Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 56818-56819 [2011-23502]

Download as PDF 56818 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 178 / Wednesday, September 14, 2011 / Notices 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, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than September 26, 2011. Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the subject matter of the investigations to the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than September 26, 2011. The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at the Office of the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N–5428, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. Signed at Washington, DC this 30th day of August 2011. Michael Jaffe, Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance. Appendix 11 TAA PETITIONS INSTITUTED BETWEEN 8/15/11 AND 8/19/11 TA–W Subject firm (petitioners) Location 80370 ....................... 80371 ....................... 80372 ....................... Boston Scientific (State/One-Stop) ........... PAETEC (Workers) ................................... Walgreen Co. Accounts Receivable (Workers). Hamburg Industries (Union) ...................... Stream Global Services (Workers) ........... Newton Falls Fine Paper Co., LLC (Workers). Nordson Corporation-Pacific Drive Facility (Company). Symantec Corporation (State/One-Stop) .. Kwik–File, LLC (State/One-Stop) .............. Hewlett-Packard Company (Workers) ...... Pulse Engineering (State/One-Stop) ......... Arden Hills, MN ......................................... Palm Harbor, FL ........................................ Deerfield, IL ............................................... 08/15/11 08/15/11 08/16/11 08/12/11 08/12/11 08/06/11 Hamburg, PA ............................................. Beaverton, OR .......................................... Newton Falls, NY ...................................... 08/17/11 08/17/11 08/17/11 08/16/11 08/17/11 08/15/11 Norcross, GA ............................................. 08/18/11 07/08/11 Mountain View, CA ................................... Fridley, MN ................................................ Corvallis, OR ............................................. San Diego, CA .......................................... 08/18/11 08/18/11 08/18/11 08/19/11 08/17/11 08/16/11 08/09/11 08/18/11 80373 ....................... 80374 ....................... 80375 ....................... 80376 ....................... 80377 80378 80379 80380 ....................... ....................... ....................... ....................... Date of institution [FR Doc. 2011–23502 Filed 9–13–11; 8:45 am] mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:09 Sep 13, 2011 Jkt 223001 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\14SEN1.SGM 14SEN1 Date of petition Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 178 / Wednesday, September 14, 2011 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA–W–75,232; TA–W–75,232A] mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance; The Travelers Indemnity Company, A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Travelers Companies, Inc., Personal Insurance Division, Customer Sales and Service Business Unit, Account Processing Unit, Including Teleworkers Located Throughout the United States, Reporting to Knoxville, TN; The Travelers Indemnity Company, A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Travelers Companies, Inc., Personal Insurance Division, Customer Sales and Service Business Unit, Account Processing/Underwriting Unit, Including Teleworkers Located Throughout the United States, Reporting to Syracuse, NY 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 March 25, 2011, applicable to workers of The Travelers Indemnity Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Travelers Companies, Inc., Personal Insurance Division, Customer Sales and Service Business Unit, Account Processing Unit, Knoxville, Tennessee (subject firm). The Department’s Notice was published in the Federal Register on April 11, 2011 (76 FR 20047). The Notice was amended on June 6, 2011 to include teleworkers located throughout the United States reporting to The Travelers Indemnity Company, Personal Insurance Division, Customer Sales and Service Business Unit, Account Processing Unit, Knoxville, Tennessee. The Notice was published in the Federal Register on June 15, 2011 (76 FR 35024). The Notice was corrected on June 17, 2011. The corrected Notice was published in the Federal Register on June 24, 2011 (76 FR 37153). At the request of a company official, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. Information shows that the Syracuse, New York and Knoxville, Tennessee locations of the subject firm operated in the same capacity through various account processing services, and both experienced worker separations during the relevant time period due to the shift in the supply of services to India. VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:09 Sep 13, 2011 Jkt 223001 Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to include workers and former workers of The Travelers Indemnity Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Travelers Companies, Inc., Personal Insurance Division, Customer Sales and Service Business Unit, Account Processing/Underwriting Unit, including teleworkers located throughout the United States reporting to, Syracuse, New York. The amended notice applicable to TA–W–75,232 is hereby issued as follows: All workers of The Travelers Indemnity Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Travelers Companies, Inc., Personal Insurance Division, Customer Sales and Service Business Unit, Account Processing Unit, including teleworkers located throughout the United States reporting to, Knoxville, Tennessee (TA–W–75,232) and all workers of The Travelers Indemnity Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Travelers Companies, Inc., Personal Insurance Division, Customer Sales and Service Business Unit, Account Processing/ Underwriting Unit, including teleworkers located throughout the United States reporting to, Syracuse, New York (TA–W– 75,232A), who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 10, 2010 through March 25, 2013, 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 31st day of August, 2011. Del Min Amy Chen, Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. 2011–23504 Filed 9–13–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice (11–079)] Centennial Challenges 2012 Sample Return Robot Challenge National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice is issued in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 2451(314)(d). The 2012 Sample Return Robot Challenge is scheduled and teams that wish to compete may register. Centennial Challenges is a program of prize competitions to stimulate innovation in technologies of interest and value to NASA and the nation. 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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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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, 
Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not 
later than September 26, 2011.
    Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding 
the subject matter of the investigations to the Director, Office of 
Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than 
September 26, 2011.
    The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at 
the Office of the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, 
Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room 
N-5428, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 30th day of August 2011.
Michael Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

                             11 TAA Petitions Instituted between 8/15/11 and 8/19/11
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                                         Subject firm                                 Date of         Date of
               TA-W                     (petitioners)             Location          institution      petition
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80370.............................  Boston Scientific      Arden Hills, MN......        08/15/11        08/12/11
                                     (State/One-Stop).
80371.............................  PAETEC (Workers).....  Palm Harbor, FL......        08/15/11        08/12/11
80372.............................  Walgreen Co. Accounts  Deerfield, IL........        08/16/11        08/06/11
                                     Receivable (Workers).
80373.............................  Hamburg Industries     Hamburg, PA..........        08/17/11        08/16/11
                                     (Union).
80374.............................  Stream Global          Beaverton, OR........        08/17/11        08/17/11
                                     Services (Workers).
80375.............................  Newton Falls Fine      Newton Falls, NY.....        08/17/11        08/15/11
                                     Paper Co., LLC
                                     (Workers).
80376.............................  Nordson Corporation-   Norcross, GA.........        08/18/11        07/08/11
                                     Pacific Drive
                                     Facility (Company).
80377.............................  Symantec Corporation   Mountain View, CA....        08/18/11        08/17/11
                                     (State/One-Stop).
80378.............................  Kwik-File, LLC (State/ Fridley, MN..........        08/18/11        08/16/11
                                     One-Stop).
80379.............................  Hewlett-Packard        Corvallis, OR........        08/18/11        08/09/11
                                     Company (Workers).
80380.............................  Pulse Engineering      San Diego, CA........        08/19/11        08/18/11
                                     (State/One-Stop).
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