E6-15749. 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 6, 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 October 6, 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 13th day of September 2006.

Linda G. Poole,

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[TAA Petitions Instituted Between 9/4/06 and 9/8/06]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
60001	Butts Manufacturing (Comp)	Garden Grove, CA	09/05/06	08/24/06
60002	Pfizer Global Manufacturing (Comp)	Augusta, GA	09/05/06	09/01/06
60003	Central Products Company (Comp)	Brighton, CO	09/05/06	09/01/06
60004	Hughes Manufacturing (State)	Farmington Hills, MI	09/05/06	09/01/06
60005	Johnson Controls, Inc. (State)	Holland, MI	09/05/06	09/01/06
60006	Bosch (Comp)	Sumter, SC	09/05/06	09/05/06
60007	GKN Sinter Metals (State)	Salem, IN	09/05/06	09/01/06
60008	BBA Fiberweb (WPPW)	Washougal, WA	09/06/06	09/01/06
60009	Joan Fabrics Corporation (Comp)	Tyngsboro, MA	09/06/06	09/05/06
60010	Manpower (State)	Carbondale, IL	09/06/06	09/05/06
60011	OSRAM Sylvania, Inc. (Comp)	Central Falls, RI	09/06/06	09/05/06
60012	Federal Mogul Corporation (State)	Sparta, TN	09/06/06	09/05/06
60013	Hutchinson Fts., Inc. (State)	Byrdstown, TN	09/06/06	09/05/06
60014	Cornice (State)	Longmont, CO	09/06/06	09/05/06
60015	Laird Technologies (Wkrs)	Schaumburg, IL	09/06/06	09/06/06
60016	Wachovia Bank (Wkrs)	Philadelphia, PA	09/06/06	09/06/06
60017	Kimberly-Clark Corporation (Comp)	Neenah, WI	09/07/06	09/06/06
60018	Great Western Malting (Wkrs)	Vancouver, WA	09/07/06	09/06/06
60019	Artesyn Technologies (Comp)	Framingham, MA	09/07/06	09/06/06
60020	Venus Accessories, Ltd. (Wkrs)	Long Island City, NY	09/07/06	08/14/06
60021	Elite Cushions, Inc. (Wkrs)	Granite Falls, NC	09/07/06	09/07/06
60022	Ingram Micro, Inc. (Comp)	Williamsville, NY	09/07/06	09/06/06
60023	Benchmark Electronics (Comp)	Loveland, CO	09/07/06	09/06/06
60024	Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Comp)	Loveland, CO	09/07/06	09/05/06
60025	Modine Manufacturing (Union)	Logansport, IN	09/07/06	09/06/06
60026	BSN-Jobst, Inc. (Comp)	Rutherford College, NC	09/07/06	09/06/06
60027	Opelika Greige Plant (Comp)	Opelika, AL	09/07/06	09/07/06
60028	WestPoint Home (Comp)	Lanett, AL	09/07/06	09/07/06
60029	Standard Register (Wkrs)	Terre Haute, IN	09/07/06	08/29/06
60030	Rector Sportswear Corp. (State)	Rector, AR	09/07/06	09/07/06
60031	Velcorex—DMC Corp. (Wkrs)	Orangeburg, SC	09/07/06	08/31/06
60032	Ford Motor Company (Wkrs)	Dearborn, MI	09/07/06	09/06/06
60033	Northern Hardwoods (State)	South Range, MI	09/08/06	09/07/06
60034	Visteon Systems, LLC (UAW)	Lansdale, PA	09/08/06	09/07/06
60035	Rawlings Sporting Goods, Inc. (Comp)	St. Louis, MO	09/08/06	09/07/06
60036	Crane Plumbing (Comp)	Monroe, GA	09/08/06	09/07/06
60037	Ethan Allen Operations, Inc. (Comp)	Spruce Pine, NC	09/08/06	09/07/06
60038	Carbone Kirkwood, LLC (Comp)	Farmville, VA	09/08/06	08/31/06
60039	Hamilton Sundstrand (UAW)	Rockford, IL	09/08/06	08/31/06
60040	ADVO (Comp)	Milwaukee, WI	09/08/06	09/01/06
60041	Delphi Energy and Chassis Needmore Rd. (Union)	Dayton, OH	09/08/06	08/24/06
60042	Mattel, Inc. (State)	El Segundo, CA	09/08/06	08/30/06
60043	P.S.W., Inc. (State)	Chino, CA	09/08/06	08/31/06
60044	Degussa Engineered Carbons, LP (Union)	Belpre, OH	09/08/06	09/01/06