E6-15106. Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 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 Division 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, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than September 25, 2006.

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the subject matter of the investigations to the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than September 25, 2006.

The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at the Office of the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C-5311, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

Signed at Washington, DC this 7th day of September 2006.

Linda G. Poole,

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix.—TAA Petitions Instituted Between 8/28/06 and 9/1/06

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
59960	Fibre Metal Products Co. (Comp)	Concordville, PA	08/28/06	08/17/06
59961	Agilent Technologies (State)	Santa Rosa, CA	08/28/06	08/25/06
59962	Elbeco City Shirt Company (Union)	Frackville, PA	08/28/06	08/25/06
59963	COBE Cardiovascular, Inc. (Comp)	Arvada, CO	08/28/06	08/23/06
59964	Gerald Smith Hosiery (Comp)	Fort Payne, AL	08/28/06	08/25/06
59965	Jones Apparel of Texas II, Ltd. (Comp)	El Paso, TX	08/28/06	08/21/06
59966	ABB, Inc. (Union)	Lewisburg, WV	08/28/06	08/28/06
59967	GAC Chemical Corp. (Wkrs)	Searsport, ME	08/28/06	08/16/06
59968	Teamlinden (Comp)	Linden, TN	08/29/06	08/03/06
59969	Burke E. Parker Machinery Co., USA (Comp)	Grand Rapids, MI	08/29/06	08/22/06
59970	TDE Group, Inc. (Wkrs)	Somerset, KY	08/29/06	08/28/06
59971	Mar/Tron, Inc. (State)	Flippin, AR	08/29/06	08/28/06
59972	National Apparel (Wkrs)	San Francisco, CA	08/29/06	08/28/06
59973	Camel Manufacturing (State)	Pioneer, TN	08/29/06	08/28/06
59974	Delphi (Wkrs)	New Brunswick, NJ	08/29/06	08/29/06
59975	Timberland—The OIUtdoor Footwear Company (State)	Isabela, PR	08/29/06	08/29/06
59976	Briggs and Stratton Corp. (State)	Rolla, MO	08/29/06	08/28/06
59977	Central Penn Sewing Machine Co., Inc. (Comp)	Bloomsburg, PA	08/29/06	08/29/06
59978	Umicore Cobalt Products (Comp)	Maxton, NC	08/29/06	08/28/06
59979	Vital Performance, LLC (Wkrs)	Beaverton, OR	08/30/06	08/29/06
59980	M and J Industries, LLC (Comp)	Lucasville, OH	08/30/06	08/18/06
59981	Moeller Electric Corp. (State)	Lincoln Park, NJ	08/30/06	08/29/06
59982	Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC (USW)	Oklahoma City, OK	08/30/06	08/29/06
59983	Ruggiero Seafood, Inc. (Wkrs)	Newark, NJ	08/30/06	08/24/06
59984	Schmald Tool and Die, Inc. (Comp)	Burton, MI	08/30/06	08/29/06
59985	River City Trucking (COMP)	Old Town, ME	08/31/06	08/28/06
59986	Crane Valve North America (COMP)	Washington, IA	08/31/06	08/30/06
59987	Nypro Inc. (COMP)	Hazard, KY	08/31/06	08/30/06
59988	Smith Die & Mold, Inc. (COMP)	Port Huron, MI	08/31/06	08/29/06
59989	Canam Metal Products, Inc. (State)	Colton, CA	09/01/06	08/30/06
59990	Honeywell International, Inc. (State)	Syosset, NY	09/01/06	08/30/06
59991	Sparta Manufacturing (Comp)	Sparta, WI	09/01/06	08/29/06
59992	Aimsworth Engineered (State)	Bemidji, MN	09/01/06	08/31/06
59993	Fenton Gift Shops, Inc. (Comp)	Williamstown, WV	09/01/06	08/31/06
59994	Ortech (Wkrs)	Kirksville, MO	09/01/06	08/30/06
59995	Bess Manufacturing Co. (Wkrs)	Bensalem, PA	09/01/06	08/24/06
59996	Federal Mogul Products, Inc. (Wkrs)	St. Louis, MO	09/01/06	08/26/06
59997	Whirlpool Corporation (Wkrs)	Lavergne, TN	09/01/06	08/18/06
59998	Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. (Wkrs)	Milwaukee, WI	09/01/06	08/24/06
59999	Paxar Americas, Inc. (Wkrs)	Huger Heights, OH	09/01/06	08/31/06
60000	Dyer Specialty Co., Inc. (Comp)	Lake Havasu City, AZ	09/01/06	08/15/06