Investigations Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

Investigations Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

Petitions have been filed with the Secretary of Labor under Section 221(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (“the Act”) and are identified in the Appendix to this notice. Upon receipt of these petitions, the Director of the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, has instituted investigations pursuant to Section 221(a) of the Act.

The purpose of each of the investigations is to determine whether the workers are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Title II, Chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations will further relate, as appropriate, to the determination of the date on which total or partial separations began or threatened to begin and the subdivision of the firm involved.

The petitioners or any other persons showing a substantial interest in the subject matter of the investigations may request a public hearing, provided such request is filed in writing with the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than September 6, 2013.

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the subject matter of the investigations to the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than September 6, 2013.

The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at the Office of the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5428, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of August 2013.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[20 TAA petitions instituted between 7/29/13 and 8/2/13]

TA-W

Subject firm (petitioners)

Location

Date of

institution

Date of

petition

82938

Webcrafters (State/One-Stop)

Madison, WI

07/29/13

07/26/13

82939

Volex (Company)

Hickory, NC

07/30/13

07/29/13

82940

Volex, Inc. (Company)

Fisher, IN

07/30/13

07/29/13

82941

Volex, Inc. (Company)

Clinton, AR

07/30/13

07/29/13

82942

BuySeasons, Inc. (State/One-Stop)

New Berlin, WI

07/30/13

07/29/13

82943

Pepperidge Farm (Company)

Aiken, SC

07/30/13

07/30/13

82944

Cubic Simulation Systems Division (Company)

Orlando, FL

07/31/13

07/30/13

82945

ITW Paslode (Company)

Covington, TN

07/31/13

07/30/13

82946

Broadcom (State/One-Stop)

Irvine, CA

07/31/13

07/30/13

82947

DCA Cleaning (State/One-Stop)

Springfield, MO

07/31/13

07/30/13

82948

Rosemount Analytical, Inc. (State/One-Stop)

Solon, OH

07/31/13

07/31/13

82949

NBTY, Inc.—IT Workers (Separation Date: December 3, 2012) (State/One-Stop)

Ronkonkoma, NY

08/01/13

07/31/13

82950

Travelers—Upstate NY Claim Center (State/One-Stop)

Albany, NY

08/01/13

07/31/13

82951

ABB, Inc. (Company)

St. Louis, MO

08/01/13

07/30/13

82952

Verizon Business—Wholesale Customer Application Support Team (Workers)

Tulsa, OK

08/02/13

08/01/13

82953

Abbott Laboratories, including on-site leased workers from ATR Int'l (State/One-Stop)

Santa Clara, CA

08/02/13

08/01/13

82954

Blue Lynx Media (Company)

Lewisville, TX

08/02/13

08/01/13

82955

Bank of America (Workers)

Concord, CA

08/02/13

08/01/13

82956

Micron Technology Inc. (State/One-Stop)

Longmont, CO

08/02/13

08/01/13

82957

Tantus Tobacco (State/One-Stop)

Russel Springs, KY

08/02/13

08/01/13

[FR Doc. 2013-20806 Filed 8-26-13; 8:45 am]

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