Specialty Minerals, Inc., Franklin, VA; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration, 2148-2149 [2011-515]
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Michigan (subject firm) to apply for
TAA. The negative determination,
issued on April 13, 2010, was based on
the Department’s finding that a
significant number or proportion of the
workers the subject firm was not totally
or partially separated or threatened with
such separation. The Department’s
Notice was published in the Federal
Register on May 20, 2010 (75 FR 28301).
The Department’s Notice of Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application
for Reconsideration was signed on June
21, 2010, and was published in the
Federal Register on July 1, 2010 (75 FR
38126).
To support the request for
reconsideration, the petitioner supplied
additional information regarding the
number of workers separated from the
subject firm and regarding the eligibility
of workers at several Chrysler plants to
apply for TAA.
Based on the information received
during the reconsideration
investigation, the Department has
determined that the subject worker
group consists of the training facility in
Detroit, Michigan and a training facility
in Warren, Michigan; the subject worker
group are members of the Technology
Training Joint Programs Staff; and the
criteria set forth in Section 222(a) has
been met.
During the reconsideration
investigation, the Department confirmed
that the proportion of Technology
Training Joint Programs Staff separated
at each subject facility met the statutory
threshold.
During the reconsideration
investigation, the Department sought
detailed information about the types of
training provided at the subject
facilities. The information revealed that
the technical training provided (such as
applied industrial technology, industrial
automation, industrial maintenance,
and welding) supported the production
of articles manufactured at several
Chrysler plants whose workers have
been certified eligible to apply for TAA
based on increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with the
articles that were produced directly
using the training services supplied by
the subject facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional
facts obtained on reconsideration, I
determine that workers of UAW–
Chrysler National Training Center,
Technology Training Joint Programs
Staff, Detroit, Michigan, and Warren,
Michigan, who are engaged in
employment related to the supply of
technical training services, meet the
worker group certification criteria under
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Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C.
2272(a). In accordance with Section 223
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2273, I make the
following certification:
All workers of UAW–Chrysler National
Training Center, Technology Training Joint
Programs Staff, Detroit, Michigan (TA–W–
71,047), and Warren, Michigan (TA–W–
71,047A), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May
27, 2008, through two years from the date of
this certification, 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 22nd day
of December 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–71,608]
Xilinx, Inc. Including On-Site Leased
Workers of TEKsystems, Albuquerque,
NM; Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration
On January 25, 2010, the Department
issued a Notice of Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application
for Reconsideration applicable to
workers and former workers of Xilinx,
Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico (the
subject firm). The Department’s Notice
was published in the Federal Register
on February 16, 2010 (75 FR 7031). The
workers are engaged in employment
related to the supply of internally-used
engineering services.
In the request for reconsideration,
workers alleged that the subject firm has
shifted abroad the supply of services
like and directly competitive with the
internal-use engineering services
supplied by the Albuquerque, New
Mexico facility and provided
documentation in support of the
allegation. The new documentation
included a February 29, 2008,
advertisement for a product
engineer\senior product engineer for
one offshore location of Xilinx, Inc.; and
a job advertisement dated May 19, 2009,
for integrated circuit test engineers and
test equipment engineers for a Product
and Test Engineering Department of a
foreign Xilinx facility.
During the reconsideration
investigation, the Department carefully
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reviewed the new information and
previously-submitted information.
Based on the information obtained
during the reconsideration
investigation, the Department
determines that a significant proportion
or number of workers at the subject firm
was totally or partially separated, or
threatened with such separation; that
the subject firm shifted to a foreign
country the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the
engineering services supplied by
workers at the subject firm; and that the
subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers of TEKsystems.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional
facts obtained on reconsideration, I
determine that workers of Xilinx, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers of
TEKsystems, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, who are engaged in
employment related to the supply of
internal-use engineering services, meet
the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2273,
I make the following certification:
All workers of Xilinx, Inc., including onsite leased workers of TEKsystems,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, who became
totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 7, 2008, through
two years from the date of this certification,
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 7th day of
October 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011–513 Filed 1–11–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–74,057]
Specialty Minerals, Inc., Franklin, VA;
Notice of Revised Determination on
Reconsideration
On June 18, 2010, the Department
issued a negative determination
regarding workers’ eligibility to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
applicable to workers of Specialty
Minerals, Inc., Franklin, Virginia (the
subject firm). The Notice was published
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in the Federal Register on July 1, 2010
(75 FR 38142). On August 19, 2010, the
Department issued a Notice of Negative
Determination Regarding Application
for Reconsideration applicable to
workers of the subject firm. The Notice
was published in the Federal Register
on August 30, 2010 (75 FR 52989). The
workers produced precipitated calcium
carbonate used in the production of
paper.
In the request for reconsideration, the
company official asserted that workers
of the subject firm are eligible to apply
for TAA as adversely affected secondary
workers because the precipitated
calcium carbonate was supplied to a
‘‘paper mill’’ that employed a worker
group eligible to apply for TAA and
identified the firm covered by TA–W–
72,764 as the primary firm.
Section 222(c) of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended, states that adversely
affected secondary workers must be
employed by a firm that is a supplier to
a firm that employed a worker group
who are adversely affected primary
workers.
The Notice of Negative Determination
Regarding Application for
Reconsideration was based on the
Department’s determination that,
because the workers covered by TA–W–
72,764 are certified eligible to apply for
TAA as adversely affected secondary
workers, the criteria of Section 222(c)
was not met.
Subsequent to the issuance of the
Notice of Negative Determination
Regarding Application for
Reconsideration, the Department issued
an amended certification of TA–W–
72,764 which identified those workers
as eligible to apply for TAA as primary
workers instead of adversely affected
secondary workers.
After careful review of previouslysubmitted information and the
additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I determine that
workers of Specialty Minerals, Inc.,
Franklin, Virginia, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of
precipitated calcium carbonate used in
the production of paper, meet the
worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C.
2272(c). In accordance with Section 223
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2273, I make the
following certification:
All workers of Specialty Minerals, Inc.,
Franklin, Virginia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or
after May 6, 2009, through two years from the
date of this revised certification, 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
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adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of
Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 22nd day
of December 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed revision of the
‘‘Consumer Price Index Commodities
and Services Survey.’’ A copy of the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
individual listed below in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or
before March 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora
Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll
free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
Under the direction of the Secretary of
Labor, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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(BLS) is directed by law to collect,
collate, and report full and complete
statistics on the conditions of labor and
the products and distribution of the
products of the same; the Consumer
Price Index (CPI) is one of these
statistics. The collection of data from a
wide spectrum of retail establishments
and government agencies is essential for
the timely and accurate calculation of
the Commodities and Services (C&S)
component of the CPI.
The CPI is the only index compiled by
the U.S. Government that is designed to
measure changes in the purchasing
power of the urban consumer’s dollar.
The CPI is a measure of the average
change in prices over time paid by
urban consumers for a market basket of
goods and services. The CPI is used
most widely as a measure of inflation,
and serves as an indicator of the
effectiveness of government economic
policy. It is also used as a deflator of
other economic series, that is, to adjust
other series for price changes and to
translate these series into inflation-free
dollars. Examples include retail sales,
hourly and weekly earnings, and
components of the Gross Domestic
Product. A third major use of the CPI is
to adjust income payments. Almost 2
million workers are covered by
collective bargaining contracts, which
provide for increases in wage rates
based on increases in the CPI. Similarly,
ten States have laws that link the
adjustment in State minimum wage to
the changes in the CPI. In addition to
private sector workers whose wages or
pensions are adjusted according to
changes in the CPI, the index also
affects the income of nearly 75 million
persons, largely as a result of statutory
action: About 48 million social security
beneficiaries; about 4.1 million retired
military and Federal Civil Service
employees and survivors, and about
22.4 million food stamp recipients.
Changes in the CPI also affect the 26.7
million children who eat lunch at
school. Under the National School
Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act,
national average payments for those
lunches and breakfasts are adjusted
annually by the Secretary of Agriculture
on the basis of the change in the CPI
series, ‘‘Food away from Home.’’ Since
1985, the CPI has been used to adjust
the Federal income tax structure to
prevent inflation-induced tax rate
increases.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
Consumer Price Index Commodities and
Services Survey. The continuation of
the collection of prices for the CPI is
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-74,057]
Specialty Minerals, Inc., Franklin, VA; Notice of Revised
Determination on Reconsideration
On June 18, 2010, the Department issued a negative determination
regarding workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) applicable to workers of Specialty Minerals, Inc., Franklin,
Virginia (the subject firm). The Notice was published
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in the Federal Register on July 1, 2010 (75 FR 38142). On August 19,
2010, the Department issued a Notice of Negative Determination
Regarding Application for Reconsideration applicable to workers of the
subject firm. The Notice was published in the Federal Register on
August 30, 2010 (75 FR 52989). The workers produced precipitated
calcium carbonate used in the production of paper.
In the request for reconsideration, the company official asserted
that workers of the subject firm are eligible to apply for TAA as
adversely affected secondary workers because the precipitated calcium
carbonate was supplied to a ``paper mill'' that employed a worker group
eligible to apply for TAA and identified the firm covered by TA-W-
72,764 as the primary firm.
Section 222(c) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, states that
adversely affected secondary workers must be employed by a firm that is
a supplier to a firm that employed a worker group who are adversely
affected primary workers.
The Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for
Reconsideration was based on the Department's determination that,
because the workers covered by TA-W-72,764 are certified eligible to
apply for TAA as adversely affected secondary workers, the criteria of
Section 222(c) was not met.
Subsequent to the issuance of the Notice of Negative Determination
Regarding Application for Reconsideration, the Department issued an
amended certification of TA-W-72,764 which identified those workers as
eligible to apply for TAA as primary workers instead of adversely
affected secondary workers.
After careful review of previously-submitted information and the
additional facts obtained on reconsideration, I determine that workers
of Specialty Minerals, Inc., Franklin, Virginia, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of precipitated calcium carbonate
used in the production of paper, meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272(c). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2273, I make the
following certification:
All workers of Specialty Minerals, Inc., Franklin, Virginia, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 6, 2009, through two years from the date of this revised
certification, 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 22nd day of December 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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