2012-23576. 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 5, 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 5, 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 19th day of September 2012.

Elliott S. Kushner,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

APPENDIX

[20 TAA petitions instituted between 9/10/12 and 9/14/12]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
81951	AGI—Shorewood (Workers)	Weaverville, NC	09/10/12	09/06/12
81952	American Airlines (Union)	DFW International Airport, TX	09/10/12	09/06/12
81953	Franklin Electric Company, Inc. (Company)	Oklahoma City, OK	09/10/12	09/05/12
81954	Medimmune (Workers)	Mountain View, CA	09/10/12	09/05/12
81955	Pocahontas Machine Works, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Pocahontas, AR	09/10/12	09/06/12
81956	Exide Technologies (Company)	Bristol, TN	09/10/12	09/07/12
81957	Edmund Optics, Inc. (Company)	Pennsburg, PA	09/10/12	09/07/12
81958	Comair (State/One-Stop)	Erlanger, KY	09/10/12	09/07/12
81959	International Union of Operating Engineers Local 37 (State/One-Stop)	Sparrows Point, MD	09/10/12	09/10/12
81960	Verizon (Workers)	Highland Ranch, CO	09/10/12	09/07/12
81961	American Express Company, “Amex New Accounts Dept.—Fraud Division” (Workers)	Salt Lake City, UT	09/10/12	09/06/12
81962	Verizon Business (Workers)	Richardson, TX	09/11/12	09/10/12
81963	Eco Energy Solution (State/One-Stop)	Reno, NV	09/12/12	09/07/12
81964	HP Enterprise Services LLC (Workers)	Cupertino, CA	09/12/12	09/11/12
81965	Melco Engraving, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Rochester Hills, MI	09/13/12	09/04/12
81966	AT&T (State/One-Stop)	Bothell, WA	09/13/12	09/12/12
81967	OMCO Machining Concepts (Union)	Winchester, IN	09/14/12	09/13/12
81968	Verizon Business (State/One-Stop)	Vestavia, AL	09/14/12	09/13/12
81969	Schawk, Inc. (State/One-Stop)	Minneapolis, MN	09/14/12	09/13/12
81970	Anthem Bluecross (State/One-Stop)	Newbury Park, CA	09/14/12	09/06/12