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and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in production
to a foreign country) have not been met.
None.
The investigation revealed that
criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased
imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in
production to a foreign country) have
not been met.
TA–W–62,853; Irving Forest Products,
Nashville Plantation, ME.
TA–W–62,860; Ullman, A Division of
American Greetings Corporation,
Burgaw, NC.
TA–W–62,926; SDS Lumber Company,
Lumber Division, Bingen, WA.
TA–W–62,968; The Longaberger
Company, Global Procurement,
Newark, OH.
TA–W–62,968A; The Longaberger
Company, Basket Department,
Frazeysburg, OH.
TA–W–63,158; Silver City Lumber, Inc.,
Three Forks, MT.
TA–W–63,190; Bay Valley Foods, LLC,
Portland, OR.
TA–W–63,235; Southprint, Inc.,
Reidsville Division, Reidsville, NC.
The workers’ firm does not produce
an article as required for certification
under Section 222 of the Trade Act of
1974.
TA–W–63,197; Dan River, Inc., Danville
Operations, Danville, VA.
TA–W–63,226; Semperian, LLC, Div. of
GMAC, LLC, Eugene, OR.
TA–W–63,286; Brunswick Bowling and
Billiards, Muskegon, MI.
TA–W–63,297; Snider Transportation
Services, Tyler, TX.
TA–W–63,422; Springs Global U.S.,
Inc., Springs Direct Div.,
Springmaid Wamsutta Factory
Store, Lancaster, SC.
The investigation revealed that
criteria of Section 222(b)(2) has not been
met. The workers’ firm (or subdivision)
is not a supplier to or a downstream
producer for a firm whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for TAA.
TA–W–63,241; Kataddin Precision
Components, LLC, Bangor, ME.
I hereby certify that the
aforementioned determinations were
issued during the period of May 27
through May 30, 2008. Copies of these
determinations are available for
inspection in Room C–5311, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210
during normal business hours or will be
mailed to persons who write to the
above address.
Dated: June 9, 2008.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
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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 26, 2008.
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 26,
2008.
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 5th day of
June 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
APPENDIX
[TAA petitions instituted between 5/27/08 and 5/30/08]
Subject firm
(petitioners)
Location
Kongsberg Driveline Systems (Wkrs) ..................................
General Motors Metal Fabricating Division (Wkrs) ..............
Plastech Engineered Products (Comp) ................................
Gold Shield (Fleetwood) (Wkrs) ...........................................
Ponderay Newsprint Company (Wkrs) .................................
Tytex, Inc. (Comp) ................................................................
GMAC Insurance (Wkrs) ......................................................
Watson Laboratories, Inc. (State) ........................................
Magline, Inc. (Wkrs) .............................................................
Metaldyne Tubular Products (State) ....................................
Corinthian, Inc. (Wkrs) ..........................................................
DME Company (Wkrs) .........................................................
Skyline McMinnville Nomad Division (State) ........................
Citation Corporation (Comp) ................................................
Comau, Inc./Plymouth Facility (Wkrs) ..................................
West Fraser, Inc. (State) ......................................................
Prestolite Wire LLC (Comp) .................................................
Lear Corporation (Comp) .....................................................
Port of Port Angeles (Wkrs) .................................................
Columbia Falls Aluminum Company LLC (Comp) ...............
Katahdin Paper Company LLC (Comp) ...............................
Van Wert, OH .......................
Parma, OH ............................
Byesville, OH ........................
Riverside, CA ........................
Usk, WA ................................
Woonsocket, RI .....................
Maryland Heights, MO ..........
Carmel, NY ...........................
Pinconning, MI ......................
Hamburg, MI .........................
Corinth, MS ...........................
Lewiston, PA .........................
McMinnville, OR ....................
Grand Rapids, MI ..................
Plymouth, MI .........................
Leola, AR ..............................
Tifton, GA ..............................
Troy, MI .................................
Port Angeles, WA .................
Columbia Falls, MT ...............
Millinocket, ME ......................
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APPENDIX—Continued
[TAA petitions instituted between 5/27/08 and 5/30/08]
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Subject firm
(petitioners)
Location
63453 ................
Dell, Inc.—Topfer Manufacturing Center (State) ..................
Round Rock, TX ...................
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Intel Corporation Fab 23 Colorado
Springs, CO; Notice of Negative
Determination on Remand
On March 24, 2008, the U.S. Court of
International Trade (USCIT) granted the
Department of Labor’s request for
voluntary remand to conduct further
investigation in Former Employees of
Intel Corporation v. U.S. Secretary of
Labor, Court No. 07–00420.
On May 30, 2007, an official of Intel
Corporation, Fab 23, Colorado Springs,
Colorado (subject firm) filed a petition
for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
and Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance (ATAA) on behalf of workers
and former workers of the subject firm.
The subject firm official stated that the
subject firm produced ‘‘WiFi products’’
for Intel Corporation (Intel) and
communication microprocessors for a
company that replaced purchases from
the subject firm with products
manufactured by a Taiwanese company.
The official further stated in the petition
that ‘‘As a result of the production of
these two product lines going overseas,
Fab 23 no longer has product to build
and will be ceasing production on
August 4, 2007.’’ AR 2–3.
The institution of the TAA petition
was published in the Federal Register
on June 14, 2007 (72 FR 32915). AR 10–
11.
In determining whether a petitioning
worker group has met the statutory
criteria, the Department refers to the
applicable regulation, 29 CFR part 90,
for guidance.
During the initial investigation, the
subject firm official stated that the
subject firm produced ‘‘silicon wafers’’
and that the worker separations were
due to the subject firm’s customer
shifting to another company. AR 12. The
company official also stated that the
subject firm made silicon wafers for
wireless fidelity (WiFi) chips and that
the wafers were a component of the
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WiFi cards imported into the United
States. The company official further
stated that the subject firm shifted
silicon wafer production to Taiwan. AR
13. Further, information provided
during the initial investigation
confirmed that the subject firm
produced silicon wafers bearing WiFi
chips and communications
microprocessors, that the subject
workers were not separately identifiable
by product line, and that the subject
firm would close on August 4, 2007 due
to the shift of production to Taiwan
during the second and third quarters of
2007 (April–September 2007). AR 14.
The initial investigation further
revealed that subject firm’s production
of silicon wafers increased in 2006 from
2005 levels and increased during
January through April 2007 from
January through April 2006 levels. AR
16.
The Department’s Notice of negative
determination, issued on June 15, 2007,
regarding the subject workers’ eligibility
to apply for TAA/ATAA stated that
sales and production for silicon wafers
increased in 2005, 2006, and year to
date 2007, that the subject firm did not
import silicon wafers, and that the
subject firm did not shift production of
silicon wafers to a foreign country
during the relevant period. AR 23–25.
The determination published in the
Federal Register on June 28, 2007 (72
FR 35517). AR 26–30.
In a letter dated July 14, 2007, a
former worker, David Alexander,
requested administrative
reconsideration of the Department’s
negative determination. AR 39. The
request for reconsideration alleged:
(1) That when Intel Corporation (Intel)
sold the rights to the ‘‘Hermon’’ chip to
another company, Intel became an agent
of that principal company, and,
subsequently, the subject workers
became employees of the principal
company;
(2) That the subject firm did not
produce silicon wafers but
‘‘manufactures electronic circuits * * *
on a silicon wafer’’;
(3) That ‘‘(a) INTEL buys the bare
silicon wafer from a supplier, (b) Fab 23
then manufactures the electronic circuit
on the wafer called a die and (c) then
die is tested and assembly. Item c can
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be done else where, I believe at this time
(July 2007) Marvel chooses elsewhere’’;
(4) That the subject workers are
secondary/downstream employees to
the so-called principal company; and
(5) That the principal company’s shift
of production to Taiwan is a basis for
TAA certification of the subject workers.
AR 40–43.
In the request for reconsideration, Mr.
Alexander stated that ‘‘packaged dies
are called ‘chips.’ ’’ AR 41.
During the reconsideration
investigation, the Department confirmed
that a company, Marvel, purchased from
Intel the rights to the Hermon chip, and
that, under the agreement, the subject
firm would produce silicon wafers
bearing the Hermon chip until Marvel’s
Taiwanese supplier was fully
operational. The subject firm ceased
production in April 2007 and the last
shipment of silicon wafers from the
subject firm to Marvel was in the second
quarter of 2007. AR 54–55. The
Department also confirmed that the
articles produced at the subject firm
were silicon wafers bearing ‘‘WiFi
semiconductor chips.’’ AR 57.
The subject firm also provided
information about Intel’s semiconductor
chip production process.
The subject firm purchased bare
silicon wafers from various vendors, AR
66, then used a photolithographic
printing process to fabricate each chip
onto the silicon wafer. AR 57, 65, 66.
Each chip is called a die and is tested
on the wafer before it was separated
from the silicon wafer. AR 65, 74. The
process of separating chips from the
wafer is called ‘‘dicing’’ or ‘‘scribing.’’
AR 113.
The silicon wafers bearing WiFi
semiconductor chips were sent from the
subject firm to other Intel facilities. At
these facilities, the wafers were diced
and the semiconductor chips were
packaged. AR 65–66, 101. The
packaging of the chip entails ‘‘mounting
the chip on a stamped lead-wire harness
in a process called die bonding, then
encapsulating this assembly in the final
package.’’ AR 113.
Without this packaging process, the
chip could not electrically communicate
outside of itself, could not be placed
into a motherboard, and had no
customer application. AR 65–66. The
dicing of silicon wafers and the
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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 26, 2008.
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 26, 2008.
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 5th day of June 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
Appendix
[TAA petitions instituted between 5/27/08 and 5/30/08]
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Date of Date of
TA-W Subject firm (petitioners) Location institution petition
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63432...................... Kongsberg Driveline Systems Van Wert, OH.......... 05/27/08 05/08/08
(Wkrs).
63433...................... General Motors Metal Parma, OH............. 05/27/08 05/20/08
Fabricating Division
(Wkrs).
63434...................... Plastech Engineered Byesville, OH......... 05/27/08 05/23/08
Products (Comp).
63435...................... Gold Shield (Fleetwood) Riverside, CA......... 05/27/08 05/05/08
(Wkrs).
63436...................... Ponderay Newsprint Company Usk, WA............... 05/28/08 05/20/08
(Wkrs).
63437...................... Tytex, Inc. (Comp)......... Woonsocket, RI........ 05/28/08 05/17/08
63438...................... GMAC Insurance (Wkrs)...... Maryland Heights, MO.. 05/28/08 05/23/08
63439...................... Watson Laboratories, Inc. Carmel, NY............ 05/28/08 05/27/08
(State).
63440...................... Magline, Inc. (Wkrs)....... Pinconning, MI........ 05/28/08 05/22/08
63441...................... Metaldyne Tubular Products Hamburg, MI........... 05/28/08 05/27/08
(State).
63442...................... Corinthian, Inc. (Wkrs).... Corinth, MS........... 05/29/08 05/28/08
63443...................... DME Company (Wkrs)......... Lewiston, PA.......... 05/29/08 05/28/08
63444...................... Skyline McMinnville Nomad McMinnville, OR....... 05/29/08 05/28/08
Division (State).
63445...................... Citation Corporation (Comp) Grand Rapids, MI...... 05/29/08 05/28/08
63446...................... Comau, Inc./Plymouth Plymouth, MI.......... 05/30/08 05/29/08
Facility (Wkrs).
63447...................... West Fraser, Inc. (State).. Leola, AR............. 05/30/08 05/29/08
63448...................... Prestolite Wire LLC (Comp). Tifton, GA............ 05/30/08 05/29/08
63449...................... Lear Corporation (Comp).... Troy, MI.............. 05/30/08 05/29/08
63450...................... Port of Port Angeles (Wkrs) Port Angeles, WA...... 05/30/08 05/27/08
63451...................... Columbia Falls Aluminum Columbia Falls, MT.... 05/30/08 05/29/08
Company LLC (Comp).
63452...................... Katahdin Paper Company LLC Millinocket, ME....... 05/30/08 05/29/08
(Comp).
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63453...................... Dell, Inc.--Topfer Round Rock, TX........ 05/30/08 05/29/08
Manufacturing Center
(State).
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