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 May 5, 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 May 5, 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 16th day of April 2008.

Erin FitzGerald,

Acting Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[TAA PETITIONS INSTITUTED BETWEEN 4/7/08 and 4/11/08]

TA-W

Subject firm

(petitioners)

Location

Date of

institution

Date of

petition

63139

Valspar—Furniture Sales Group & Int'l Color Design Center (Comp)

High Point, NC

04/07/08

04/04/08

63140

IntriCon Tibbetts Corporation (Comp)

Camden, ME

04/07/08

04/01/08

63141

GE Consumer and Industrial, GEA BPO-LLC (IBEW)

Bloomington, IN

04/07/08

04/03/08

63142

Kimball Electronics Tampa, Inc. (Comp)

Tampa, FL

04/07/08

04/07/08

63143

Powermate Corporation (State)

Kearney, NE

04/07/08

04/04/08

63144

Teletech@Home, Inc. (State)

Englewood, CO

04/07/08

04/04/08

63145

Jarden Plastic Solutions (Comp)

Tupper Lake, NY

04/07/08

04/04/08

63146

Perry Marketing Corporation (Comp)

Frisco, TX

04/07/08

04/04/08

63147

The Cutting Company, Inc. (18014)

Bath, PA

04/07/08

04/04/08

63148

Rosy Production, Inc. (Wkrs)

Brooklyn, NY

04/07/08

03/03/08

63149

Astro Air (Comp)

Jacksonville, TX

04/08/08

03/05/08

63150

Enercon (Comp)

Gray, ME

04/08/08

04/07/08

63151

Kretz Lumber Company, Inc. (Comp)

Antigo, WI

04/08/08

04/07/08

63152

Troy, LLC (USW)

Harrisville, WV

04/08/08

04/07/08

63153

General Electric Company Gicero Cal-Rod Plant (Comp)

Cicero, IL

04/08/08

04/01/08

63154

Advantage Printing (Comp)

Hickory, NC

04/08/08

04/07/08

63155

Amphenol-TCS (Comp)

Nashua, NH

04/08/08

03/03/08

63156

Temic Automotive of North America (NA), Inc. (Comp)

Elma, NY

04/08/08

04/07/08

63157

MEMC Electronic Materials (State)

St. Peters, MO

04/08/08

04/04/08

63158

Silver City Lumber, Inc. (Comp)

Three Forks, MT

04/08/08

04/02/08

63159

Ametek, Floorcare and Specialty Motors (Comp)

Kent, OH

04/08/08

04/07/08

63160

Vesuvius Buffalo (USW)

Buffalo, NY

04/08/08

04/03/08

63161

Elrae Industries, Inc. (Comp)

Alden, NY

04/08/08

03/27/08

63162

Whirlpool Corporation (Wkrs)

Cleveland, TN

04/09/08

04/01/08

63163

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics (Comp)

Bristol, RI

04/09/08

04/08/08

63164

SB Acquisition, LLC (State)

Fryeburg, ME

04/09/08

04/08/08

63165

Maco Steel (Wkrs)

Belmont, MI

04/09/08

03/27/08

63166

Westminster Ceramics (State)

Bakersfield, CA

04/09/08

04/08/08

63167

Russell Corporation (Comp)

Alexander City, AL

04/09/08

04/02/08

63168

Akrion SCP Services (Comp)

Boise, ID

04/09/08

04/08/08

63169

Ford Batavia/Sharonville (UAW)

Batavia, OH

04/10/08

04/09/08

63170

General Electric (State)

Plainville, CT

04/10/08

04/07/08

63171

Wesley Mancini, Ltd (Wkrs)

Charlotte, NC

04/10/08

04/09/08

63172

Mueller Company (USW)

Decatur, IL

04/10/08

04/09/08

63173

Parker Hannifin Corporation (Comp)

Lebanon, TN

04/10/08

04/08/08

63174

Harvey Industries (Wkrs)

Wabash, IN

04/10/08

04/09/08

63175

R. Klein Jewelry Company (Comp)

Rockville Centre, NY

04/10/08

04/09/08

63176

Masonite International Corporation (Comp)

Mobile, AL

04/11/08

04/07/08

63177

Ryerson Steel (Wkrs)

Chicago, IL

04/11/08

04/08/08

63178

Pre-Press/PMG (Wkrs)

Plymouth, MA

04/11/08

04/08/08

[FR Doc. E8-8774 Filed 4-22-08; 8:45 am]

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