Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

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

July 22, 2013 through July 26, 2013.

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 workers in public agencies 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 public agency have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) The public agency has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly competitive with services which are supplied by such agency; and

(3) The acquisition of services contributed importantly to such 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(c) 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(f) 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) Notwithstanding 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

82,643

Checkerboard Ltd, Saavy Staffing, Coworx Staffing

West Boylston, MA

April 9, 2012.

82,661

McKechnie Vehicle Components USA, Inc., Newberry Operations, Roper Personnel Services

Newberry, SC

April 16, 2012.

82,686

Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated, Excluding Workers from Sykes Enterprises, Client Support Acct #0225001

Spokane Valley, WA

April 22, 2012.

82,783

Gunderson, LLC, Greenbrier Companies, Inc., Madden Industrial Craftsmen Inc., Aerotek

Portland, OR

June 5, 2012.

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

82,739

Navarre Corporation, Transactional Finance Group, Midwest Staffing

New Hope, MN

May 14, 2012.

82,778

Energizer, Adecco

Westlake, OH

June 3, 2012

82,805

Citi, Corporate Finance for Operations & Technology, Corporate Realty Services

New York, NY

June 11, 2012.

82,805A

Citi, Corporate Finance for Operations & Technology, Corporate Realty Services

Fort Lauderdale, FL

June 11, 2012.

82,811

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Global Infrastructure Services (GIS), GIS Service Excellence Organization

Coppell, TX

June 12, 2012.

82,821

National Underwriter Company (The), Summit Business Media, Media Production Department

Erlanger, KY

June 7, 2012.

82,821A

National Underwriter Company (The), Summit Business Media, Media Production Department

Centennial, CO

June 7, 2012.

82,841

TeleFlight Ltd, British Airways, Call Centre, Tech Systems

Jacksonville, FL

May 25, 2012.

82,861

Firmenich, Inc

Port Newark, NJ

June 26, 2012.

82,866

Liquid Common Inc. DBA Table Tents, Excel Staffing Companies, Hubport Group, Commercial Finance Group, etc

Albuquerque, NM

July 1, 2012.

82,886

Chemtura Corporation, Information Technology Division, Adecco

Middlebury, CT

July 8, 2012.

82,888

Resco Electronics LLC

San Antonio, TX

July 9, 2012.

82,905

Philips Lighting Company, Lighting Division, Adecco Employment Services

Bath, NY

August 24, 2013.

82,910

Thermtrol MGI Global LLC, Thermtrol Corporation, Most Valuable Personnel

Cary, IL

July 8, 2012.

82,915

Micron Technology, Inc., Data Center Solutions Division

Beaverton, OR

July 9, 2012.

82,918

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Corporate/IT/Consumer Markets

Simsbury, CT

July 18, 2012.

82,919

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Operations, Commercial Markets, Group Benefits, Pre-Sale Client Admin

Windsor, CT

July 18, 2012.

82,919A

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Operations, Commercial Markets, Group Benefits, Pre-Sale Client Admin

Overland Park, KS

July 18, 2012.

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 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

82,421

SuperMedia LLC, Publishing Ops. Div., Artists Group, SuperMedia Inc., Asec, etc

Bensalem, PA.

82,548

SuperMedia LLC, Client Care Division, Advertising Group, SuperMedia Inc., TAC, etc

Middleton, MA.

82,611

Mid-Atlantic Manufacturing & Hydraulics, Inc., Swanson Industries, Manpower

Rural Retreat, VA.

82,637

Metal Processing International, L.P., Manpower, Staff Force Personnel Services, Express Personnel

Mission, TX.

82,651

Anthem Workers Compensation, Wellpoint

Costa Mesa, CA.

82,652

American Air Filter

Lebanon, IN.

82,785

Boeing Company (The), Shared Services Group, Sites Services

Houston, TX.

82,832

Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc., Saxon Mortgage, Inc., Morgan Stanley, Saxon Funding Management, Inc

Irving, TX.

82,832A

Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc., Saxon Mortgage, Inc., Morgan Stanley, Saxon Funding Management, Inc

Fort Worth, TX.

82,850

Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation, Weatherization Program

Springfield, MO.

82,874

Setra of North America, Inc., Daimler Buses North America, Inc., Graham Personnel Service

Greensboro, NC.

I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of

July 22, 2013 through July 26, 2013.

These determinations are available on the Department's Web site

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 1st day of August 2013.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 2013-19548 Filed 8-12-13; 8:45 am]

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