Cooper Tools-Sumter, Cooper Tools Divisions, a Subsidiary of Cooper Industries, Inc., Including On-Site Leased Workers From Thompson Industrial, Sumter, SC; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, 10319 [2010-4574]
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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 43 / Friday, March 5, 2010 / Notices
Signed in Washington, DC, this 23rd day
of February 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[FR Doc. 2010–4574 Filed 3–4–10; 8:45 am]
[TA–W–71,602]
BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P
Cooper Tools—Sumter, Cooper Tools
Divisions, a Subsidiary of Cooper
Industries, Inc., Including On-Site
Leased Workers From Thompson
Industrial, Sumter, SC; Amended
Certification Regarding Eligibility To
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance
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In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (‘‘Act’’),
19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor
issued a Certification of Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on January 26, 2010,
applicable to workers of Cooper Tools—
Sumter, Cooper Tools Division, a
subsidiary of Cooper Industries, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from
Thompson Industrial, Sumter, South
Carolina. The notice will be published
soon in the Federal Register.
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 adjustable wrenches, pliers, farrier
tools, aviation snips, bolt cutters, cable
cutters, screwdrivers and nut drivers.
The review shows that on August 30,
2006, a certification of eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance was
issued for all workers of Cooper Tools,
Inc., a division of Cooper Industries,
Ltd, Sumter, South Carolina, separated
from employment on or after August 5,
2005 through August 30, 2008. The
notice was published in the Federal
Register on September 21, 2006 (71 FR
55216).
In order to avoid an overlap in worker
group coverage, the Department is
amending the July 7, 2008 impact date
established for TA–W–71,602, to read
August 31, 2008.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–72,314 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Cooper Tools—Sumter,
Cooper Tools Division, a subsidiary of
Cooper Industries, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Thompson Industrial,
Sumter, South Carolina, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or
after August 31, 2008, through January 26,
2012, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from
employment on date of certification through
two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
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 by (TA–W) number issued
during the period of January 18 through
January 29, 2010.
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. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the
following must be satisfied:
(1) A significant number or proportion
of the workers in such workers’ firm
have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2) The sales or production, or both,
of such firm have decreased absolutely;
and
(3) One of the following must be
satisfied:
(A) Imports of articles or services like
or directly competitive with articles
produced or services supplied by such
firm have increased;
(B) Imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one
or more component parts produced by
such firm are directly incorporated have
increased;
(C) Imports of articles directly
incorporating one or more component
parts produced outside the United
States that are like or directly
competitive with imports of articles
incorporating one or more component
parts produced by such firm have
increased;
(D) Imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles which are
produced directly using services
supplied by such firm, have increased;
and
(4) The increase in imports
contributed importantly to such
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workers’ separation or threat of
separation and to the decline in the
sales or production of such firm; or
II. Section 222(a)(2)(B) all of the
following must be satisfied:
(1) A significant number or proportion
of the workers in such workers’ firm
have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2) One of the following must be
satisfied:
(A) There has been a shift by the
workers’ firm to a foreign country in the
production of articles or supply of
services like or directly competitive
with those produced/supplied by the
workers’ firm;
(B) There has been an acquisition
from a foreign country by the workers’
firm of articles/services that are like or
directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers’ firm;
and
(3) The shift/acquisition contributed
importantly to the workers’ separation
or threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for adversely
affected workers in public agencies 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) A significant number or proportion
of the workers in the public agency have
become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
(2) The public agency has acquired
from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services
which are supplied by such agency; and
(3) The acquisition of services
contributed importantly to such
workers’ separation or threat of
separation.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for adversely
affected secondary 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(c) of the Act must be met.
(1) A significant number or proportion
of the workers in the workers’ firm have
become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
(2) The workers’ firm is a Supplier or
Downstream Producer to a firm that
employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility
under Section 222(a) of the Act, and
such supply or production is related to
the article or service that was the basis
for such certification; and
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-71,602]
Cooper Tools--Sumter, Cooper Tools Divisions, a Subsidiary of
Cooper Industries, Inc., Including On-Site Leased Workers From Thompson
Industrial, Sumter, SC; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended
(``Act''), 19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor issued a
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
on January 26, 2010, applicable to workers of Cooper Tools--Sumter,
Cooper Tools Division, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Thompson Industrial, Sumter,
South Carolina. The notice will be published soon in the Federal
Register.
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 adjustable wrenches, pliers, farrier tools,
aviation snips, bolt cutters, cable cutters, screwdrivers and nut
drivers.
The review shows that on August 30, 2006, a certification of
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance was issued for all
workers of Cooper Tools, Inc., a division of Cooper Industries, Ltd,
Sumter, South Carolina, separated from employment on or after August 5,
2005 through August 30, 2008. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on September 21, 2006 (71 FR 55216).
In order to avoid an overlap in worker group coverage, the
Department is amending the July 7, 2008 impact date established for TA-
W-71,602, to read August 31, 2008.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-72,314 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Cooper Tools--Sumter, Cooper Tools Division, a
subsidiary of Cooper Industries, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Thompson Industrial, Sumter, South Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after August
31, 2008, through January 26, 2012, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment on date
of certification through two years from the date of certification,
are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of
Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of February 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010-4574 Filed 3-4-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-FN-P
