2011-17090. Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance  

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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 (TA-W) number and alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) by (TA-W) number issued during the period of June 13, 2011 through June 24, 2011.

    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 Start Printed Page 40401adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(a) of the Act must be met.

    I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:

    A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

    B. The sales or production, or both, of such firm or subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

    C. Increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to the decline in sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or

    II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

    A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

    B. There has been a shift in production by such workers' firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced by such firm or subdivision; and

    C. One of the following must be satisfied:

    1. The country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of the articles is a party to a free trade agreement with the United States;

    2. The country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of the articles to a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act; or

    3. There has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of articles that are like or directly competitive with articles which are or were produced by such firm or subdivision.

    Also, in order for an affirmative determination to be made for secondarily affected 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(b) of the Act must be met.

    (1) Significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

    (2) The workers' firm (or subdivision) is a supplier or downstream producer to a firm (or subdivision) that employed a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance benefits and such supply or production is related to the article that was the basis for such certification; and

    (3) Either—

    (A) The workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it supplied for the firm (or subdivision) described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of the workers' firm; or

    (B) A loss or business by the workers' firm with the firm (or subdivision) described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers' separation or threat of separation.

    In order for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issue a certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) for older workers, the group eligibility requirements of Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act must be met.

    1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.

    2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are not easily transferable.

    3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry (i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

    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.

    None.

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) of the Trade Act have been met.

    None.

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(b) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible to apply for TAA) of the Trade Act have been met.

    None.

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(b) (downstream producer for a firm whose workers are certified eligible to apply for TAA based on increased imports from or a shift in production to Mexico or Canada) of the Trade Act have been met.

    None.

    Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 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) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.

    TA-W-80,014; Geneon Entertainment (USA), Santa Monica, CA: March 1, 2010.

    TA-W-80,037; Boralex Ashland LP, Ashland, ME: March 10, 2010.

    TA-W-80,048; Hancock Company, d/b/a/ As Gitman Company/IAG, Ashland, PA: December 19, 2010.

    TA-W-80,058; Alliance One International, Inc., Morrisville, NC: March 18, 2010.

    TA-W-80,076; Nexergy, Inc., Columbus, OH: March 28, 2010 TA-W-80,083; The Genie Company, Shenandoah, VA: March 31, 2011.

    TA-W-80,094; Motorola Mobility, Inc., Libertyville, IL: March 26, 2010.

    TA-W-80,110; Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc., Chicopee, MA: July 1, 2011.

    TA-W-80,115; Domtar Industries, Inc., Ashdown, AR: April 18, 2010.

    TA-W-80,120; Premier Manufacturing Corp., Cleveland, OH: April 11, 2010.

    TA-W-80,198; Tyco Healthcare Group, LP, San Jose, CA: May 20, 2010.

    TA-W-80,218; Unimin Corporation, Hamilton, WA: June 3, 2010.

    TA-W-80,065; Genesis Furniture Industries, Inc., Pontotoc, MS: March 22, 2010.

    TA-W-80,139; Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Webster City, IA: June 26, 2011.

    TA-W-80,216; Solar power Industries, Belle Vernon, PA: June 2, 2010.

    TA-W-80,216A; Solar Power Industries, Mt. Pleasant PA: June 2, 2010.

    TA-W-80,225; Finisar Corporation, Horsham, PA: April 3, 2011.

    TA-W-80,225A; Leased Workers from McGrath Technical Staffing, Inc., Horsham, PA: June 8, 2010.

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.

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    TA-W-80,060; Valspar Corporation, High Point, NC: June 21, 2010.

    TA-W-80,060A; Valspar Corporation, High Point, NC: March 16, 2010.

    TA-W-80,227; BOS Automotive Products, Inc., Morristown, TN: January 13, 2011.

    TA-W-80,233; Ellison Educational Equipment, Inc., Lake Forest, CA: June 13, 2010.

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(b) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible to apply for TAA) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.

    TA-W-80,205; Nidec Motor Corporation, Frankfort, IN: October 28, 2010.

    TA-W-80,205A: Leased Workers from Manpower, Frankfort, IN: May 26, 2010.

    The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(b) (downstream producer for a firm whose workers are certified eligible to apply for TAA based on increased imports from or a shift in production to Mexico or Canada) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.

    None.

    Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    In the following cases, it has been determined that the requirements of 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) have not been met for the reasons specified.

    The Department has determined that criterion (1) of Section 246 has not been met. The firm does not have a significant number of workers 50 years of age or older.

    None.

    The Department has determined that criterion (2) of Section 246 has not been met. Workers at the firm possess skills that are easily transferable.

    None.

    The Department has determined that criterion (3) of Section 246 has not been met. Competition conditions within the workers' industry are not adverse.

    None.

    Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 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.

    Because the workers of the firm are not eligible to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.

    The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A.) and (a)(2)(B)(II.A.) (employment decline) have not been met.

    TA-W-80,054; W.M. Glenn Construction, Durham, NC.

    The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B.) (Sales or production, or both, did not decline) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in production to a foreign country) have not been met.

    None.

    The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in production to a foreign country) have not been met.

    TA-W-80,041; Quad/Graphics, Depew, NY.

    TA-W-80,068; New Enterprise Stone and Lime Company, Inc. (NESL), Erie, PA.

    TA-W-80,074; AES Westover, LLC, Johnson City, NY.

    TA-W-80,103; HiRel Systems, LLC, Duluth, MN.

    TA-W-80,163; Dentsply International, Inc., GAC, Bohemia, NY.

    The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    TA-W-80,026; Computer Task Group, Inc., Mechanicsburg, PA.

    TA-W-80,031; Thomson Reuters, Creve Coeur, MO.

    TA-W-80,118; PSC Industrial Outsourcing, LP, Kelso, WA.

    TA-W-80,126; Ryder Integrated Logistics, Highland Park, MI.

    TA-W-80,213; Healthlink, St. Louis, MO.

    TA-W-80,219; Beacon Medical Services, LLC, Aurora, CO.

    The investigation revealed that criteria of Section 222(b)(2) has not been met. The workers' firm (or subdivision) is not a supplier to or a downstream producer for a firm whose workers were certified eligible to apply for TAA.

    None.

    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 U.S.C. 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-80,042; Capstar Drilling, Wooster, OH.

    TA-W-80,131; Invensys Operations Management, Irvine, CA.

    TA-W-80,170; Getty Images, Los Angles, CA.

    TA-W-80,206; West Clermont School, Cincinnati, OH.

    TA-W-80,214; California Newspaper Limited Partnership, Callejo, CA.

    TA-W-80,221; International Netherlands Group, ING, Windsor, CT.

    The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the petitioning group of workers are covered by Active certifications. Consequently, further investigation in these cases would serve no purpose since the petition group of workers cannot be covered by more than one certification at a time.

    TA-W-75,255; Cooper Standard Automotive, Bowling Green, OH.

    TA-W-80,106; Delphi Corporation, El Paso, TX.

    TA-W-80,124; Bestway, Inc., Saint Marys, PA.

    I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of June 13, 2011 through June 24, 2011. Copies of these determinations may be requested under the Freedom of Information Act. Requests may be submitted by fax, courier services, or mail to FOIA Disclosure Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210 or tofoiarequest@dol.gov. These determinations also are available on the Department's Web site at http://www.doleta.gov/​tradeact under the searchable listing of determinations.

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    Dated: June 29, 2011.

    Michael W. Jaffe,

    Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

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    [FR Doc. 2011-17090 Filed 7-7-11; 8:45 am]

    BILLING CODE 4510-FN-P

Document Information

Published:
07/08/2011
Department:
Employment and Training Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
2011-17090
Pages:
40400-40402 (3 pages)
PDF File:
2011-17090.pdf