Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 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 Division 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, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than October 1, 2007.

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the subject matter of the investigations to the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than October 1, 2007.

The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at the Office of the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C-5311, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of September 2007.

Ralph DiBattista,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

APPENDIX

TAA Petitions Instituted Between 9/4/07 and 9/7/07

TAW

Subject firm

(petitioners)

Location

Date of

institution

Date of

petition

62084

Weldsource Alliance (Wkrs)

OskKosh, WI

09/04/07

08/31/07

62085

Smurfit Stone Container Corp. (Wkrs)

Columbia, SC

09/04/07

08/23/07

62086

Prelude Foam Products (Comp)

Thomasville, NC

09/04/07

08/31/07

62087

Grant Western Lumber Co. (State)

John Day, OR

09/04/07

08/31/07

62088

Friedrich Air Conditioning Company (IUECWA)

San Antonio, TX

09/05/07

09/05/07

62089

Hershey Company (The) (State)

Naugatuck, CT

09/05/07

08/31/07

62090

ABN-AMRO/Lasalle Bank (Wkrs)

Chicago, IL

09/05/07

08/28/07

62091

Plastech Engineered Products (State)

Aburn Hills, MI

09/05/07

08/28/07

62092

H and T Waterbury (State)

Waterbury, CT

09/05/07

07/17/07

62093

Riverside Uniforms (Comp)

Prichard, WV

09/05/07

09/04/07

62094

Banner Fibreboard Company (USW)

Wellsburg, WV

09/05/07

08/30/07

62095

Bremer Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Wkrs)

Elkhart Lake, WI

09/05/07

08/29/07

62096

Galey and Lord (State)

Gastonia, NC

09/05/07

09/04/07

62097

Elliott Brother Steel Company (Comp)

New Castle, PA

09/05/07

09/04/07

62098

Besser Company (Union)

Alpena, MI

09/05/07

09/04/07

62099

Carbo Medics Inc. (Comp)

Austin, TX

09/05/07

09/04/07

62100

Microfiber, Inc. (Wkrs)

Winston-Salem, NC

09/06/07

08/14/07

62101

American Woodmark (UBC)

Moorefield, WV

09/06/07

09/06/07

62102

Network Appliance, Inc. (Wkrs)

Sunnyvale, CA

09/06/07

09/05/07

62103

New River Industries, Inc. (Wkrs)

New York, NY

09/06/07

08/28/07

62104

Imation Corporation/Weatherford (Comp)

Weatherford, OK

09/06/07

09/05/07

62105

Christy Industries, Inc. (Comp)

Fraser, MI

09/06/07

08/31/07

62106

Laird Technologies (Comp)

Delaware Water Gap, PA

09/06/07

09/04/07

62107

Regal Ware, Inc. (Comp)

Kewaskum, WI

09/06/07

08/28/07

62108

Vermont Plywood (Comp)

Hancock, VT

09/06/07

09/04/07

62109

FabCare International LLC (State)

Celina, TN

09/06/07

09/04/07

62110

Bekaert Carding Solutions, Inc. (Comp)

Simpsonville, SC

09/06/07

08/29/07

62111

MB Tech Autodie LLC (Comp)

Grand Rapids, MI

09/06/07

09/05/07

62112

Fry's Metals, Inc. (Comp)

Alpharetta, GA

09/06/07

08/31/07

62113

Ken-Bar Manufacturing Company (Wkrs)

Baldwin, GA

09/07/07

09/06/07

62114

Traer Manufacturing (Union)

Traer, IA

09/07/07

09/05/07

62115

Rheem Manufacturing (Wkrs)

Milledgeville, GA

09/07/07

09/04/07

62116

U.S. Textile Corporation (Comp)

Newland, NC

09/07/07

09/06/07

62117

Intasco USA (Comp)

Port Huron, MI

09/07/07

09/06/07

[FR Doc. E7-18612 Filed 9-20-07; 8:45 am]

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