2013-20806. 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 6, 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 September 6, 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 8th day of August 2013.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[20 TAA petitions instituted between 7/29/13 and 8/2/13]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
82938	Webcrafters (State/One-Stop)	Madison, WI	07/29/13	07/26/13
82939	Volex (Company)	Hickory, NC	07/30/13	07/29/13
82940	Volex, Inc. (Company)	Fisher, IN	07/30/13	07/29/13
82941	Volex, Inc. (Company)	Clinton, AR	07/30/13	07/29/13
82942	BuySeasons, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	New Berlin, WI	07/30/13	07/29/13
82943	Pepperidge Farm (Company)	Aiken, SC	07/30/13	07/30/13
82944	Cubic Simulation Systems Division (Company)	Orlando, FL	07/31/13	07/30/13
82945	ITW Paslode (Company)	Covington, TN	07/31/13	07/30/13
82946	Broadcom (State/One-Stop)	Irvine, CA	07/31/13	07/30/13
82947	DCA Cleaning (State/One-Stop)	Springfield, MO	07/31/13	07/30/13
82948	Rosemount Analytical, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Solon, OH	07/31/13	07/31/13
82949	NBTY, Inc.—IT Workers (Separation Date: December 3, 2012) (State/One-Stop)	Ronkonkoma, NY	08/01/13	07/31/13
82950	Travelers—Upstate NY Claim Center (State/One-Stop)	Albany, NY	08/01/13	07/31/13
82951	ABB, Inc. (Company)	St. Louis, MO	08/01/13	07/30/13
82952	Verizon Business—Wholesale Customer Application Support Team (Workers)	Tulsa, OK	08/02/13	08/01/13
82953	Abbott Laboratories, including on-site leased workers from ATR Int'l (State/One-Stop)	Santa Clara, CA	08/02/13	08/01/13
82954	Blue Lynx Media (Company)	Lewisville, TX	08/02/13	08/01/13
82955	Bank of America (Workers)	Concord, CA	08/02/13	08/01/13
82956	Micron Technology Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Longmont, CO	08/02/13	08/01/13
82957	Tantus Tobacco (State/One-Stop)	Russel Springs, KY	08/02/13	08/01/13