2012-24556. 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 October 15, 2012.

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 October 15, 2012.

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 25th day of September 2012.

Elliott S. Kushner,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[15 TAA petitions instituted between 9/17/12 and 9/21/12]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
81971	Direct Energy, Back Office Operations (Workers)	Tulsa, OK	09/17/12	09/12/12
81972	IMS Health, Development Group (State/One-Stop)	Watertown, MA	09/17/12	09/14/12
81973	Sun Life Financial (State/One-Stop)	Greenfield, MA	09/18/12	09/17/12
81974	Maryland Pig Iron (State/One-Stop)	Baltimore, MD	09/18/12	09/17/12
81975	Xerox Corporation (State/One-Stop)	Wilsonville, OR	09/18/12	09/11/12
81976	Custom Food (State/One-Stop)	Shreveport, LA	09/18/12	09/17/12
81977	Flavor House (Workers)	Dothan, AL	09/18/12	09/10/12
81978	Peabody Energy (Workers)	Evansville, IN	09/19/12	09/18/12
81979	Goodridge USA (Company)	Torrance, CA	09/19/12	09/18/12
81980	Bank of America (State/One-Stop)	Addison, TX	09/19/12	09/18/12
81981	Ingersoll Rand (Aire Systems) (Workers)	Fort Smith, AR	09/19/12	09/18/12
81982	Leistritz Advanced Turbine Components, Inc. (Workers)	Rural Hall, NC	09/19/12	08/23/12
81983	Curwood (Subsidiary of Bemis, Inc.) (State/One-Stop)	Minneapolis, MN	09/19/12	09/18/12
81984	Leviton Manufacturing Company Incorporated (Company)	El Paso, TX	09/20/12	09/19/12
81985	Constellation Home Builder Systems-Fast (State/One-Stop)	Redmond, WA	09/20/12	09/14/12