E7-18612. 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 October 1, 2007.

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 October 1, 2007.

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 11th day of September 2007.

Ralph DiBattista,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

APPENDIX

TAA Petitions Instituted Between 9/4/07 and 9/7/07

TAW	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
62084	Weldsource Alliance (Wkrs)	OskKosh, WI	09/04/07	08/31/07
62085	Smurfit Stone Container Corp. (Wkrs)	Columbia, SC	09/04/07	08/23/07
62086	Prelude Foam Products (Comp)	Thomasville, NC	09/04/07	08/31/07
62087	Grant Western Lumber Co. (State)	John Day, OR	09/04/07	08/31/07
62088	Friedrich Air Conditioning Company (IUECWA)	San Antonio, TX	09/05/07	09/05/07
62089	Hershey Company (The) (State)	Naugatuck, CT	09/05/07	08/31/07
62090	ABN-AMRO/Lasalle Bank (Wkrs)	Chicago, IL	09/05/07	08/28/07
62091	Plastech Engineered Products (State)	Aburn Hills, MI	09/05/07	08/28/07
62092	H and T Waterbury (State)	Waterbury, CT	09/05/07	07/17/07
62093	Riverside Uniforms (Comp)	Prichard, WV	09/05/07	09/04/07
62094	Banner Fibreboard Company (USW)	Wellsburg, WV	09/05/07	08/30/07
62095	Bremer Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Wkrs)	Elkhart Lake, WI	09/05/07	08/29/07
62096	Galey and Lord (State)	Gastonia, NC	09/05/07	09/04/07
62097	Elliott Brother Steel Company (Comp)	New Castle, PA	09/05/07	09/04/07
62098	Besser Company (Union)	Alpena, MI	09/05/07	09/04/07
62099	Carbo Medics Inc. (Comp)	Austin, TX	09/05/07	09/04/07
62100	Microfiber, Inc. (Wkrs)	Winston-Salem, NC	09/06/07	08/14/07
62101	American Woodmark (UBC)	Moorefield, WV	09/06/07	09/06/07
62102	Network Appliance, Inc. (Wkrs)	Sunnyvale, CA	09/06/07	09/05/07
62103	New River Industries, Inc. (Wkrs)	New York, NY	09/06/07	08/28/07
62104	Imation Corporation/Weatherford (Comp)	Weatherford, OK	09/06/07	09/05/07
62105	Christy Industries, Inc. (Comp)	Fraser, MI	09/06/07	08/31/07
62106	Laird Technologies (Comp)	Delaware Water Gap, PA	09/06/07	09/04/07
62107	Regal Ware, Inc. (Comp)	Kewaskum, WI	09/06/07	08/28/07
62108	Vermont Plywood (Comp)	Hancock, VT	09/06/07	09/04/07
62109	FabCare International LLC (State)	Celina, TN	09/06/07	09/04/07
62110	Bekaert Carding Solutions, Inc. (Comp)	Simpsonville, SC	09/06/07	08/29/07
62111	MB Tech Autodie LLC (Comp)	Grand Rapids, MI	09/06/07	09/05/07
62112	Fry's Metals, Inc. (Comp)	Alpharetta, GA	09/06/07	08/31/07
62113	Ken-Bar Manufacturing Company (Wkrs)	Baldwin, GA	09/07/07	09/06/07
62114	Traer Manufacturing (Union)	Traer, IA	09/07/07	09/05/07
62115	Rheem Manufacturing (Wkrs)	Milledgeville, GA	09/07/07	09/04/07
62116	U.S. Textile Corporation (Comp)	Newland, NC	09/07/07	09/06/07
62117	Intasco USA (Comp)	Port Huron, MI	09/07/07	09/06/07