2011-5472. 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 March 21, 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 March 21, 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 3rd day of March 2011.

Elliott S. Kushner,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[6 TAA petitions instituted between 2/22/11 and 2/25/11]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
80005	Abbott Laboratories (Company)	South Pasadena, CA	02/22/11	02/18/11
80006	Mitel, Inc. (Workers)	Chandler, AZ	02/22/11	02/18/11
80007	Specialty Shearing and Dyeing Inc. (Company)	Greenville, SC	02/22/11	02/21/11
80008	Twin County Ford (Workers)	Woodlawn, VA	02/23/11	02/22/11
80009	Carstone Industries, Inc. (Company)	Somerset, KY	02/23/11	02/22/11
80010	Durham Manufacturing Company (Company)	Durham, CT	02/24/11	02/23/11