[Federal Register: December 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 238)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 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 (TA-W) number and alternative trade adjustment
assistance (ATAA) by (TA-W) number issued during the period of November
24 through November 28, 2008.
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. Section (a)(2)(A), all of the following must be satisfied:
A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
B. The sales or production, or both, of such firm or subdivision
have decreased absolutely; and
C. Increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by such firm or subdivision have contributed
importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or
II. Section (a)(2)(B), both of the following must be satisfied:
A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
B. There has been a shift in production by such workers' firm or
subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or directly
competitive with articles which are produced by such firm or
subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. The country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of
the articles is a party to a free trade agreement with the United
States;
2. The country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of
the articles to a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference
Act, African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act; or
3. There has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of
articles that are like or directly competitive with articles which are
or were produced by such firm or subdivision.
Also, in order for an affirmative determination to be made for
secondarily affected 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) 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;
(2) The workers' firm (or subdivision) is a supplier or downstream
producer to a firm (or subdivision) that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility to apply for trade
adjustment assistance benefits and such supply or production is related
to the article that was the basis for such certification; and
(3) Either--
(A) The workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it
supplied for the firm (or subdivision) 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 (or
subdivision) described in paragraph (2) Contributed importantly to the
workers' separation or threat of separation.
In order for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance (ATAA) for older workers, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act must be met.
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers' firm are
50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are
not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry (i.e.,
conditions within the industry are adverse).
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
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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-64,304; American Die Corporation, Chesterfield, MI: October 10,
2007
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) of the Trade Act have been
met.
None.
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.
None.
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 based on increased imports from or
a shift in production to Mexico or Canada) of the Trade Act have been
met.
None.
Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative 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) and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)
of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W-63,880; Cequent Electrical Products, Inc., Tekonsha, MI: August 6,
2007
TA-W-64,255; Hoffman/New Yorker, Inc., Dushore, PA: October 17, 2007
TA-W-64,206; Hutchinson FTS, Inc., Reading, MI: October 9, 2007
TA-W-64,233; Sun Mountain Lumber, Inc., Deer Lodge, MT: October 14,
2007
TA-W-64,319A; McConkey and McConkey Machinery, Englewood, TN: October
28, 2007
TA-W-64,319; Allied Hosiery Mill, Inc., Englewood, TN: October 28, 2007
TA-W-64,153; Hart Schaffner and Marx dba Thorngate, Ltd; A Subsidiary
of Hartmarx Corporation, Cape Girardeau, MO: September 30, 2007
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)
of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W-64,083; American Axle and Manufacturing, Detroit Manufacturing
Complex, Detroit, MI: September 16, 2007
TA-W-64,118; Lincoln Brass Works, Inc., dba Mueller Gas Products,
Jacksboro, TN: September 25, 2007
TA-W-64,161; Titus Tool Co., Inc., Kent, WA: October 1, 2007
TA-W-64,219; GKN Sinter Metals, Sinter Metals Division, Emporium, PA:
October 3, 2007
TA-W-64,229A; Hanesbrand, Inc., Formerly known as Sara Lee Branded
Apparel, Forest City, NC: October 5, 2007
TA-W-64,229B; Hanesbrand, Inc., Formerly known as Sara Lee Branded
Apparel, Gastonia, NC: October 5, 2007
TA-W-64,229C; Hanesbrand, Inc., Formerly known as Sara Lee Branded
Apparel, Rockingham, NC: October 5, 2007
TA-W-64,229; Hanesbrand, Inc., Formerly known as Sara Lee Branded
Apparel, Eden, NC: October 5, 2007
TA-W-64,265; Cooper-Crouse-Hinds, Cooper Interconnect Division,
LaGrange, NC: October 16, 2007
TA-W-64,276; American Safety Razor Co./Personna; Industrial/Medical
Division, Verona, VA: October 23, 2007
TA-W-64,356; Union Apparel, Inc., Norvelt, PA: November 4, 2007
TA-W-64,400; Lincolnton Manufacturing, Inc., A Subsidiary of Century
Place, Lincolnton, NC: November 11, 2007
TA-W-64,427A; Worldtex, Inc., Greensboro Corporate Office, Greensboro,
NC: November 13, 2007
TA-W-64,427; Worldtex, Inc., Hickory Corporate Office, Hickory, NC:
November 13, 2007
TA-W-64,483; Fisher and Company, Inc., Corporate Office, St. Clair
Shores, MI: November 19, 2007
TA-W-64,350; Omega Motion, A Subsidiary of Legget and Platt, Inc.,
Saltillo, MS: November 3, 2007
TA-W-64,261; LexisNexis; Elsevier Dayton IT Division, Miamisburg, OH:
October 16, 2007
TA-W-64,266; Katun Corporation, Environmental Business Systems
Division, Austin, TX: October 21, 2007
TA-W-64,283; STEC, Inc., Santa Ana, CA: October 22, 2007
TA-W-64,438; Boston Scientific, Interventional Technologies Division,
Murrieta, CA: November 12, 2007
TA-W-64,476; Iowa Precision Industries, TDC Division, Cedar Rapids, IA:
November 13, 2007
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) and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have
been met.
TA-W-64,264; General Motors Corporation, Pittsburgh Metal Center, West
Mifflin, PA: October 22, 2007
TA-W-64,399; JC Tec Industries, Annville, KY: November 10, 2007
TA-W-64,419; ATC Panels, Inc., Franklin, VA: November 12, 2007
TA-W-64,456; ILPea, Inc., A Subsidiary of Holm Industries, Fort Smith,
AR: October 13, 2008.
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 based on increased imports from or
a shift in production to Mexico or Canada) and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)
of the Trade Act have been met.
None.
Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, it has been determined that the
requirements of 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) have not been met for the reasons
specified.
The Department has determined that criterion (1) of section 246 has
not been met. The firm does not have a significant number of workers 50
years of age or older.
TA-W-64,304; American Die Corporation, Chesterfield, MI
The Department has determined that criterion (2) of section 246 has
not been met. Workers at the firm possess skills that are easily
transferable.
None.
The Department has determined that criterion (3) of section 246 has
not been met. Competition conditions within the workers' industry are
not adverse.
None.
Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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.
Because the workers of the firm are not eligible to apply for TAA,
the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A.) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.A.) (employment decline) have not been met.
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TA-W-64,195; Enefco USA, Inc., Auburn, ME
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B.) (Sales or
production, or both, did not decline) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in
production to a foreign country) have not been met.
None.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased
imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in production to a foreign
country) have not been met.
TA-W-63,981; Prime Tanning Company, Inc., Berwick, ME
TA-W-64,145; Flakeboard America, LLC; Simsboro, LA
TA-W-64,214; KDH Defense Systems, Inc., Carmichaels, PA
TA-W-64,246; BorgWarner Morse Tech, Inc., Transmission Components,
Ithaca, NY
TA-W-64,252; Lear Corporation; Seating Systems Division, Wentzville, MO
The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for
certification under section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
TA-W-64,190; Hafner USA, Inc., New York, NY
TA-W-64,394; Ameriprise Financial, Inc., Service Delivery, Online
Documentation, Minneapolis, MN
TA-W-64,473; Magnolia Garment Corporation, Tylertown, MS
The investigation revealed that criteria of section 222(b)(2) has
not been met. The workers' firm (or subdivision) is not a supplier to
or a downstream producer for a firm whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for TAA.
None.
I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued
during the period of November 24 through November 28, 2008. Copies of
these determinations are available for inspection in Room C-5311, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210
during normal business hours or will be mailed to persons who write to
the above address.
Dated: December 3, 2008.
Erin FitzGerald,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-29170 Filed 12-9-08; 8:45 am]
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