2012-18835. 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 August 13, 2012.

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 August 13, 2012.

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 25th day of July 2012.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[14 TAA petitions instituted between 7/16/12 and 7/20/12]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
81803	Arthritis Foundation (State/One-Stop)	Pittsburgh, PA	07/16/12	07/13/12
81804	Earth Grains/Sara Lee/Bimbo Baking (Workers)	Knoxville, TN	07/16/12	07/13/12
81805	Texas/New Mexico Newspapers Partnership (TNMNP) (Workers)	El Paso, TX	07/16/12	06/30/12
81806	Gates Corporation (Company)	Jefferson, NC	07/17/12	07/16/12
81807	CoreLogic (Workers)	Westlake, TX	07/18/12	07/17/12
81808	Ferrara Candy Company, Inc. (Company)	Chattanooga, TN	07/18/12	07/17/12
81809	Sathers Trucking, Inc. (Company)	Chattanooga, TN	07/18/12	07/17/12
81810	ACE Group/ACE USA/ACE American Insurance Company (State/One-Stop)	Chatsworth, CA	07/18/12	07/17/12
81811	Esselte (Company)	Morristown, TN	07/18/12	07/17/12
81812	Hewlett Packard (Company)	Boise, ID	07/19/12	07/13/12
81813	Crimzon Rose International (Workers)	West Warwick, RI	07/19/12	07/18/12
81814	Abound Solar (Workers)	Ft. Collins, CO	07/19/12	07/18/12
81815	Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Hartford, CT	07/19/12	07/11/12
81816	Powertex (State/One-Stop)	Rouses Point, NY	07/20/12	07/19/12