2013-14850. 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 July 1, 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 July 1, 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 6th day of June 2013.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix—11 TAA Petitions Instituted Between 5/27/13 and 5/31/13

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
82764	KEMET (State/One-Stop)	Simpsonville, SC	05/28/13	05/24/13
82765	Pinnacle (Workers)	Richardson, TX	05/28/13	05/24/13
82766	Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (Company)	3 Locations in TX, CT, and FL	05/28/13	05/10/13
82767	Westmount Financial (US) LLLP (State/One-Stop)	Seattle, WA	05/29/13	05/24/13
82768	Teva Pharmaceuticals (Workers)	Sellersville, PA	05/29/13	05/28/13
82769	Prudential Financial—Global Business Technology Solutions (Workers)	Plymouth, MN	05/29/13	05/28/13
82770	Ecke Ranch, Inc. (Workers)	Connellsville, PA	05/29/13	05/22/13
82771	Unipower (State/One-Stop)	Brookfield, CT	05/30/13	05/29/13
82772	Haemonetics Corporation (Company)	Braintree, MA	05/30/13	05/21/13
82773	Lester Inc. (Workers)	Wurland, KY	05/31/13	05/30/13
82774	Campbell Soup Company (State/One-Stop)	Camden, NJ	05/31/13	05/31/13