Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, 65582-65585 [2012-26488]
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All workers of Verizon Business Network
Services, Inc., Senior Analyst-Service
Program Delivery (SA–SPD), including
workers whose wages were paid under MCI
Communication Services, Inc., Hilliard, Ohio
(TA–W–81,827), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or
after July 20, 2011 through September 18,
2014, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from
employment on September 18, 2012 through
September 18, 2014, 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 17th day of
October 2012.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–81,385 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Pfizer Therapeutic Research,
Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development
Division, formerly known as Warner Lambert
Company, Central Nervous System Research
Unit (currently known as Neuroscience
Research Unit), Global External Supply
Department, Pharmaceutical Development
Department, Groton, Connecticut, who
became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 27, 2011
through June 13, 2014, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on June 13,
2012 through June 13, 2014, 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 12th day of
October 2012.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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Employment and Training
Administration
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October 2012
Del Min Amy Chen,
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Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Pfizer Therapeutic Research, Pfizer
Worldwide Reasearch & Development
Division, Formerly Known as Warner
Lambert Company, Central Nervous
System Research Unit (Currently
Known as Neuroscience Research
Unit), Global External Supply
Department, Pharmaceutical
Development Department, Groton,
Connecticut; 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
(Department) issued a Certification
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance on June
13, 2012, applicable to workers of Pfizer
Therapeutic Research, Pfizer Worldwide
Research & Development Division,
formerly known as Warner Lambert
Company, Central Nervous System
Research Unit, Global External Supply
Department, Pharmaceutical
Development Department, Groton,
Connecticut (Pfizer).
At the request of the state workforce
office, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of Pfizer.
The Department has confirmed that
the Central Nervous System Research
Unit was renamed the Neuroscience
Research Unit.
In order to ensure proper worker
group coverage, the Department is
amending the certification for TA–W–
81,385 to reflect the correct name of the
subject worker group.
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All workers of Quad Graphics, Inc.,
including workers whose wages were
reported under Quad Graphics Printing Corp.
and Quad Logistics Services (TA–W–
73,441H), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after
February 2, 2009, through September 27,
2013, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from
employment on September 27, 2011 through
September 27, 2013, 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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directly competitive with those
produced by the workers.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–73,441 is hereby issued as
follows:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Employment and Training
Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
[TA–W–73,441H]
Quad Graphics, Inc., Including
Workers Whose Wages Were Reported
Under Quad Graphics Printing Corp.
and Quad Logistics Services,
Effingham, IL; 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 September 27, 2011,
applicable to workers and former
workers of Quad Graphics, Inc., Sussex,
Wisconsin (TA–W–73,441). Workers are
engaged in activities related to the
production of magazines and catalogues.
At the request of the State of Illinois,
the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject
firm.
New information shows that workers
at an Effingham, Illinois facility
operated in conjunction with the
Sussex, Wisconsin facility and had
wages reported under Quad Graphics,
Inc., Quad Graphics Printing Corp., and
Quad Logistics Services.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers of
the subject firm who were adversely
affected by an acquisition from a foreign
country of production of articles like or
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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 October 9, 2012
through October 12, 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
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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
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.
Subject firm
Location
81,905 .........
81,931 .........
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Welded Tube—Berkeley, Snelling and Aerotek .................................
Lamico, Inc., Lamico Mobility Products LLC ......................................
Huger, SC ....................................
Oshkosh, WI .................................
The following certifications have been
issued. The requirements of Section
222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production or
Subject firm
Location
81,911 .........
Exide Technologies, Transportation Division, Aerotek and Express
Employment.
Frisco, TX .....................................
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Impact date
August 20, 2011.
August 23, 2011.
services) of the Trade Act have been
met.
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August 22, 2011.
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TA–W No.
Subject firm
Location
81,970 .........
WellPoint, Inc., Anthem Blue Cross, Post Service (PSSCR),
WellPoint Co’s of California.
Direct Energy, Residential Div., Back Office Customer Support, Primary Services & Inceed.
Pharmetrics, An IMS Health, Inc. Subsidiary, United States Development Group.
Constellation Homebuilder Systems, Fast Division, Constellation
Software, Inc.
Winzen Film, Inc, Super Sack Bag, Inc ..............................................
UCM Magnesia, Inc ............................................................................
Newbury Park, CA .......................
September 6, 2011.
Tulsa, OK .....................................
September 12, 2011.
Watertown, MA .............................
September 14, 2011.
Redmond, WA ..............................
September 14, 2011.
Sulphur Springs, TX .....................
Cherokee, AL ...............................
September 18, 2011.
October 2, 2011.
81,971 .........
81,972 .........
81,985 .........
82,011 .........
82,032 .........
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 No.
Subject firm
Location
81,887 .........
Pearson Education, Inc., Pearson Imaging Center ............................
Glenview, IL .................................
The following certifications have been
issued. The requirements of Section
222(c) (downstream producer for a firm
whose workers are certified eligible to
Subject firm
Location
81,874 .........
Parkway Knitting Co., Inc ...................................................................
Hillsville, VA .................................
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)
TA–W No.
Subject firm
81,838 .........
Flsmidth Spokane, Inc., Flsmidth, Inc., Humanix Staffing Services ...
The investigation revealed that the
criteria under paragraphs (a)(2)(A)
August 9, 2011.
Impact date
July 23, 2011.
(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.
Location
Impact date
Spokane, WA.
(increased imports) and (a)(2)(B) (shift
in production or services to a foreign
country) of section 222 have not been
met.
TA–W No.
Subject firm
Location
81,907 .........
81,910 .........
Mohawk Industries, Inc., Yarn Division, Oak River South Plant ................
IPS Worldwide, LLC ....................................................................................
Bennettsville, SC ..................
Cumberland, MD ..................
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.
Subject firm
Location
82,028 .........
82,045 .........
82,057 .........
PerkinElmer, Inc ..........................................................................................
Open Text, Inc ............................................................................................
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Commercial/Claims/Med
Ops/Auto Managed Care.
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Commercial/Claims/Med
Ops/Auto Managed Care.
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc, Commercial/Claims/Med
Ops/Auto Managed Care.
Downers Grove, IL ...............
Melbourne, FL ......................
Tampa, FL ............................
82,058 .........
82,059 .........
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The following determinations
terminating investigations were issued
because the petitioner has requested
that the petition be withdrawn.
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been met.
TA–W No.
Negative Determinations for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
Impact date
Indianapolis, IN .....................
Hartford, CT ..........................
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I hereby certify that the
aforementioned determinations were
issued during the period of October 9,
2012 through October 12, 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
the Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance toll free at 888–365–6822.
Dated: October 18, 2012.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Investigations Regarding 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 Office 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 November 8, 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 November 8, 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 16th day of
October 2012.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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[13 TAA petitions instituted between 10/9/12 and 10/12/12]
TA–W
82061
82062
82063
82064
82065
82066
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82067
82068
82069
82070
82071
82072
82073
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Platinium Equality, Matrix Customer Service (Workers) .....................................
Pemco World Air Services (State/One-Stop) ......................................................
Fashion Tech, Inc. (Company) ...........................................................................
AT&T Services, Inc./IT Operations (Company) ..................................................
Mersen USA St. Mary’s PA. Corp. (Company) ..................................................
Gatehouse Media, Creative Services Department/Graphic Design Department
(State/One-Stop).
Dal-Tile International (Workers) ..........................................................................
Stanadyne Corporation (State/One-Stop) ...........................................................
UTC Aerospace Systems (formerly Hamilton Sundstrand) (Union) ...................
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Accounting Clerks (Company) .....
Covidien—Medical Supplies (Company) ............................................................
The Denver Post (Union) ....................................................................................
Sartorius Stedim SUS, Inc. (Company) ..............................................................
Atmore, AL ..................
Florence, KY ...............
Portland, OR ...............
Dallas, TX ....................
St. Marys, PA ..............
Framingham, MA .........
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10/09/12
10/09/12
10/09/12
10/10/12
10/10/12
10/05/12
10/05/12
10/08/12
10/05/12
09/24/12
09/18/12
Olean, NY ...................
Windsor, CT ................
Windsor Locks, CT ......
Montvale, NJ ...............
Commerce, TX ............
Denver, CO .................
Concord, CA ...............
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10/10/12
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10/10/12
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Renewal of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics Data Users Advisory
Committee
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The Secretary of Labor is announcing
the renewal of a Federal Advisory
Committee. In accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2,
the Secretary of Labor has determined
that the renewal of the Bureau of Labor
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Statistics Data Users Advisory
Committee (the ‘‘Committee’’) is in the
public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed upon the
Commissioner of Labor Statistics by 29
U.S.C. 1 and 2. This determination
follows consultation with the
Committee Management Secretariat,
General Services Administration.
The Committee provides advice to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics from the
points of view of data users from
various sectors of the U.S. economy,
including the labor, business, research,
academic and government communities,
on matters related to the analysis,
dissemination, and use of the Bureau’s
statistics, on its published reports, and
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on gaps between or the need for new
Bureau statistics.
The Committee will function solely as
an advisory body to the BLS, on
technical topics selected by the BLS.
The Committee is responsible for
providing the Commissioner of Labor
Statistics: (1) The priorities of data
users; (2) suggestions concerning the
addition of new programs, changes in
the emphasis of existing programs or
cessation of obsolete programs; and (3)
advice on potential innovations in data
analysis, dissemination and
presentation. The Committee reports to
the Commissioner of Labor Statistics,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
Department of Labor.
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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
October 9, 2012 through October 12, 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
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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
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 No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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81,905.................. Welded Tube--Berkeley, Huger, SC............. August 20, 2011.
Snelling and Aerotek.
81,931.................. Lamico, Inc., Lamico Oshkosh, WI........... August 23, 2011.
Mobility Products LLC.
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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 No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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81,911.................. Exide Technologies, Frisco, TX............ August 22, 2011.
Transportation Division,
Aerotek and Express
Employment.
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81,970.................. WellPoint, Inc., Anthem Newbury Park, CA...... September 6, 2011.
Blue Cross, Post Service
(PSSCR), WellPoint Co's of
California.
81,971.................. Direct Energy, Residential Tulsa, OK............. September 12, 2011.
Div., Back Office Customer
Support, Primary Services
& Inceed.
81,972.................. Pharmetrics, An IMS Health, Watertown, MA......... September 14, 2011.
Inc. Subsidiary, United
States Development Group.
81,985.................. Constellation Homebuilder Redmond, WA........... September 14, 2011.
Systems, Fast Division,
Constellation Software,
Inc.
82,011.................. Winzen Film, Inc, Super Sulphur Springs, TX... September 18, 2011.
Sack Bag, Inc.
82,032.................. UCM Magnesia, Inc.......... Cherokee, AL.......... October 2, 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 No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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81,887.................. Pearson Education, Inc., Glenview, IL.......... August 9, 2011.
Pearson Imaging Center.
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The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
Section 222(c) (downstream producer for a firm whose workers are
certified eligible to apply for TAA) of the Trade Act have been met.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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81,874.................. Parkway Knitting Co., Inc.. Hillsville, VA........ July 23, 2011.
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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 No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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81,838.................. Flsmidth Spokane, Inc., Spokane, WA...........
Flsmidth, Inc., Humanix
Staffing Services.
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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 No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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81,907.................. Mohawk Industries, Inc., Bennettsville, SC..... .................................
Yarn Division, Oak River
South Plant.
81,910.................. IPS Worldwide, LLC......... Cumberland, MD........ .................................
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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 No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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82,028.................. PerkinElmer, Inc........... Downers Grove, IL..... .................................
82,045.................. Open Text, Inc............. Melbourne, FL......... .................................
82,057.................. The Hartford Financial Tampa, FL............. .................................
Services Group, Inc.,
Commercial/Claims/Med Ops/
Auto Managed Care.
82,058.................. The Hartford Financial Indianapolis, IN...... .................................
Services Group, Inc.,
Commercial/Claims/Med Ops/
Auto Managed Care.
82,059.................. The Hartford Financial Hartford, CT.......... .................................
Services Group, Inc,
Commercial/Claims/Med Ops/
Auto Managed Care.
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I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued
during the period of October 9, 2012 through October 12, 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 the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance toll free at 888-
365-6822.
Dated: October 18, 2012.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2012-26488 Filed 10-26-12; 8:45 am]
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