2011-8239. 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 14, 2011 through March 18, 2011.

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
74,929	John C. Lincoln Health Network, Medical Transcription Department	Phoenix, AZ	November 6, 2009.
75,118	Fairbanks Morse Engine, Enpro Industries	Beloit, WI	January 18, 2010.
75,222	American Standard America, Inc., d/b/a American Standard Brands; Bath Lifestyles Division	Salem, OH	June 20, 2010.
75,295	Katahdin Paper Company, LLC, Leased Workers of Kelly Services	East Millinocket, ME	February 14, 2010.
75,295A	Katahdin Paper Company, LLC, Leased Workers of Kelly Services	Millinocket, ME	February 14, 2010.

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
74,803	Clinicient, Inc., Accounting and Billing Department; Leased Workers and Teleworkers; etc	Portland, OR	October 28, 2009.
74,906	MOL (America) , Inc.	Long Beach, CA	November 19, 2009.
75,065	Bank of America, N.A., Global Trade Div.; Bank of America Corp.; Leased Workers and Tele-workers, etc	Los Angeles, CA	January 3, 2010.
75,085	Hyde Tools, Inc., Hyde Group, Inc., Leased Workers from Diamond Staffing	Southbridge, MA	January 29, 2010.
75,121	Maine Industrial Tire, LLC, Workers Wages Reported under GPX International Tire Corp; Leased Workers, etc	Gorham, ME	January 19, 2010.
75,148	United Parcel Service, Inc., D/B/A UPS; Des Moines Billing Site	Des Moines, IA	January 28, 2010.
75,156	Abbott Point of Care	Princeton, NJ	January 31, 2010.
75,196	PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP, Internal Firm Services Division, Client Account Administrators	St. Louis, MO	February 8, 2010.
75,230	Evergreen Solar, Inc., Devens Manufacturing; Leased Workers Advantage Technical Resourcing and Kelly	Devens, MA	February 10, 2010.
75,230A	Evergreen Solar, Inc., Research and Dev.; Leased Workers Advantage Technical Resourcing and Kelly	Marlboro, MA	February 10, 2010.
75,230B	Evergreen Solar, Inc., Corporate HQ; Leased Wkrs Advantage Technical Resourcing and Kelly	Marlboro, MA	February 10, 2010.
75,245	Biomerieux, Inc., PPM Division, Leased Workers Adecco, Employment Services and Kelly Services	Wilsonville, OR	February 11, 2010.
75,274	Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostics Division, Leased Workers Advanced Clinical Services, etc	Abbott Park, IL	February 14, 2010.
75,275	Wellpoint, Inc., Cash Applications, WellPoint Co., BC of CA, Leased Workers Bender, etc	Woodland Hills, CA	February 14, 2010.
75,280	YKK Snap Fasteners America Inc., Leased Workers from Employment Plus and Nesco	Lawrence- burg, KY	February 14, 2010.
75,282	I.C. System, Inc., Transfer Agents	Mason City, IA	February 14, 2010.
75,284	CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc., Processing Services	Andover, MA	February 14, 2010.
75,285	VisLink, Inc., VisLink, PLC; Leased Workers from Bradley Hume, Black Diamond Networks, etc	North Billerica, MA	February 14, 2010.
75,285A	VisLink, Inc. (PMR), VisLink, PLC	Vista, CA	February 14, 2010.
75,300	Key Plastics, LLC, Exterior Division; Leased Workers from All Star Staffing	Hartford City, IN	February 14, 2010.
75,309	Dallas Group of America, Inc.	Jefferson- ville, IN	February 14, 2010.

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
75,259	Four Star Plastics	Richmond, KY	February 11, 2010.

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
74,911	Emerson Network Power, Connectivity Solutions Division	Bannock-burn, IL

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
74,705	Moll Industries	Seagrove, NC
74,904	Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., Southern Region	Cypress, CA

The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs (b)(2) and (b)(3) (public agency acquisition of services from a foreign country) of section 222 have not been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
75,184	Maine Military Authority, Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management Division	Augusta and Limestone, ME

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 in cases where these petitions were not filed in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 90.11. Every petition filed by workers must be signed by at least three individuals of the petitioning worker group. Petitioners separated more than one year prior to the date of the petition cannot be covered under a certification of a petition under Section 223(b), and therefore, may not be part of a petitioning worker group. For one or more of these reasons, these petitions were deemed invalid.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
75,250	Burner Systems International	Chattanooga, TN

The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the petitioning groups of workers are covered by active certifications. Consequently, further investigation in these cases would serve no purpose since the petitioning group of workers cannot be covered by more than one certification at a time.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
75,191	Faribo Woolens, Inc	Faribault, MN

I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of March 14, 2011 through March 18, 2011. Copies of these determinations may be requested under the Freedom of Information Act. Requests may be submitted by fax, courier services, or mail to FOIA Disclosure Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210 or [e-mail]. These determinations also are available on the Department's Web site at http://www.doleta.gov/​tradeact under the searchable listing of determinations.

Dated: March 29, 2011.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.