Request for Certification of Compliance-Rural Industrialization Loan and Grant Program, 454 [E9-31261]
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of
December 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training.
[FR Doc. E9–31262 Filed 1–4–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Request for Certification of
Compliance—Rural Industrialization
Loan and Grant Program
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AGENCY: Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Employment and
Training Administration is issuing this
notice to announce the receipt of a
‘‘Certification of Non-Relocation and
Market and Capacity Information
Report’’ (Form 4279–2) for the
following:
Applicant/Location: Frazier & Frazier
Industries, Inc./Coolidge, Texas.
Principal Product/Purpose: The loan,
guarantee, or grant application is to
refinance an existing loan to preserve
current employment and to create
additional working capital for new jobs,
machinery, and equipment. The NAICS
industry code for this enterprise is:
331111 Iron and Steel Mills.
DATES: All interested parties may submit
comments in writing no later than
January 19, 2010. Copies of adverse
comments received will be forwarded to
the applicant noted above.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments
concerning this notice to Anthony D.
Dais, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room S–4231,
Washington, DC 20210; or e-mail
Dais.Anthony@dol.gov; or transmit via
fax (202) 693–3015 (this is not a toll-free
number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony D. Dais, at telephone number
(202) 693–2784 (this is not a toll-free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
188 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act of 1972, as established
under 29 CFR Part 75, authorizes the
United States Department of Agriculture
to make or guarantee loans or grants to
finance industrial and business
activities in rural areas. The Secretary of
Labor must review the application for
financial assistance for the purpose of
certifying to the Secretary of Agriculture
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that the assistance is not calculated, or
likely, to result in: (a) A transfer of any
employment or business activity from
one area to another by the loan
applicant’s business operation; or, (b) an
increase in the production of goods,
materials, services, or facilities in an
area where there is not sufficient
demand to employ the efficient capacity
of existing competitive enterprises
unless the financial assistance will not
have an adverse impact on existing
competitive enterprises in the area. The
Employment and Training
Administration within the Department
of Labor is responsible for the review
and certification process. Comments
should address the two bases for
certification and, if possible, provide
data to assist in the analysis of these
issues.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of
December 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training.
[FR Doc. E9–31261 Filed 1–4–10; 8:45 am]
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Gensym Corporation, a Subsidiary of
Versata Enterprises, Inc.; Burlington,
MA; Notice of Revised Determination
on Remand
On August 25, 2009, the U.S. Court of
International Trade (USCIT) remanded
to the U.S. Department of Labor
(Department) for further review Former
Employees of Gensym Corporation v.
United States Secretary of Labor, Court
No. 09–00240.
The group eligibility requirements for
directly-impacted (primary) workers
under Section 222(a) the Trade Act of
1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the
following criteria 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
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separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision;
or
Under Section 222(a)(2)(B), the
following criteria 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 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.
On December 2, 2008, a State
Workforce Office filed a petition for
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and
Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance (ATAA) on behalf of workers
and former workers of Gensym
Corporation, a subsidiary of Versata
Enterprises, Inc., Burlington,
Massachusetts (Gensym-MA).
The initial investigation revealed that,
during the relevant period, a significant
number or proportion of workers at
Gensym-MA was totally or partially
separated from employment, the subject
worker group performed information
technology sales, consulting, and
support services, and Gensym
Corporation, a subsidiary of Versata
Enterprises, Inc. (Gensym), did not
produce an article within the meaning
of Section 222(a)(2) of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended (the Trade Act).
The Department issued a Negative
Determination Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance and Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance on February 4,
2009. The Department’s Notice of
Determination was published in the
Federal Register on March 3, 2009 (74
FR 9283).
By application dated February 20,
2009, the Division of Career Services,
Trade Program Manager, Massachusetts,
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Request for Certification of Compliance--Rural Industrialization
Loan and Grant Program
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration is issuing this
notice to announce the receipt of a ``Certification of Non-Relocation
and Market and Capacity Information Report'' (Form 4279-2) for the
following:
Applicant/Location: Frazier & Frazier Industries, Inc./Coolidge,
Texas.
Principal Product/Purpose: The loan, guarantee, or grant
application is to refinance an existing loan to preserve current
employment and to create additional working capital for new jobs,
machinery, and equipment. The NAICS industry code for this enterprise
is: 331111 Iron and Steel Mills.
DATES: All interested parties may submit comments in writing no later
than January 19, 2010. Copies of adverse comments received will be
forwarded to the applicant noted above.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Anthony D.
Dais, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-4231, Washington, DC 20210; or e-
mail Dais.Anthony@dol.gov; or transmit via fax (202) 693-3015 (this is
not a toll-free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony D. Dais, at telephone number
(202) 693-2784 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 188 of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act of 1972, as established under 29 CFR Part 75,
authorizes the United States Department of Agriculture to make or
guarantee loans or grants to finance industrial and business activities
in rural areas. The Secretary of Labor must review the application for
financial assistance for the purpose of certifying to the Secretary of
Agriculture that the assistance is not calculated, or likely, to result
in: (a) A transfer of any employment or business activity from one area
to another by the loan applicant's business operation; or, (b) an
increase in the production of goods, materials, services, or facilities
in an area where there is not sufficient demand to employ the efficient
capacity of existing competitive enterprises unless the financial
assistance will not have an adverse impact on existing competitive
enterprises in the area. The Employment and Training Administration
within the Department of Labor is responsible for the review and
certification process. Comments should address the two bases for
certification and, if possible, provide data to assist in the analysis
of these issues.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of December 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. E9-31261 Filed 1-4-10; 8:45 am]
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