2016-23031. Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor herein presents summaries of determinations regarding eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance for workers by (TA-W) number issued during the period of July 25, 2016 through August 5, 2016.

In order for an affirmative determination to be made for workers of a primary firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(a) of the Act must be met.

I. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the following must be satisfied:

(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have decreased absolutely; and

(3) One of the following must be satisfied:

(A) Imports of articles or services like or directly competitive with articles produced or services supplied by such firm have increased;

(B) imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles into which one or more component parts produced by such firm are directly incorporated, have increased;

(C) imports of articles directly incorporating one or more component parts produced outside the United States that are like or directly competitive with imports of articles incorporating one or more component parts produced by such firm have increased;

(D) imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced directly using services supplied by such firm, have increased; and

(4) the increase in imports contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or production of such firm; or

II. Section 222(a)(2)(B) all of the following must be satisfied:

(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) One of the following must be satisfied:

(A) There has been a shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the production of articles or supply of services like or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm;

(B) there has been an acquisition from a foreign country by the workers' firm of articles/services that are like or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; and

(3) the shift/acquisition contributed importantly to the workers' separation or threat of separation.

In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected secondary workers of a firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(b) of the Act must be met.

(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, and such supply or production is related to the article or service that was the basis for such certification; and

(3) either—

(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of the workers' firm; or

(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers' separation or threat of separation.

In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected workers in firms identified by the International Trade Commission and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(e) of the Act must be met.

(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting in—

(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);

(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or

(C) an affirmative final determination of material injury or threat thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the1-year period beginning on the date on which—

(A) a summary of the report submitted to the President by the International Trade Commission under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under section 202(f)(3); or

(B) notice of an affirmative determination described in subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially separated from the workers' firm within—

(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or

(B) not withstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1-year period preceding the 1-year period described in paragraph (2).

Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance

The following certifications have been issued. The date following the company name and location of each determination references the impact date for all workers of such determination.

The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
86,116	QG Printing II Corporation, Express	Portland, OR	June 22, 2014.
91,507	Seneca Foods Corporation	Buhl, ID	February 9, 2015.
91,702	Seissenschmidt Corporation, USA Division, Linamar-Seissenschmidt Forging LFC, Seissenschmidt GMBH, etc	Oscoda, MI	April 13, 2015.
91,891	Tokyo Ohka Kogyo America, Inc., Tokyo Ohka Kogyo, Ltd. Co., Aerotek, Addeco, Kelly Services	Hillsboro, OR	June 8, 2015.
91,968	Noranda Intermediate Holding Corporation, Vaco	Franklin, TN	June 27, 2015.
91,968A	Norandal USA, Inc., Noranda Intermediate Holding Corporation, Great Rivers, etc	Huntington, TN	June 27, 2015.
91,968B	Norandal USA, Inc., Noranda Intermediate Holding Corporation, Resourcemfg, etc	Salisbury, NC	December 3, 2015.

The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
90,048	Atmel Corporation	Colorado Springs, CO	June 5, 2015.
90,048A	Kelly Services, ProUnlimited, Add Staff, Atmel Corporation	Colorado Springs, CO	January 1, 2014.
90,241	SASOL, Wood Group Production Consulting Services, Inc	Tulsa, OK	January 1, 2014.
91,134	Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC, Meritor, Inc	Heath, OH	November 19, 2015.
91,237	Siemens Industry, Inc., Process Industries and Drive Division	Norwood, OH	November 17, 2014.
91,392	Graphic Packaging International Inc., Graphic Packaging Holding Company	Renton, WA	January 25, 2015.
91,648	Ciena Corporation, Product Supply Chain Group, Networking Platforms Division, etc	Linthicum, MD	March 30, 2015.
91,834	International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Cloud Storage Manager Services, Global Technology Services Division, etc	Boulder, CO	May 20, 2015.
91,853	Yellow Pages Digital Media Solutions, LLC, Information Systems and Information Technology Division, etc	Blue Bell, PA	May 16, 2015.
91,855	CH2M Inc., CH2M HILL Companies Ltd., Division of Finance and Accounting	Englewood, CO	May 12, 2015.
91,858	John Crane Inc. (JCI), Smiths Group, Cielo	Morton Grove, IL	May 25, 2015.
91,865	DLA, Inc., Sercotel, S.A. de C.V., TFI Resources, Inc	Doral, FL	May 26, 2015.
91,885	Caterpillar, Inc., CR Coatings, The Tool Gage House, Vonachen Services, Inc., etc	Joliet, IL	June 6, 2015.
91,906	Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Service Management-Onboarding Division	Plano, TX	June 10, 2015.
91,920	Compucom Systems, Inc., Dallas Service Desk	Dallas, TX	June 14, 2015.
91,928	Caterpillar, Inc./Balderson, Work Tools Division, Caterpillar, Inc	Jacksonville, FL	June 15, 2015.
91,943	ALM Media LLC, ALM Media, Inc	New York, NY	June 21, 2015.
91,949	One Call Care Management, Align Networks Division (SmartComp), ECA Staffing Solutions, Inc., etc	Canonsburg, PA	June 22, 2015.
91,950	Branded Entertainment Network, Inc., Corbis Corporation, Branded Entertainment Network Holdings, Inc., SCOM, etc	Seattle, WA	June 20, 2015.
91,960	Dana Commercial Vehicle Manufacturing LLC, Dana Holding Corporation, Bluegrass and Associates, Ahead Staffing	Glasgow, KY	June 26, 2015.
91,961	Aurora Casket Company, D/B/A Matthews-Aurora Funeral Solutions, Belflex Staffing Belcan Staffing	Aurora, IN	June 24, 2015.
91,965	Masonite D/B/A Algoma Hardwoods, ABR	Algoma, WI	June 24, 2015.
91,975	Cascades U.S. Holdings Cascades Auburn Fiber, Cascades, Inc	Auburn, ME	June 29, 2015.
91,976	Motorola Solutions, Inc., Products and Services, Devices Engineering Development Team, etc	Schaumburg, IL	June 29, 2015.
91,979	GE Transportation Engine System, GE Transportation Division	Latham, NY	July 1, 2015.
91,981	GAP Sample Room, Gap Inc., Prounlimited	New York, NY	April 22, 2015.
91,986	Grede II LLC, Bessemer (Foundry) Division, Metaldyne Performance Group, etc	Bessemer, AL	July 5, 2015.
91,987	Solera Holdings Inc., Audatex North America Division, Database Development Group (DBD), etc	San Diego, CA	July 5, 2015.
91,991	Caterpillar Precision Engine Components, Industry Solutions, Components, and Distribution Division, etc	Morganton, NC	July 6, 2015.
91,997	Pall Corporation, Validation Testing Division	Port Washington, NY	July 7, 2015.
92,009	Epicor Software Corporation, EGL Holdco, Inc., Zero Chaos, Wildes Enterprises	Westminster, CO	July 12, 2015

The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(b) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible to apply for TAA) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
91,618	Kato Engineering, Inc	North Mankato, MN	March 22, 2015.

The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(b) (downstream producer for a firm whose workers are certified eligible to apply for TAA) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
91,849	Vallourec Drilling Products USA, Inc., Vallourec USA Corporation, Burnett Specialists, 6300 Navigation Boulevard	Houston, TX	May 24, 2015.
91,849A	Vallourec Drilling Products USA, Inc., Vallourec USA Corporation, 4424 West Sam Houston Parkway North	Houston, TX	May 24, 2015.

Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In the following cases, the investigation revealed that the eligibility criteria for worker adjustment assistance have not been met for the reasons specified.

The investigation revealed that the criterion under paragraph (a)(1), or (b)(1) (employment decline or threat of separation) of section 222 has not been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
90,320	Atos IT Solutions and Services Inc., NSC Global	Cheshire, CT
91,709	Avery Dennison, Printing and Converting Platform Team	Westborough, MA.

The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs (a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and (a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services to a foreign country) of section 222 have not been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
90,011	Wilson Creek Energy, LLC, Roxcoal Inc., PBS Coals Inc., Corsa Coal Corporation	Friedens, PA
90,055	Solutia, Inc., Eastman Chemical Company, Henkel Corporation	Springfield, MA
90,312	Fab-Tech Inc., Critical Process Systems Group (CPSG), Westaff	Colchester, VT
90,340	Celanese Corporation, Emulsions Division, Brock Jacobs, Allied Barton	Meredosia, IL
91,214	Parker Aerospace, Parker Hannifin, Jackie Kabrell, AG Energy Solutions, etc	Liberty Lake, WA
91,461	Sprint Wireless Call Center	Temple, TX
91,636	Alorica, Inc., Albuquerque Division	Albuquerque, NM
91,641	General Electric Company, GE Capacitor and Power Quality Products, Energy Connections Division	Fort Edward, NY
91,750	NWS Traffic LLC, Pole Manufacturing Division, Signal Group, Inc., Peek Traffic Corporation	Tualatin, OR
91,831	Vesta Corporation, Unosquare LLC, Infogroup Northwest, Inc., Lexicon Solutions	Portland, OR
91,962	Minnesota Wire Cable, Manpower, Express Employment Professionals, Kelly Services, Adecco	Eau Claire, WI

Determinations Terminating Investigations of Petitions for Worker Adjustment Assistance

After notice of the petitions was published in the Federal Register and on the Department's Web site, as required by Section 221 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2271), the Department initiated investigations of these petitions.

The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
92,027	McDonald's Corporation	Columbus, OH

The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the petitioning groups of workers are covered by active certifications. Consequently, further investigation in these cases would serve no purpose since the petitioning group of workers cannot be covered by more than one certification at a time.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
91,850	Verso Corporation, Wickliffe Mill, Select Staffing, U.S. Security Associates, etc	Wickliffe, KY
91,850A	Verso Corporation, Beaver Dam Woodyard	Beaver Dam, KY
91,850B	Verso Corporation, Eddyville Woodyard	Eddyville, KY
91,850C	Verso Corporation, Waldschmidt Woodyard	Wickliffe, KY
91,850D	Verso Corporation, Bethel Springs Woodyard	Bethel Springs, TN
91,850E	Verso Corporation, Big Sandy Woodyard	Camden, TN
91,850F	Verso Corporation, Dover Woodyard	Dover, TN
92,039	Norandal USA, Inc., Noranda Intermediate Holding Corporation, Great Rivers Employment, etc	Huntington, TN
92,039A	Norandal USA, Inc., Noranda Intermediate Holding Corporation, Resourcemfg, etc	Salisbury, NC

The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the petitions are the subject of ongoing investigations under petitions filed earlier covering the same petitioners.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
91,982	Caterpillar	Thomasville, GA

I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of July 25, 2016 through August 5, 2016. These determinations are available on the Department's Web site https://www.doleta.gov/​tradeact/​taa/​taa_​search_​form.cfm under the searchable listing determinations or by calling the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance toll free at 888-365-6822.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of August 2016.

Jessica R. Webster,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.