2014-21631. 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 22, 2014.

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 22, 2014.

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 4th day of September 2014.

Del Min Amy Chen,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

13 TAA Petitions Instituted Between 8/25/14 and 8/29/14

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
85500	Jr Simplot (Workers)	Othello, WA	08/25/14	08/23/14
85501	Hostess Brands, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Schiller Park, IL	08/25/14	08/22/14
85502	The ESAB Group, Inc. (Company)	Florence, SC	08/25/14	08/22/14
85503	Bayne Premium Lift Systems (Company)	Greenville, SC	08/25/14	08/23/14
85504	National Instruments Corporation (Company)	Austin, TX	08/26/14	08/25/14
85505	Red Shield Acquisition/Old Town Fuel and Fiber (Union)	Old Town, ME	08/26/14	08/25/14
85506	Diebold, Incorporated (Company)	North Canton, OH	08/26/14	08/25/14
85507	Arvato Digital Services (Company)	Reno, NV	08/26/14	08/25/14
85508	L3 Communications Electrodynamics (Union)	Rolling Meadows, IL	08/27/14	08/26/14
85509	Lighting Science (Workers)	Satellite Beach, FL	08/27/14	08/26/14
85510	General Motors, Marion Metal Center (Workers)	Marion, IN	08/27/14	08/18/14
85511	LexisNexis/Matthew Bender (State/One-Stop)	Albany, NY	08/28/14	08/27/14
85512	FutureMark (State/One-Stop)	Alsip, IL	08/29/14	08/28/14