Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2016)
Notices
Pages 9509-9513
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2016-04003
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
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 January 11, 2016 through February 5, 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.
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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
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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;
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(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.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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86,060................ Worthington Industries, Inc, Florence, SC........ June 3, 2014.
Engineered Cabs Division, Olsten
Staffing, Spherion Staffing, etc.
86,089................ Huntington Alloys Corporation, Huntington, WV...... June 10, 2014.
Special Metals Division, Special
Metals Corporation, Kelly Services.
90,101................ Vallourec Star, LP, Vallourec Group Youngstown, OH...... January 1, 2014.
NA, Midwest Industrial Contract
Services, LLC, etc.
91,037................ Paramount Apparel International, Winona, MO.......... October 7, 2014.
Inc, Domestic Cut & Sew Division.
91,195................ Dunkirk Power LLC, NRG Energy, Inc, Dunkirk, NY......... December 4, 2014.
Pontoon Solutions, Inc.
91,257................ Huntley Power LLC, NRG Energy, Inc, Tonawanda, NY....... December 22, 2014.
Pontoon Solutions, Inc.
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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.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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85,153................ Staples, Inc, Global Technology, IT Framingham, MA...... March 14, 2013.
HelpDesk Support Division.
85,237................ Hyundia America Shipping Agency, Charlotte, NC....... March 31, 2013.
Inc, Charlotte Regional Customer
Service Center.
85,249................ Mitel, Inc, Solutions Validation Mesa, AZ............ April 19, 2013.
Engineering Department, R&D Lab.
85,267................ Support.com, Inc................... Redwood City, CA.... April 18, 2013.
85,395................ StreetLinks Lender Solutions, Indianapolis, IN.... June 13, 2013.
Aerotek, Appletree Staffing,
Infinity Staffing, etc.
85,615................ Trane U.S. Inc, Tyler Operations/ Tyler, TX........... November 24, 2014.
Residential HVAC, Ingersoll-Rand,
Remedy Intelligent Staff.
85,705................ KeyBank, NA, Operations Balance and Brooklyn, OH........ December 7, 2013.
Control Department, Account Temps,
etc.
85,771................ Eastman Kodak Company, CFG-Finance, Rochester, NY....... January 19, 2014.
Planning and Analysis Division,
Adecco.
85,812................ Deluxe 3D LLC, Deluxe Entertainment Burbank, CA......... February 3, 2014.
Services Group, etc.
85,918................ Interactive Data Corporation, PRD Bedford, MA......... March 16, 2014.
Division.
85,949................ Asset Acceptance, LLC, Encore Warren, MI.......... April 20, 2014.
Capital Group, Customer Service
and Support (CSS) Department.
90,032................ Infineon Technologies Americas El Segundo, CA...... January 1, 2014.
Corp., International Rectifier,
Targetcw, Top Echelon, and
Ultimate Staffing.
90,060................ Lenovo (United States) Inc, Morrisville, NC..... January 1, 2014.
Enterprise Business Group, Lenovo
Holding Company, Inc.
90,069................ First Advantage Background Services Watertown, SD....... January 1, 2014.
Corp., Verifications, Inc, Tapfin.
90,107................ Morgan Stanley & Company, LLC, New York, NY........ January 1, 2014.
Finance Division, Pride
Technologies.
90,124................ McKesson Corp., Contract Carrollton, TX...... January 1, 2014.
Administration Division, McKesson,
Insight Global.
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90,157................ L.A. Darling Company, Gondola Corning, AR......... January 1, 2014.
Division, People Source and
Hometown Employment.
90,172................ Maxim Integrated Products, Inc..... Dallas, TX.......... January 1, 2014.
90,188................ AXA Equitable Life Insurance Syracuse, NY........ January 1, 2014.
Company, Re-Insurance and HR-
Payroll Group, AXA Financial, Inc,
Kelly, etc.
90,260................ SK&A Information Services, Inc, Irvine, CA.......... January 1, 2014.
Research Division, IMS Health
Technology Solutions, Appleone
Grange, etc.
91,021................ Triumph Aerostructures, Vought Grand Prairie, TX... March 20, 2015.
Aircraft Division, Aeorstructures
Contract Employees, Inc, etc.
91,091................ Caterpillar Precision Seals, Franklin, NC........ October 30, 2014.
Caterpillar, Inc, Franklin
Division, Spherion, Manpower,
Phillips, etc.
91,108................ Volcano Corporation, Aerotek Rancho Cordova, CA.. September 24, 2015.
Staffing.
91,109................ Hoffman Enclosures, Inc, Technical Mt. Sterling, KY.... November 4, 2014.
Solutions, Pentair, Adecco,
Kentucky Staffing Solutions,
Aerotek.
91,122................ Alcoa Intalco Works, AnovaWorks, Ferndale, WA........ November 9, 2014.
PLLC, GCA Services Group, etc.
91,125................ Wenatchee Works, Alcoa, Inc, Malaga, WA.......... November 6, 2014.
AnovaWorks, PLLC, etc.
91,145................ Joy Global Underground Mining, LLC, Franklin, PA........ November 27, 2015.
All Seasons Temporaries, Inc.
91,145A............... On-Site Leased Workers from Franklin, PA........ November 16, 2014.
Technical Solutions, Inc, etc,
Precision Resource Company, ACS
Engineering Group, etc.
91,156................ The Guardian Life Insurance Company Appleton, WI........ November 18, 2014.
of America, Kelly Services.
91,174................ SourceMedia LLC, Trinet............ New York, NY........ November 23, 2014.
91,178................ Energizer Holdings, Inc, Staff Bennington, VT...... November 25, 2014.
Management/SMX.
91,179................ J.P. Morgan Chase & Company, Louisville, KY...... November 25, 2014.
Commerical Banking Credit Services
Administration Group.
91,191................ Farrowmed Innovations LLC, BSN Bryan, TX........... November 24, 2014.
Medical, Farrowmed LLC, Express
Employment Professionals.
91,193................ KIK Custom Products, KIK Los Angeles, CA..... December 3, 2014.
International LLC, Select Staffing.
91,197................ Mercer HR Services, LLC, Mercer Dallas, TX.......... December 4, 2014.
(US) Inc, Pontoon Solutions, Inc.
91,203................ Tango Networks, Inc, Trinet........ Frisco, TX.......... December 7, 2014.
91,205................ KBR, Inc, Technical Staffing Houston, TX......... December 8, 2014.
Resources.
91,217................ Flextronics America, LLC, West Columbia, SC... December 10, 2014.
Flextronics International USA, Inc.
91,221................ Rockwood Lithium, Inc, Lithium New Johnsonville, TN December 11, 2014.
Division, Albemarle Corporation.
91,224................ GM Subsystems Manufacturing, LLC, Lake Orion, MI...... December 14, 2014.
General Motors Company.
91,233................ Thermo Fisher Scientific, ATR, Austin, TX.......... December 15, 2014.
Adecco, Aerotek and Kelly Services.
91,239................ Umicore Optical Materials USA Inc, Quapaw, OK.......... December 17, 2014.
Substrates Division, Umicore USA,
Inc, Express Employment
Professionals.
91,240................ Static Control Components, Inc..... Sanford, NC......... December 18, 2014.
91,244................ Amphenol Corporation, Aerospace and Sidney, NY.......... December 3, 2015.
Industrial Division.
91,245................ Concentrix, Synnex................. Greenville, SC...... December 18, 2014.
91,256................ Electrofilm Manufacturing Company Valencia, CA........ December 21, 2014.
LLC, Envirotech LLC, Aerotek
Commercial Staffing, Ronin
Staffing LLC, etc.
91,270................ Eaton Corporation, Cooper Power Pewaukee, WI........ January 25, 2016.
Systems Division, Aerotek Staffing
and Adecco.
91,291................ Alorica............................ Omaha, NE........... December 24, 2014.
91,333................ Emerson Network Power, Emerson, Delaware, OH........ February 21, 2016.
Liebert Corporation and Liebert
North America, Inc.
91,338................ EnerSys, EnerSys Delaware Inc, RG Cleveland, OH....... January 12, 2015.
Staffing and Robert Half
Management Resources.
91,358................ Ruhrpumpen, Inc, The Addison Group, Tulsa, OK........... January 15, 2015.
Abundant Solutions, The Rowland
Group, etc.
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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.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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85,317............... Child Care Services, Boaz Eagle Courtland, MS.
Corps Investments.
85,878............... MicroTelecom Systems LLC........... Uniondale, NY.
85,965............... Cathedral Art Metal Company, Inc... Providence, RI.
90,167............... International Business Machines Seattle, WA.
(IBM), Mainframe Service Delivery,
Artech Information Systems LLC.
91,283............... Rapids Process Equipment, Inc...... Cohasset, MN.
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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.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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90,154................ AVA Design LLC..................... New York, NY........
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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.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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85,001................ Boehringer Ingelheim Chemicals, Petersburg, VA......
Inc. (BICI), Boehringer Ingelheim,
Mechanical, Industrial Turnaround,
etc.
85,055................ Associated Creditors Exchange, Phoenix, AZ.........
Inc., D/B/A Ace Global.
85,103................ Guru Denim, Inc., True Religion Vernon, CA..........
Apparel, Inc.
85,139................ Syncreon US Inc., Malone, Sentech, Sterling Heights, MI
Drive Source, and Midwest.
85,583................ Metalfab Tool & Machine, Inc....... Mio, MI.............
85,865................ Harland Clarke Corp., Base Stock San Antonio, TX.....
Plant/Specialty Products, Account
Temps, Robert Half, etc.
85,968................ Wolff Fording and Company, Richmond, VA........
Partnership Staffing.
90,090................ Hallmark Cards, Inc. and Hallmark Enfield, CT.........
Marketing Company, LLC, Guidant
Group and Staffmark.
90,092................ Geokinetics, Inc., Geokinetics, Houston, TX.........
USA, Inc., Greyco Seismic
Personnel Services.
90,099................ Smith's Medical ASD, Inc., Adecco.. Rockland, MA........
90,210................ Uni-Select USA, Uni-Select USA Tonawanda, NY.......
Holdings, Inc.
90,211................ UnitedHealth Group, Optum Shared Trumbull, CT........
Services Transactions Division,
etc.
91,218................ Mesabi Radial Tire Company, 1801 Hibbing, MN.........
5th Avenue East.
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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.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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86,101................ Paragon Store Fixtures............. Big Lake, MN........
86,126................ SSAC (Solid State Advanced Baldwinsville, NY...
Controls), Littelfuse, Inc.,
Adecco, Carr Recruiting Solutions,
etc.
90,148................ Molycorp Minerals LLC.............. Mountain Pass, CA...
91,062................ Unipower LLC....................... Dunlap, TN..........
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The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the petitions are the subject of ongoing investigations under petitions filed earlier covering the same petitioners.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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91,061................ Johnson Metall, Inc................ Lorain, OH..........
91,271................ AVX Corporation, Kyocera Myrtle Beach, SC....
Corporation.
91,271A............... AVX Corporation, Kyocera Conway, SC..........
Corporation.
91,295................ Allegheny Technologies Incorporated Midland, PA.........
91,362................ JDS Uniphase/Lumentum.............. Bloomfield, CT......
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I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of January 11, 2016 through February 5, 2016. 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
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Adjustment Assistance toll free at 888-365-6822.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of February 2016.
Jessica R. Webster,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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