2012-7158. Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor herein presents summaries of determinations regarding eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance for workers by (TA-W) number issued during the period of March 5, 2012 through March 9, 2012.

In order for an affirmative determination to be made for workers of a primary firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(a) of the Act must be met.

I. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the following must be satisfied:

(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) The sales or production, or both, of such firm have decreased absolutely; and

(3) One of the following must be satisfied:

(A) Imports of articles or services like or directly competitive with articles produced or services supplied by such firm have increased;

(B) Imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles into which one or more component parts produced by such firm are directly incorporated, have increased;

(C) Imports of articles directly incorporating one or more component parts produced outside the United States that are like or directly competitive with imports of articles incorporating one or more component parts produced by such firm have increased;

(D) Imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced directly using services supplied by such firm, have increased; and

(4) The increase in imports contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or production of such firm; or

II. Section 222(a)(2)(B) all of the following must be satisfied:

(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) One of the following must be satisfied:

(A) There has been a shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the production of articles or supply of services like or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm;

(B) There has been an acquisition from a foreign country by the workers' firm of articles/services that are like or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; and

(3) The shift/acquisition contributed importantly to the workers' separation or threat of separation.

In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected workers in public agencies and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(b) of the Act must be met.

(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in the public agency have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) The public agency has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly competitive with services which are supplied by such agency; and

(3) The acquisition of services contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation.

In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected secondary workers of a firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(c) of the Act must be met.

(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) The workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, and such supply or production is related to the article or service that was the basis for such certification; and

(3) Either—

(A) The workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of the workers' firm; or

(B) A loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers' separation or threat of separation.

In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected workers in firms identified by the International Trade Commission and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(f) of the Act must be met.

(1) The workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting in—

(A) An affirmative determination of serious injury or threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);

(B) An affirmative determination of market disruption or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or

(C) An affirmative final determination of material injury or threat thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) The petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning on the date on which—

(A) A summary of the report submitted to the President by the International Trade Commission under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under section 202(f)(3); or

(B) Notice of an affirmative determination described in subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal Register; and

(3) The workers have become totally or partially separated from the workers' firm within—

(A) The 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or

(B) Notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1- year period preceding the 1-year period described in paragraph (2).

Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance

The following certifications have been issued. The date following the company name and location of each determination references the impact date for all workers of such determination.

The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
81,051	Parkdale America, LLC, Plant #24, Serve Source/Defender Services	Rabun Gap, GA.	February 13, 2010
81,162	Kennametal, Inc., JSCL Division	Greenfield, MA	April 1, 2011.
81,324	CSB Fashion Inc	New York, NY	February 10, 2011.
81,337	Fu Sing Fashion, Inc	Brooklyn, NY	February 12, 2011.
81,374	Emhart Teknologies, Emhart-Parker Kalon Plant, A Stanley Black & Decker Company	Campbellsville, KY	February 27, 2011.

The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
81,234	Onyx Enterprises International Corporation	Cranbury, NJ	February 13, 2010.
81,252	Littelfuse, Inc., Corporate Resource, Aerotek	Chicago, IL	September 22, 2011.
81,252A	Dysis and Tek, Working on-site at Littelfuse, Inc.	Chicago, IL	February 13, 2010.
81,306	Allstate Insurance Company, Customer Enterprise Services, Claims Services Department	Irving, TX	February 6, 2011.
81,308	Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., Worldwide Test Engineering Unit	Hillsboro, OR	February 6, 2011.
81,316	Finisar Corporation, Workforce Logic	Wilmington, MA	January 30, 2011.
81,320	Bose Corporation, Manufacturing Division, Randstad, Aerotek & Resource Mfg	Blythewood, SC	February 1, 2011.
81,330	TE Connectivity/Tyco Electronics, CIS-Datacomm Division, Kelly Services	Wilsonville, OR	February 10, 2011.
81,331	PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc., PerkinElmer, Inc., Manufacturing Division, Monroe Staffing and Adecco	Shelton, CT	February 14, 2011.
81,336	Bureau Veritas, Consumer Product Services, Inc., Superior Group-Global Headquarters	Taunton, MA	February 14, 2011.

The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(c) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible to apply for TAA) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
81,299	Kohler Co., Malvern Division, Manpower Staffing	Malvern, AR	February 6, 2011.

Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In the following cases, the investigation revealed that the eligibility criteria for worker adjustment assistance have not been met for the reasons specified.

The investigation revealed that the criterion under paragraph (a)(1), or (b)(1), or (c)(1)(employment decline or threat of separation) of section 222 has not been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
81,094	Mphasis Corporation, Mphasis Corporation	New York, NY.

The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs (a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and (a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services to a foreign country) of section 222 have not been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
80,464	Brunswick Bowling & Billiards (Corp), Billiards Division, Brunswick Corporation	Lake Forest, IL.
80,524	Omtron USA LLC d/b/a Townsends, Omtron LTD, Mocksville Division, wages reported under Crestwood Farms LLC	Mocksville, NC.
81,106	International Business Machines, Optim Data & Warehousing Tools Organization	San Francisco, CA.
81,133	Grifols Therapeutics, Inc., Formerly Known as Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc.	Research Triangle Park, NC.
81,282	International Paper Company, Container The Americas Div., Manpower	El Paso, TX.
81,287	American Woodmark Corporation	Moorefield, WV.
81,305	Zurn Industries, LLC, Rexnord Industries, Adecco and Express Personnel	Falconer, NY.
81,332	American Apparel, Inc.	Fort Deposit, AL.

Determinations Terminating Investigations of Petitions for Worker Adjustment Assistance

After notice of the petitions was published in the Federal Register and on the Department's Web site, as required by Section 221 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2271), the Department initiated investigations of these petitions.

The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
81,044	FabSol, LLC, Staff Partners	Cadiz, KY.
81,161	Emlinq LLC	Simi Valley, CA.
81,256	Verizon Business Networks, Inc	Ashburn, VA.
81,326	European Touch	Milwaukee, WI.
81,388	Header Products, Inc	Romulus, MI.

I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of March 5, 2012 through March 9, 2012. These determinations are available on the Department's Web site tradeact/taa/taa search form.cfm under the searchable listing of determinations or by calling of Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance toll-free at 888-365-6822.

Dated: March 16, 2012.

Michael. W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.