2015-26825. 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 August 25, 2015 through September 11, 2015.

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

(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 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(b) 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(e) 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.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
86,039	Arcelormittal Georgetown	Georgetown, SC	April 5, 2015.
86,039A	Phoenix Services, Working On-Site at Arcelormittal Georgetown	Georgetown, SC	May 27, 2014.

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.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
85,144	IP & Science (Patent Payments), Master Data Center, Global Operations, Thomson Reuters, Pontoon, and Adecco	Bingham Farms, MI	March 12, 2013.
85,173	Xerox State and Local Solutions, Inc., Business Services, LLC, Finance & Accounting Departments, Robert Half, etc	Waite Park, MN	March 21, 2013.
85,247	MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., MoneyGram, International, Accountemps, Apex Systems, Baker Tilly, etc	Brooklyn Center, MN	April 18, 2013.
85,350	Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Insurance Division, Shared Engineering & Technology Services Group	Blythewood, SC	May 30, 2013.
85,427	MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., MoneyGram International, Accountemps, APEX Systems, Baker Tilly, etc	Lakewood, CO	July 15, 2013.
85,427A	MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., MoneyGram International, Customer Car Division, Intellisource	Lakewood, CO	November 19, 2013.
85,495	Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations USA, Inc., Sumitomo Electric USA Holding, Inc., VCSEL Group	Albuquerque, NM	August 20, 2013.
85,527	Syncreon Technology (America), Inc., Express Employment Professionals	Allentown, PA	September 10, 2013.
85,605	GE Power Electronics, Inc., GE Energy Management Division, General Electric Company	Galion, OH	October 17, 2013.
85,903	Accenture LLP, Verizon Customer Case and Operations, Verizon Business Network, etc.	Richardson, TX	March 25, 2014.
85,903A	Accenture LLP, Verizon Customer Case and Operations, Verizon Business Network, etc.	Richardson, TX	March 25, 2014.
86,076	Omnicare, Inc., Omnicare Headquarters—Cincinnati, IT Business Group	Cincinnati, OH	June 8, 2014.
86,076A	Omnicare, Inc., OIS Helpdesk and Data Center, IT Business Group, DotStaff	Dublin, OH	June 8, 2014.
86,076B	Omnicare, Inc., Omnicare Information Solutions—Trevose, IT Business Group	Trevose, PA	June 8, 2014.
86,108	Sol Inc., Carmanah Technologies Corporation, ADP Totalsource	Palm City, FL	June 17, 2014.
86,114	Regal Beloit America, Inc., West Plains Division, Regal Beloit Corporation	West Plains, MO	May 22, 2015.
86,120	Avery Dennison, Retail Branding & Information Solutions (RBIS) Division, Adecco, Zero Chaos	Greensboro, NC	June 22, 2014.

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.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
86,070	Interplex Tech Group	North Haven, CT.

I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of August 25, 2015 through September 11, 2015. These determinations are available on the Department's Web site www.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 16th day of September 2015.

Hope D. Kinglock,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.