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

January 27, 2014 through January 31, 2014.

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

83,144

Dallco Industries, Inc.

York, PA

October 1, 2012.

83,144A

Dallco Industries, Inc.

Rockhill Furnace, PA

October 1, 2012.

83,170

Ball Container LLC, Metal Beverage Packaging Division

Gainesville, FL

October 24, 2012.

83,319

Viatech Publishing Solutions, Inc

Springfield, MO

December 20, 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

83,104

Rhythm and Hues Studios

El Segundo, CA

September 23, 2012.

83,179

Gamesa Technology Corporation, A & A Wind, ABB, Inc., Airway, Amerisafe, Apex, Avanti, Broadwind, etc

Trevose, PA

October 29, 2012.

83,179A

Gamesa Technology Corporation, Sunstates, Clean Net, Accurate Forklift, Taylor, Cargo Tech

Fairless Hills, PA

October 29, 2012.

83,201

Autosplice, Inc.

San Diego, CA

November 5, 2012.

83,256

IBM Corporation, GSMRT Development, Test and Tech Support Team, Global Technology, Artech

Boulder, CO

December 2, 2012.

83,287

Mosaic USA LLC, Potash Division, CoStaff Services

Hersey, MI

December 11, 2012.

83,301

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., Business Process Quality Management Department, Claim Quality Area

Hooksett, NH

December 9, 2012.

83,301A

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., Business Process Quality Management Department, Claim Quality Area

Trumbull, CT

December 9, 2012.

83,312

Eaton Corporation, Cooper Power Systems, Power Delivery Division

Olean, NY

December 18, 2012.

83,320

FIS Management Services, LLC, FIS, Adecco, USA, Aerotek, Extension, Insync, Manpower, Randstad

Milwaukee, WI

December 20, 2012.

83,342

Citibank, N.A., Citigroup, Inc., Global Consumer Retail Banking, Rainbow, Deployment, etc

Long Island City, NY

December 27, 2012.

The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(c) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible to apply for TAA) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W No.

Subject firm

Location

Impact date

83,347

Koppers Inc., Carbon Materials and Chemicals Division

Follansbee, WV

December 30, 2012.

The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(f) (firms identified by the International Trade Commission) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W No.

Subject firm

Location

Impact date

83,325

Broadwind Towers, Inc., Advantage Staffing and SOS Staffing

Abilene, TX

February 13, 2012.

83,338

Broadwind Energy, Inc., Flex Staff, Inc.

Manitowoc, WI

February 13, 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 criterion under paragraph (a)(1), or (b)(1), or (c)(1)(employment decline or threat of separation) of section 222 has not been met.

TA-W No.

Subject firm

Location

Impact date

83,275

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, LLC, Prepress Graphic Design Division, Enterprises, Inc.

St. Louis, MO

83,326

Advance Tabco

Edgewood, NY

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

83,277

FLSmidth, Inc., Customer Services Division, Allied Personnel Services, Peak Technical

Bethlehem, PA

83,296

Berry Plastics Corporation, Sedona Staffing

Alsip, IL

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

January 27, 2014 through January 31, 2014.

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 10th day of February 2014.

Hope D. Kinglock,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 2014-03839 Filed 2-21-14; 8:45 am]

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