Water Pik, Inc. Personal Healthcare Products Including Former On-Site Leased Workers of AppleOne Currently Employed With Employment Solutions, Loveland, CO; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 71194 [E6-20833]

Download as PDF 71194 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 236 / Friday, December 8, 2006 / Notices [FR Doc. E6–20841 Filed 12–7–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–30–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974. Dated: November 30, 2006. Elliott S. Kushner, Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. E6–20833 Filed 12–7–06; 8:45 am] Employment and Training Administration [TA–W–58,831] BILLING CODE 4510–30–P Water Pik, Inc. Personal Healthcare Products Including Former On-Site Leased Workers of AppleOne Currently Employed With Employment Solutions, Loveland, CO; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES 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 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on March 24, 2006, applicable to workers of Water Pik, Inc., Personal Healthcare Products, including on-site leased workers of AppleOne, Loveland, Colorado. The notice was published in the Federal Register on April 12, 2006 (71 FR 18772). At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged in the production of water treatment filtration and shower heads. New information shows that in August 2006, the leased workers of AppleOne, employed on-site at the Loveland, Colorado location of Water Pik, Inc., Personal Healthcare Products, became employees of Employment Solutions due to a change in contracting firms. Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification to properly reflect this matter. The intent of the Department’s certification is to include all workers employed at Water Pik, Inc., Personal Healthcare Products, Loveland, Colorado who were adversely affected by a shift in production to China. The amended notice applicable to TA–W–58,831 is hereby issued as follows: All workers of Water Pik, Inc., Personal Healthcare Products, including former on-site leased workers of AppleOne, currently employed with Employment Solutions, Loveland, Colorado, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 10, 2005, through March 24, 2008, are eligible to apply for adjustment VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:05 Dec 07, 2006 Jkt 211001 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 November 20 through November 24, 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 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 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. 1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers’ firm are 50 years of age or older. E:\FR\FM\08DEN1.SGM 08DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 236 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 71194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20833]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-58,831]


Water Pik, Inc. Personal Healthcare Products Including Former On-
Site Leased Workers of AppleOne Currently Employed With Employment 
Solutions, Loveland, CO; 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as 
amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility 
to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance on March 24, 2006, applicable to workers of Water 
Pik, Inc., Personal Healthcare Products, including on-site leased 
workers of AppleOne, Loveland, Colorado. The notice was published in 
the Federal Register on April 12, 2006 (71 FR 18772).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged 
in the production of water treatment filtration and shower heads.
    New information shows that in August 2006, the leased workers of 
AppleOne, employed on-site at the Loveland, Colorado location of Water 
Pik, Inc., Personal Healthcare Products, became employees of Employment 
Solutions due to a change in contracting firms.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification to 
properly reflect this matter.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers employed at Water Pik, Inc., Personal Healthcare Products, 
Loveland, Colorado who were adversely affected by a shift in production 
to China.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-58,831 is hereby issued as 
follows:

All workers of Water Pik, Inc., Personal Healthcare Products, 
including former on-site leased workers of AppleOne, currently 
employed with Employment Solutions, Loveland, Colorado, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 
10, 2005, through March 24, 2008, 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 adjustment 
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Dated: November 30, 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-20833 Filed 12-7-06; 8:45 am]
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