Geneon Entertainment (USA), Inc.; Formerly Known As Pioneer Entertainment; Long Beach, CA; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 14271-14272 [E8-5226]
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on February 14, 2007 (72 FR 7087). The
certification was amended on May 1,
2007 to include leased workers of
Bartech Group, Manpower and
Continental Design and Engineering.
The notice was published in the Federal
Register on May 9, 2007 (72 FR 26426).
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 automotive ignition products.
New information shows that leased
workers of Securitas Security Services
were employed on-site at the Anderson,
Indiana location of Delphi Corporation,
Automotive Holdings Group. The
Department has determined that these
workers were sufficiently under the
control of the subject firm to be
considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the
Department is amending this
certification to include leased workers
of Securitas Security Services working
on-site at the Anderson, Indiana
location of the subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers
employed on-site at Delphi Corporation,
Automotive Holdings Group, Anderson,
Indiana who were adversely affected by
a shift in production to Mexico.
The amended notice applicable to TAW–60,858 is hereby issued as follows:
All workers of Delphi Corporation,
Automotive Holdings Group, including
leased workers of Bartech Group, Inc.,
Manpower, Continental Design and
Engineering and Securitas Security Services,
Anderson, Indiana, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or
after January 23, 2006, through February 2,
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 6th day of
March 2008.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–5225 Filed 3–14–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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Administration
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–62,515]
[TA–W–61,999]
Drive Sol Global Steering, Inc.;
Steering Division Formerly Known as
Timken U.S. Corporation, Watertown,
CT; 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 Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance and Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance on February 5,
2008, applicable to workers of Drive Sol
Global Steering, Inc., Steering Division,
Watertown, Connecticut. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on
February 22, 2008 (73 FR 9835).
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 steering mechanical shafts.
The subject firm originally named
Timken U.S. Corporation became
known as Driver Sol Global Steering,
Inc., Steering Division after Drive Sol
Global Steering, Inc. purchased the
assets of Timken U.S. Corporation in
December 2006.
The State agency reports that some
workers’ wages at the subject firm are
being reported under the
Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax
account for Timken U.S. Corporation.
Accordingly, the Department is
amending this certification to properly
reflect this matter.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–62,515 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Drive Sol Global Steering,
Inc., Steering Division, formerly known as
Timken U.S. Corporation, Watertown,
Connecticut, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after
November 29, 2006, through February 5,
2010, 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 10th day of
March 2008.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
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Geneon Entertainment (USA), Inc.;
Formerly Known As Pioneer
Entertainment; Long Beach, CA;
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 September 13, 2007,
applicable to workers of Geneon
Entertainment (USA), Inc., Long Beach,
California. The notice was published in
the Federal Register on September 27,
2007 (72 FR 54939).
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 DVD masters.
New information shows that the
subject firm originally named Pioneer
Entertainment, was renamed Geneon
Entertainment (USA), Inc. due to a
change in ownership in late 2003.
Workers separated from employment at
the subject firm had their wages
reported under a separate
unemployment insurance (UI) tax
account for Pioneer Entertainment.
Accordingly, the Department is
amending the certification to properly
reflect this matter.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers of
Geneon Entertainment (USA), Inc., Long
Beach, California, who were adversely
affected by a shift in production of DVD
masters to China.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–61,999 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Geneon Entertainment
(USA) Inc., formerly known as Pioneer
Entertainment, Long Beach, California, who
became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 13, 2006,
through September 13, 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.
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Signed at Washington, DC this 6th day of
March 2008.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–5226 Filed 3–14–08; 8:45 am]
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Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–62,333]
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Liberty Fibers Corporation, Lowland,
TN; Notice of Negative Determination
on Reconsideration
On December 11, 2007, the
Department of Labor (Department)
issued an Affirmative Determination
Regarding Application for
Reconsideration for workers and former
workers of Liberty Fibers Corporation,
Lowland, Tennessee (the subject firm).
The Department’s Notice of affirmative
determination was published in the
Federal Register on December 19, 2007
(72 FR 71962).
A certification for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) and Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA)
applicable to workers at the subject firm
was issued on October 21, 2005 and
remained valid until October 21, 2007
(TA–W–58,039). The certification was
based on the Department’s finding that
the subject workers produced rayon
staple fiber and that increased imports
of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced by the subject firm
contributed importantly to subject firm
sales or production declines and to
workers’ separations.
On August 24, 2007, a TAA/ATAA
petition (TA–W–62,049) was filed by a
company official on behalf of workers
and former workers of the subject firm.
The petition was withdrawn on August
29, 2007. The Department issued a
Notice of Termination of Investigation
on September 4, 2007.
On October 22, 2007, a TAA/ATAA
petition was filed by a company official
on behalf of workers and former workers
of the subject firm (TA–W–62,333). The
petition stated that the subject firm
produced rayon staple fiber, the subject
firm closed on September 26, 2005, and
that ‘‘Five (5) employees remain in the
employment of the company to assist
the bankruptcy trustee. The remaining
employees will be laid off in the next 6–
9 months.’’
The initial determination, issued on
November 13, 2007, stated that the
workers performed maintenance of a
closed fiber production facility, that the
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workers no longer support a firm or
appropriate subdivision that produces
an article domestically, and, thus, the
subject worker group cannot be
considered import impacted or affected
by a shift in production of an article.
The request for reconsideration stated
that the subject firm ceased operations
in September 2005, that a Chapter 7
bankruptcy (dissolution) trustee was
appointed in November 2005, and that
the trustee retained the service of
several employees to assist in the
settlement of the corporation’s estate.
The request also stated that, with
regards to petition TA–W–58,039, the
Department ‘‘accurately designated the
loss of those permanent jobs to be the
result of increased imports activity’’ and
asserts that workers covered by petition
TA–W–62,333 should be eligible to
apply for TAA and ATAA on the same
basis (increased imports).
In order to be certified as eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under
section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the
petitioning group must work for a firm
or appropriate subdivision that
produces an article domestically, and
there must be a relationship between the
workers’ work and the article produced
by the workers’ firm or appropriate
subdivision.
Under section 223(a) of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended, TAA certification
may be made if the following criteria are
met:
Section (a)(2)(A)—
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; and
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
Section (a)(2)(B)—
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; and
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; or
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2. the country to which the workers’ firm
has shifted production of the articles is 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.
Because the request for
reconsideration asserts that the workers
covered by TA–W–62,333 should be
certified for TAA and ATAA for the
same reason that the workers covered by
TA–W–58,039 were certified (increased
imports), the Department investigated
whether the criteria set forth in section
(a)(2)(A) were met.
The Section (a)(2)(A) requires that
‘‘imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by
such firm or subdivision have
increased’’ and increased imports must
have ‘‘contributed importantly to such
workers’ separation or threat of
separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision.’’
To be certified based on increased
imports, the Department must find that
increased imports is a cause that
contributed importantly to a two-part
effect: the workers’ separation or threat
of separation, and the decline in subject
firm sales or production. Because the
cause must precede the effect, it follows
that increased imports must occur
before or coincide with the subject
firm’s sales or production decline, and,
that without that effect, causality cannot
be established.
‘‘Increased imports,’’ defined at 29
CFR 97.2, means ‘‘that imports have
increased either absolutely or relative to
domestic production compared to a
representative base period. The
representative base period shall be one
year consisting of the four quarters
immediately preceding the date which
is twelve months prior to the date of the
petition.’’
Because the date of the petition is
October 22, 2007, the relevant period
(the twelve months prior to the petition
date) is October 2006 through
September 2007 and the representative
base period is October 2005 through
September 2006. Therefore, for there to
be increased imports, imports during
October 2006 through September 2007
would have to increase compared to the
period of October 2005 through
September 2006.
During the reconsideration
investigation, the Department confirmed
that the subject firm ceased operation
and closed permanently in September
2005, that the subject firm filed for
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-61,999]
Geneon Entertainment (USA), Inc.; Formerly Known As Pioneer
Entertainment; Long Beach, CA; 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 September 13, 2007, applicable to workers of
Geneon Entertainment (USA), Inc., Long Beach, California. The notice
was published in the Federal Register on September 27, 2007 (72 FR
54939).
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 DVD masters.
New information shows that the subject firm originally named
Pioneer Entertainment, was renamed Geneon Entertainment (USA), Inc. due
to a change in ownership in late 2003. Workers separated from
employment at the subject firm had their wages reported under a
separate unemployment insurance (UI) tax account for Pioneer
Entertainment.
Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to
properly reflect this matter.
The intent of the Department's certification is to include all
workers of Geneon Entertainment (USA), Inc., Long Beach, California,
who were adversely affected by a shift in production of DVD masters to
China.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-61,999 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc., formerly known
as Pioneer Entertainment, Long Beach, California, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after August 13, 2006,
through September 13, 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.
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Signed at Washington, DC this 6th day of March 2008.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-5226 Filed 3-14-08; 8:45 am]
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