2012-23285. 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 October 1, 2012.

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 October 1, 2012.

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 12th day of September 2012.

Elliott S. Kushner,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[17 TAA petitions instituted between 9/4/12 and 9/7/12]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
81934	Zenda Leather (Company)	Connelly Springs, NC	09/04/12	08/29/12
81935	ING—Account Managers and Administrative incl. off-site (home) workers frm (Workers)	Lewiston, ME	09/04/12	08/30/12
81936	Atmel Corporation (Workers)	Colorado Springs, CO	09/04/12	08/31/12
81937	Clearon Corporation (Union)	South Charleston, WV	09/05/12	09/04/12
81938	InterDent—Northwest Division (Company)	Vancouver, WA	09/05/12	09/04/12
81939	The Miller Company (Company)	Meriden, CT	09/05/12	09/04/12
81940	Omnova Solutions (State/One-Stop)	Columbus, MS	09/05/12	09/04/12
81941	United Health Group (State/One-Stop)	Sacramento, CA	09/05/12	08/16/12
81942	Ochoco Lumber Company dba Malheur Lumber Company (Company)	John Day, OR	09/06/12	08/24/12
81943	Verifications, Inc. (Workers)	Minnetonka, MN	09/06/12	09/05/12
81944	JMC Steel Group Wheatland Tube (Union)	Sharon, PA	09/06/12	09/05/12
81945	Pfizer, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Groton, CT	09/06/12	09/05/12
81946	Verizon Business (Workers)	San Francisco, CA	09/06/12	08/30/12
81947	Enkeboll Design Company (The) (State/One-Stop)	Carson, CA	09/07/12	09/06/12
81948	Vacumet a Scholle Owned Company (Workers)	Morristown, TN	09/07/12	09/06/12
81949	SDL International (State/One-Stop)	Chicago, IL	09/07/12	09/06/12
81950	Fortis Plastics, LLC (Workers)	Wilmington, OH	09/07/12	09/06/12