OEM/Erie, Inc., Including On-Site Leased Workers From Career Concepts Staffing Services Erie, PA; Including an Employee in Support of OEM/Erie, Inc., Erie, PA Operating Out of Madision Heights, MI: Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 21990 [E8-8779]

Download as PDF 21990 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 79 / Wednesday, April 23, 2008 / Notices Signed at Washington, DC this 10th day of April 2008. Elliott S. Kushner, Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. E8–8776 Filed 4–22–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA–W–62,619; TA–W–62,619A] mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES OEM/Erie, Inc., Including On-Site Leased Workers From Career Concepts Staffing Services Erie, PA; Including an Employee in Support of OEM/Erie, Inc., Erie, PA Operating Out of Madision Heights, MI: 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 March 3, 2008, applicable to workers of OEM/ Erie, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Career Concepts Staffing Services, Erie, Pennsylvania. The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 21, 2008 (73 FR 15217). At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. New information shows that a worker separation has occurred involving an employee in support of the Erie, Pennsylvania facility of OEM/Erie, Inc. operating out of Madison Heights, Michigan. Mr. Edward Conger provided engineering functions supporting the production of plastic trim automotive parts that was produced at the Erie, Pennsylvania facility of the subject firm. Based on these findings, the Department is amending this certification to include an employee in support of the Erie, Pennsylvania facility operating out of Madison Heights, Michigan. The intent of the Department’s certification is to include all workers of OEM/Erie, Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania who were adversely affected by increased imports. The amended notice applicable to TA–W–62,619 is hereby issued as follows: VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:58 Apr 22, 2008 Jkt 214001 All workers of OEM/Erie, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Career Concepts Staffing Services, Erie, Pennsylvania (TA–W– 62,619) including an employee in support of OEM/Erie, Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania operating out of Madison Heights, Michigan (TA–W– 62,619A), who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after December 13, 2006, through March 3, 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 14th day of April 2008. Richard Church, Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. E8–8779 Filed 4–22–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 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 7 through April 11, 2008. 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: PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 issue a certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment E:\FR\FM\23APN1.SGM 23APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8779]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-62,619; TA-W-62,619A]


OEM/Erie, Inc., Including On-Site Leased Workers From Career 
Concepts Staffing Services Erie, PA; Including an Employee in Support 
of OEM/Erie, Inc., Erie, PA Operating Out of Madision Heights, MI: 
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 March 3, 2008, applicable to workers of 
OEM/Erie, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Career Concepts 
Staffing Services, Erie, Pennsylvania. The notice was published in the 
Federal Register on March 21, 2008 (73 FR 15217).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm.
    New information shows that a worker separation has occurred 
involving an employee in support of the Erie, Pennsylvania facility of 
OEM/Erie, Inc. operating out of Madison Heights, Michigan. Mr. Edward 
Conger provided engineering functions supporting the production of 
plastic trim automotive parts that was produced at the Erie, 
Pennsylvania facility of the subject firm.
    Based on these findings, the Department is amending this 
certification to include an employee in support of the Erie, 
Pennsylvania facility operating out of Madison Heights, Michigan.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of OEM/Erie, Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania who were adversely 
affected by increased imports.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-62,619 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of OEM/Erie, Inc., including on-site leased workers 
from Career Concepts Staffing Services, Erie, Pennsylvania (TA-W-
62,619) including an employee in support of OEM/Erie, Inc., Erie, 
Pennsylvania operating out of Madison Heights, Michigan (TA-W-
62,619A), who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after December 13, 2006, through March 3, 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 14th day of April 2008.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E8-8779 Filed 4-22-08; 8:45 am]
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