E8-23849. Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 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 Division 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, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than October 20, 2008.

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the subject matter of the investigations to the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than October 20, 2008.

The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at the Office of the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C-5311, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 1st day of October 2008.

Erin Fitzgerald,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[TAA petitions instituted between 9/22/08 and 9/26/08]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
64086	Talbot, Inc. (Wkrs)	Portland, OR	09/22/08	09/19/08
64087	Affymetrix (Wkrs)	West Sacramento, CA	09/22/08	09/18/08
64088	Rexam Closures Systems, Inc. (Comp)	Bowling Green, OH	09/22/08	09/15/08
64089	Bill Sills Sportswear (Comp)	Lexington, TN	09/22/08	09/17/08
64090	Yuhshin USA Limited dba Ortech (Comp)	Kirksville, MO	09/22/08	09/19/08
64091	All-Luminum dba Rio Brands (Comp)	Philadelphia, PA	09/22/08	09/18/08
64092	Standard Motor Products (Comp)	Edwardsville, KS	09/22/08	09/19/08
64093	Seamless Sensations, Inc. (Comp)	Chester, SC	09/22/08	09/19/08
64094	ASMO North Carolina, Inc. (Wkrs)	Statesville, NC	09/23/08	09/22/08
64095	Liberty Hardware (Wkrs)	Randolph, NJ	09/23/08	09/11/08
64096	Hickory Hardware (Comp)	Nashville, TN	09/23/08	09/22/08
64097	EcoWater Systems (State)	Woodbury, MN	09/23/08	09/22/08
64098	Excello Engineered Systems (Wkrs)	Macedonia, OH	09/23/08	09/16/08
64099	Performance Fibers (Comp)	New Hill, NC	09/23/08	09/22/08
64100	Amweld Building Products a Division of Ark II Mfg. (Wkrs)	Stow, OH	09/24/08	09/22/08
64101	Eagle Cap Campers (Comp)	La Grande, OR	09/24/08	09/23/08
64102	Wellman, Inc.—Palmetto Plant (Comp)	Darlington, SC	09/24/08	09/23/08
64103	Entegris, Inc. (Comp)	San Diego, CA	09/24/08	09/18/08
64104	Joseph Abboud Mfg. Corp (Comp)	New Bedford, MA	09/24/08	09/22/08
64105	Nana Management Services (NMS) (Comp)	Anchorage, AK	09/24/08	09/23/08
64106	Kurz-Kasch, Inc. (Comp)	South Boston, VA	09/25/08	09/23/08
64107	Dillards Department Stores (Wkrs)	Little Rock, AR	09/25/08	09/24/08
64108	American Fibers and Yarns Company (Comp)	Chapel Hill, NC	09/25/08	09/24/08
64109	Greystone of Lincoln, Inc. (State)	Lincoln, RI	09/25/08	08/29/08
64110	United Auto Workers (UAW) Local #110 (UAW)	Fenton, MO	09/25/08	09/24/08
64111	Drivesol Worldwide, Inc. (Comp)	Kendallville, IN	09/25/08	09/23/08
64112	Dixie Wire (AFL-CIO)	Nashville, TN	09/25/08	09/24/08
64113	Capel, Inc. (Wkrs)	Troy, NC	09/25/08	09/11/08
64114	Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (Comp)	Fort Collins, CO	09/25/08	09/24/08
64115	Alcoa, Inc. (Payroll Dept.) (Wkrs)	Pittsburgh, PA	09/26/08	09/19/08
64116	Woodgrain Millwork, Inc. (Comp)	Fruitland, ID	09/26/08	09/18/08
64117	Clariant Corporation (Comp)	Coventry, RI	09/26/08	09/24/08
64118	Lincoln Brass Works (Mueller Gas Products) (AFL-CIO)	Jacksboro, TN	09/26/08	09/25/08
64119	Textech, Inc. (Wkrs)	Brattleboro, VT	09/26/08	08/25/08
64120	Columbia Falls Aluminum Company, LLC (Comp)	Columbia Falls, MT	09/26/08	09/25/08
64121	GE Consumer & Indus. Lighting Euclid Specialty Plt (IUECWA)	Cleveland, OH	09/26/08	09/25/08
64122	Imation (Wkrs)	Camarillo, CA	09/26/08	09/12/08
64123	Reheis/General Chemical (Wkrs)	Berkeley Heights, NJ	09/26/08	09/24/08