Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 20872-20873 [E7-7964]

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• Employment and Training Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 80 (Thursday, April 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20872-20873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7964]


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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 April 9 
through April 13, 2007.
    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 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.
    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-61,217; Douglas Quikut, Stamping Department, Walnut Ridge, AR: 
March 29, 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-61,097; Fleetwood Travel Trailers of Texas, Inc., a Subsidiary of 
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., Longview, TX: March 7, 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-W-61,120; ConAgra Foods Food Ingredients Co., Food Ingredients 
Division, King City, CA: March 14, 2006
TA-W-61,128; Aker Kvaerner Willfab, On-Site Leased Workers of 
Depasquale Staffing, Williamsport, PA: March 15, 2006
TA-W-61,168; Commercial Enameling, Huntington Park, CA: March 21, 2006

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TA-W-61,193; Administaff, Working on Site at Guide Louisiana LLC, 
Monroe, LA: March 23, 2006
TA-W-61,203; Calgon Carbon Corporation, Columbus Plant, Columbus, OH: 
March 27, 2006
TA-W-61,225; Royal Home Fashions, Plant #6, Distribution Center, 
Henderson, NC: March 30, 2006
TA-W-61,106; Hoke, Inc, dba Circor Instrumental Technologies, New 
England Division, Berlin, CT: March 7, 2006
TA-W-60,609; Roseburg Forest Products, Coquille Plywood Division, 
Coquille, OR: December 13, 2005
TA-W-60,834; Thermoplastics Acquisition, LLC, dba CEP Thermoplastics, 
LLC, A Subsidiary of CEP Products, Vandalia, OH: December 31, 2005
TA-W-61,099; Wright's Hosiery Mill, Inc., Fort Payne, AL: March 12, 
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-W-61,064; LuMend, Inc., Including On-Site Leased Workers of Kelly 
Services, Redwood City, CA: March 1, 2006
TA-W-61,093; Collins and Aikman, Plastics Division, Morristown, IN: 
March 1, 2006
TA-W-61,108; Fleetwood Travel Trailers, Travel Trailer Division, 
Williamsport, MD: March 13, 2006
TA-W-61,118; Progressive Service Die Co., New Kingstown Division, New 
Kingstown, PA: April 15, 2007
TA-W-61,131; Excel Technical Services, Including On-Site Managerial 
Staff of Delphi Corp., Fishers, IN: March 15, 2006
TA-W-61,137; AAR Manufacturing, AAR Cargo Systems Division, Livonia, 
MI: March 14, 2006
TA-W-61,138; Associated Spring, a Subsidiary of Barnes Group, Inc., 
Saline, MI: March 14, 2006
TA-W-61,141; New ADS Marlin Corporation, Long Island City, NY: March 
15, 2006
TA-W-61,159; Sony Technology Center, Sxrd Rear ProjectionTelevision 
Division, Including Leased Workers of Staffmark, Mt. Pleasant, PA: 
March 20, 2006
TA-W-61,174; Indiana Tube Corporation, A Handy and Harman Co., 
Evansville, IN: March 2, 2006
TA-W-61,229; Aurra Industries, Subsidiary of Unit Parts Co., a Remy 
Inc. Co., Edmond, OK: March 14, 2006
TA-W-61,262; Linium Staffing LLC, dba Lauren Staffing Services, On-Site 
at ICU Medical, Inc., Vernon, CT: April 5, 2006
TA-W-61,059; CPC Local Cartage, LLC, Workers Employed at Ford Motor 
Company St. Louis Assembly Plant, Hazelwood, MO: March 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-61,095; Freightliner LLC, Parts Manufacturing Plant (PMP), 
Gastonia, NC: March 7, 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. Workers at the firm are 50 years of age or older.

TA-W-61,217; Douglas Quikut, Stamping Department, Walnut Ridge, AR

    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-61,097; Fleetwood Travel Trailers of Texas, Inc., A Subsidiary of 
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., Longview, TX

    The Department has determined that criterion (3) of Section 246 has 
not been met. Competition conditions within the workers' industry are 
not adverse.

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.

TA-W-61,248; Bearing Point, Creative Services, New York, NY

    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-61,232; Wheatland Tube Co., Wheatland, PA

    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-60,956; Becky's of Asheboro, Inc., Asheboro, NC
TA-W-61,081; SE Wood Products, Inc., Colville, WA

    The investigation revealed that the predominate cause of worker 
separations is unrelated to criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased 
imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.C) (shift in production to a foreign country 
under a free trade agreement or a beneficiary country under a 
preferential trade agreement, or there has been or is likely to be an 
increase in imports).
None.
    The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for 
certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.

TA-W-61,237; Oneida Ltd., Distribution Facility, Sherrill, NY.
TA-W-61,237A; Oneida Ltd., Sales Office, Oneida, NY
TA-W-61,265; O'Bryan Brothers, Inc., Leon, IA

    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 April 9 through April 13, 2007. 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 April 19, 2007.
Ralph DiBattista,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E7-7964 Filed 4-25-07; 8:45 am]
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