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 January 10, 2008.

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 January 10, 2008.

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 18th day of December 2007.

Ralph DiBattista,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[TAA petitions instituted between 12/11/07 and 12/14/07]

TA-W

Subject firm (petitioners)

Location

Date of

institution

Date of

petition

62547

Lighting Products, Inc. (IUECWA)

Hubbard, OH

12/11/07

12/06/07

62548

Kaso Plastics (Wkrs)

Vancouver, WA

12/11/07

12/03/07

62549

Thermo Fisher Scientific (UBCJA)

Two Rivers, WI

12/11/07

12/10/07

62550

Nelson Staffing (State)

Redwood City, CA

12/11/07

12/07/07

62551

Lenovo (Wkrs)

Belleve, WA

12/11/07

11/30/07

62552

Hayes Lemmerz (State)

Ferndale, MI

12/11/07

12/06/07

62553

A.L.A Casting Company, Inc. (Wkrs)

Long Island City, NY

12/11/07

11/27/07

62554

MI Windows and Doors, Inc. (Comp)

Millen, GA

12/11/07

12/10/07

62555

Carson's Furniture (Wkrs)

Archdale, NC

12/11/07

12/10/07

62556

Magneti Marelli North America, Inc. (NA) (Comp)

Kingsport, TN

12/12/07

12/11/07

62557

Sports Belle, Inc. (Comp)

Knoxville, TN

12/12/07

12/06/07

62558

HSBC (State)

Fort Mill, SC

12/12/07

12/11/07

62559

Hyde Tools, Inc. (Comp)

Southbridge, MA

12/12/07

12/10/07

62560

Motorola, Inc. (State)

Schaumburg, IL

12/12/07

12/10/07

62561

B & G International, Inc. (State)

Newark, NJ

12/12/07

12/10/07

62562

Innovision Technologies, Inc. (State)

Novi, MI

12/12/07

12/06/07

62563

Graham Packaging Company, L.P. (Comp)

Oakdale, CA

12/12/07

12/11/07

62564

Holt Sublimation Printing and Products, Inc. (Comp)

Burlington, NC

12/12/07

12/11/07

62565

Glen Raven (Wkrs)

Elberton, GA

12/12/07

12/05/07

62566

WestPoint Home (Comp)

Valley, AL

12/12/07

12/10/07

62567

Alcatel-Lucent (Union)

North Andover, MA

12/12/07

12/10/07

62568

IBM (Wkrs)

Lexington, KY

12/12/07

12/05/07

62569

New York Air Brake (Comp)

Watertown, NY

12/12/07

12/06/07

62570

Umpqua Lumber Company (Comp)

Dillard, OR

12/13/07

12/10/07

62571

France Scott Fetzer Company (Wkrs)

Fairview, TN

12/13/07

12/10/07

62572

Ethicon, Johnson and Johnson (UFCWIU)

San Angelo, TX

12/13/07

12/12/07

62573

Lexmark International, Inc. (State)

Lexington, KY

12/13/07

12/13/07

62574

Molex, Inc. (State)

Maumelle, AR

12/14/07

12/13/07

62575

Norgren, Inc. (Comp)

Littleton, CO

12/14/07

12/13/07

62576

U.S. Pipe and Foundry (State)

Burlington, NJ

12/14/07

12/13/07

[FR Doc. E7-25359 Filed 12-28-07; 8:45 am]

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