2014-11645. 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 April 28, 2014 through May 2, 2014.

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)(B) (shift in production or services) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
83,184	Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc., Engineering Department, North American Division	Phoenix, AZ	October 29, 2012.
83,260	Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation, Gotham Personnel, Nationwide Staffing, and Greystone Staffing	Hauppauge, NY	December 3, 2012.
83,260A	Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation, Strikeforces	Bohemia, NY	December 3, 2012.
83,309	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Irwindale, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309A	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Rosemead, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309AA	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Victorville, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309B	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Irvine, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309BB	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Boulder City, NV	December 18, 2012.
83,309C	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Alhambra, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309D	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309E	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Fullerton, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309F	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	San Clemente, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309G	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Pomona, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309H	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	La Palma, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309I	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Westminster, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309J	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Norwalk, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309K	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	San Dimas, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309L	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Compton, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309M	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Rialto, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309N	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Fontana, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309O	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Long Beach, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309P	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Ontario, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309Q	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Thousand Oaks, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309R	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Big Creek, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309S	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Bishop, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309T	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Hesperia, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309U	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Bakersfield, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309V	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Romoland, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309W	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Cathedral City, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309X	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Santa Clarita, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309Y	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Tulare, CA	December 18, 2012.
83,309Z	Southern California Edison, Edison Internation, IT Department, Infosys, Igate/Patni, Cognizant, etc.	Ventura, CA	December 18, 2012.

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 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
83,073	TPOP, Inc., DBA Vassar Foundry, FKA Metavation, LLC, Revstone Transportation Group	Vassar, MI

I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of April 28, 2014 through May 2, 2014. 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 the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance toll free at 888-365-6822.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of May 2014.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.