2013-13659. 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 June 20, 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 June 20, 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 30th day of May 2013.

Elliott S. Kushner,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[14 TAA petitions instituted between 5/20/13 and 5/24/13]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
82750	Boise Inc. (State/One-Stop)	International Falls, MN	05/20/13	05/17/13
82751	Hewlett Packard (State/One-Stop)	Fort Collins, CO	05/20/13	05/17/13
82752	Prudential (Workers)	Iselin, NJ	05/20/13	05/17/13
82753	Agilent Technologies Inc. (Workers)	Cary, NC	05/21/13	05/20/13
82754	Jostens (Company)	Laurens, SC	05/21/13	05/20/13
82755	Perkin Elmer, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Downers Grove, IL	05/21/13	05/20/13
82756	McKella280, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Pennsauken, NJ	05/21/13	05/10/13
82757	Bernard Chaus, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	New York, NY	05/22/13	05/21/13
82758	Republic Steel (Union)	Massillon, OH	05/22/13	05/21/13
82759	Perpetua Forests Company (Company)	Grants Pass, OR	05/22/13	05/21/13
82760	Hartford Financial Services—Business Enablement & Analytics (State/One-Stop)	Hartford, CT	05/23/13	05/22/13
82761	Hutchinson Leader (Workers)	Hutchinson, MN	05/23/13	05/10/13
82762	CenturyLink (Workers)	Hood River, OR	05/23/13	05/22/13
82763	Axle Tech International (Company)	Oshkosh, WI	05/24/13	05/23/13