2013-11459. 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 28, 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 May 28, 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 April 18, 2013.

Elliott S. Kushner,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[15 TAA petitions instituted between 4/8/13 and 4/12/13]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
82635	V & H Heating & Sheetmetal Company (Company)	Woodlawn, VA	04/08/13	04/05/13
82636	Hologic, Inc. (Workers)	Indianapolis, IN	04/08/13	04/05/13
82637	Metal Processing International (State/One-Stop)	Mission, TX	04/09/13	04/08/13
82638	New Mexico Farmers Markets (State/One-Stop)	Rio Rancho, NM	04/09/13	03/18/13
82639	Agilent Technologies (Workers)	Lexington, MA	04/09/13	04/05/13
82640	Renewable Environmental Solutions (State/One-Stop)	Carthage, MO	04/09/13	02/13/13
82641	EMC Corporation (State/One-Stop)	Hopkinton, MA	04/10/13	04/08/13
82642	Optoplex Corporation (Workers)	Fremont, CA	04/10/13	04/08/13
82643	Checkerboard Limited (Company)	West Boylston, MA	04/10/13	04/09/13
82644	Westport Shipyard (State/One-Stop)	Westport, Hoquiam, Port Angeles, WA	04/10/13	04/08/13
82645	Amcor Tobacco Packaging (Workers)	Danville, VA	04/11/13	04/10/13
82646	Sensata Technologies Inc., (Company)	St. Paul, MN	04/11/13	04/05/13
82647	Republic Special Metals, Inc. (Union)	Canton, OH	04/11/13	04/10/13
82648	Salem Vent International Inc. (Company)	Salem, VA	04/11/13	04/10/13
82649	Cigna Health I Life Insurance Company (Workers)	Tampa, FL	04/12/13	04/11/13