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 November 10, 2014.

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 November 10, 2014.

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 9th day of October 2014.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[15 TAA petitions instituted between 9/29/14 and 10/3/14]

TA-W

Subject firm

(petitioners)

Location

Date of

institution

Date of

petition

85561

Air System Components, Inc. (Company)

Ponca City, OK

09/29/14

09/26/14

85562

Unimin Corporation (Workers)

Gleason, TN

09/29/14

09/27/14

85563

Nordyne (Company)

Boonville, MO

09/30/14

09/29/14

85564

Prestolite Electric Incorporated (Company)

Arcade, NY

09/30/14

09/29/14

85565

Carl Zeiss Vision, Inc. (State/One-Stop)

Independence, MO

09/30/14

09/29/14

85566

Evergreen Packaging (State/One-Stop)

Clinton, IA

10/01/14

09/30/14

85567

GE Industrial of PR, LLC (State/One-Stop)

Vega Baja, PR

10/01/14

09/30/14

85568

SILLCO (Workers)

Huntingdon, TN

10/01/14

09/30/14

85569

Metrie Inc (Workers)

Monroe, WA

10/02/14

10/01/14

85570

Heritage Home Group (Lane Venture Plant 14 in Conover, NC) (Workers)

Conover, NC

10/02/14

10/01/14

85571

VLOC (Workers)

Trinity, FL

10/02/14

10/01/14

85572

Newport Corporation (Workers)

Stratford, CT

10/02/14

09/30/14

85573

MotivePower (Union)

Boise, ID

10/02/14

09/26/14

85574

Verso Paper Corporation (State/One-Stop)

Bucksport, ME

10/03/14

10/02/14

85575

Amfire Mining Co, LLC (Workers)

Portage, PA

10/03/14

10/02/14

[FR Doc. 2014-25655 Filed 10-28-14; 8:45 am]

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