E8-21838. 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 29, 2008.

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 29, 2008.

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 10th day of September 2008.

Erin FitzGerald,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[TAA petitions instituted between 9/2/08 and 9/5/08]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
63961	Saginaw Machine Systems, Inc. (State)	Saginaw, MI	09/02/08	08/27/08
63962	GE Consumer Industrial Lighting (IUE)	Willoughby, OH	09/02/08	08/18/08
63963	Fisher Corporation (Comp)	Troy, MI	09/02/08	09/01/08
63964	Boise Cascade LLC (AWPPW)	Salem, OR	09/02/08	08/29/08
63965	General Motors Vehicle Manufacturing (UAW)	Oklahoma City, OK	09/03/08	09/02/08
63966	Honeywell (Wkrs)	Elberton, GA	09/03/08	08/27/08
63967	Merkle-Korff Industries Mt. Prospect Rd. Plant (Comp)	Des Plaines, IL	09/03/08	08/18/08
63968	Genie Company—Overhead Door Corp. (Wkrs)	Shenandoah, VA	09/03/08	08/27/08
63969	HD Supply, Inc. (Wkrs)	Columbus, GA	09/03/08	08/18/08
63970	A. Klein & Company, Inc. (Comp)	Claremont, NC	09/03/08	08/29/08
63971	ATS Automotive Technology Systems (State)	Lawrenceville, IL	09/03/08	09/02/08
63972	DeRoyal Industries, Inc. (Wkrs)	Powell, TN	09/03/08	08/26/08
63973	Steelcase Inc. (State)	Grand Rapids, MI	09/03/08	08/21/08
63974	Element Customer Care LLC (Wkrs)	Durham, NC	09/03/08	08/18/08
63975	Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. (Comp)	Elkton, TN	09/03/08	08/21/08
63976	Stauble Machine and Tool (Wkrs)	Louisville, KY	09/03/08	09/02/08
63977	Easy Garment, Inc. (Wkrs)	New York, NY	09/03/08	08/29/08
63978	Rieter Automotive (State)	Saint Joseph, MI	09/03/08	07/22/08
63979	Emerson Power Transmission (Wkrs)	Aurora, IL	09/04/08	08/22/08
63980	Pollak (Comp)	Canton, MA	09/04/08	09/02/08
63981	Prime Tanning (Comp)	Berwick, ME	09/04/08	09/02/08
63982	Moraine Sequencing Center, Inc. (OH)	Moraine, OH	09/04/08	09/02/08
63983	Hillerick and Bradsby (Wkrs)	Ontario, CA	09/04/08	09/03/08
63984	Norwalk Furniture (Comp)	Livingston, TN	09/04/08	09/03/08
63985	Cooper Standard Automotive (Union)	Auburn, IN	09/04/08	09/02/08
63986	Khoury, Inc. (Comp)	Kingsford, MI	09/04/08	09/03/08
63987	Metaldyne (UAW)	St Marys, PA	09/04/08	08/28/08
63988	Porter Engineered Systems, Inc. (Comp)	Westfield, IN	09/04/08	09/03/08
63989	JLG Industries (Wkrs)	McConnellsburg, PA	09/04/08	09/03/08
63990	Whirlpool Oxford Division (Comp)	Oxford, MS	09/05/08	09/04/08
63991	United Steel and Wire Company (State)	Battle Creek, MI	09/05/08	09/04/08
63992	Owens-Corning Composite Materials (Wkrs)	Anderson, SC	09/05/08	08/23/08
63993	Stanley-Bostitch, Inc. (State)	Clinton, CT	09/05/08	09/04/08
63994	Johnson Controls Interior Manufacturing (Comp)	Hartland, MI	09/05/08	08/20/08
63995	Wyeth Biotech (Wkrs)	Andover, MA	09/05/08	09/05/08
63996	MPC Computers, LLC—Nampa (Comp)	Nampa, ID	09/05/08	09/04/08