rich Products
Manufacturing Corp., Winchester,
VA: December 1, 2004.
TA–W–58,521; Dan River, Inc., Home
Fashions Division, Brookneal, VA:
December 19, 2004.
TA–W–58,543; Procon Products,
Murfreesboro, TN: December 9,
2004.
TA–W–58,399; Applied Interconnect,
Sunnyvale, CA: November 11, 2004.
TA–W–58,498; McLaughlin Company,
Petosky, MI: December 9, 2004.
The following certification has been
issued. The requirement of supplier to
a trade certified firm has been met.
TA–W–58,579; Easthampton Dye Works,
Inc., Easthampton, MA: January 4,
2005.
The following certification has been
issued. The requirement of downstream
producer to a trade certified firm has
been met.
None.
Negative Determinations for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, the
investigation revealed that the criteria
for eligibility have not been met for the
reasons specified.
The investigation revealed that
criterion (a)(2)(A)(I.A) and (a)(2)(B)(II.A)
(no employment decline) has not been
met.
TA–W–58,454; Metso Automation, Field
Systems Division, Shrewsbury, MA.
TA–W–58,445; Christiana Floral, Inc.,
Christiana, PA.
TA–W–58,515; Ablest Staffing Services,
Granite Quarry, NC.
The investigation revealed that
criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B.) (Sales or
production, or both, did not decline)
and (a)(2)(B)(II.B) (No 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) (No shift in
production to a foreign country) have
not been met.
TA–W–58,277; Quin-T Corp., Erie, PA.
TA–W–58,402; Pressed Steel Tank, West
Allis, WI.
TA–W–58,417; MacLean-ESNA,
Pocahontas, AR.
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TA–W–58,427; Pure-Flo Precision, Div.
of ITT Industries, Inc., Springfield,
MO.
TA–W–58,444; Johnson Controls, Inc.,
Automotive Systems Group, Earth
City, MO.
TA–W–58,473; National Textiles, Plant
#1, China Grove, NC.
The investigation revealed that
criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.)(Increased imports
and (a) (2) (B) (II.C) (has shifted
production to a foreign country) have
not been met.
None.
The workers firm does not produce an
article as required for certification under
Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
TA–W–58,486; Hewlett-Packard
Company, Omaha, NE.
TA–W–58,446; Boise Cascade
Corporation, Cascade, ID.
TA–W–58,464; South-Eastern Fabrics
Corp., Conover, NC.
TA–W–58,474; IBM Global Services,
Oakbrook Helpdesk, Oakbrook, IL.
TA–W–58,547; Nicholson
Manufacturing Company, Seattle,
WA.
TA–W–58,554; Logistics Services, Inc.,
Oklahoma City, OK.
TA–W–58,577; Dystar LP, Charlotte, NC.
The investigation revealed that
criteria (2) has not been met. The
workers firm (or subdivision) is not a
supplier or downstream producer to
trade-affected companies.
TA–W–58,354; Creform Corporation,
Textube Division, Greer, SC.
Affirmative Determinations for
Alternative Trade Ajdustment
Assistance
In order for the Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance to issued 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.
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
determinations.
In the following cases, it has been
determined that the requirements of
section 246(a)(3)(ii) have been met.
I. Whether a significant number of
workers in the workers’ firm are 50
years of age or older.
II. Whether the workers in the
workers’ firm possess skills that are not
easily transferable.
III. The competitive conditions within
the workers’ industry (i.e., conditions
within the industry are adverse).
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TA–W–58,468; Candor Hosiery Mills,
Inc., Distribution Center, Robbins,
NC: December 5, 2004.
TA–W–58,468A; Candor Hosiery Mills,
Inc., Robbins, NC: December 5,
2004.
TA–W–58,482; Dan River Inc., Home
Fashions Sewing, Morven, NC:
December 8, 2004.
TA–W–58,530; Fiskars Brands, Inc.,
SOC Division, Wausau, WI:
December 5, 2004.
TA–W–58,553; Precision Source, P&C
Quality Turned Components,
Esmond, RI: December 28, 2004.
TA–W–58,341; Alene Candles, Inc.,
Placement Pros, Valley
Employment & ET Staffing,
Putnam, CT: November 14, 2004.
TA–W–58,393; E.J. Snyder and
Company, Inc., Albemarle, NC:
November 18, 2004.
TA–W–58,411; Phibro-Tech, Inc.,
Sumter Manufacturing Plant,
Sumter, SC: November 22, 2004.
TA–W–58,415; El Paso Garment
Contractors, Inc., El Paso, TX:
November 28, 2004.
TA–W–58,449; Mississippi Polymers,
Inc., Corinth, MS: November 30,
2004.
TA–W–58,450; Bay Engineered Castings,
New Contracting, Ahead, Custom
Staff, ABR, De Pere, WI: November
30, 2004.
TA–W–58,451; Textron Fastening
Systems (TFS), TFS Greenville
Operations, Greenville, MS:
November 10, 2004.
TA–W–58,458; Hitchcock Chair
Company, Hitchcock Holdings, New
Hartford, CT: December 2, 2004.
TA–W–58,463; Nexus Custom
Electronics Corp., Woburn, MA:
November 30, 2004.
TA–W–58,501; Tinnerman Palnut,
Textron Fastening Systems,
Flemingsburg, KY: December 12,
2004.
TA–W–58,504; Yankee Plastics, Inc.,
Easthampton, MA: November 14,
2004.
TA–W–58,508; Occidental Chemical
Corp. (OxyChem), Subsidiary of
Occidental Petroleum Corp., New
Castle, DE: December 15, 2004.
TA–W–58,513; Apricot, Inc., Hartford,
NC: December 7, 2007
TA–W–58,383; Diversco Integrated
Services, Murray Ohio Plant,
Lawrenceburg, TN: November 18,
2004.
TA–W–58,544; Wickers Sportswear, Inc.,
Wolfeboro, NH: December 21, 2004.
TA–W–58,438; Palliser Furniture Corp.,
Carolina Division, Troutman, NC:
November 30, 2004.
TA–W–58,478; Rich Products
Manufacturing Corp., Winchester,
VA: December 1, 2004.
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TA–W–58,521; Dan River, Inc., Home
Fashions Division, Brookneal, VA:
December 19, 2004.
TA–W–58,543; Procon Products,
Murfreesboro, TN: December 9,
2004.
TA–W–58,399; Applied Interconnect,
Sunnyvale, CA: November 11, 2004.
TA–W–58,498; McLaughlin Company,
Petosky, MI: December 9, 2004.
TA–W–58,579; Easthampton Dye Works,
Inc., Easthampton, MA: January 4,
2005.
Negative Determinations for Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
In order for the Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance to issued 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.
In the following cases, it has been
determined that the requirements of
section 246(a)(3)(ii) have not been met
for the reasons specified.
Since the workers are denied
eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers
cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
TA–W–58,454; Metso Automation,
Field Systems Division, Shrewsbury,
MA.
TA–W–58,277; Quin-T Corp., Erie, PA.
TA–W–58,402; Pressed Steel Tank, West
Allis, WI.
TA–W–58,417; MacLean-ESNA,
Pocahontas, AR.
TA–W–58,427; Pure-Flo Precision, Div.
of ITT Industries, Inc., Springfield,
MO.
TA–W–58,444; Johnson Controls, Inc.,
Automotive Systems Group, Earth
City, MO.
TA–W–58,445; Christiana Floral, Inc.,
Christiana, PA.
TA–W–58,473; National Textiles, Plant
#1, China Grove, NC.
TA–W–58,515; Ablest Staffing Services,
Granite Quarry, NC.
TA–W–58,486; Hewlett-Packard
Company, Omaha, NE.
TA–W–58,446; Boise Cascade
Corporation, Cascade, ID.
TA–W–58,464; South-Eastern Fabrics
Corp., Conover, NC.
TA–W–58,474; IBM Global Services,
Oakbrook Helpdesk, Oakbrook, IL.
TA–W–58,547; Nicholson
Manufacturing Company, Seattle,
WA.
TA–W–58,554; Logistics Services, Inc.,
Oklahoma City, OK.
TA–W–58,577; Dystar LP, Charlotte, NC.
TA–W–58,354; Creform Corporation,
Textube Division, Greer, SC.
The Department as determined that
criterion (1) of section 246 has not been
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met. Workers at the firm are 50 years of
age or older.
None.
The Department as determined that
criterion (2) of Section 246 has not been
met. Workers at the firm possess skills
that are easily transferable.
TA–W–58,424; Quality Manufacturing,
Inc., Winchester, KY: November 22,
2004.
The Department as determined that
criterion (3) of Section 246 has not been
met. Competition conditions within the
workers’ industry are not adverse.
None.
I hereby certify that the
aforementioned determinations were
issued during the month of January
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 24, 2006.
Erica R. Cantor,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6–1193 Filed 1–30–06; 8:45 am]
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Administration
[TA–W–58,022]
Meadow River Hardwood Lumber
Company; Formerly Known as
Georgia-Pacific Corp.; Rainelle, WV;
Notice of Negative Determination
Regarding Application for
Reconsideration
By application of December 8, 2005,
Carpenters East Coast Industrial Council
(CECIC) requested administrative
reconsideration of the Department’s
negative determination regarding
eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA), applicable to workers
and former workers of the subject firm.
The denial notice was signed on
October 24, 2005, and published in the
Federal Register on November 16, 2005
(70 FR 69599).
Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c)
reconsideration may be granted under
the following circumstances:
(1) If it appears on the basis of facts
not previously considered that the
determination complained of was
erroneous;
(2) If it appears that the determination
complained of was based on a mistake
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for
Worker 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 periods
of January 2006.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made and a
certification of eligibility to apply for directly-impacted (primary)
worker adjustment assistance to be issued, 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 and a
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance
as an adversely affected secondary group to be issued, 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.
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
(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) of section 222 have been met.
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TA-W-58,468; Candor Hosiery Mills, Inc., Distribution Center, Robbins,
NC: December 5, 2004.
TA-W-58,468A; Candor Hosiery Mills, Inc., Robbins, NC: December 5,
2004.
TA-W-58,482; Dan River Inc., Home Fashions Sewing, Morven, NC: December
8, 2004.
TA-W-58,530; Fiskars Brands, Inc., SOC Division, Wausau, WI: December
5, 2004.
TA-W-58,553; Precision Source, P&C Quality Turned Components, Esmond,
RI: December 28, 2004.
TA-W-58,424; Quality Manufacturing, Inc., Winchester, KY: November 22,
2004.
TA-W-58,341; Alene Candles, Inc., Placement Pros, Valley Employment &
ET Staffing, Putnam, CT: November 14, 2004.
TA-W-58,393; E.J. Snyder and Company, Inc., Albemarle, NC: November 18,
2004.
TA-W-58,411; Phibro-Tech, Inc., Sumter Manufacturing Plant, Sumter, SC:
November 22, 2004.
TA-W-58,415; El Paso Garment Contractors, Inc., El Paso, TX: November
28, 2004.
TA-W-58,449; Mississippi Polymers, Inc., Corinth, MS: November 30,
2004.
TA-W-58,450; Bay Engineered Castings, New Contracting, Ahead, Custom
Staff, ABR, De Pere, WI: November 30, 2004.
TA-W-58,451; Textron Fastening Systems (TFS), TFS Greenville
Operations, Greenville, MS: November 10, 2004.
TA-W-58,458; Hitchcock Chair Company, Hitchcock Holdings, New Hartford,
CT: December 2, 2004.
TA-W-58,463; Nexus Custom Electronics Corp., Woburn, MA: November 30,
2004.
TA-W-58,501; Tinnerman Palnut, Textron Fastening Systems, Flemingsburg,
KY: December 12, 2004.
TA-W-58,504; Yankee Plastics, Inc., Easthampton, MA: November 14, 2004.
TA-W-58,508; Occidental Chemical Corp. (OxyChem), Subsidiary of
Occidental Petroleum Corp., New Castle, DE: December 15, 2004.
TA-W-58,513; Apricot, Inc., Hartford, NC: December 7, 2007.
TA-W-58,383; Diversco Integrated Services, Murray Ohio Plant,
Lawrenceburg, TN: November 18, 2004.
TA-W-58,544; Wickers Sportswear, Inc., Wolfeboro, NH: December 21,
2004.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) of section 222 have been met.
TA-W-58,441; Caldwell Manufacturing Company, Jackson, MS: November 22,
2004.
TA-W-58,438; Palliser Furniture Corp., Carolina Division, Troutman, NC:
November 30, 2004.
TA-W-58,478; Rich Products Manufacturing Corp., Winchester, VA:
December 1, 2004.
TA-W-58,521; Dan River, Inc., Home Fashions Division, Brookneal, VA:
December 19, 2004.
TA-W-58,543; Procon Products, Murfreesboro, TN: December 9, 2004.
TA-W-58,399; Applied Interconnect, Sunnyvale, CA: November 11, 2004.
TA-W-58,498; McLaughlin Company, Petosky, MI: December 9, 2004.
The following certification has been issued. The requirement of
supplier to a trade certified firm has been met.
TA-W-58,579; Easthampton Dye Works, Inc., Easthampton, MA: January 4,
2005.
The following certification has been issued. The requirement of
downstream producer to a trade certified firm has been met.
None.
Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, the investigation revealed that the
criteria for eligibility have not been met for the reasons specified.
The investigation revealed that criterion (a)(2)(A)(I.A) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.A) (no employment decline) has not been met.
TA-W-58,454; Metso Automation, Field Systems Division, Shrewsbury, MA.
TA-W-58,445; Christiana Floral, Inc., Christiana, PA.
TA-W-58,515; Ablest Staffing Services, Granite Quarry, NC.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B.) (Sales or
production, or both, did not decline) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B) (No 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) (No shift in production to a foreign
country) have not been met.
TA-W-58,277; Quin-T Corp., Erie, PA.
TA-W-58,402; Pressed Steel Tank, West Allis, WI.
TA-W-58,417; MacLean-ESNA, Pocahontas, AR.
TA-W-58,427; Pure-Flo Precision, Div. of ITT Industries, Inc.,
Springfield, MO.
TA-W-58,444; Johnson Controls, Inc., Automotive Systems Group, Earth
City, MO.
TA-W-58,473; National Textiles, Plant #1, China Grove, NC.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.)(Increased
imports and (a) (2) (B) (II.C) (has shifted production to a foreign
country) have not been met.
None.
The workers firm does not produce an article as required for
certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
TA-W-58,486; Hewlett-Packard Company, Omaha, NE.
TA-W-58,446; Boise Cascade Corporation, Cascade, ID.
TA-W-58,464; South-Eastern Fabrics Corp., Conover, NC.
TA-W-58,474; IBM Global Services, Oakbrook Helpdesk, Oakbrook, IL.
TA-W-58,547; Nicholson Manufacturing Company, Seattle, WA.
TA-W-58,554; Logistics Services, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK.
TA-W-58,577; Dystar LP, Charlotte, NC.
The investigation revealed that criteria (2) has not been met. The
workers firm (or subdivision) is not a supplier or downstream producer
to trade-affected companies.
TA-W-58,354; Creform Corporation, Textube Division, Greer, SC.
Affirmative Determinations for Alternative Trade Ajdustment Assistance
In order for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issued
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.
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 determinations.
In the following cases, it has been determined that the
requirements of section 246(a)(3)(ii) have been met.
I. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers' firm are
50 years of age or older.
II. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills that
are not easily transferable.
III. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry (i.e.,
conditions within the industry are adverse).
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TA-W-58,468; Candor Hosiery Mills, Inc., Distribution Center, Robbins,
NC: December 5, 2004.
TA-W-58,468A; Candor Hosiery Mills, Inc., Robbins, NC: December 5,
2004.
TA-W-58,482; Dan River Inc., Home Fashions Sewing, Morven, NC: December
8, 2004.
TA-W-58,530; Fiskars Brands, Inc., SOC Division, Wausau, WI: December
5, 2004.
TA-W-58,553; Precision Source, P&C Quality Turned Components, Esmond,
RI: December 28, 2004.
TA-W-58,341; Alene Candles, Inc., Placement Pros, Valley Employment &
ET Staffing, Putnam, CT: November 14, 2004.
TA-W-58,393; E.J. Snyder and Company, Inc., Albemarle, NC: November 18,
2004.
TA-W-58,411; Phibro-Tech, Inc., Sumter Manufacturing Plant, Sumter, SC:
November 22, 2004.
TA-W-58,415; El Paso Garment Contractors, Inc., El Paso, TX: November
28, 2004.
TA-W-58,449; Mississippi Polymers, Inc., Corinth, MS: November 30,
2004.
TA-W-58,450; Bay Engineered Castings, New Contracting, Ahead, Custom
Staff, ABR, De Pere, WI: November 30, 2004.
TA-W-58,451; Textron Fastening Systems (TFS), TFS Greenville
Operations, Greenville, MS: November 10, 2004.
TA-W-58,458; Hitchcock Chair Company, Hitchcock Holdings, New Hartford,
CT: December 2, 2004.
TA-W-58,463; Nexus Custom Electronics Corp., Woburn, MA: November 30,
2004.
TA-W-58,501; Tinnerman Palnut, Textron Fastening Systems, Flemingsburg,
KY: December 12, 2004.
TA-W-58,504; Yankee Plastics, Inc., Easthampton, MA: November 14, 2004.
TA-W-58,508; Occidental Chemical Corp. (OxyChem), Subsidiary of
Occidental Petroleum Corp., New Castle, DE: December 15, 2004.
TA-W-58,513; Apricot, Inc., Hartford, NC: December 7, 2007
TA-W-58,383; Diversco Integrated Services, Murray Ohio Plant,
Lawrenceburg, TN: November 18, 2004.
TA-W-58,544; Wickers Sportswear, Inc., Wolfeboro, NH: December 21,
2004.
TA-W-58,438; Palliser Furniture Corp., Carolina Division, Troutman, NC:
November 30, 2004.
TA-W-58,478; Rich Products Manufacturing Corp., Winchester, VA:
December 1, 2004.
TA-W-58,521; Dan River, Inc., Home Fashions Division, Brookneal, VA:
December 19, 2004.
TA-W-58,543; Procon Products, Murfreesboro, TN: December 9, 2004.
TA-W-58,399; Applied Interconnect, Sunnyvale, CA: November 11, 2004.
TA-W-58,498; McLaughlin Company, Petosky, MI: December 9, 2004.
TA-W-58,579; Easthampton Dye Works, Inc., Easthampton, MA: January 4,
2005.
Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
In order for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issued
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.
In the following cases, it has been determined that the
requirements of section 246(a)(3)(ii) have not been met for the reasons
specified.
Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the
workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
TA-W-58,454; Metso Automation, Field Systems Division, Shrewsbury,
MA.
TA-W-58,277; Quin-T Corp., Erie, PA.
TA-W-58,402; Pressed Steel Tank, West Allis, WI.
TA-W-58,417; MacLean-ESNA, Pocahontas, AR.
TA-W-58,427; Pure-Flo Precision, Div. of ITT Industries, Inc.,
Springfield, MO.
TA-W-58,444; Johnson Controls, Inc., Automotive Systems Group, Earth
City, MO.
TA-W-58,445; Christiana Floral, Inc., Christiana, PA.
TA-W-58,473; National Textiles, Plant #1, China Grove, NC.
TA-W-58,515; Ablest Staffing Services, Granite Quarry, NC.
TA-W-58,486; Hewlett-Packard Company, Omaha, NE.
TA-W-58,446; Boise Cascade Corporation, Cascade, ID.
TA-W-58,464; South-Eastern Fabrics Corp., Conover, NC.
TA-W-58,474; IBM Global Services, Oakbrook Helpdesk, Oakbrook, IL.
TA-W-58,547; Nicholson Manufacturing Company, Seattle, WA.
TA-W-58,554; Logistics Services, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK.
TA-W-58,577; Dystar LP, Charlotte, NC.
TA-W-58,354; Creform Corporation, Textube Division, Greer, SC.
The Department as 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 as determined that criterion (2) of Section 246 has
not been met. Workers at the firm possess skills that are easily
transferable.
TA-W-58,424; Quality Manufacturing, Inc., Winchester, KY: November 22,
2004.
The Department as determined that criterion (3) of Section 246 has
not been met. Competition conditions within the workers' industry are
not adverse.
None.
I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued
during the month of January 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 24, 2006.
Erica R. Cantor,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-1193 Filed 1-30-06; 8:45 am]
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