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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–81,475]
Huntington Foam LLC, Fort Smith, AR;
Notice of Revised Determination on
Reconsideration
On August 8, 2012, the Department of
Labor issued a Notice of Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application
for Reconsideration applicable to
workers and former workers of
Huntington Foam LLC, Fort Smith,
Arkansas (subject firm). The workers are
engaged in activities related to the
production of expanded polystyrene
shape molded parts (packaging and
internal components for side-by-side
refrigerators). The worker group does
not include any on-site leased workers.
Workers of the subject firm was
previously certified eligible to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
under TA–W–73,292 (certification
expired on May 24, 2012).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met
because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the subject
firm have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened with such
separation.
Based on information provided during
the reconsideration investigation, the
Department determines that worker
separations at the subject firm are
related to a shift in production of
expanded polystyrene shape molded
parts (or like or directly competitive
articles) to a foreign country and that
the shift in production contributed
importantly to worker separations at the
subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional
facts obtained during the
reconsideration investigation, I
determine that workers of Huntington
Foam LLC, Fort Smith, Arkansas, who
were engaged in employment related to
the production of expanded polystyrene
shape molded parts, 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 Huntington Foam LLC, Fort
Smith, Arkansas who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or
after May 25, 2012, through two years from
the date of certification, 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
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adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of
Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of
November, 2012.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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Employment and Training
Administration
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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 November 5, 2012
through November 9, 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;
(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
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(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
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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
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-81,475]
Huntington Foam LLC, Fort Smith, AR; Notice of Revised
Determination on Reconsideration
On August 8, 2012, the Department of Labor issued a Notice of
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration
applicable to workers and former workers of Huntington Foam LLC, Fort
Smith, Arkansas (subject firm). The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of expanded polystyrene shape molded parts
(packaging and internal components for side-by-side refrigerators). The
worker group does not include any on-site leased workers.
Workers of the subject firm was previously certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under TA-W-73,292
(certification expired on May 24, 2012).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the subject firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened with such separation.
Based on information provided during the reconsideration
investigation, the Department determines that worker separations at the
subject firm are related to a shift in production of expanded
polystyrene shape molded parts (or like or directly competitive
articles) to a foreign country and that the shift in production
contributed importantly to worker separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained during the
reconsideration investigation, I determine that workers of Huntington
Foam LLC, Fort Smith, Arkansas, who were engaged in employment related
to the production of expanded polystyrene shape molded parts, 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 Huntington Foam LLC, Fort Smith, Arkansas who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 25, 2012, through two years from the date of certification, 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
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adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of November, 2012.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2012-29059 Filed 11-30-12; 8:45 am]
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