E8-13400. 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 Division 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, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than June 26, 2008.

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the subject matter of the investigations to the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than June 26, 2008.

The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at the Office of the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C-5311, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of June 2008.

Elliott S. Kushner,

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[TAA petitions instituted between 5/27/08 and 5/30/08]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
63432	Kongsberg Driveline Systems (Wkrs)	Van Wert, OH	05/27/08	05/08/08
63433	General Motors Metal Fabricating Division (Wkrs)	Parma, OH	05/27/08	05/20/08
63434	Plastech Engineered Products (Comp)	Byesville, OH	05/27/08	05/23/08
63435	Gold Shield (Fleetwood) (Wkrs)	Riverside, CA	05/27/08	05/05/08
63436	Ponderay Newsprint Company (Wkrs)	Usk, WA	05/28/08	05/20/08
63437	Tytex, Inc. (Comp)	Woonsocket, RI	05/28/08	05/17/08
63438	GMAC Insurance (Wkrs)	Maryland Heights, MO	05/28/08	05/23/08
63439	Watson Laboratories, Inc. (State)	Carmel, NY	05/28/08	05/27/08
63440	Magline, Inc. (Wkrs)	Pinconning, MI	05/28/08	05/22/08
63441	Metaldyne Tubular Products (State)	Hamburg, MI	05/28/08	05/27/08
63442	Corinthian, Inc. (Wkrs)	Corinth, MS	05/29/08	05/28/08
63443	DME Company (Wkrs)	Lewiston, PA	05/29/08	05/28/08
63444	Skyline McMinnville Nomad Division (State)	McMinnville, OR	05/29/08	05/28/08
63445	Citation Corporation (Comp)	Grand Rapids, MI	05/29/08	05/28/08
63446	Comau, Inc./Plymouth Facility (Wkrs)	Plymouth, MI	05/30/08	05/29/08
63447	West Fraser, Inc. (State)	Leola, AR	05/30/08	05/29/08
63448	Prestolite Wire LLC (Comp)	Tifton, GA	05/30/08	05/29/08
63449	Lear Corporation (Comp)	Troy, MI	05/30/08	05/29/08
63450	Port of Port Angeles (Wkrs)	Port Angeles, WA	05/30/08	05/27/08
63451	Columbia Falls Aluminum Company LLC (Comp)	Columbia Falls, MT	05/30/08	05/29/08
63452	Katahdin Paper Company LLC (Comp)	Millinocket, ME	05/30/08	05/29/08
63453	Dell, Inc.—Topfer Manufacturing Center (State)	Round Rock, TX	05/30/08	05/29/08