2014-25655. 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 10, 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 November 10, 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 9th day of October 2014.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[15 TAA petitions instituted between 9/29/14 and 10/3/14]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
85561	Air System Components, Inc. (Company)	Ponca City, OK	09/29/14	09/26/14
85562	Unimin Corporation (Workers)	Gleason, TN	09/29/14	09/27/14
85563	Nordyne (Company)	Boonville, MO	09/30/14	09/29/14
85564	Prestolite Electric Incorporated (Company)	Arcade, NY	09/30/14	09/29/14
85565	Carl Zeiss Vision, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Independence, MO	09/30/14	09/29/14
85566	Evergreen Packaging (State/One-Stop)	Clinton, IA	10/01/14	09/30/14
85567	GE Industrial of PR, LLC (State/One-Stop)	Vega Baja, PR	10/01/14	09/30/14
85568	SILLCO (Workers)	Huntingdon, TN	10/01/14	09/30/14
85569	Metrie Inc (Workers)	Monroe, WA	10/02/14	10/01/14
85570	Heritage Home Group (Lane Venture Plant 14 in Conover, NC) (Workers)	Conover, NC	10/02/14	10/01/14
85571	VLOC (Workers)	Trinity, FL	10/02/14	10/01/14
85572	Newport Corporation (Workers)	Stratford, CT	10/02/14	09/30/14
85573	MotivePower (Union)	Boise, ID	10/02/14	09/26/14
85574	Verso Paper Corporation (State/One-Stop)	Bucksport, ME	10/03/14	10/02/14
85575	Amfire Mining Co, LLC (Workers)	Portage, PA	10/03/14	10/02/14