2014-27783. 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 December 5, 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 December 5, 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 23rd day of October 2014.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

14 TAA Petitions Instituted Between 10/14/14 and 10/17/14

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
85590	Echelon Furniture (Company)	Gas City, IN	10/14/14	10/10/14
85591	Global Tungsten & Powders, Corp. (Company)	Towanda, PA	10/14/14	10/13/14
85592	Micro Power Electronics Inc. (Company)	Beaverton, OR	10/14/14	10/10/14
85593	The NutraSweet Company (Company)	Augusta, GA	10/14/14	10/13/14
85594	SUPERVALU INC (Company)	Boise, ID	10/14/14	10/13/14
85595	Quad Graphics Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Woodstock, IL	10/15/14	10/14/14
85596	Robertshaw (Company)	Hanover, IL	10/15/14	10/14/14
85597	WorldClass Processing Corp. (Company)	Ambridge, PA	10/15/14	10/14/14
85598	Arkwright Advanced Coating Inc. (Union)	Fiskeville, RI	10/15/14	10/14/14
85599	Donna Morgan LLC (Company)	New York, NY	10/16/14	10/15/14
85600	Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp (Workers)	Suffern, NY	10/16/14	10/15/14
85601	Pitney Bowes Inc. (Company)	Troy, NY	10/16/14	10/07/14
85602	GreenWood, Inc. Job Site at NutraSweet Augusta, GA (Company)	Augusta, GA	10/17/14	10/16/14
85603	Eighth Floor Promotions (State/One-Stop)	Celina, OH	10/17/14	10/16/14