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

September 14, 2015 through October 9, 2015.

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 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;

(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.

TA-W No.

Subject firm

Location

Impact date

85,939

IPSCO Tubulars (OK) Inc., IPSCO Tubulars, Inc

Catoosa, OK

April 7, 2014.

85,939A

IPSCO Koppel Tubulars, LLC, IPSCO Tubulars, Inc., Integrated Staffing

Ambridge, PA

April 7, 2014.

85,939B

IPSCO Tubulars (KY) Inc., IPSCO Tubulars, Inc., CM Personnel Services, Randstad, RGP, Robert Half

Wilder, KY

April 7, 2014.

85,939C

IPSCO Tubulars Inc. D/B/A TMK-IPSCO, Employer Flexible, Kelly services, Adecco Engineering, DYSIS

Houston, TX

April 7, 2014.

85,939D

TMK-IPSCO, IPSCO Tubulars, Inc., Sedona Staffing Services

Camanche, IA

April 7, 2014.

85,939E

TMK-IPSCO, IPSCO Tubulars, Inc., Temps Plus Staffing

Blytheville, AR

April 7, 2014.

86,065

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc., Tilden Mine

Ishpeming, MI

June 4, 2014.

86,065A

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc., Empire Mine

Palmer, MI

June 4, 2014.

86,065B

United Talconite, LLC, Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc

Eveleth, MN

June 4, 2014.

86,065C

United Talconite, LLC, Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc

Forbes, MN

June 4, 2014.

86,065D

Hibbing Taconite, Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc

Hibbing, MN

June 4, 2014.

86,065E

Northshore Mining, Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc

Babbitt, MN

June 4, 2014.

86,065F

Northshore Mining, Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc

Silver Bay, MN

June 4, 2014.

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

85,039

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Digital Networking PE/TE Division

Austin, TX

January 28, 2013.

85,123

Elsevier, Inc., Randstad Staffing

San Diego, CA

December 10, 2013.

85,123A

Populous Group, Elsevier, Inc

San Diego, CA

March 5, 2013.

85,203

Citigroup Technology, Inc., Citigroup Banking, Enterprise Operations, etc

Tampa, FL

April 2, 2013.

85,277

Aegis Media Americas, Dentsu Holdings USA, Inc., Shared Services, Solomon Page Technology Partners

Boston, MA

April 8, 2013.

85,294

Pitney Bowes, Inc., Billing, Collections and Leasing Department

Spokane, WA

April 23, 2013.

85,386

Covidien LP, Information Services Division

Mansfield, MA

June 19, 2013.

85,491

Citibank North America, Institutional Clients Group, Technology, Securities, etc

Jersey City, NJ

August 15, 2013.

85,551

Harte Hanks Market Intelligence, Inc., Sedona Staffing, Adecco, Manpower, and Tristaff

San Diego, CA

September 24, 1934.

85,674

Levi Strauss & Company

Eugene, OR

November 25, 2013.

85,702

JP Morgan Chase & Company, Technology Paysource

Lowell, MA

November 5, 2013.

85,749

St. Thomas Medical Group, Nashville Healthcare Solutions

Nashville, TN

December 31, 2013.

85,946

Exos, DJO LLC, TargetCW, Aerotek Commercial Staffing, and The Right Staff

Arden Hills, MN

April 16, 2014.

86,048

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Zero Chaos

Tulsa, OK

May 29, 2014.

86,062

Chromalloy Southwest, Sequa Corporation

Calexico, CA

June 3, 2014.

86,073

Norwich Aero Products, Esterline Technologies, Staffworks, Consolidated Personnel Services (CPS)

Norwich, NY

June 5, 2014.

86,087

Horton Automatics, Overhead Door Corporation, Remedy Intelligent Staffing

Corpus Christi, TX

June 16, 2014.

86,087A

Adecco—Working on Site at Horton Automatics, Overhead Door Corporation

Corpus Christi, TX

June 10, 2014.

86,088

Breg, Inc., Orthopedic Group, Aerotek and Diversified Solutions

Grand Prairie, TX

June 9, 2014.

86,109

Nortek Air Solutions, Mammoth Division, Manpower

Springfield, MO

June 9, 2014.

86,128

QBE Americas, Inc., QBE Holdings, Adecco, Aerotek, Digital Intelligence Systems LLC, etc

Moon Township, PA

June 19, 2014.

86,136

Verizon, Voice Over Internet Protocol (COIP) Order Management

Lake Mary, FL

June 26, 2014.

90,000

Genpact WB LLC, Adecco, Kelly Services and Manpower, Genpact LLC

Wilkes Barre, PA

January 1, 2014.

90,003

QBE Americas, Inc., QBE Holdings, Inc., Finance Department

New York, NY

January 1, 2014.

90,012

Medical Information Management Solutions, LLC, Corporate Job Bank and Perfect Placement Services

Phoenix, AZ

January 1, 2014.

90,028

Mondelez International, Customer Service & Logistics Operations Client Service Group

Wilkes Barre, PA

July 20, 2015.

90,028A

On-Site Leased Workers from Axelon, Collabera, IAB Solutions LLC, Kelly Services, Sunrise Systems, Inc., etc

Wilkes Barre, PA

January 1, 2014.

90,046

ConMed, Froomeng, Engenious Design LLC, AG Engineering LLC, Evergreen, Aerotek

Centennial, CO

January 1, 2014.

90,064

Office Depot, Inc., OfficeMax

Ottawa, IL

January 1, 2014.

90,068

Office Depot, Inc., OfficeMax

Peru, IL

January 1, 2014.

90,076

Office Depot, Inc., OfficeMax

Bristol, VA

January 1, 2014.

The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(b) (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

86,082

AA Gear and Manufacturing, Inc., Formerly Known as PL Holdings, Inc

Howell, MI

June 9, 2014.

86,083

Magnetation LLC, Plant 1

Keewatin, MN

June 9, 2014.

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

85,477

AT&T Mobility Services LLC, AT&T Mobility II LLC

Atwater, CA

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.

TA-W No.

Subject firm

Location

Impact date

86,115

GGS Information Services

Erie, PA

The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the petitioning groups of workers are covered by active certifications. Consequently, further investigation in these cases would serve no purpose since the petitioning group of workers cannot be covered by more than one certification at a time.

TA-W No.

Subject firm

Location

Impact date

85,948

Syncreon Technology (America), Inc., Express Employment Professionals

Allentown, PA

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

August 25, 2015 through September 11, 2015.

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 Adjustment Assistance toll free at 888-365-6822.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of October 2015.

Hope D. Kinglock,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 2015-27452 Filed 10-27-15; 8:45 am]

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