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In accordance with the Section 223 (19 U.S.C. 2273) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271, et seq.) (“Act”), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents summaries of determinations regarding eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of the Act (“TAA”) for workers by (TA-W) number issued during the period of January 29, 2018 through February 23, 2018. (This Notice primarily follows the language of the Trade Act. In some places however, changes such as the inclusion of subheadings, a reorganization of language, or “and,” “or,” or other words are added for clarification.)
Section 222(a)—Workers of a Primary Firm
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for workers of a primary firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for TAA, the group eligibility requirements under Section 222(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2272(a)) must be met, as follows:
(1) The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272(a)(1)) is that a significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm (or “such firm”) have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;
AND (2(A) or 2(B) below)
(2) The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied by either (A) the Increased Imports Path, or (B) the Shift in Production or Services to a Foreign Country Path/Acquisition of Articles or Services from a Foreign Country Path, as follows:
(A) Increased Imports Path
(i) The sales or production, or both, of such firm, have decreased absolutely;
AND (ii and iii below)
(ii) (I) Imports of articles or services like or directly competitive with articles produced or services supplied by such firm have increased; OR
(II)(aa) 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; ORStart Printed Page 15404
(II)(bb) imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced directly using the services supplied by such firm, have increased; OR
(III) 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;
AND
(iii) The increase in imports described in clause (ii) contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or production of such firm; OR
(B) Shift in Production or Services to a Foreign Country Path OR Acquisition of Articles or Services From a Foreign Country Path
(i) (I) There has been a shift by such workers' firm to a foreign country in the production of articles or the supply of services like or directly competitive with articles which are produced or services which are supplied by such firm; OR
(II) such workers' firm has acquired from a foreign country articles or services that are like or directly competitive with articles which are produced or services which are supplied by such firm;
AND
(ii) The shift described in clause (i)(I) or the acquisition of articles or services described in clause (i)(II) contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation.
Section 222(b)—Adversely Affected Secondary Workers
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 TAA, the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2272(b)) must be met, as follows:
(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;
AND
(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 (19 U.S.C. 2272(a)), and such supply or production is related to the article or service that was the basis for such certification (as defined in subsection 222(c)(3) and (4) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2272(c)(3) and (4));
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 determined under paragraph (1).
Section 222(e)—Firms Identified by the International Trade Commission
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 TAA, the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(e) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2272(e))must be met, by following criteria (1), (2), and (3) as follows:
(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) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2252(b)(1)); OR
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1)of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2436(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));
AND
(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) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252(f)(1)) with respect to the affirmative determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under section 202(f)(3) (19 U.S.C. 2252(f)(3)); OR
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (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) notwithstanding section 223(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2273(b)), the 1-year period preceding the 1-year period described in paragraph (2).
Affirmative Determinations for Trade 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 Path) of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date 92,589 Faurecia Automotive, 3100 Sims Drive Sterling Heights, MI January 27, 2016. 92,589A Faurecia Automotive, 17801 East 14 Mile Road Fraser, MI January 27, 2016. 92,589B Faurecia Automotive, 42555 Merrill Road Sterling Heights, MI January 27, 2016. 92,589C Faurecia Automotive, 17805 Masonic Drive Fraser, MI January 27, 2016. 92,589D Faurecia Automotive, 6100 Sims Drive Sterling Heights, MI January 27, 2016. 93,302 ContiTech USA, Inc., ContiTech, Continental AG Sun Prairie, WI November 9, 2016. 93,311 Temp, Inc Fairmont, WV November 15, 2016. 93,329 Kyklos Bearing International, LLC, American Axle Manufacturing Sandusky, OH December 11, 2017. 93,367 Pacific Crest Transformers, Inc., Personnel Source, Express Employment Professionals White City, OR December 5, 2016. 93,374 Schawk USA Inc., SGK LLC, PeopleReady, Labor Ready Kalamazoo, MI December 14, 2016. Start Printed Page 15405 93,419 Dole Berry Company, Dole Fresh Vegetables, Future Harvesters and Packers, etc Watsonville, CA January 10, 2017. The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(a)(2)(B) (Shift in Production or Services to a Foreign Country Path or Acquisition of Articles or Services from a Foreign Country Path) of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date 92,718 Adtalem Global Education, DeVry Education Group, Help Desk Downers Grove, IL March 10, 2016. 92,718A Adtalem Global Education, DeVry Education Group, Help Desk Oak Brook, IL March 10, 2016. 92,778 United Technologies Aerospace Systems, Butler America Aerospace, LLC Chula Vista, CA March 22, 2016. 92,834 Pearson Bloomington, MN April 20, 2016. 92,834A Pearson Boston, MA April 20, 2016. 92,834B Pearson San Antonio, TX April 20, 2016. 92,925 Bruker AXS Inc Madison, WI May 31, 2016. 92,936 Stratus Technologies, Inc., Information Technology Maynard, MA June 8, 2016. 92,956 Capgemini America, Inc., Capgemini North America, Capgemini, Cloud Infrastructure Services, etc Phoenix, AZ June 16, 2016. 93,021 Durafiber Technologies Grover, NC July 18, 2016. 93,021A Durafiber Technologies Salisbury, NC July 18, 2016. 93,021B Durafiber Technologies Huntersville, NC July 18, 2016. 93,021C Durafiber Technologies Winnsboro, SC July 18, 2016. 93,102 Sharp Electronics Corporation, Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas, Sharp Corporation, Adecco Camas, WA August 17, 2016. 93,252 Toront-Dominion Bank/TD Holdings II, Inc., Toronto Dominion Bank, Enterprise Business Management Group, etc New York, NY October 25, 2016. 93,255 Capgemini America, Inc., Capgemini North America, Operations Group, Cloud Infrastructure Services Chicago, IL October 16, 2016. 93,256 Enterprise Services LLC (ES), Boulder, CO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services, etc Boulder, CO October 27, 2016. 93,269 McAfee, LLC, Corporate Products Business Unit, Intel Idaho Falls, ID November 1, 2016. 93,312 Microsemi Corporation, DPG-PDM, Mid Oregon Personnel and Superior Staffing Bend, OR November 15, 2016. 93,316 Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc., WTG Engineering & Support VAME, Vestas Wind Systems A/S Portland, OR November 17, 2016. 93,326 Oticon, Inc., Production Department, William Demant Holdings Somerset, NJ November 24, 2016. 93,330 Technicolor Connected Home USA, Technicolor USA, CDI, Thomson Licensing LLC Indianapolis, IN November 28, 2016. 93,334 Flowserve Corporation, Clarks-Summit Parts Manufacturing Center Clarks Summit, PA November 27, 2016. 93,338 Display Products/DBA Data Display Products El Segundo, CA November 30, 2016. 93,344 Hewlett Packard Enterprise, EG AMS Supply Chain Manufacturing, Staff Management, Manpower, Bucher, etc Houston, TX December 4, 2016. 93,358 HSBC Bank Technology and Services, USA (HTSU), HSBC Technology and Services, IT, HSBC North American Holdings, etc New York, NY December 8, 2016. 93,369 Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation, Meggitt-USA, Inc Akron, OH December 13, 2016. 93,391 DJO Global LLC, Finance and Accounting, DJO Global Inc., Target CW, Robert Half, etc Vista, CA December 27, 2016. 93,397 Optum Technology, Incident and Fulfillment Group, UnitedHealth Group, Inc Santa Ana, CA December 7, 2016. 93,398 Towers Watson Delaware, Inc., Willis Towers Watson, Aerotek, Fidato Partners, etc Philadelphia, PA December 28, 2016. 93,400 Cooper Crouse-Hinds, LLC, Electrical Products Group, Eaton Corporation, Barpellam Houston, TX January 2, 2017. 93,401 Philips Electronics North America Corp., CT/AMI Division, Randstad Sourceright Cleveland, OH January 2, 2017. 93,402 AllCare Plus Pharmacy, Call Center Operations Northborough, MA December 29, 2016. 93,411 Rovia, LLC, WorldVentures Holdings, Avail, Cornerstone Plano, TX January 5, 2017. 93,413 GE Power (Formerly Alstom Power), General Electric, Action Technology, Aerotek, Fountain Group, etc Windsor, CT January 8, 2017. 93,416 LEDVANCE, LLC, LEDVANCE Holdings, Experis, Manpower Exeter, NH January 10, 2017. 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.Start Printed Page 15406
TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date 93,347 Kellogg Sales Company, Sumner Sales Office, Keebler Company, Kellogg Company, CPC, Inc Sumner, WA December 5, 2016. 93,357 Kellogg Sales Company, La Palma Distribution Center, Keebler Company, Kellogg Company La Palma, CA December 4, 2016. 93,394 Industrial Sales & Manufacturing, Inc Erie, PA December 28, 2016. 93,407 LEDVANCE LLC, Eastern Distribution Center (EDC), LEDVANCE GMBH, Manpower Bethlehem, PA January 5, 2017. The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(e) (firms identified by the International Trade Commission) of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date 93,305 Specialty Tires of America (PA), Inc., Polymer Enterprises, Inc Indiana, PA February 28, 2016. 93,342 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operation, Off Road Tire Plant Normal, IL February 28, 2016. 93,426 AMG Vanadium LLC Cambridge, OH May 12, 2016. Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, the investigation revealed that the eligibility criteria for TAA have not been met for the reasons specified.
The investigation revealed that the requirements of Trade Act section 222 (a)(1) and (b)(1) (significant worker total/partial separation or threat of total/partial separation), or (e) (firms identified by the International Trade Commission), have not been met.
TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date 92,728 Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc New Lexington, OH. 92,837 Hubergroup USA, Inc., California Division Chino, CA. 93,319 DNOW L.P. Ponca City, OK. The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs (a)(2)(A) (increased imports), (a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services to a foreign country or acquisition of articles or services from a foreign country), (b)(2) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible to apply for TAA or downstream producer to a firm whose workers are certified eligible to apply for TAA), and (e) (International Trade Commission) of section 222 have not been met.
TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date 92,791 Alorica North Sioux City, SD. 93,088 BorgWarner, Transmission Systems, BorgWarner, Human Technologies Incorporated Bellwood, IL. 93,175 Del Monte Foods, Inc., Sagar Creek Plant, Allegiant Staffing, Inc Siloam Springs, AR. 93,327 AG Manufacturing, Inc. Wetumpka, AL. 93,328 Altice Media Solutions LLC, Altice USA, Inc Woodbury, NY. 93,346 Alstom Signaling, Inc., Alstom Transport Holding US, Kelly Services West Henrietta, NY. 93,361 General Motors, Spring Hill Manufacturing, Development Dimensions International, G4S, etc Spring Hill, TN. 93,377 Convergys Corporation Cedar City, UT. 93,379 Cequel Corp. d/b/a Suddenlink Communications, Altice USA Parkersburg, WV. Determinations Terminating Investigations of Petitions for Trade Adjustment Assistance
After notice of the petitions was published in the Federal Register and on the Department's website, 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.
Start Printed Page 15407TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date 92,807 ITO Industries, Inc Bristol, WI. 93,320 SOLON Corporation, Aerotek, PeopleReady Tucson, AZ. The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the worker group on whose behalf the petition was filed is covered under an existing certification.
TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date 93,222 Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Nokia of America Corporation, Nokia, Tekmark Global Solutions Naperville, IL. 93,258 Gonzalez Group, LLC Jonesville, MI. 93,331 Securitas Securities Services USA Inc., Kellogg Seelyville Bakery Terre Haute, IN. 93,335 Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Information Technology, Agile 1, Global Power Consulting, Brillio, etc San Francisco, CA. 93,355 Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc., Adecco, APN, Infotree, NextGen, Randstad, Software Specialists, etc Aurora, IL. 93,385 Xerox Corporation, Field Commission Specialists, Collectors/Payment Processors Rochester, NY. 93,392 Turner Specialty Services, Honeywell Metropolis Metropolis, IL. The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the Department issued a negative determination applicable to the petitioning group of workers. No new information or change in circumstances is evident which would result in a reversal of the Department's previous determination.
TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date 93,383 Ryder Integrated Logistics, General Motors, Spring Hill Manufacturing Plant, Randstad USA Spring Hill, TN. I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of January 29, 2018 through February 23, 2018. These determinations are available on the Department's website 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.
Start SignatureSigned at Washington, DC, this 27th day of February 2018.
Hope D. Kinglock,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2018-07299 Filed 4-9-18; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 04/10/2018
- Department:
- Employment and Training Administration
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Document Number:
- 2018-07299
- Pages:
- 15403-15407 (5 pages)
- PDF File:
- 2018-07299.pdf