Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 24612-24613 [E7-8462]
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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 85 / Thursday, May 3, 2007 / Notices
Dated: April 17, 2007.
Robert J. Casey,
Section Chief, Programs Support Section,
Criminal Justice Information Services
Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Signed at Washington, DC this 27th day of
April, 2007.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Employment and Training
Administration
Investigations Regarding Certifications
of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
[TA–W–61,361]
Bayer Clothing Group Inc.; Target
Sales Corporation; Atlanta, GA; Notice
of Termination of Investigation
Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended, an
investigation was initiated on April 23,
2007 in response to a petition filed by
a company official on behalf of workers
at Bayer Clothing Group Inc., Target
Sales Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia.
The petitioner has requested that the
petition be withdrawn. Consequently,
the investigation has been terminated.
Petitions have been filed with the
Secretary of Labor under Section 221(a)
of the Trade Act of 1974 (‘‘the Act’’) and
are identified in the Appendix to this
notice. Upon receipt of these petitions,
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 May 14, 2007.
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 May 14,
2007.
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 26th day of
April 2007.
Ralph DiBattista,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
APPENDIX
[TAA petitions instituted between 4/16/07 and 4/20/07]
Subject Firm
(petitioners)
Location
EBM Textiles LLC (Comp) ...................................................
Tridon (Comp) ......................................................................
Double-H Boots Co. (Comp) ................................................
Sklar Peppler (State) ............................................................
Spacelabs Medical (Wkrs) ....................................................
Epic Technologies, LLC (Comp) ..........................................
Sherwood Harsco Gassery (USWA) ....................................
TK Holdings, Inc./Moses Lake Inflator Operation (Comp) ...
Starkey East Labs (State) ....................................................
Oregon Cutting Systems Group (Comp) ..............................
Rapid Die & Engineering, Inc (Comp) ..................................
Ford Motor Company (UAW) ...............................................
Metro Furniture (Comp) ........................................................
Dana Corporation (UAW) .....................................................
Freightliner LLC (UAW) ........................................................
H.C. Starck, Inc. (Wkrs) .......................................................
Fleetwood Travel Trailors of California (State) ....................
Valeo Electrical Systems (IUE) ............................................
Fiber Tech Group, Inc (State) ..............................................
Cooper Tire and Rubber Company ( ) .................................
Coats American, Inc. (Comp) ...............................................
Cinram Manufacturing LLC (Comp) .....................................
Mr. Gasket, Inc. (Comp) .......................................................
Tecumseh Power (Other) .....................................................
MYOB U.S. Inc. (Wkrs) ........................................................
Willow Hill Industries, LLC (Comp) ......................................
Klote International Corp. (State) ...........................................
Tube Specialties Co. Inc. (State) .........................................
Carrier Access Corp. (Wkrs) ................................................
APL, Limited (Wkrs) .............................................................
Wentworth Corp. dba Liberty Textiles (Comp) .....................
Three-l Industries (State) ......................................................
Connelly Springs, NC ...........
Smyrna, TN ...........................
Womelsdorf, PA ....................
Portland, OR .........................
Irvine, CA ..............................
Johnson City, TN ..................
Washington, PA ....................
Moses Lake, WA ...................
Mt. Laural, NJ .......................
Clackamas, OR .....................
Grand Rapids, MI ..................
Wixom, MI .............................
Oakland, CA ..........................
Syracuse, IN .........................
Mt. Holly, NC .........................
Latrobe, PA ...........................
Rialto, CA ..............................
Rochester, NY .......................
Rogers, AR ...........................
Texarkans, AR ......................
Marble, NC ............................
Olyphant, PA .........................
Carson City, NV ....................
New Holstein, WI ..................
Denville, NJ ...........................
Willoughby, OH .....................
Maryville, TN .........................
Troutdale, OR .......................
Roanoke, VA .........................
Oakland, CA ..........................
Eden, NC ..............................
Monroe, LA ...........................
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APPENDIX—Continued
[TAA petitions instituted between 4/16/07 and 4/20/07]
Subject Firm
(petitioners)
Location
Acvato Services (Wkrs) ........................................................
Northland Tool Corp. (Comp) ...............................................
Wellman Inc. (Comp) ............................................................
Nortech Systems (State) ......................................................
Revere Copper Products, Inc. (Comp) .................................
Melbourne, FL .......................
Traverse City, MI ..................
Fort Mill, SC ..........................
Bemidji, MN ...........................
New Bedford, MA ..................
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Fairchild Semiconductor International;
Mountain Top, PA; Notice of Negative
Determination on Remand
On March 13, 2007, the United States
Court of International Trade (USCIT)
remanded to the Department of Labor
for further investigation Former
Employees of Fairchild Semiconductor
Corp. v. United States Secretary of
Labor (Court No. 06–00215).
In the January 11, 2006 petition for
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and
Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance (ATAA), the company
official alleged that with regards to
‘‘discrete semiconductor devices’’
produced at Fairchild Semiconductor
International, Mountaintop,
Pennsylvania (subject firm), production
‘‘deteriorated because of a transfer of
production’’ abroad and that its
customers are ‘‘purchasing similar
devices from other suppliers with
locations in foreign countries such as
Korea and China.’’ AR 3–4.
The initial investigation revealed that
semiconductor wafers were produced at
the subject firm during the relevant
period, AR 27–28, 30, 42, the subject
firm shifted semiconductor wafer
production to China, AR 27–28, and the
subject firm did not import
semiconductor wafers after the shift. AR
7, 27, 59.
The Department did not conduct a
customer survey because the subject
firm exported 100% of its
semiconductor wafers. AR 46. Thus,
since the subject firm had no domestic
customer base, there could be no
increased customer imports of
semiconductor wafers that are like or
directly competitive with those
produced by the subject firm.
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On February 28, 2006, the Department
issued a negative determination
regarding workers’ eligibility to apply
for TAA and ATAA for those workers of
the subject firm. AR 41. The
Department’s Notice of determination
was published in the Federal Register
on March 24, 2006 (71 FR 14954). AR
55.
By application dated March 20, 2006,
the petitioner requested administrative
reconsideration of the Department’s
negative determination. The request for
reconsideration stated that the subject
firm produces ‘‘semiconductor wafer
chips’’ and that semiconductor wafer
chips are like or directly competitive
with discrete semiconductor devices.
AR 57.
By letter dated April 26, 2006, the
Department dismissed the petitioner’s
request for reconsideration, stating that
discrete semiconductor devices are not
like or directly competitive with
semiconductor wafer chips and that the
subject firm was not directly impacted
by increased imports of semiconductor
wafers. AR 60. The Department’s
Dismissal of the Application for
Reconsideration for the subject firm was
issued on May 1, 2006. AR 63. The
Department’s Notice of dismissal was
published in the Federal Register on
May 10, 2006 (71 FR 27292). AR 64.
In a letter filed with the USCIT on
June 21, 2006, the Plaintiff sought
judicial review. In the complaint, the
Plaintiff made several allegations,
including that: semiconductor wafer
production shifted to Asia, imports of
‘‘like products’’ have increased, the shift
of semiconductor wafer production
abroad was due to the need to be costcompetitive, and the workers should be
certified for TAA like their predecessors
(workers covered by TA–W–53,335
certification issued December 2, 2003).
On March 13, 2007, the USCIT
directed the Department to explain why
the Plaintiffs should be treated
differently from their ‘‘similarly-situated
predecessors’’ (semiconductor devices
producers who were certified under TAW–53,335). The USCIT also directed the
Department to determine whether the
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subject workers are eligible to apply for
TAA and to support the determination.
Worker Group Covered by TA–W–
58,624 Are Different From Workers
Covered by TA–W–53,335
If the subject workers ‘‘comprised 100
percent of the remaining subdivision of
workers covered by defendant’s
previous certification[s]’’ as alleged in
the complaint, issuing a negative
determination to them may seem
unjustified. However, characterizing the
subject workers as members of the
worker group certified under TA–W–
53,335 is not accurate because the
subject workers at issue here produced
a different article from the article
produced by the previous TAA-certified
workers.
Based on the investigation here, the
subject workers were semiconductor
wafer producers during the relevant
period of the investigation under TA–
W–58,624. The accurate
characterization of the subject workers
is based on the article that the subject
firm produced during the relevant
period of January 2005 through
December 2005—semiconductor wafers,
not semiconductor devices.
As stated in the previous TA–W–
53,335 determination, the worker group
covered by the certification consisted of
workers engaged in the production of
semiconductor devices because the
workers were not separately identifiable
by product line. While semiconductor
wafers were also produced at the subject
firm during the investigation period for
TA–W–53,335, the workers producing
the component part (semiconductor
wafers) were not separately identifiable
from those workers producing the
finished article (semiconductor
devices). As such, workers who may
have been producing semiconductor
wafers used in the firm’s production of
semiconductor devices were treated
along with the firm’s other workers as
‘‘workers producing semiconductor
devices.’’
When the subject firm ceased
producing semiconductor devices
during 2003, it became engaged in the
production of another article—
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility to Apply
for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance
Petitions have been filed with the Secretary of Labor under Section
221(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (``the Act'') and are identified in the
Appendix to this notice. Upon receipt of these petitions, 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 May 14, 2007.
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
May 14, 2007.
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 26th day of April 2007.
Ralph DiBattista,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
Appendix
[TAA petitions instituted between 4/16/07 and 4/20/07]
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Date of Date of
TA-W Subject Firm (petitioners) Location institution petition
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61313...................... EBM Textiles LLC (Comp).... Connelly Springs, NC.. 04/16/07 04/13/07
61314...................... Tridon (Comp).............. Smyrna, TN............ 04/16/07 03/19/07
61315...................... Double-H Boots Co. (Comp).. Womelsdorf, PA........ 04/16/07 04/12/07
61316...................... Sklar Peppler (State)...... Portland, OR.......... 04/16/07 04/13/07
61317...................... Spacelabs Medical (Wkrs)... Irvine, CA............ 04/16/07 04/06/07
61318...................... Epic Technologies, LLC Johnson City, TN...... 04/17/07 04/16/07
(Comp).
61319...................... Sherwood Harsco Gassery Washington, PA........ 04/17/07 04/09/07
(USWA).
61320...................... TK Holdings, Inc./Moses Moses Lake, WA........ 04/17/07 04/16/07
Lake Inflator Operation
(Comp).
61321...................... Starkey East Labs (State).. Mt. Laural, NJ........ 04/17/07 04/16/07
61322...................... Oregon Cutting Systems Clackamas, OR......... 04/18/07 04/17/07
Group (Comp).
61323...................... Rapid Die & Engineering, Grand Rapids, MI...... 04/18/07 04/17/07
Inc (Comp).
61324...................... Ford Motor Company (UAW)... Wixom, MI............. 04/18/07 04/12/07
61325...................... Metro Furniture (Comp)..... Oakland, CA........... 04/18/07 04/17/07
61326...................... Dana Corporation (UAW)..... Syracuse, IN.......... 04/18/07 04/12/07
61327...................... Freightliner LLC (UAW)..... Mt. Holly, NC......... 04/18/07 04/13/07
61328...................... H.C. Starck, Inc. (Wkrs)... Latrobe, PA........... 04/18/07 04/16/07
61329...................... Fleetwood Travel Trailors Rialto, CA............ 04/18/07 04/16/07
of California (State).
61330...................... Valeo Electrical Systems Rochester, NY......... 04/18/07 04/10/07
(IUE).
61331...................... Fiber Tech Group, Inc Rogers, AR............ 04/18/07 04/17/07
(State).
61332...................... Cooper Tire and Rubber Texarkans, AR......... 04/18/07 04/17/07
Company ( ).
61333...................... Coats American, Inc. (Comp) Marble, NC............ 04/18/07 04/16/07
61334...................... Cinram Manufacturing LLC Olyphant, PA.......... 04/18/07 04/17/07
(Comp).
61335...................... Mr. Gasket, Inc. (Comp).... Carson City, NV....... 04/18/07 04/16/07
61336...................... Tecumseh Power (Other)..... New Holstein, WI...... 04/19/07 04/16/07
61337...................... MYOB U.S. Inc. (Wkrs)...... Denville, NJ.......... 04/19/07 04/18/07
61338...................... Willow Hill Industries, LLC Willoughby, OH........ 04/19/07 04/18/07
(Comp).
61339...................... Klote International Corp. Maryville, TN......... 04/19/07 04/18/07
(State).
61340...................... Tube Specialties Co. Inc. Troutdale, OR......... 04/19/07 04/18/07
(State).
61341...................... Carrier Access Corp. (Wkrs) Roanoke, VA........... 04/20/07 04/19/07
61342...................... APL, Limited (Wkrs)........ Oakland, CA........... 04/20/07 04/19/07
61343...................... Wentworth Corp. dba Liberty Eden, NC.............. 04/20/07 04/19/07
Textiles (Comp).
61344...................... Three-l Industries (State). Monroe, LA............ 04/20/07 04/19/07
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61345...................... Acvato Services (Wkrs)..... Melbourne, FL......... 04/20/07 04/05/07
61346...................... Northland Tool Corp. (Comp) Traverse City, MI..... 04/20/07 04/17/07
61347...................... Wellman Inc. (Comp)........ Fort Mill, SC......... 04/20/07 04/11/07
61348...................... Nortech Systems (State).... Bemidji, MN........... 04/20/07 04/19/07
61349...................... Revere Copper Products, New Bedford, MA....... 04/20/07 04/19/07
Inc. (Comp).
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