2011-29396. 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, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than November 25, 2011.

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 25, 2011.

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 28th day of October 2011.

Michael Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix—17 TAA Petitions Instituted Between 10/17/11 and 10/21/11

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
80520	Positronic Industries, Inc. (Workers)	Mount Vernon, MO	10/17/11	10/13/11
80521	Billhorn Converters, LLC, Northwest Division (State/One-Stop)	Kalama, WA	10/17/11	10/12/11
80522	LA Darling Company LLC (Workers)	Paragould, AR	10/17/11	10/14/11
80523	Siemens Water Technologies (Company)	Vineland, NJ	10/17/11	10/14/11
80524	Townsends (Workers)	Mocksville, NC	10/17/11	10/07/11
80525	Long Elevator & Machine Co Inc. (Workers)	Riverton, IL	10/17/11	10/12/11
80526	BASF Corporation (Company)	Belvidere, NJ	10/19/11	10/11/11
80527	MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc. (Company)	Trumbull, CT	10/19/11	10/17/11
80528	Timbron International, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Stockton, CA	10/19/11	10/17/11
80529	Wheatland Tube Company (Union)	Sharon, PA	10/19/11	10/17/11
80530	The Timken Company (Workers)	Altavista, VA	10/19/11	10/18/11
80531	PPG, Working on-site at General Motors—Shreveport (State/One-Stop)	Shreveport, LA	10/19/11	10/18/11
80532	Advanced Energy (State/One-Stop)	Fort Collins, CO	10/19/11	10/18/11
80533	Champion Photochemical Inc. (Company)	Rochester, NY	10/19/11	10/19/11
80534	UAW Local 2166 (State/One-Stop)	Shreveport, LA	10/20/11	10/19/11
80535	Cooper Bussmann (Company)	Goldsboro, NC	10/20/11	10/19/11
80536	Fortis Plastics (State/One-Stop)	Fort Smith, AR	10/20/11	10/19/11