Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, 43095-43097 [2014-17438]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 142 / Thursday, July 24, 2014 / Notices 43095 the group eligibility requirements of Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act must be met. 1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers’ firm are 50 years of age or older. 2. Whether the workers in the workers’ firm possess skills that are not easily transferable. 3. The competitive conditions within the workers’ industry (i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse). 85,349, Honeywell International, Columbia, South Carolina. May 28, 2013. 85,365, Osram Sylvania, York, Pennsylvania. June, 9, 2013. The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met. 85,049, ESCO Corporation, Portland, Oregon. January 31, 2013. Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance because the petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn. 85,242, MFI Corporation, Everett, Massachusetts. 85,359, Bill Howell Trucking, Inc., Coquille, Oregon. 85,361, Morgan Stanley, New York, New York. 85,369, ProCo Sound Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan. 85,376, Radio Research Instrument Company, Inc., Waterbury, Connecticut. Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance In the following cases, it has been determined that the requirements of 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) have not been met for the reasons specified. None. I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of June 23, 2014 through July 4, 2014. These determinations are available on the Department’s Web site www.doleta.gov/ 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. 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. None. emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 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) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met. 85,243, Riverside Manufacturing Company, Riverside, Georgia. April 16, 2013. 85,243A, Riverside Manufacturing Company, Riverside, Georgia. April 16, 2013. 85,271, Sanofi Pharmaceuticals, Kansas City, Missouri. May 19, 2014. 85,282, Standard Register, Salisbury, Maryland. May 1, 2013. 85,286, United States Steel Corporation, Lorain, Ohio. May 2, 2013. 85,289, Wahler Automobile Systems, Livonia, Michigan. May 6, 2013. 85,303, Alpha Technologies Corporation, Howell, Michigan. May 13, 2013. 85,309, Albany Molecular Research, Inc., North Syracuse, New York. May 12, 2013. 85,311, Lennox Industries Inc., Marshalltown, Iowa. May 16, 2013. 85,313, Supertex, Inc., Sunnyvale, California. May 16, 2013. 85,320, TE Connectivity, Wilsonville, Oregon. May 19, 2013. 85,327, Cooper Interconnect, Inc., Chelsea, Massachusetts. May 21, 2013. 85,346, Amphenol Borisch Technologies, Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 29, 2013. VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:03 Jul 23, 2014 Jkt 232001 Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 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. Because the workers of the firm are not eligible to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA. The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in production to a foreign country) have not been met. 85,300, Sensormatic Electronics LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. 85,352, Pioneer Hi-Bred InternationalMt. Pleasant, Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The workers’ firm does not produce an article as required for certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974. 85,274, Eternal Fortune Fashion LLC, New York, NY. 85,203, Citigroup technology, Inc. (‘‘Cti’’), Tampa, Florida. 85,321, JP Morgan Chase and Company, Florence, South Carolina. 85,323, Aviat Networks, Santa Clara, California. 85,343, Risk Specialists Insurance Companies Insurance Agency, Inc., Houston, Texas. 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 USC 2271), the Department initiated investigations of these petitions. The following determinations terminating investigations were issued PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of July 2014. Del Min Amy Chen, Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. 2014–17437 Filed 7–23–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 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 June 23, 2014 through July 4, 2014. 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 E:\FR\FM\24JYN1.SGM 24JYN1 43096 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 142 / Thursday, July 24, 2014 / Notices 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 (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 83,346 .......... emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES TA–W No. Von Hoffman Corporation, RR Donnelley & Sons Company, Jefferson City Plant, Employment Plus, etc. Jefferson City, MO ............... The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production or VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:03 Jul 23, 2014 Jkt 232001 services) of the Trade Act have been met. PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24JYN1.SGM 24JYN1 Impact date December 26, 2012. 43097 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 142 / Thursday, July 24, 2014 / Notices TA–W No. Subject firm Location 82,838 .......... Apria Healthcare LLC, Billing Department ................................................. Overland Park, KS ............... I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of June 23, 2014 through July 4, 2014. These determinations are available on the Department’s Web site www.doleta.gov/ 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. Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of July, 2014. Del Min Amy Chen, Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. 2014–17438 Filed 7–23–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 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. Impact date June 20, 2012. 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 August 4, 2014. 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 August 4, 2014. 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 10th day of July 2014. Del Min Amy Chen, Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance. APPENDIX [26 TAA petitions instituted between 6/23/14 and 7/3/14] Subject firm (petitioners) Location John Deere Harvester Works (Union) .................................... JP Morgan Chase (Workers) ................................................. Victor (Company) ................................................................... First Advantage (Company) ................................................... St. Jude Medical (State/One-Stop) ........................................ Cardinal Health 200 LLC (State/One-Stop) ........................... Chemtura Corporation (Company) ......................................... Merck & Co. Inc. (Workers) ................................................... StreetLinks Lender Solutions (Workers) ................................ Fabricast Valve (State/One-Stop) .......................................... Accenture LLP (Workers) ....................................................... Dell Inc. (Workers) ................................................................. Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services, Inc. (Workers) ... Startek (State/One-Stop) ........................................................ CitiGroup, Imminent Foreclosure Review (Workers) ............. Georgia-Pacific, Wauna Mill (Union) ...................................... East Moline, IL ....................... Florence, SC .......................... Denton, TX ............................. Watertown, SD ....................... Sylmar, CA ............................. El Paso, TX ............................ West Lafayette, IN ................. Rahway, NJ ........................... Indianapolis, IN ...................... Longview, WA ........................ Charlotte, NC ......................... Round Rock, TX .................... Farmington Hills, MI ............... Greenwood Village, CO ......... Fort Mill, SC ........................... Clatskanle, OR ....................... TA–W 85387 85388 85389 85390 85391 85392 85393 85394 85395 85396 85397 85398 85399 85400 85401 85402 ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P ACTION: SUMMARY: [Docket No. OSHA–2006–0040] SGS North America, Inc.: Application for Expansion of Recognition Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor. AGENCY: 18:03 Jul 23, 2014 Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 6/23/14 6/23/14 6/23/14 6/24/14 6/24/14 6/24/14 6/25/14 6/25/14 6/25/14 6/26/14 6/26/14 6/26/14 6/27/14 6/27/14 6/27/14 6/27/14 Date of petition 6/20/14 6/20/14 6/19/14 6/23/14 6/23/14 6/23/14 6/23/14 6/24/14 6/13/14 6/23/14 6/25/14 6/25/14 6/26/14 6/26/14 6/26/14 6/23/14 Notice. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration [FR Doc. 2014–17436 Filed 7–23–14; 8:45 am] VerDate Mar<15>2010 Date of institution In this notice, OSHA announces the application of SGS North America, Inc., for expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) under 29 CFR 1910.7, and presents the Agency’s preliminary finding to grant the application. E:\FR\FM\24JYN1.SGM 24JYN1

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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 
June 23, 2014 through July 4, 2014.
    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

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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
    (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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83,346...............  Von Hoffman Corporation, RR          Jefferson City, MO..  December 26, 2012.
                        Donnelley & Sons Company,
                        Jefferson City Plant, Employment
                        Plus, etc.
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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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82,838...............  Apria Healthcare LLC, Billing        Overland Park, KS...  June 20, 2012.
                        Department.
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    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued 
during the period of June 23, 2014 through July 4, 2014. These 
determinations are available on the Department's Web site 
www.doleta.gov/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.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of July, 2014.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2014-17438 Filed 7-23-14; 8:45 am]
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