2014-29507. 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 December 29, 2014.

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 December 29, 2014.

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 4th day of December 2014.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[14 TAA petitions instituted between 11/24/14 and 11/28/14]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
85665	Mondi Group (Workers)	New Philadelphia, OH	11/24/14	11/13/14
85666	Philips Lightolier (State/One-Stop)	Fall River, MA	11/24/14	11/21/14
85667	JDS Uniphase (Company)	Milpitas, CA	11/25/14	11/24/14
85668	Pamco Machine Company (State/One-Stop)	Lewiston, ME	11/25/14	11/24/14
85669	Smith Detection, Inc (Company)	Edgewood, MD	11/25/14	11/24/14
85670	Verizon Communications (Union)	Erie, PA	11/25/14	11/24/14
85671	DIEHL Controls North America, Inc. (Company)	Naperville, IL	11/25/14	11/06/14
85672	Twin Rivers Paper LLC (Union)	Madawaska, ME	11/26/14	11/26/14
85673	Quantum Foods (Workers)	Bolingbrook, IL	11/26/14	11/25/14
85674	Levi Strauss and Co (State/One-Stop)	Eugene, OR	11/26/14	11/25/14
85675	Hewlett Packard Co. (State/One-Stop)	Corvallis, OR	11/26/14	11/25/14
85676	Syncreon (Company)	Trotwood, OH	11/28/14	11/26/14
85677	Hitachi Zosen Catalyst USA, LLC (Company)	Scottsboro, AL	11/28/14	11/26/14
85678	Navister (Workers)	Garland, TX	11/28/14	11/25/14