Wellman, Incorporated Administrative Office Fort Mill, SC; Including Employees of Wellman, Incorporated, Administrative Office Fort Mill, SC, Working Out of Fresh Meadow, New York and Commack, NY; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 5869 [E9-2131]
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adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of
January 2009.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9–2141 Filed 1–30–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–61,347; TA–W–61,347A]
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Wellman, Incorporated Administrative
Office Fort Mill, SC; Including
Employees of Wellman, Incorporated,
Administrative Office Fort Mill, SC,
Working Out of Fresh Meadow, New
York and Commack, NY; 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 May 4, 2007,
applicable to workers of Wellman,
Incorporated, Administrative Offices,
Fort Mill, South Carolina. The notice
was published in the Federal Register
on May 17, 2007 (72 FR 27853).
At the request of the State agency, the
Department reviewed the certification
for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in providing
technical and administrative support
services for the firm’s production of
polyester and nylon fibers.
New information shows that worker
separations have occurred involving
employees (Mr. Michael Bermish and
Ms. Gisela Katz) of Wellman,
Incorporated, Administrative Offices,
Fort Mill, South Carolina working out of
Fresh Meadow, New York and
Commack, New York, respectively.
Based on this finding, the Department
is amending the certification to include
employees of the Fort Mill, South
Carolina location of the subject firm
working out of Fresh Meadow, New
York and Commack, New York.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers of
Wellman, Incorporated, Administrative
Offices, Fort Mill, South Carolina, who
qualify as secondarily trade affected
workers.
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The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–61,347 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Wellman, Incorporated,
Administrative Offices, Fort Mill, South
Carolina, (TA–W–61,347), including
employees of Wellman, Incorporated,
Administrative Offices, Fort Mill, South
Carolina, working out of Fresh Meadow, New
York and Commack, New York (TA–W–
61,347A), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April
11, 2006, through May 4, 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 12th day of
January 2009.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9–2131 Filed 1–30–09; 8:45 am]
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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 January 5 through January 16,
2009.
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
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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
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
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-61,347; TA-W-61,347A]
Wellman, Incorporated Administrative Office Fort Mill, SC;
Including Employees of Wellman, Incorporated, Administrative Office
Fort Mill, SC, Working Out of Fresh Meadow, New York and Commack, NY;
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 May 4, 2007, applicable to workers of
Wellman, Incorporated, Administrative Offices, Fort Mill, South
Carolina. The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 17,
2007 (72 FR 27853).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged
in providing technical and administrative support services for the
firm's production of polyester and nylon fibers.
New information shows that worker separations have occurred
involving employees (Mr. Michael Bermish and Ms. Gisela Katz) of
Wellman, Incorporated, Administrative Offices, Fort Mill, South
Carolina working out of Fresh Meadow, New York and Commack, New York,
respectively.
Based on this finding, the Department is amending the certification
to include employees of the Fort Mill, South Carolina location of the
subject firm working out of Fresh Meadow, New York and Commack, New
York.
The intent of the Department's certification is to include all
workers of Wellman, Incorporated, Administrative Offices, Fort Mill,
South Carolina, who qualify as secondarily trade affected workers.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-61,347 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Wellman, Incorporated, Administrative Offices,
Fort Mill, South Carolina, (TA-W-61,347), including employees of
Wellman, Incorporated, Administrative Offices, Fort Mill, South
Carolina, working out of Fresh Meadow, New York and Commack, New
York (TA-W-61,347A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 11, 2006, through May 4, 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 12th day of January 2009.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9-2131 Filed 1-30-09; 8:45 am]
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