2013-18930. Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

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 by (TA-W) number issued during the period of July 15, 2013 through July 19, 2013.

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

I. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the following must be satisfied:

(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) The sales or production, or both, of such firm have decreased absolutely; and

(3) One of the following must be satisfied:

(A) Imports of articles or services like or directly competitive with articles produced or services supplied by such firm have increased;

(B) Imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles into which one or more component parts produced by such firm are directly incorporated, have increased;

(C) Imports of articles directly incorporating one or more component parts produced outside the United States that are like or directly competitive with imports of articles incorporating one or more component parts produced by such firm have increased;

(D) Imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced directly using services supplied by such firm, have increased; and

(4) The increase in imports contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or production of such firm; or

II. Section 222(a)(2)(B) all of the following must be satisfied:

(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) One of the following must be satisfied:

(A) There has been a shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the production of articles or supply of services like or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm;

(B) There has been an acquisition from a foreign country by the workers' firm of articles/services that are like or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; and

(3) The shift/acquisition contributed importantly to the workers' separation or threat of separation.

In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected workers in public agencies 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) A significant number or proportion of the workers in the public agency have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) The public agency has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly competitive with services which are supplied by such agency; and

(3) The acquisition of services contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation.

In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected secondary 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(c) of the Act must be met.

(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) The workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, and such supply or production is related to the article or service that was the basis for such certification; and

(3) either—

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

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

In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected workers in firms identified by the International Trade Commission and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(f) of the Act must be met.

(1) The workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting in—

(A) An affirmative determination of serious injury or threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);

(B) An affirmative determination of market disruption or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or

(C) An affirmative final determination of material injury or threat thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning on the date on which—

(A) A summary of the report submitted to the President by the International Trade Commission under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under section 202(f)(3); or

(B) Notice of an affirmative determination described in subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially separated from the workers' firm within—

(A) The 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or

(B) Notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1- year period preceding the 1-year period described in paragraph (2).

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.

TA-W number	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
82,662	Thomas Nelson, Inc., Harpercollins Publishers, Spartan Staffing, Wood Personnel, etc.	Nashville, TN	April 15, 2012.

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

TA-W number	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
82,500	Mondelez International	Philadelphia, PA	February 23, 2012.
82,629	Boeing Company (The), Business Unit of Engineering, Operations & Technology, Print Services	Bellevue, WA	April 3, 2012.
82,758	Republic Steel, Massillon Cold Finish Division	Massillon, OH	May 21, 2012.
82,767	Westmount Financial (US) LLLP, Mattei Insurance Service, Family Insurance Solutions, Economical Insurance	Seattle, WA	May 24, 2012.
82,781	FLSmidth, Inc., Financial Services Group	Bethlehem, PA	June 4, 2012.
82,803	Cadmus Journal Services, Inc., D/B/A Cenveo Publisher Services, Lancaster Content, Manpower	Lancaster, PA	June 12, 2012.
82,808	American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., World Service Global Service Delivery-Electronic, American Express, etc.	Phoenix, AZ	June 12, 2012.
82,810	Direct Brands Inc., DVD Direct Acquisition, LLC	Mechanicsburg, PA	June 12, 2012.
82,812	Seco Tools, Inc., Sandvik, Inc., Express Employment Professionals	Lenoir City, TN	June 12, 2012.
82,815	Deloitte Services LP, Payroll Processing Support Services	Hermitage, TN	June 17, 2012.
82,823	A.P. Sales Co., Doing Business As Applied Power Inc., Iccnexergy	Brighton, MI	June 17, 2012.
82,825	J.K. Products and Services, Inc., AID Temporary Services, Inc.	Jonesboro, AR	September 3, 2012.
82,826	AMETEK Aerospace and Defense, Measurement and Power Systems Division, AMETEK, Inc., M and K etc.	Wilmington, MA	June 19, 2012.
82,827	Wonik Quartz International Corporation	Albuquerque, NM	June 13, 2012.
82,830	Cast Metals Organization, Caterpillar Inc., Large Power Systems Division	Mapleton, IL	June 19, 2012.
82,835	Cambridge International Inc., f/k/a Alloy Wire Belt	Modesto, CA	June 20, 2012.
82,859	American Medical Alert Corporation, DBA Tunstall	Long Island City, NY	June 27, 2012.
82,862	United States Enrichment Corporation, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Diversified Management Consultants, etc.	Paducah, KY	June 27, 2012.
82,873	Tyco Electronics, ICT Division, Randstad Staffing Services	Tullahoma, TN	July 2, 2012.
82,875	Nordex USA, Inc., Nordex SE, Staffmark	Jonesboro, AR	July 3, 2012.
82,875A	Nordex USA, Inc., Nordex SE, Staffmark	Chicago, IL	July 3, 2012.
82,878	Honeywell Process Solutions, Honeywell International, Honeywell Field Products, CARA Resources, etc.	York, PA	July 3, 2012.

Negative Determinations for Worker 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.

The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs (a)(2)(A)(i) (decline in sales or production, or both) and (a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services to a foreign country) of section 222 have not been met.

TA-W number	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
82,640	Renewable Environmental Solutions	Carthage, MO

The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and (a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services to a foreign country) of section 222 have not been met.

TA-W number	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
82,513	Veyance Technologies, Inc., Adecco Services	Lincoln, NE
82,737	California Newspapers Partnership, DBA San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Advertisement Division	West Covina, CA
82,819	Vaughan Furniture Company, Corporate Office, 816 Glendale Road	Galax, VA
82,819A	Vaughan Furniture Company, T.G. Vaughan Distribution Center, 100 T. George Vaughan, Jr. Road	Galax, VA

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 number	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
82,738	Verizon Communications, Inc., and Affiliates	Victorville, CA
82,795	Thermo Fisher Scientific	Sun Prairie, WI
82,836	Water Pik, Inc.	Fort Collins, CO

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

TA-W number	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
82,759	Perpetua Forests Company	Cave Junction, OR
82,809	Verizon Business Networks Services, Inc., Senior Analysts-Sales Implementation (SA-SI)	Alpharetta, GA
82,853	Boeing Company (The), Boeing Commercial Aircraft (BCA)	Auburn, WA
82,853A	Boeing Company (The), Boeing Commercial Aircraft (BCA)	Everett, WA
82,853B	Boeing Company (The), Boeing Commercial Aircraft (BCA)	Puyallup, WA
82,853C	Boeing Company (The), Boeing Commercial Aircraft (BCA)	Renton, WA
82,853D	Boeing Company (The), Boeing Commercial Aircraft (BCA)	Seattle, WA
82,853E	Boeing Company (The), Boeing Commercial Aircraft (BCA)	Tukwila, WA

The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the petitions are the subject of ongoing investigations under petitions filed earlier covering the same petitioners.

TA-W number	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
82,867	Liberty Medical	Port Saint Lucie, FL
82,899	Hewlett Packard	Conway, AR

I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of July 15, 2013 through July 19, 2013. These determinations are available on the Department's Web site tradeact/taa/taa_search_form.cfm under the searchable listing of determinations or by calling the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance toll free at 888-365-6822.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of July 2013.

Michael W. Jaffe

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.