2011-12582. Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 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 June 2, 2011.

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 June 2, 2011.

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 13th day of May 2011.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix—17 TAA Petitions Instituted Between 5/2/11 and 5/6/11

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
80143	Global Tex LLC (State/One-Stop)	Attleboro, MA	05/02/11	04/29/11
80144	Paramount Home Furnishings, Inc (Workers)	Greensboro, NC	05/03/11	05/02/11
80145	Truelove Dental Lab (Workers)	Norman, OK	05/03/11	04/29/11
80146	IBM CIO Division (State/One-Stop)	Armonk, NY	05/04/11	05/02/11
80147	Travelers Property Casualty (Workers)	Syracuse, NY	05/04/11	05/02/11
80148	LORD Corporation (Company)	Cary, NC	05/04/11	05/03/11
80149	Doral Manufacturing, Inc. (Company)	Doral, FL	05/05/11	05/04/11
80150	Hale Products, Inc. (Workers)	Conshohocken, PA	05/05/11	03/31/11
80151	Sound Publishing (State/One-Stop)	Everett, WA	05/05/11	05/03/11
80152	Compone Services LTD (Workers)	Ithaca, NY	05/05/11	05/05/11
80153	IHG (Workers)	Atlanta, GA	05/05/11	05/04/11
80154	State Street Bank and Trust Company (Workers)	Irvine, CA	05/05/11	05/04/11
80155	Apogee Medical LLC (Company)	Youngsville, NC	05/05/11	05/04/11
80156	Bank Of America (State/One-Stop)	Dallas, TX	05/06/11	05/04/11
80157	Cognis Corporation North American (State/One-Stop)	Cincinnati, OH	05/06/11	05/04/11
80158	Flextronics (State/One-Stop)	San Diego, CA	05/06/11	05/03/11
80159	Creganna Medical Devices, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Marlborough, MA	05/06/11	05/03/11