ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control Division, Including On-Site Leased Workers of Pinnacle Staffing, Chickasha, OK; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 64244 [E7-22322]
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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 220 / Thursday, November 15, 2007 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
trade adjustment assistance under Section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Employment and Training
Administration
Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of
November 2007.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E7–22322 Filed 11–14–07; 8:45 am]
[TA–W–62,248]
ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control
Division, Including On-Site Leased
Workers of Pinnacle Staffing,
Chickasha, OK; Amended Certification
Regarding Eligibility To Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance
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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 October 11, 2007,
applicable to workers of ArvinMeritor,
Gabriel Ride Control Division,
Chickasha, Oklahoma. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on
October 26, 2007 (72 FR 60910).
At the request of a company official,
the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject
firm. The workers are engaged in the
production of chrome rods.
New information shows that leased
workers of Pinnacle Staffing were
employed on-site at the Chickasha,
Oklahoma location of ArvinMeritor,
Gabriel Ride Control Division. The
Department has determined that these
leased workers were engaged in on-site
activities related to the production of
chrome goods at ArvinMeritor, Gabriel
Ride Control Division, Chickasha,
Oklahoma.
Based on these findings, the
Department is amending this
certification to include leased workers
of Pinnacle Staffing working on-site at
the Chickasha, Oklahoma location of the
subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers
employed at ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride
Control Division, Chickasha, Oklahoma
who were adversely-impacted by a shift
in production of chrome rods to Mexico.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–62,248 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride
Control Division, including on-site leased
workers of Pinnacle Staffing, Chickasha,
Oklahoma, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after
October 3, 2006, through October 11, 2009,
are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
and are also eligible to apply for alternative
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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First American Title Insurance
Company: Eagle Production Center;
Flint, MI; Notice of Negative
Determination Regarding Application
for Reconsideration
By application dated October 16,
2007, a worker requested administrative
reconsideration of the Department’s
negative determination regarding
eligibility for workers and former
workers of First American Title
Insurance Company, Eagle Production
Center, Flint, Michigan (subject firm) to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) and Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). The
negative determination was issued on
October 9, 2007, and the Department’s
Notice of negative determination was
published in the Federal Register on
October 26, 2007 (72 FR 60910).
The worker-filed TAA/ATAA petition
was denied because the subject firm
does not produce an article within the
meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act.
Workers at the subject firm are engaged
in title insurance operations which
entail the examining of chain of title for
residential and commercial properties,
writing title commitments and policies,
interacting with customers and
providing customer service, and
abstracting.
Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c),
administrative reconsideration may be
granted if:
(1) It appears on the basis of facts not
previously considered that the
determination complained of was
erroneous;
(2) It appears that the determination
complained of was based on a mistake
in the determination of facts not
previously considered; or
(3) In the opinion of the Certifying
Officer, a misinterpretation of facts or of
the law justified reconsideration of the
decision.
The request for reconsideration
alleges that the subject workers produce
an ‘‘end product.’’ These products
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include search packages (abstracts of
land title and copies of documents
identifying a chain of title and
encumbrances to the property); property
reports (copies of documents covering
the customers’ interests such as
easements and mortgages); title
commitments (a document that
indicates a commitment to issue title
insurance and provides a complete
history of the property); and title
policies (a compilation of documents
that is delivered to and paid for by the
customer). The request for
reconsideration also states that the
‘‘assemblage and distribution of the
product(s)’’ is being shifted to India and
the Philippines.
It is the Department’s policy that the
subject firm must produce an article
domestically. The Department’s policy
is supported by current regulation. 29
CFR 90.11(c)(7) requires that the
petition include a ‘‘description of the
articles produced by the workers’ firm
or appropriate subdivision, the
production or sales of which are
adversely affected by increased imports,
and a description of the imported
articles concerned. If available, the
petition should also include information
concerning the method of manufacture,
end uses, and wholesale or retail value
of the domestic articles produced and
the United States tariff provision under
which the imported articles are
classified.’’
In order to determine whether the
subject firm is a manufacturing firm, the
Department consulted the North
American Industry Classification
System (NAICS) Web site. The NAICS
identifies the primary activity of the
company, which is useful in
understanding what a firm does for its
customers, which, in turn, aids in
determining whether a firm produces an
article or provides services for its
customers. According to the NAICS, the
subject firm is a ‘‘Direct Title Insurance
Carrier.’’ This industry includes
‘‘establishments primarily engaged in
initially underwriting * * * insurance
policies to protect the owners of real
estate or real estate creditors against loss
sustained by reason of any title defect to
real property.’’
After careful review of the request for
reconsideration and previouslysubmitted information, the Department
determines that the subject firm is a
service firm and not a manufacturing
firm. As a corollary, the Department
determines that there was no shift of
production abroad.
While the Department has discretion
to issue regulations and guidance on the
operation of the TAA program, the
Department cannot expand the program
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-62,248]
ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control Division, Including On-Site
Leased Workers of Pinnacle Staffing, Chickasha, OK; 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 October 11, 2007, applicable to workers of
ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control Division, Chickasha, Oklahoma. The
notice was published in the Federal Register on October 26, 2007 (72 FR
60910).
At the request of a company official, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged
in the production of chrome rods.
New information shows that leased workers of Pinnacle Staffing were
employed on-site at the Chickasha, Oklahoma location of ArvinMeritor,
Gabriel Ride Control Division. The Department has determined that these
leased workers were engaged in on-site activities related to the
production of chrome goods at ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control
Division, Chickasha, Oklahoma.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include leased workers of Pinnacle Staffing working
on-site at the Chickasha, Oklahoma location of the subject firm.
The intent of the Department's certification is to include all
workers employed at ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control Division,
Chickasha, Oklahoma who were adversely-impacted by a shift in
production of chrome rods to Mexico.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-62,248 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control Division,
including on-site leased workers of Pinnacle Staffing, Chickasha,
Oklahoma, who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after October 3, 2006, through October 11, 2009, 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.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of November 2007.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E7-22322 Filed 11-14-07; 8:45 am]
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