2012-20765. 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 September 4, 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 September 4, 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.

Dated: Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of August 2012.

Elliott S. Kushner,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[32 TAA petitions instituted between 8/6/12 and 8/10/12]

TA-W	Subject Firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
81854	Shop Vac Corporation (Company)	Williamsport, PA	08/06/12	08/03/12
81855	VMC (State/One-Stop)	Redmond, WA	08/06/12	08/03/12
81856	Torus (State/One-Stop)	Jersey City, NJ	08/06/12	08/03/12
81857	Cordia Communications, Inc. (Workers)	Winter Garden, FL	08/06/12	08/04/12
81858	Microsemi—RFIS, Folsom (Company)	Folsom, CA	08/06/12	08/03/12
81859	PBS Coals, Inc. (Workers)	Friedens, PA	08/06/12	08/06/12
81860	Resolute Forest Products (Company)	Catawba, SC	08/06/12	08/03/12
81861	Marlatex Corporation (Company)	Belmont, NC	08/06/12	08/03/12
81862	Brockway Mould, Inc. (Union)	Brockport, PA	08/06/12	08/03/12
81863	Industrial Machine & Welding (Company)	Farmington, MO	08/07/12	08/07/12
81864	IS One, Inc./E&R Industrial Sales (Workers)	East Syracuse, NY	08/07/12	07/30/12
81865	Sihi Pumps (Workers)	Grand Island, NY	08/07/12	07/31/12
81866	Acme Electric (Company)	Lumberton, NC	08/07/12	08/05/12
81867	Phoenix Services (State/One-Stop)	Sparrows Point, MD	08/07/12	08/06/12
81868	CCC Information Systems, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Cerritos, CA	08/07/12	08/06/12
81869	Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (Company)	Simsbury, CT	08/07/12	08/06/12
81870	Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (Company)	Windsor, CT	08/07/12	08/06/12
81871	Fusion Contact Centers (Workers)	Santa Maria, CA	08/08/12	08/06/12
81872	Sykes, Inc. (Workers)	Langhorne, PA	08/08/12	08/07/12
81873	Legacy Custom Plastics LLC (State/One-Stop)	Clearwater, FL	08/09/12	08/08/12
81874	Parkway Knitting (Workers)	Hillsville, VA	08/09/12	07/23/12
81875	Darly Custom Technology, Inc., Engineering Design and Drafting Department (Company)	Windsor, CT	08/09/12	08/09/12
81876	Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (Company)	Overland Park, KS	08/09/12	08/08/12
81877	Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (Company)	San Antonio, TX	08/09/12	08/08/12
81878	Harsco Metals (Workers)	Warren, OH	08/09/12	08/07/12
81879	Wheeling Corrugating Company (Union)	Beech Bottom, WV	08/09/12	08/07/12
81880	RG Steel, LLC (Union)	Wheeling, WV	08/09/12	08/07/12
81881	NCO/APAC Teleservices (Workers)	Greensboro, NC	08/10/12	07/26/12
81882	Sabritec (State/One-Stop)	Irvine, CA	08/10/12	08/09/12
81883	United Steelworkers (USW), Local 9477 (State/One-Stop)	Baltimore, MD	08/10/12	08/09/12
81884	New CIDC Delaware Corporation (Company)	Cambridge, MA	08/10/12	08/06/12
81885	NCO Financial Systems (State/One-Stop)	Getzville, NY	08/10/12	08/09/12