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 12, 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 12, 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 24th day of April 2008.

Erin FitzGerald,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix—TAA

[Petitions instituted between 4/14/08 and 4/18/08]

TA-W

Subject firm

(petitioners)

Location

Date of

institution

Date of

petition

63179

Chippenhook Corporation (State)

North Stonington, CT

04/14/08

04/11/08

63180

Spartech Packaging Technologies (State)

Mankato, MN

04/14/08

04/11/08

63181

The Hall China Company (Comp)

East Liverpool, OH

04/14/08

04/10/08

63182

New England Confectionery Company (Comp)

Pewaukee, WI

04/14/08

04/11/08

63183

Tenneco (Union)

Milan, OH

04/14/08

04/10/08

63184

Parat Automotive USA (Comp)

Duncan, SC

04/14/08

04/11/08

63185

Spectrum Yarns, Inc. (Comp)

Kings Mountain, NC

04/15/08

04/14/08

63186

Chattanooga Group (Comp)

Hixson, TN

04/15/08

04/10/08

63187

Baldwin Hardware/Black and Decker (Comp)

Reading, PA

04/15/08

04/13/08

63188

Emerson Motor Company dba Hurst Manufacturing (Comp)

Princeton, IN

04/15/08

04/14/08

63189

Imation Corporation (Comp)

Wahpeton, ND

04/15/08

04/14/08

63190

Bay Valley Foods (Union)

Portland, OR

04/15/08

04/14/08

63191

Chrysler Newark Assembly (UAW)

Newark, DE

04/15/08

04/14/08

63192

Shiloh Industries (UAW)

Valley City, OH

04/16/08

04/14/08

63193

JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA (Wkrs)

Troy, MI

04/16/08

04/15/08

63194

The Home Depot (State)

Atlanta, GA

04/16/08

04/09/08

63195

Roadway (Rep)

Rockingham, NC

04/16/08

03/21/08

63196

L.A. Go (State)

Los Angeles, CA

04/16/08

04/14/08

63197

Dan River, Inc. (Wkrs)

Danville, VA

04/16/08

04/14/08

63198

Emdeon Business Services (Comp)

Nashville, TN

04/16/08

04/15/08

63199

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Comp)

Morrisville, PA

04/16/08

04/10/08

63200

Ranco North America, LP/Invensys Controls (Wkrs)

Brownsville, TX

04/16/08

04/14/08

63201

MPC Computers, LLC (Comp)

La Vergne, TN

04/16/08

04/15/08

63202

Tara Materials, Inc. (Comp)

Lawrenceville, GA

04/17/08

04/07/08

63203

Cone Denim White Oak Plant (Comp)

Greensboro, NC

04/17/08

04/16/08

63204

Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc. (Rep)

Asheboro, NC

04/17/08

04/16/08

63205

Johnson Controls, Inc. (UAW)

Taylor, MI

04/17/08

04/14/08

63206

Springmaid-Wamsutta-Spring Direct Division (Wkrs)

Asheville, NC

04/17/08

04/14/08

63207

Automated Equipment, Inc. (Comp)

Paris, TN

04/17/08

04/11/08

63208

Tyco Electronics/Circuit Protection (Comp)

Milwaukee, WI

04/17/08

04/14/08

63209

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (State)

East Hanover, NJ

04/17/08

04/16/08

63210

Parkview Metal Products, LLC (Wkrs)

Las Cruces, NM

04/17/08

04/08/08

63211

Glen Gery Corporation (Comp)

Somerville, NJ

04/17/08

04/11/08

63212

Tweddle Group (Wkrs)

Clinton Township, MI

04/18/08

04/08/08

63213

Mitsubishi Kagaku Imaging Corporation (Comp)

Chesapeake, VA

04/18/08

04/17/08

63214

Action Mold and Machining, Inc. (Comp)

Grand Rapids, MI

04/18/08

04/17/08

63215

United Stars Industries, Inc. (Comp)

Beloit, WI

04/18/08

04/10/08

63216

Sartorius Stedim Botech (Wkrs)

Bethelem, PA

04/18/08

04/16/08

63217

Escalade Sports, Inc. (IUECWA)

Evansville, IN

04/18/08

04/16/08

[FR Doc. E8-9658 Filed 5-1-08; 8:45 am]

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