Bernhardt Furniture Company Upholstery Plant #5 Including On-Site Leased Workers of Able Body Temporary Service, Lenoir, NC; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 35948-35949 [E6-9897]

Download as PDF 35948 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 120 / Thursday, June 22, 2006 / Notices the Director of the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, has instituted investigations pursuant to section 221(a) of the Act. The purpose of each of the investigations is to determine whether the workers are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Title II, Chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations will further relate, as appropriate, to the determination of the date on which total or partial separations began or threatened to begin and the subdivision of the firm involved. The petitioners or any other persons showing a substantial interest in the subject matter of the investigations may request a public hearing, provided such request is filed in writing with the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than July 3, 2006. Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the subject matter of the investigations to the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than July 3, 2006. The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at the Office of the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C–5311, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. Signed at Washington, DC this 7th day of June 2006. Erica R. Cantor, Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. APPENDIX [TAA petitions instituted between 5/29/06 and 6/2/06] Subject firm (petitioners) Location B.C. Moore and Sons (Wkrs) ...................................................................... International Paper (Comp) ......................................................................... A.O. Smith Electrical Products (Comp) ....................................................... Loan Pro LLC (Wkrs) ................................................................................... LG Phillips Display USA (Comp) ................................................................. Industrial Design Construction (State) ......................................................... Socks & Things Inc. (Wkrs) ......................................................................... Pace Industries (Comp) ............................................................................... Quality Cleaning Service (Comp) ................................................................ Brand Science LLC (Comp) ......................................................................... Titan Plastics Group (Wkrs) ......................................................................... Sun Microsystems, Inc. (State) .................................................................... Hooter Airlines (Wkrs) .................................................................................. Arrow Electronics (Wkrs) ............................................................................. Unisys (State) .............................................................................................. Reilly Industries (USWA) ............................................................................. Dana Automotive Systems Group (USW) ................................................... Cigna/Intracorp (Wkrs) ................................................................................. Firemen’s Fund (State) ................................................................................ Culpepper Plastics Corp. (State) ................................................................. Bank of America Corporation (Wkrs) ........................................................... Eaton Hydraulic (Comp) .............................................................................. Claude Gable Company, Inc. (Comp) ......................................................... Great Batch Life Science (State) ................................................................. Wadesboro, NC ........... Gretna, VA .................. Tipp City, OH .............. Horsham, PA ............... Ann Harbor, MI ........... Corvallis, OR ............... Hickory, NC ................. Midland, GA ................ Springfield, OR ............ Dandridge, TN ............. Portage, MI ................. Santa Clara, CA .......... Myrtle, SC ................... Foothill Ranch, CA ...... Roseville, MN .............. Granite City, IL ............ Mitchell, IN .................. Philadelphia, PA .......... Novato, CA .................. Clinton, AR .................. Utica, NY ..................... Petersburg, IL ............. High Point, NC ............ Columbia, MD ............. 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E6–9902 Filed 6–21–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–30–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration wwhite on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES [TA–W–57,273] Bernhardt Furniture Company Upholstery Plant #5 Including On-Site Leased Workers of Able Body Temporary Service, Lenoir, NC; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:08 Jun 21, 2006 Jkt 208001 Worker Adjustment Assistance on July 11, 2005, applicable to workers of Bernhardt Furniture Company, Upholstery Plant #5, including on-site leased workers of Able Body Temporary Service, Lenoir, North Carolina. The notice was published in the Federal Register on August 26, 2005 (70 FR 50412). The workers are engaged in the production of frames and frame components for upholstery manufacturing. New information provided by the petitioners show their intention was to apply for all available Trade Act benefits at the time of the filing. Therefore, the Department has made a decision to investigate further to determine if the workers are eligible to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance. Information obtained from the company states that a significant PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Date of institution 05/31/06 05/31/06 05/31/06 05/31/06 05/31/06 05/31/06 05/31/06 05/31/06 05/31/06 05/31/06 05/31/06 06/01/06 06/01/06 06/01/06 06/01/06 06/01/06 06/01/06 06/01/06 06/02/06 06/02/06 06/02/06 06/02/06 06/02/06 06/02/06 Date of petition 05/22/06 05/30/06 05/26/06 05/26/06 05/25/06 05/24/06 05/26/06 05/30/06 05/26/06 05/25/06 05/26/06 05/18/06 05/30/06 05/30/06 05/30/06 05/31/06 05/26/06 05/24/06 05/31/06 05/31/06 05/24/06 06/01/06 06/01/06 06/01/06 number of workers of the subject firm are age 50 or over, workers have skills that are not easily transferable, and conditions in the industry are adverse. Review of this information shows that all eligibility criteria under section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as amended have been met for workers at the subject firm. Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to reflect its finding. The amended notice applicable to TAW–57,273 is hereby issued as follows: All workers of Bernhardt Furniture Company, Upholstery Division, Plant #5, including on-site leased workers of Able Body Temporary Services, Lenoir, North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after May 25, 2004 through July 11, 2007, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 and are also eligible to apply for Alternative Trade E:\FR\FM\22JNN1.SGM 22JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 120 / Thursday, June 22, 2006 / Notices Adjustment Assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974. Signed at Washington, DC this 2nd day of June 2006. Richard Church, Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. E6–9897 Filed 6–21–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–30–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration wwhite on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES 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 May 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 county of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced by such firm or subdivision; and VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:08 Jun 21, 2006 Jkt 208001 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 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 (a)(2)(A) (increased imports) of section 222 have been met, and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met. PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 35949 TA–W–59,188; Bosch Rexroth Corporation, Wooster Division, Wooster, OH: April 10, 2005 TA–W–59,319; Parker and Harper, Inc., Worcester, MA: May 2, 2005 TA–W–59,094; U.S. Baird Corporation (The), Stratford, CT: March 27, 2005 TA–W–59,121; Rhodia, Inc., CDI, Coworx Staffing & Kelly Services, Deepwater, NJ: March 30, 2005 TA–W–59,362; Mount Vernon Mills, Trion Denim Mill Division, Trion, GA: May 9, 2005 The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of (a)(2)(B) (shift in production) of section 222 and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met. TA–W–59,406; Jakel, Inc., Highland, IL: April 1, 2006 TA–W–59,264; JohnsonDiversey, Inc., U.S. Institutional Division, On-Site Leased Workers of ADECCO Manpower and Erg, East Stroudsburg, PA: April 15, 2005 TA–W–59,299; Bayer Clothing Group, Inc., Clearfield, PA: June 4, 2006 TA–W–59,304; DeRoyal Industries, Inc., DeRoyal Patient Care, Dryden, VA: May 28, 2006 TA–W–59,329; Optical Electro Forming, Oracle Lenses, Clearwater, FL: May 2, 2005 TA–W–59,333; Superior Industries International, Inc., Van Nuys Plant, Van Nuys, CA: May 4, 2005 TA–W–59,355; Quebecor World, Leased Workers of Westaff and DC Staffing Services, Brookfield, WI: May 8, 2005 TA–W–59,371; Sony Electronics, Display Device, On-Site Leased Workers of Staffmark and Remedy, San Diego, CA: April 21, 2005 TA–W–59,376; Indian Industries, dba Escalade Sports, Billiard Tables Division, Evansville, IN: May 9, 2005 TA–W–59,275; Progressive Maintenance Technologies, Inc., On-Site at Elementis Pigments, Inc., Saint Louis, MO: April 11, 2005 The following certification has been issued. The requirement of supplier to a trade certified firm and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met. None The following certification has been issued. The requirement of downstream producer to a trade certified firm and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met. None E:\FR\FM\22JNN1.SGM 22JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 120 (Thursday, June 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35948-35949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9897]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-57,273]


Bernhardt Furniture Company Upholstery Plant 5 Including 
On-Site Leased Workers of Able Body Temporary Service, Lenoir, NC; 
Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker 
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to 
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on July 11, 2005, applicable to 
workers of Bernhardt Furniture Company, Upholstery Plant 5, 
including on-site leased workers of Able Body Temporary Service, 
Lenoir, North Carolina. The notice was published in the Federal 
Register on August 26, 2005 (70 FR 50412). The workers are engaged in 
the production of frames and frame components for upholstery 
manufacturing.
    New information provided by the petitioners show their intention 
was to apply for all available Trade Act benefits at the time of the 
filing. Therefore, the Department has made a decision to investigate 
further to determine if the workers are eligible to apply for 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance.
    Information obtained from the company states that a significant 
number of workers of the subject firm are age 50 or over, workers have 
skills that are not easily transferable, and conditions in the industry 
are adverse.
    Review of this information shows that all eligibility criteria 
under section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as amended 
have been met for workers at the subject firm.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to 
reflect its finding.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-57,273 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Bernhardt Furniture Company, Upholstery Division, 
Plant 5, including on-site leased workers of Able Body 
Temporary Services, Lenoir, North Carolina, who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after May 25, 2004 through 
July 11, 2007, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 and are also eligible to apply 
for Alternative Trade

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Adjustment Assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 2nd day of June 2006.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E6-9897 Filed 6-21-06; 8:45 am]
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