2013-06888. 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 April 5, 2013.

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 April 5, 2013.

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 14th day of March 2013.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[29 TAA petitions instituted between 3/4/13 and 3/8/13]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
82517	Johnson Control (State/One-Stop)	Louisville, KY	03/04/13	03/01/13
82518	Pfizer Pharmaceuticals (State/One-Stop)	Groton, CT	03/04/13	03/01/13
82519	Allegheny Ludlum (Workers)	Walterboro, SC	03/04/13	03/01/13
82520	Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC) (Workers)	Wayne, NJ	03/04/13	03/02/13
82521	NewPage Duluth Paper Mill (State/One-Stop)	Duluth, MN	03/04/13	03/01/13
82522	United Technologies Corporation (State/One-Stop)	Ithaca, NY	03/05/13	02/28/13
82523	CEMEX (State/One-Stop)	West Palm Beach, FL	03/05/13	03/04/13
82524	Level 3 Communications (State/One-Stop)	Coudersport, PA	03/05/13	03/04/13
82525	Assurant (State/One-Stop)	Miami, FL	03/07/13	03/05/13
82526	Elopak, Inc. (Company)	Wixom, MI	03/07/13	03/05/13
82527	ArjoHuntleigh (Company)	San Antonio, TX	03/07/13	03/05/13
82528	The Nielsen Company (Workers)	Shelton, CT	03/07/13	02/25/13
82529	Nuance Transcription Services (State/One-Stop)	Burlington, MA	03/07/13	03/06/13
82530	Sherwood Valve LLC (Union)	Washington, PA	03/07/13	03/05/13
82531	Apex Tool Group (State/One-Stop)	Springdale, AR	03/07/13	03/06/13
82532	U.S. Casting LLC (State/One-Stop)	Entiat, WA	03/07/13	03/05/13
82533	PCI Sun Chemical (Union)	Wurtland, KY	03/07/13	03/05/13
82534	VF Jeanswear (Company)	Saltillo, MS	03/07/13	03/06/13
82535	Asteelflash US East Corp (Company)	Owego, NY	03/07/13	03/06/13
82536	IBM (State/One-Stop)	Boulder, CO	03/07/13	03/05/13
82537	MontaVista Software LLC, subsidiary of Cavium Networks (State/One-Stop)	Tempe, AZ	03/07/13	03/05/13
82538	Zebra Technologies (Company)	Lincoln, RI	03/08/13	03/07/13
82539	Elster Solutions (Company)	Raleigh, NC	03/08/13	03/07/13
82540	Judith Leiber (Workers)	New York, NY	03/08/13	03/07/13
82541	Rosebud Mining Company (State/One-Stop)	Windber & Kittanning, PA	03/08/13	03/07/13
82542	Hemlock Semiconductor, L.L.C. (Company)	Clarksville, TN	03/08/13	03/07/13
82543	Zebra Technologies (Company)	Vernon Hills, IL	03/08/13	03/07/13
82544	Citigroup Technologies (Workers)	Irving, TX	03/08/13	03/07/13
82545	Derlikon Fairfield Manufacturing Inc. (Union)	Lafayette, IN	03/08/13	03/07/13