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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 100 / Thursday, May 24, 2007 / Notices
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 June 4, 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 June 4,
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 15th day of
May 2007.
Ralph DiBattista,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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Kentucky Derby Hosiery, Inc./Gildan Plant 3 (Comp) ..........
Irving Forest Products (Wkrs) ..............................................
Commonwealth Home Fashions (Wkrs) ..............................
Deckerville Metal Systems LLC (Comp) ..............................
Leader Manufacturing (Wkrs) ...............................................
Ogihara America Corportion (Comp) ...................................
Brillcast Inc. (Comp) .............................................................
Featherlite Steel Division (Comp) ........................................
S&S Plastics (Wkrs) .............................................................
Honeywell Aerospace-Engines System Services (State) ....
Lozier Corporation (Comp) ...................................................
The Troxel Company (Comp) ...............................................
Tecumseh Products Company (Comp) ................................
Leick Furniture (Wkrs) ..........................................................
Saint Gobain Performance Plastics (Comp) ........................
IIG DSS Technologies (Comp) .............................................
Twiss Associates (Wkrs) ......................................................
Federal Mogul (Wkrs) ...........................................................
Duracell (Gillette) (Comp) .....................................................
Southern Tool Mfg. Co. (Comp) ...........................................
General Motors Springhill Mfg. (UAW) .................................
Bond Cote Corp (Wkrs) ........................................................
Strategic Distribution, Inc. (Wkrs) .........................................
ICT Group, Inc. (Wkrs) .........................................................
Interface Fabrics, Inc. (Wkrs) ...............................................
Plastiflex (State) ...................................................................
Eureka Manufacturing Company (Comp) .............................
Gibraltar Industries (UAW) ...................................................
Royal Home Fashions (Comp) .............................................
Maui Pineapple Company, Ltd (ILWU) ................................
Elston-Richards Inc. (Union) ................................................
Continental Structural Plastics (Wkrs) ..................................
Avon Products, Inc. (Wkrs) ..................................................
GE Consumer Finance (Wkrs) .............................................
Intermet-Archer Creek (USWA) ............................................
QRS Music Technologies, Inc. (Comp) ................................
Thompson Steel Company, Inc. (USWA) ............................
Pennsylvania House Showroom (Wkrs) ...............................
Webb Furniture (Comp) ........................................................
Lake Region Manufacturing (State) .....................................
Cooper Manufacturing Company (State) .............................
Decor Originals, Inc. (Comp) ................................................
Woodward Controls, Inc. (Comp) .........................................
Alsco Ind. Inc. (Comp) ..........................................................
Vanity Fair Brands, LP (Comp) ............................................
Irvin Automotive Products, Inc. (Wkrs) .................................
M&K Textiles, Inc. (Comp) ...................................................
Mt Airy, NC ...........................
Strong, ME ............................
Willsboro, NY ........................
Deckerville, MI ......................
St. Louis, MO ........................
Howell, MI .............................
Grand Rapids, MI ..................
Shenandoah, IA ....................
Hillside, NJ ............................
Tucson, AZ ............................
Pittsburgh, PA .......................
West Point, MS .....................
Tecumseh, MI .......................
Sheboygan, WI .....................
Mundelein, IL ........................
Fair Haven, MI ......................
Opelika, AL ...........................
Frankfort, IN ..........................
Lexington, nc .........................
Winston-Salem, NC ..............
Springhill, TN ........................
Dublin, VA .............................
Bristol, PA .............................
Dubois, PA ............................
Elkin, NC ...............................
Santa Ana, CA ......................
Norton, MA ............................
Buffalo, NY ............................
Oxford, NC ............................
Kahului, HI ............................
Anderson, IN .........................
Carey, OH .............................
Cincinnati, OH .......................
Kettering, OH ........................
Lynchburg, VA ......................
Seneca, PA ...........................
Franklin Park, IL ....................
Hickory, NC ...........................
Galax, VA ..............................
Chaska, MN ..........................
Searcy, AR ............................
Conover, NC .........................
Niles, IL .................................
Sturbridge, MA ......................
Monroeville, AL .....................
Pontiac, MI ............................
Moultrie, GA ..........................
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APPENDIX—Continued
[TAA petitions instituted between 5/7/07 and 5/11/07]
TA–W
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Sentinel Consumer Products, Inc. (Comp) ..........................
Sentinel Consumer Products, Inc. (Comp) ..........................
Sentinel Consumer Products, Inc. (Comp) ..........................
Lancaster Glass Corporation (USW) ....................................
Visteon Regional Assembly and Mfg., LLC (Union) ............
Mentor, OH ...........................
Anniston, AL ..........................
Clearfield, UT ........................
Lancaster, OH .......................
Chesapeake, VA ...................
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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Administration
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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 May 7 through May 11, 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
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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
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(B) A loss of 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 issue 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, 241; Navisa, Inc., Brenham,
TX: April 2, 2006.
TA–W–61, 254; American and Efird,
Inc., dba Robison Anton Textile
Company, Fairview Division,
Fairview, NJ: April 5, 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, 162; Hoffman LaRoche, Inc.,
Quality Management—Analytical
Development Division, Nutley, NJ:
March 20, 2006.
TA–W–61, 230; Transwitch Corporation,
Reference Systems Development
Department, Shelton, CT: March 27,
2006.
The following certifications have been
issued. The requirements of Section
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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 June 4, 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
June 4, 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 15th day of May 2007.
Ralph DiBattista,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
Appendix
[TAA petitions instituted between 5/7/07 and 5/11/07]
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Date of Date of
TA-W Subject firm (petitioners) Location institution petition
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61450...................... Kentucky Derby Hosiery, Mt Airy, NC........... 05/07/07 05/03/07
Inc./Gildan Plant 3 (Comp).
61451...................... Irving Forest Products Strong, ME............ 05/07/07 05/14/07
(Wkrs).
61452...................... Commonwealth Home Fashions Willsboro, NY......... 05/07/07 05/04/07
(Wkrs).
61453...................... Deckerville Metal Systems Deckerville, MI....... 05/07/07 04/30/07
LLC (Comp).
61454...................... Leader Manufacturing (Wkrs) St. Louis, MO......... 05/07/07 05/04/07
61455...................... Ogihara America Corportion Howell, MI............ 05/07/07 05/04/07
(Comp).
61456...................... Brillcast Inc. (Comp)...... Grand Rapids, MI...... 05/07/07 05/04/07
61457...................... Featherlite Steel Division Shenandoah, IA........ 05/07/07 05/03/07
(Comp).
61458...................... S&S Plastics (Wkrs)........ Hillside, NJ.......... 05/07/07 05/02/07
61459...................... Honeywell Aerospace-Engines Tucson, AZ............ 05/07/07 05/01/07
System Services (State).
61460...................... Lozier Corporation (Comp).. Pittsburgh, PA........ 05/07/07 05/04/07
61461...................... The Troxel Company (Comp).. West Point, MS........ 05/07/07 05/04/07
61462...................... Tecumseh Products Company Tecumseh, MI.......... 05/07/07 05/04/07
(Comp).
61463...................... Leick Furniture (Wkrs)..... Sheboygan, WI......... 05/07/07 05/04/07
61464...................... Saint Gobain Performance Mundelein, IL......... 05/08/07 05/07/07
Plastics (Comp).
61465...................... IIG DSS Technologies (Comp) Fair Haven, MI........ 05/08/07 05/07/07
61466...................... Twiss Associates (Wkrs).... Opelika, AL........... 05/08/07 05/02/07
61467...................... Federal Mogul (Wkrs)....... Frankfort, IN......... 05/08/07 05/07/07
61468...................... Duracell (Gillette) (Comp). Lexington, nc......... 05/08/07 05/07/07
61469...................... Southern Tool Mfg. Co. Winston-Salem, NC..... 05/08/07 05/07/07
(Comp).
61470...................... General Motors Springhill Springhill, TN........ 05/08/07 05/04/07
Mfg. (UAW).
61471...................... Bond Cote Corp (Wkrs)...... Dublin, VA............ 05/08/07 05/01/07
61472...................... Strategic Distribution, Bristol, PA........... 05/08/07 05/04/07
Inc. (Wkrs).
61473...................... ICT Group, Inc. (Wkrs)..... Dubois, PA............ 05/08/07 05/07/07
61474...................... Interface Fabrics, Inc. Elkin, NC............. 05/08/07 05/04/07
(Wkrs).
61475...................... Plastiflex (State)......... Santa Ana, CA......... 05/09/07 05/08/07
61476...................... Eureka Manufacturing Norton, MA............ 05/09/07 05/08/07
Company (Comp).
61477...................... Gibraltar Industries (UAW). Buffalo, NY........... 05/09/07 05/08/07
61478...................... Royal Home Fashions (Comp). Oxford, NC............ 05/09/07 05/07/07
61479...................... Maui Pineapple Company, Ltd Kahului, HI........... 05/09/07 05/08/07
(ILWU).
61480...................... Elston-Richards Inc. Anderson, IN.......... 05/09/07 05/01/07
(Union).
61481...................... Continental Structural Carey, OH............. 05/09/07 04/30/07
Plastics (Wkrs).
61482...................... Avon Products, Inc. (Wkrs). Cincinnati, OH........ 05/09/07 04/24/07
61483...................... GE Consumer Finance (Wkrs). Kettering, OH......... 05/09/07 05/07/07
61484...................... Intermet-Archer Creek Lynchburg, VA......... 05/09/07 05/03/07
(USWA).
61485...................... QRS Music Technologies, Seneca, PA............ 05/09/07 05/01/07
Inc. (Comp).
61486...................... Thompson Steel Company, Franklin Park, IL..... 05/10/07 05/09/07
Inc. (USWA).
61487...................... Pennsylvania House Showroom Hickory, NC........... 05/10/07 05/09/07
(Wkrs).
61488...................... Webb Furniture (Comp)...... Galax, VA............. 05/10/07 05/09/07
61489...................... Lake Region Manufacturing Chaska, MN............ 05/10/07 05/09/07
(State).
61490...................... Cooper Manufacturing Searcy, AR............ 05/10/07 05/09/07
Company (State).
61491...................... Decor Originals, Inc. Conover, NC........... 05/10/07 05/09/07
(Comp).
61492...................... Woodward Controls, Inc. Niles, IL............. 05/10/07 05/09/07
(Comp).
61493...................... Alsco Ind. Inc. (Comp)..... Sturbridge, MA........ 05/10/07 05/09/07
61494...................... Vanity Fair Brands, LP Monroeville, AL....... 05/11/07 05/07/07
(Comp).
61495...................... Irvin Automotive Products, Pontiac, MI........... 05/11/07 05/07/07
Inc. (Wkrs).
61496...................... M&K Textiles, Inc. (Comp).. Moultrie, GA.......... 05/11/07 05/10/07
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61497...................... Sentinel Consumer Products, Mentor, OH............ 05/11/07 05/10/07
Inc. (Comp).
61498...................... Sentinel Consumer Products, Anniston, AL.......... 05/11/07 05/10/07
Inc. (Comp).
61499...................... Sentinel Consumer Products, Clearfield, UT........ 05/11/07 05/10/07
Inc. (Comp).
61500...................... Lancaster Glass Corporation Lancaster, OH......... 05/11/07 04/17/07
(USW).
61501...................... Visteon Regional Assembly Chesapeake, VA........ 05/11/07 05/10/07
and Mfg., LLC (Union).
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