2013-01146. 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 February 1, 2013.

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 February 1, 2013.

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 9th of January 2013.

Elliott S. Kushner,

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[12 TAA Petitions instituted between 1/1/13 and 1/4/13]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
82303	O. Mustad & Son, Inc. (Workers)	Auburn, NY	01/02/13	12/26/12
82304	TE Connectivity—Formerly Tyco (State/One-Stop)	Shakopee, MN	01/02/13	12/31/12
82305	YP Holdings, LLC (Workers)	New Haven, CT	01/02/13	01/02/13
82306	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt—Riverside Publishing Division (Workers)	Rolling Meadows, IL	01/03/13	01/02/13
82307	Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (From Home) (State/One-Stop)	Savannah, GA	01/03/13	12/21/12
82308	TE Connectivity—Relay Products Business Unit (Company)	Middletown, PA	01/04/13	12/21/12
82309	Plumas Bank (State/One-Stop)	Quincy, CA	01/04/13	01/03/13
82310	HCL America (Workers)	Winsonville, OR	01/04/13	01/03/13
82311	SFI Holding, LLC (Workers)	Forest City, NC	01/04/13	01/03/13
82312	Eaton Corporation (Union)	Auburn, IN	01/04/13	01/04/13
82313	Arch Coal Inc. (Workers)	St. Louis, MO	01/04/13	01/03/13
82314	Hostess Defiance Plt #21 (Workers)	Defiance, OH	01/04/13	01/03/13