2012-27417. 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 19, 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 November 19, 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 24th day of October 2012.

Elliott S. Kushner,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[22 TAA petitions instituted between 10/15/12 and 10/19/12]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
82074	Komax Solar, Inc. (Workers)	York, PA	10/15/12	10/12/12
82075	Ingersoll Rand/Trane (Union)	Tyler, TX	10/15/12	10/12/12
82076	Manitowoc Foodservice, Lincoln Foodservice Division (Union)	Fort Wayne, IN	10/15/12	10/12/12
82077	Consolidated Pine Inc. (Workers)	Prineville, OR	10/15/12	10/12/12
82078	ASF Keystone, Inc. (Union)	Granite City, IL	10/15/12	10/12/12
82079	WellPoint Inc. (Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield) (Workers)	Richmond & Roanoke, VA	10/15/12	10/12/12
82080	International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) (State/One-Stop)	Richmond, VA	10/15/12	10/11/12
82081	Teters Floral Products (Workers)	Bolivar, MO	10/15/12	10/12/12
82082	The Evercare Company dba OneCare (State/One-Stop)	Waynesboro, GA	10/16/12	10/15/12
82083	Net Cracker (State/One-Stop)	Cincinnati, OH	10/16/12	10/15/12
82084	Greene Brothers Furniture (Workers)	North Wilkesboro, NC	10/17/12	09/20/12
82085	Spherion Staffing (State/One-Stop)	Ft. Collins, CO	10/17/12	10/16/12
82086	Ball Metal Container Corporation (Union)	Columbus, OH	10/17/12	10/16/12
82087	Medtronic Advanced Energy (Formerly Known as PEAK Surgical., Inc) (Company)	Palo Alto, CA	10/17/12	10/16/12
82088	Deloitte Tax LLP (State/One-Stop)	Los Angeles, CA	10/17/12	10/16/12
82089	The Billings Gazette (Workers)	Billings, MT	10/17/12	10/15/12
82090	Oce Reprographic Technologies (State/One-Stop)	Phoenix, AZ	10/17/12	10/16/12
82091	T-Shirt International Inc. (Company)	Culloden, WV	10/18/12	10/16/12
82092	General Mills (State/One-Stop)	Minneapolis, MN	10/18/12	10/18/12
82093	Korean Air (Workers)	Los Angeles, CA	10/18/12	10/17/12
82094	Anthem Insurance Companies/Wellpoint, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Cape Girardeau, MO	10/18/12	10/17/12
82095	Verizon Services Corporation (Workers)	Clarksburg, WV	10/18/12	08/07/12