80 FR 136 pgs. 42122-42123 - Notice of Determinations Regarding EligibilityTo Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance andAlternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
Type: NOTICEVolume: 80Number: 136Pages: 42122 - 42123
Pages: 42122, 42123FR document: [FR Doc. 2015-17430 Filed 7-15-15; 8:45 am]
Agency: Labor Department
Sub Agency: Employment and Training Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding EligibilityTo Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance andAlternative 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 (TAA) for workers by (TA-W) number and alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) by (TA-W) number issued during the period of June 1, 2015 through June 26, 2015.
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 (orsubdivision) described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss or 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 Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issue a certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance 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 theworkers' firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possessskills that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers'industry ( i.e., conditions within the industry areadverse).
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.
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.
85,876, Sensor Switch, Wallingford, Connecticut. March 11, 2014.
85,902, Surgical Specialties of Puerto Rico, Inc., Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. March 25, 2014.
85,916, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, LLC., Saint Louis, Missouri. March 30, 2014.
85,955, Prestolite Electric Incorporated, Plymouth, Michigan. April 21, 2014.
85,962, Murata Power Solutions Inc., Mansfield, Massachusetts. April 24, 2014.
85,967, Haemonetics Corporation, Braintree, Massachusetts. June 6, 2015.
85,967A, Leased Workers from Kelly Services and Co Work Staffing, Braintree, Massachusetts. April 27, 2014.
85,970, Alcoa, Lafayette, Indiana. April 28, 2014.
85,972, Nut Processors Inc., El Paso, Texas. April 29, 2014.
85,979, American Standard, Nevada, Missouri. May 1, 2014.
85,980, Essex Group, Inc., (EGI), Kendallville, Indiana. May 4, 2014.
85,984, Micro Contacts, Inc., Hicksville, New York. April 10, 2015.
85,987, Dresser-Rand Company, Wellsville, New York. May 4, 2014.
85,987A, Dresser-Rand Company, Olean, New York. May 4, 2014.
[top] 86,006, Norris Rods, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma. May 8, 2014.
86,012, Gildan Apparel USA, Clarence, New York. May 11, 2014.
86,014, Newell Window Furnishings, Inc., Producing Levelor-Kirsch Brands, Ogden, Utah. May 14, 2014.
86,019, Exide Technologies, Manchester, Iowa. May 18, 2014.
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.
None.
Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance andAlternative 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.
85,945, International Business Machine (IBM), Hopewell Junction, New York.
The workers' firm does not produce an article as requiredfor certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
85,719, Mastercraft Specialties Inc., Red Lion, Pennsylvania.
85,925, Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc., Fullerton, California.
85,949, Asset Acceptance, LLC., Warren, Michigan.
85,966, Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc., San Antonio, Texas.
85,992, Verizon, Cary, North Carolina.
86,003, CompuCom, Bentonville, Arkansas.
86,003, CompuCom, Bentonville, Arkansas.
86,015, Bandai America Inc., Cypress, California.
86,018, Intel Corporation, Rio Rancho.
86,033, Dex Media, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Determinations Terminating Investigations of Petitions forWorker Adjustment Assistance
After notice of the petitions was published in the Federal Register and on the Department's Web site, asrequired by Section 221 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2271), theDepartment initiated investigations of these petitions.
The following determinations terminating investigationswere issued because the petitioner has requested that thepetition be withdrawn.
85,973, CenturyLink, Wake Forest, North Carolina.
85,974, CenturyLink, Leesburg, Florida.
The following determinations terminating investigationswere issued because the petitioning groups of workers arecovered by active certifications. Consequently, furtherinvestigation in these cases would serve no purpose sincethe petitioning group of workers cannot be covered by morethan one certification at a time.
85,953, Hewlett Packard, Omaha, Nebraska.
85,958, Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC., Heath, Ohio.
86,054, Sonoco, New Albany, Indiana.
I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of June 1, 2015 through June 26, 2015. These determinations are available on the Department's Web site www.tradeact/taa/taa_search_form.cfm under the searchable listing of determinations or by calling the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance toll free at 888-365-6822.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of July 2015.
Hope D. Kinglock,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2015-17430 Filed 7-15-15; 8:45 am]
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