2015-09651. 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 May 7, 2015.

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 May 7, 2015.

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 31st day of March 2015.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[16 TAA petitions instituted between 3/23/15 and 3/27/15]

TA-W	Subject firm (Petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
85892	Dana Holding Company (State/One-Stop)	Robinson, IL	03/23/15	03/20/15
85893	Everett Charles Technology, LLC (Company)	Clifton Park, NY	03/24/15	03/23/15
85894	Nordson Micromedics, Inc. (Company)	St. Paul, MN	03/24/15	03/23/15
85895	General Super Plating (Union)	Syracuse, NY	03/24/15	03/23/15
85896	Minntac (State/One-Stop)	Mt. Iron, MN	03/24/15	03/23/15
85897	American Cotton Growers LLC (State/One-Stop)	Littlefield, TX	03/24/15	03/23/15
85898	Siemens Energy Inc. (Union)	Mount Vernon, OH	03/25/15	03/19/15
85899	Smiths Connectors (State/One-Stop)	Costa Mesa & Irvine, CA	03/25/15	03/24/15
85900	Fort Dearborn Company (Company)	Bowling Green, KY	03/26/15	03/25/15
85901	United States Steel—Granite City Works (State/One-Stop)	Granite City, IL	03/26/15	03/25/15
85902	Surgical Specialties of Puerto Rico (State/One-Stop)	Aguadilla, PR	03/26/15	03/25/15
85903	Verizon Communications Inc. (Workers)	Richardson, TX	03/26/15	03/25/15
85904	Maverick Tube Corporation b/b/a Tenaris Texas Arai (State/One-Stop)	Houston, TX	03/26/15	03/25/15
85905	Hampton Products International Corporation (Workers)	Shell Lake, WI	03/26/15	03/16/15
85906	Finisar Corporation (Company)	Horsham, PA	03/27/15	03/26/15