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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 May 13, 2013 through May 17, 2013.
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.Start Printed Page 32468
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 82,498 Alorica, Inc. Ames, IA February 22, 2012. 82,505 Oberdorfer, LLC, Advanced Metals Group, LLC Syracuse, NY February 22, 2012. 82,546 Contech Castings, LLC, Elwood Staffing Auburn, IN March 7, 2012. 82,546A Contech Castings, LLC, Elwood Staffing, Peoplelink Staffing, Sentech Services Pierceton, IN March 7, 2012. 82,580 Greenwood Forgings, LLC, CONTECH Forgings, Revstone Industries, LLC, Precept Staffing & Staffsource Greenwood, SC March 7, 2012. 82,589 Ames True Temper, Inc., Griffon Corporation, Staffing Services, Inc Falls City, NE March 25, 2012. 82,625 CDI Corporation, On-site at IBM Corporation Lexington, KY April 3, 2012. 82,678 Cannon Equipment, Carts Department, IMI Americas, Inc., Aerotek and The Work Connection Rosemount, MN April 19, 2012. 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 82,424 Technicolor, Home Entertainment Services, Work Force Network, Staffline, Caliper, etc Livonia, MI February 6, 2012. 82,424A Technicolor, Home Entertainment Services, Work Force Network, Staffline, Caliper, etc Romulus, MI February 6, 2012. 82,480 Pexco LLC, Columbia Division, Pridestaff West Columbia, SC February 5, 2012. 82,551 Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Siemens Corporation, Health Services Global Services, Supply Chain Mgmt Malvern, PA May 12, 2012. 82,603 General Electric (GE) Lighting, Inc., Ravenna Lamp Plant, General Electric Company, Home and Business, etc Ravenna, OH March 26, 2012. 82,605 Kern-Liebers USA, Inc., Manpower and Renhill Holland, OH March 25, 2012. 82,615 Bank of America,, Global Securities Group Jersey City, NJ March 19, 2012. 82,627 Imation Corporation, Scalable Storage, Engineering, OEM, Star Collaborative, LLC Oakdale, MN April 3, 2012. 82,639 Agilent Technologies, Inc., Agilent Order Fulfillment (AOF), Chemical Analysis Group, etc Lexington, MA April 5, 2012. 82,639A Agilent Technologies, Inc., Agilent Order Fulfillment (AOF), Chemical Analysis Group, etc Danbury, CT April 5, 2012. Start Printed Page 32469 82,649 Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, Provider Data Management Team, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company Tampa, FL April 11, 2012. 82,654 Collom & Carney Clinic Association, Medical Transcription Department Texarkana, TX April 13, 2012. 82,672 Maxima Technologies & Systems LLC, Enterforce Lancaster, PA April 18, 2012. 82,695 Finisar Corporation, Horsham Division Horsham, PA June 18, 2013. 82,695A Leased Workers from Allied Resources, Tech USA, Aerotek, Zero Chaos, Working On-Site at Finisar Corporation, Horsham Division Horsham, PA April 25, 2012. 82,698 BI-LO, LLC, Help Desk Department, Bi-Lo, Holdings, Worksmart Greenville, SC April 29, 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 82,584 Nanosolar, Inc., On-Site Leased Workers From Coast Personnel Service San Jose, CA. 82,585 Genlyte Thomas Group, Philips Lightolier, Adecco Employment Services Fall River, MA. 82,677 Caterpillar, Inc., IMOD Division Decatur, IL. 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 USC 2271), the Department initiated investigations of these petitions.
The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn.
TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date 82,608 Sew & So Embroidery, Inc. Sugar Grove, NC. 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 82,546B Contech Castings, LLC Clarksville, TN.> I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of May 13, 2013 through May 17, 2013. 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.
Start SignatureDated: May 21, 2013.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2013-12734 Filed 5-29-13; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 05/30/2013
- Department:
- Labor Department
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Document Number:
- 2013-12734
- Pages:
- 32467-32469 (3 pages)
- PDF File:
- 2013-12734.pdf