Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, 19719-19722 [2012-7797]
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company shows that workers leased
from Aerotek, Albers Mechanical,
Alliedbarton, Allied Systems, Aristeo,
Autoport, Collins Electric Guardsmark,
Great Western Recycling, Healthsource
Solution, Kelly Services, Marsden
Building Maintenance, Penski Logistics,
PPG Industries, Waste Management,
VMX, Nascote Industries, Delphi
Electronics & Safety, Unicomm, and
Pacer International were employed onsite at the St. Paul, Minnesota location
of Ford Motor Company, Twin Cities
Assembly Plant, Vehicle Operations
Division. The Department has
determined that these workers were
sufficiently under the control of Ford
Motor Company, Twin Cities Assembly
Plant, Vehicle Operations Division, St.
Paul, Minnesota to be considered leased
workers.
Based on these findings, the
Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased
from the above mentioned firms
working on-site at the St. Paul,
Minnesota location of the subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers of
the subject firm who were adversely
affected by a shift in production of
pickup trucks to Thailand, Brazil, and
South Africa.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–81,038 is hereby issued as
follows:
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All workers from Ford Motor Company,
Twin Cities Assembly Plant, Vehicle
Operations Division, St. Paul, Minnesota,
including on-site leased workers from
Aerotek, Albers Mechanical, Alliedbarton,
Allied Systems, Aristeo, Autoport, Collins
Electric, Guardsmark, Great Western
Recycling Healthsource Solutions, Kelly
Services Marsden Building Maintenance,
Penski Logistics, PPG Industries, Waste
Management, VMX, Nascote Industries,
Delphi Electronics & Safety, Unicomm, and
Pacer International, St. Paul, Minnesota, who
became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 13, 2010,
through February 9, 2014, 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 1074, as amended.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
March 2012.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–74,593]
Whirlpool Corporation Including OnSite Leased Workers From Career
Solutions TEC Staffing, IBM
Corporation, TEK Systems Penske
Logistics, Eurest, Canteen, Kelly
Services, Inc., Prodriver, Arkansas
Warehouse, Inc., Andrews
International Including Workers Whose
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Wages
Are Reported Through U.S. Security
Fort Smith, AR; 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 October 6, 2010,
applicable to workers of Whirlpool
Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from Career Solutions TEC
Staffing, Fort Smith, Arkansas. The
workers are engaged in the production
of refrigerators and trash compactors.
The notice was published in the Federal
Register on October 25, 2010 (75 FR
65520). The notice was amended on
December 6, 2010, November 7, 2011
and November 18, 2011 to include
several on-site leased worker firms. The
notices were published in the Federal
Register on December 13, 2010 (75 FR
77665), November 28, 2011 (76 FR
72978) and November 29, 2011(76 FR
73683–73684), respectively.
At the request of a company official,
the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject
firm. New information shows that
workers leased from Andrews
International employed on-site at the
Fort Smith, Arkansas location of
Whirlpool Corporation had their wages
reported through a separate
unemployment insurance (UI) tax
account under the name U.S. Security.
Accordingly, the Department is
amending this certification to properly
reflect this matter.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers of
the subject firm who were adversely
affected by a shift in the production of
refrigerators and trash compactors to
Mexico.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–74,593 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Whirlpool Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Career
Solutions TEC Staffing, IBM Corporation,
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TEK Systems, Penske Logistics, Eurest,
Canteen, Kelly Services, Inc., Prodriver,
Arkansas Warehouse, Inc., and Andrews
International, including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages are
reported through U.S. Security, Fort Smith,
Arkansas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after
October 2, 2010, through October 6, 2012,
and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment
on the 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.
Dated: Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd
day of March 2012.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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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 March 12, 2012
through March 16, 2012.
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;
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(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
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
(3) Either(A) The workers’ firm is a supplier
and the component parts it supplied to
the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers’ firm;
or
(B) A loss of business by the workers’
firm with the firm described in
paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers’ separation or threat of
separation.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for adversely
affected workers in firms identified by
the International Trade Commission and
a certification issued regarding
eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section 222(f)
of the Act must be met.
(1) The workers’ firm is publicly
identified by name by the International
Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation
resulting in—
(A) An affirmative determination of
serious injury or threat thereof under
section 202(b)(1);
(B) An affirmative determination of
market disruption or threat thereof
under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) An affirmative final determination
of material injury or threat thereof under
section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));
(2) The petition is filed during the 1year period beginning on the date on
which—
(A) A summary of the report
submitted to the President by the
International Trade Commission under
section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in
paragraph (1)(A) is published in the
Federal Register under section 202(f)(3);
or
(B) Notice of an affirmative
determination described in
subparagraph (1) is published in the
Federal Register; and
(3) The workers have become totally
or partially separated from the workers’
firm within—
(A) The 1-year period described in
paragraph (2); or
(B) Notwithstanding section 223(b)(1),
the 1- year period preceding the 1-year
period described in paragraph (2).
Affirmative Determinations for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
The following certifications have been
issued. The date following the company
name and location of each
determination references the impact
date for all workers of such
determination.
The following certifications have been
issued. The requirements of Section
222(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) of the
Trade Act have been met.
TA–W number
Subject firm
Location
81,143 ................
Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company, Armstrong Woods Products, Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Inc..
Adcom Wire Company, Leggett & Platt, Inc. ............................
Fashion Ability Inc. ............................................................................
Simclar, Inc., Ohio (Dayton) Division, Aerotek, Staffmark, and Office Team.
Sunrise Wood Products, Lumber Products, Aerotek ........................
Beverly, WV ................................
January 24, 2011.
Nicholasville, KY .........................
New York, NY .............................
Dayton, OH .................................
February 16, 2011.
February 19, 2011.
February 17, 2011.
Spokane Valley, WA ...................
February 23, 2011.
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81,343 ................
81,350 ................
81,352 ................
81,366 ................
The following certifications have been
issued. The requirements of Section
222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production or
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TA–W number
Subject firm
Location
Impact date
81,127 ................
Western Union, OV/VIGO Accounting Team, Compliance Division,
Ops. Division, 360 Degrees.
AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah Insurance Exchange, Finance Division.
Elliott Homes, Inc., Solitaire Holdings, LLC ......................................
Thermadyne Industries, Inc., Information Technology Helpdesk .....
The Aftermarket Group, TAG (West) Division, Invacare Corporation.
TE Connectivity, Datacomm Division ................................................
The Berry Company, LLC, TBD Holdings I, Inc. ..............................
SenoRX, Bard Biopsy Systems, Wages Reported under Bard Biopsy Sys., Select Staffing.
The W.E. Bassett Company, Pacific World, Monroe Staff, Coworx,
Jace, Hamilton, Nesco.
Codi Inc. ............................................................................................
The State Journal-Register, GateHouse Media Illinois Holdings II,
Creative Services Department.
Prairie Mountain Publishing, Medianews Group Daily Camera, Advertising Layout & Design Gp, Lehman Commun.
Allied Motion Motor Products, Owosso Technology Unit .................
Gerber Scientific, Inc., Information Technology (IT) Department .....
Conesys ............................................................................................
Englewood, CO ...........................
February 13, 2010.
Fairfield, CA ................................
February 13, 2010.
Madill, OK ....................................
Denton, TX ..................................
Sacramento, CA ..........................
February 13, 2010.
January 23, 2011.
January 30, 2011.
Middletown, PA ...........................
Dayton, OH .................................
Irvine, CA ....................................
February 9, 2011.
October 2, 2011.
February 16, 2011.
Shelton, CT .................................
February 8, 2011.
Tower City, PA ............................
Springfield, IL ..............................
February 22, 2011.
February 17, 2011.
Boulder, CO ................................
February 23, 2011.
Owosso, MI .................................
Tolland, CT ..................................
Torrance, CA ...............................
February 21, 2011.
March 5, 2011.
February 20, 2011.
81,157 ................
81,217 ................
81,262 ................
81,285 ................
81,319 ................
81,340 ................
81,347 ................
81,356 ................
81,359 ................
81,361 ................
81,362 ................
81,377 ................
81,399 ................
81,402 ................
The following certifications have been
issued. The requirements of Section
222(c) (supplier to a firm whose workers
are certified eligible to apply for TAA)
of the Trade Act have been met.
TA–W number
Subject firm
Location
Impact date
81,130 ................
Superior Plating, Inc., Spectrum Staffing and Platinum Staffing ......
Minneapolis, MN .........................
February 13, 2010.
Negative Determinations for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, the
investigation revealed that the eligibility
criteria for worker adjustment assistance
have not been met for the reasons
specified.
The investigation revealed that the
criteria under paragraphs (a)(2)(A)(i)
(decline in sales or production, or both)
and (a)(2)(B) (shift in production or
services to a foreign country) of section
222 have not been met.
TA–W number
Subject firm
Location
81,190 ................
81,351 ................
Graphic Packaging International, Consumer Packaging Division ....
Truseal Technologies, Inc., Quanex Building Products Corporation
Lawrenceburg, TN .......................
Barbourville, KY ..........................
The investigation revealed that the
criteria under paragraphs(a)(2)(A)
(increased imports) and (a)(2)(B) (shift
in production or services to a foreign
country) of section 222 have not been
met.
TA–W number
Subject firm
Location
81,259 ................
MISA Metal Blanking, Inc., Marubeni Itochu Steel America, Express Employment Professionals.
Howell, MI ...................................
Determinations Terminating
Investigations of Petitions for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
After notice of the petitions was
published in the Federal Register and
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on the Department’s Web site, as
required by Section 221 of the Act (19
U.S.C. 2271), the Department initiated
investigations of these petitions.
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The following determinations
terminating investigations were issued
because the petitioner has requested
that the petition be withdrawn.
TA–W number
Subject firm
Location
81,327 ................
Diversified Machine, Inc. ...................................................................
Howell, MI ...................................
I hereby certify that the
aforementioned determinations were
issued during the period of March 12,
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2012 through March 16, 2012. These
determinations are available on the
Department’s Web site tradeact/taa/taa
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the Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance toll-free at 888–365–6822.
Dated: March 22, 2012.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Investigations Regarding Certifications
of Eligibility To Apply for Worker
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 April 12, 2012.
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 April 12, 2012.
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 23rd day of
March 2012.
Michael Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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[19 TAA petitions instituted between 3/12/12 and 3/16/12]
Subject firm
(petitioners)
Location
GC Services (Workers) ........................................................
Syngenta Crop Protection LLC (Workers) ...........................
OnBoard Research Corporation (Company) ........................
Auto Valve (State/One-Stop) ................................................
Franklin Building Material (State/One-Stop) .........................
Kraft Foods Global, Inc. (State/One-Stop) ...........................
Merck Pharmaceuticals (State/One-Stop) ............................
TE Connectivity (Workers) ...................................................
Covidien (Workers) ...............................................................
Tango Transport/GMGO (Company) ....................................
Nilfisk-Advance Incorporated (State/One-Stop) ...................
Fortis Plastics LLC (Company) ............................................
Panduit Corp. (Company) .....................................................
PepsiCo (Workers) ...............................................................
Avaya, Inc. (Union) ...............................................................
Thermo Fisher Scientific Milwaukee LLC (Company) ..........
Sony Electronics, Inc. (Company) ........................................
VF Americas Sourcing (Company) .......................................
Becromal of America, Inc. (Company) .................................
El Paso, TX ...........................
Grensboro, NC ......................
Carrollton, TX ........................
El Paso, TX ...........................
El Paso, TX ...........................
Coshocton, OH .....................
Kenilworth, NJ .......................
Jonestown, PA ......................
Mansfield, MA .......................
Shreveport, LA ......................
Plymouth, MN .......................
Wilmington, OH .....................
New Lenox, IL .......................
Plano, TX ..............................
Westminster, CO ...................
Milwaukee, WI .......................
San Diego, CA ......................
Plantation, FL ........................
Clinton, TN ............................
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Petitions for Modification of
Application of Existing Mandatory
Safety Standards
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
Section 101(c) of the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and
30 CFR Part 44 govern the application,
processing, and disposition of petitions
for modification. This notice is a
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summary of petitions for modification
submitted to the Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) by the parties
listed below to modify the application
of existing mandatory safety standards
codified in Title 30 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
DATES: All comments on the petitions
must be received by the Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances
on or before May 2, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments, identified by ‘‘docket
number’’ on the subject line, by any of
the following methods:
1. Electronic Mail: zzMSHAcomments@dol.gov. Include the docket
number of the petition in the subject
line of the message.
2. Facsimile: 202–693–9441.
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3. Regular Mail: MSHA, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350,
Arlington, Virginia 22209–3939,
Attention: George F. Triebsch, Director,
Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances.
4. Hand-Delivery or Courier: MSHA,
Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard,
Room 2350, Arlington, Virginia 22209–
3939. Individuals who submit
comments by hand-delivery are required
to check in at the receptionist’s desk on
the 21st floor. Individuals may inspect
copies of the petitions and comments
during normal business hours at the
address listed above.
MSHA will consider only comments
postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service or
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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
March 12, 2012 through March 16, 2012.
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;
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(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
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
(3) Either-
(A) The workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it
supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least
20 percent of the production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) A loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm described
in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely
affected workers in firms identified by the International Trade
Commission and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply
for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility
requirements of Section 222(f) of the Act must be met.
(1) The workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the
International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in--
(A) An affirmative determination of serious injury or threat
thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) An affirmative determination of market disruption or threat
thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) An affirmative final determination of material injury or threat
thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));
(2) The petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning on the
date on which--
(A) A summary of the report submitted to the President by the
International Trade Commission under section 202(f)(1) with respect to
the affirmative determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is
published in the Federal Register under section 202(f)(3); or
(B) Notice of an affirmative determination described in
subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal Register; and
(3) The workers have become totally or partially separated from the
workers' firm within--
(A) The 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) Notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1- year period preceding
the 1-year period described in paragraph (2).
Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance
The following certifications have been issued. The date following
the company name and location of each determination references the
impact date for all workers of such determination.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
Section 222(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) of the Trade Act have been
met.
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TA-W number Subject firm Location Impact date
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81,143..................... Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Beverly, WV........... January 24, 2011.
Company, Armstrong Woods
Products, Inc., Armstrong
World Industries, Inc..
81,343..................... Adcom Wire Company, Leggett Nicholasville, KY..... February 16, 2011.
& Platt, Inc..
81,350..................... Fashion Ability Inc........ New York, NY.......... February 19, 2011.
81,352..................... Simclar, Inc., Ohio Dayton, OH............ February 17, 2011.
(Dayton) Division,
Aerotek, Staffmark, and
Office Team.
81,366..................... Sunrise Wood Products, Spokane Valley, WA.... February 23, 2011.
Lumber Products, Aerotek.
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The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services) of the Trade Act
have been met.
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TA-W number Subject firm Location Impact date
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81,127..................... Western Union, OV/VIGO Englewood, CO......... February 13, 2010.
Accounting Team,
Compliance Division, Ops.
Division, 360 Degrees.
81,157..................... AAA Northern California, Fairfield, CA......... February 13, 2010.
Nevada & Utah
Insurance Exchange,
Finance Division.
81,217..................... Elliott Homes, Inc., Madill, OK............ February 13, 2010.
Solitaire Holdings, LLC.
81,262..................... Thermadyne Industries, Denton, TX............ January 23, 2011.
Inc., Information
Technology Helpdesk.
81,285..................... The Aftermarket Group, TAG Sacramento, CA........ January 30, 2011.
(West) Division, Invacare
Corporation.
81,319..................... TE Connectivity, Datacomm Middletown, PA........ February 9, 2011.
Division.
81,340..................... The Berry Company, LLC, TBD Dayton, OH............ October 2, 2011.
Holdings I, Inc..
81,347..................... SenoRX, Bard Biopsy Irvine, CA............ February 16, 2011.
Systems, Wages Reported
under Bard Biopsy Sys.,
Select Staffing.
81,356..................... The W.E. Bassett Company, Shelton, CT........... February 8, 2011.
Pacific World, Monroe
Staff, Coworx, Jace,
Hamilton, Nesco.
81,359..................... Codi Inc................... Tower City, PA........ February 22, 2011.
81,361..................... The State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL....... February 17, 2011.
GateHouse Media Illinois
Holdings II, Creative
Services Department.
81,362..................... Prairie Mountain Boulder, CO........... February 23, 2011.
Publishing, Medianews
Group Daily Camera,
Advertising Layout &
Design Gp, Lehman Commun.
81,377..................... Allied Motion Motor Owosso, MI............ February 21, 2011.
Products, Owosso
Technology Unit.
81,399..................... Gerber Scientific, Inc., Tolland, CT........... March 5, 2011.
Information Technology
(IT) Department.
81,402..................... Conesys.................... Torrance, CA.......... February 20, 2011.
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The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
Section 222(c) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible
to apply for TAA) of the Trade Act have been met.
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TA-W number Subject firm Location Impact date
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81,130..................... Superior Plating, Inc., Minneapolis, MN....... February 13, 2010.
Spectrum Staffing and
Platinum Staffing.
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Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, the investigation revealed that the
eligibility criteria for worker adjustment assistance have not been met
for the reasons specified.
The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs
(a)(2)(A)(i) (decline in sales or production, or both) and (a)(2)(B)
(shift in production or services to a foreign country) of section 222
have not been met.
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TA-W number Subject firm Location Impact date
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81,190..................... Graphic Packaging Lawrenceburg, TN...... ..............................
International, Consumer
Packaging Division.
81,351..................... Truseal Technologies, Inc., Barbourville, KY...... ..............................
Quanex Building Products
Corporation.
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The investigation revealed that the criteria under
paragraphs(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and (a)(2)(B) (shift in
production or services to a foreign country) of section 222 have not
been met.
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TA-W number Subject firm Location Impact date
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81,259..................... MISA Metal Blanking, Inc., Howell, MI............ ..............................
Marubeni Itochu Steel
America, Express
Employment Professionals.
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Determinations Terminating Investigations of Petitions for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
After notice of the petitions was published in the Federal Register
and on the Department's Web site, as required by Section 221 of the Act
(19 U.S.C. 2271), the Department initiated investigations of these
petitions.
The following determinations terminating investigations were issued
because the petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn.
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TA-W number Subject firm Location Impact date
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81,327..................... Diversified Machine, Inc... Howell, MI............ ..............................
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I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued
during the period of March 12, 2012 through March 16, 2012. These
determinations are available on the Department's Web site tradeact/taa/
taa search form.cfm under the searchable listing of determinations or
by calling
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the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance toll-free at 888-365-6822.
Dated: March 22, 2012.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2012-7797 Filed 3-30-12; 8:45 am]
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