Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, Including On-Site Leased Workers From Industrial Outsourcing, Wichita Falls, TX; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 30976 [E8-11904]
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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 104 / Thursday, May 29, 2008 / Notices
I further determine that all workers of
Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America,
including on-site leased workers from
Industrial Outsourcing, Wichita Falls,
Texas, are denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–63,093]
Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America,
Including On-Site Leased Workers
From Industrial Outsourcing, Wichita
Falls, TX; Amended Certification
Regarding Eligibility To Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Signed at Washington, DC this 21st day of
May 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–11904 Filed 5–28–08; 8:45 am]
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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
Negative Determination Regarding
Eligibility to Apply for Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance on April
25, 2008, applicable to workers of SaintGobain Vetrotex America, Wichita Falls,
Texas. The notice was published in the
Federal Register on May 13, 2008 (73
FR 27560).
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 continuous strand fiberglass
products.
New information shows that leased
workers of Industrial Outsourcing were
employed on-site at the Wichita Falls,
Texas location of Saint-Gobain Vetrotex
America. 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 Industrial Outsourcing working onsite at the Wichita Falls, Texas location
of the subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers
employed at Saint-Gobain Vetrotex
America, Wichita Falls, Texas who were
adversely affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–63,093 is hereby issued as
follows:
‘‘All workers of Saint-Gobain Vetrotex
America, including on-site leased workers
from Industrial Outsourcing, Wichita Falls,
Texas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after
March 19, 2007, through April 25, 2010, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.’’
and
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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 May 12 through May 16, 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:
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
(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
Assistance (ATAA) for older workers,
the group eligibility requirements of
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act
must be met.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-63,093]
Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, Including On-Site Leased Workers
From Industrial Outsourcing, Wichita Falls, TX; Amended Certification
Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply for 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 Negative Determination
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance on April 25, 2008, applicable to workers of Saint-Gobain
Vetrotex America, Wichita Falls, Texas. The notice was published in the
Federal Register on May 13, 2008 (73 FR 27560).
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 continuous strand fiberglass products.
New information shows that leased workers of Industrial Outsourcing
were employed on-site at the Wichita Falls, Texas location of Saint-
Gobain Vetrotex America. 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 Industrial Outsourcing
working on-site at the Wichita Falls, Texas location of the subject
firm.
The intent of the Department's certification is to include all
workers employed at Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, Wichita Falls, Texas
who were adversely affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-63,093 is hereby issued as
follows:
``All workers of Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, including on-
site leased workers from Industrial Outsourcing, Wichita Falls,
Texas, who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after March 19, 2007, through April 25, 2010, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974.'' and
I further determine that all workers of Saint-Gobain Vetrotex
America, including on-site leased workers from Industrial Outsourcing,
Wichita Falls, Texas, are denied eligibility to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, DC this 21st day of May 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-11904 Filed 5-28-08; 8:45 am]
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