2016-28908. 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 September 5, 2016 through September 16, 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 the 1-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
90,178	Wingspan Portfolio Advisors, LLC	Monroe, LA	January 1, 2014.
90,242	PSC Metals, Inc., Staffmark	London, KY	January 1, 2014.
91,080	ATI Specialty Alloys and Components, Millersburg Operations, Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, etc	Albany, OR	October 23, 2014.
91,424	Hydralift AmClyde, Inc., Rig Systems Offshore/Lifting and Handling Division, Randstad, Entegee	St. Paul, MN	February 2, 2015.
91,579	Republic Steel, Value-Add Division	Massillon, OH	July 18, 2015.
91,634	Caterpillar Emissions Solution, Large Power Systems Division, Caterpillar, Inc	Santa Fe, NM	March 28, 2015.
92,051	Upper Columbia Mill, LLC, 71410 E Columbia Avenue, GTFF Mill Corporation, Collins Management, etc	Boardman, OR	July 25, 2015.
92,051A	Upper Columbia Mill, LLC, 77200 Poleline Road, GTFF Mill Corporation, Collins Management, etc	Boardman, OR	July 25, 2015.
92,077	Exodus Machines, LLC	Superior, WI	August 1, 2015.
92,097	Terex USA, LLC, Terex Cranes NA Division, Terex Corporation	Waverly, IA	August 8, 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
90,209	Primary Financial Services LLC, CBV Collection Services Ltd	Amherst, NY	January 1, 2014.
90,209A	Primary Financial Services LLC, CBV Collection Services Ltd	Cheektowaga, NY	January 1, 2014.
91,040	Verizon Business Network Services, Inc., Client Service Assurance Group	Cary, NC	October 9, 2014.
91,041	Nike, Inc., Procure To Pay Operations Group, Finance Department	Beaverton, OR	October 8, 2014.
91,462	Sprint, Handset Retrieval Team	Rio Rancho, NM	February 12, 2015.
91,523	Eaton Gainesboro, Industrial Sector, Hydraulics Group, Eaton Corporation, etc	Gainesboro, TN	February 22, 2015.
91,642	Wells Fargo and Company, Division of Community Banking, Covenant Monitoring Unit	Diamond Bar, CA	March 29, 2015.
91,783	Iron Mountain Information Management, LLC, Iron Mountain Incorporated, Customer Service Team, Allegis, etc	Cerritos, CA	May 5, 2015.
91,795	York International Corporation, Industrial Refrigeration Division, Johnson Controls, Inc., Aerotek	Waynesboro, PA	May 16, 2016.
91,795A	Magic Workforce Solutions, York International Corporation, Industrial Refrigeration Division, etc	Waynesboro, PA	May 11, 2015.
91,816	Nike Foundation, Girl Effect, Nike, Inc., Prounlimited	Beaverton, OR	May 16, 2015.
91,818	Johnson Controls, Inc., Finance Shared Service Center	Milwaukee, WI	May 16, 2015.
91,818A	Johnson Controls, Inc., Information Technology	West Allis, WI	May 16, 2015.
91,867	Agilent Technologies, Inc., Order Fulfillment and Supply Chain Group	Danbury, CT	May 31, 2015.
91,932	Continental Casualty Company, Continental Corporation, Special Funds Unit & Claims Operations Unit	Syracuse, NY	June 16, 2015.
91,963	International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), The US SPO Team, Technical Support Services, etc	Camp Hill, PA	June 20, 2015.
91,963A	Manpower, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), The US SPO Team, etc	Camp Hill, PA	October 18, 2015.
91,964	Mark Architectural Lighting, Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., Spherion, Aerotek, Ajulia	Edison, NJ	June 24, 2015.
91,973	International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Priority Support Team, Technical Support Services, etc	Austin, TX	June 28, 2015.
91,974	W.W. Grainger, Inc., Expeditor Team	Lake Forest, IL	June 29, 2015.
91,983	CDK Global LLC, Hosting Solutions Division, Aerotek/Teksystems US, Apex Systems, Inc., etc	Ann Arbor, MI	July 5, 2015.
92,000	Greatbatch, Ltd., Greatbatch, Inc., Superior Group, Volt Management Company, etc	Plymouth, MN	November 8, 2016.
92,006	Dionex Corporation, Chromatography Analytical Technologies Division, Thermo Fisher Scientific	Chelmsford, MA	June 29, 2015.
92,012	International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), ZKRA and ZB8A Departments, Technical Support Services, etc	Schaumburg, IL	July 13, 2015.
92,012A	International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), ZKRA and ZB8A Departments, Technical Support Services, etc	Smyrna, GA	July 13, 2015.
92,031	JP Morgan Chase, Hedge Fund Services Division, Robert Half, Manpower, and Randstad	Brooklyn, NY	July 19, 2015.
92,049	Leonard's Metal, Inc	Wichita, KS	July 22, 2015
92,064	Groupon, Inc., Customer Service Department	Chicago, IL	July 27, 2015
92,067	Overland Solutions, Inc., An EXL Company, EXL Service Holdings, Inc	Overland Park, KS	July 27, 2015.
92,081	International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Sales Management Support, Sales and Distribution Division	Somers, NY	August 2, 2015.
92,081A	International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Sales Management Support, Sales and Distribution Division	Phoenix, AZ	August 2, 2015.
92,081B	International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Sales Management Support, Sales and Distribution Division	Cincinnati, OH	August 2, 2015.
92,083	The ESAB Group, Inc., Colfax Corporation, Manpower	Florence, SC	September 19, 2016.
92,090	Ardagh Metal Packaging, Ardagh Group, S.A., Ajilon and Labor Ready	Terminal Island, CA	August 4, 2015.
92,091	NMC Group, Inc. DBA Nylon Molders Corporation, Esterline Incorporated, Selec Staffing, Integrity Staffing, etc	Pomona, CA	August 4, 2015.
92,099	Springer Science+Business Media LLC, Illustration Department	Philadephia, PA	August 9, 2015.
92,103	ADP, LLC, Order to Invoice Division	Augusta, GA	August 9, 2015.
92,109	Malvern Instruments Inc., Spectris Inc.	Houston, TX	August 12, 2015.
92,113	GE Power Chattanooga Turbines, fka Alstom Power Turbomachines LLC, General Electric Company, etc	Chattanooga, TN	August 16, 2015.
92,115	International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Service Delivery Managers, Information Technology Service Management, etc	Hartford, CT	August 16, 2015.
92,126	IBM, Systems Management Operations (SMO), Business Analytics Service Team, etc	Boulder, CO	August 19, 2015.
92,130	Bloomington Production Operations, LLC, Haier U.S. Appliance Solutions, GE Appliances	Bloomington, IN	January 24, 2016.
92,131	Compressor Controls Corporation, Manpower, Palmer Group, Networks Inc., GNET Group, and IP Pathways	Urbandale, IA	August 22, 2015.
92,136	International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), QXZA Department, 2F Division, Global Technology Services Div (GTS), etc	Boulder, CO	August 23, 2015.
92,179	Nortech Systems, Inc., Insperity, United Employment, Inc	Augusta, WI	September 6, 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
91,608	Harsco Metals & Minerals, North America, Koppel Plant, Harsco Corporation	Koppel, PA	March 17, 2015.

The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(f) (firms identified by the International Trade Commission) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
92,001	Boise Packaging & Newsprint, L.L.C., Packaging Corporation of America, Boise, Inc., Boise Paper Holdings, etc	Santa Fe Springs, CA	February 22, 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
90,261	Verizon, MTS Engineers and Information Technology Quality Assurance	Hempstead, NY
90,286	Verizon Business Network Services, Inc., Conferencing Operations	Davenport, IA

The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs (a)(2)(A)(i) (decline in sales or production, or both) 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
91,575	Swanson Group Manufacturing LLC, Glendale Sawmill, Glendale Plywood/Veneer Divisions, etc	Glendale, OR
91,875	Manitowoc Cranes, LLC, Manitowoc Company, Inc., Aerotek, FlexStaff, Waterstone, Zyqest, etc	Manitowoc, WI

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
85,355	Chevron Mining, Inc., Chevron Corporation, Stu Blattner, Inc. (SBI)	Questa, NM.
91,041A	Nike, Inc., Corporate Services, Logistics & Services and Program/Process Excellence	Beaverton, OR.
91,327	W.P. & R.S. Mars Company	Hibbing, MN.
91,475	Sprint	Blountville, TN.
91,619	Allen Harim Foods, LLC, Allen Harim, Quality Staffing Services, Express Employment, etc	Cordova, MD.
91,626	Strata Mine Services, LLC, Sanders Contracting, LLC, Strata Products Worldwide, LLC	Canonsburg, PA.
91,874	UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealthcare Employer and Individual Division, etc	Richardson, TX.
91,893	Sez Sew Stitching, Inc	Osceola Mills, PA.
91,913	Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company, Helmerich & Payne, Inc., RAMS Group	Tulsa, OK.
91,925	Paragon Geophysical Services, Inc	Wichita, KS.
91,940	Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Drilling and Evaluation Division, Sperry Drilling Services	Bakersfield, CA.
91,969	Silvanus Products, Inc., Employment Staffing Group, Inc. d/b/a/Talent Force	St. Genevieve, MO.
92,014	Mahar Tool Supply Company, Inc., Kelly Services	Dundee, MI.
92,084	Northern Industrial Erectors, Inc	Grand Rapids, MN.

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
91,572	Lehigh Specialty Melting Inc., WHEMCO, Inc	Latrobe, PA.
92,128	FT Eng., Inc	Escondido, CA.

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
91,823	The News & Observer, The McClatchy Company	Raleigh, NC.
92,050	Centrex Revenue Solutions, LLC, Integra Connect, LLC	Ellicott City, MD.
92,088	MEMC Pasadena, Inc., SunEdison, Inc	Pasadena, TX.
92,112	Mattel, Inc., Mattel Global Shared Service Solutions (MGSSS)	East Aurora, NY.

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
92,200	Celestica, Inc., Adecco	Ontario, CA.

I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of September 5, 2016 through September 16, 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 18th day of November 2016.

Hope D. Kinglock,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.