80 FR 14165 - Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 52 (March 18, 2015)
Employment and Training Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 52 (March 18, 2015)
| Page Range | 14165-14166 | |
| FR Document | 2015-06163 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 14165-14166] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-06163] [[Page 14165]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 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 (TA-W) number and alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) by (TA-W) number issued during the period of February 9, 2015 through February 20, 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. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied: A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated; B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or subdivision have decreased absolutely; and C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to the decline in sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied: A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated; B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced by such firm or subdivision; and C. One of the following must be satisfied: 1. The country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of the articles is a party to a free trade agreement with the United States; 2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of the articles to a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act; or 3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of articles that are like or directly competitive with articles which are or were produced by such firm or subdivision. Also, in order for an affirmative determination to be made for secondarily affected 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) Significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated; (2) the workers' firm (or subdivision) is a supplier or downstream producer to a firm (or subdivision) that employed a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance benefits and such supply or production is related to the article that was the basis for such certification; and (3) either-- (A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it supplied for the firm (or subdivision) described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of the workers' firm; or (B) a loss or business by the workers' firm with the firm (or subdivision) described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers' separation or threat of separation. In order for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issue a certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) for older workers, the group eligibility requirements of Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act must be met. 1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers' firm are 50 years of age or older. 2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are not easily transferable. 3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry (i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse). 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. None. Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 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) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met. 85,714, Superior Industries International Arkansas, LLC, Fayetteville, Arizona. December 10, 2013. 85,718, Sylvania, Danvers, Massachusetts. December 10, 2013. 85,753, U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., Houston, Texas. January 6, 2014. 85,756, Crown Casting LLC, Hodges, South Carolina. January 7, 2014. 85,760, Medtronic Ablation Frontiers, Inc., Carlsbad, California. January 13, 2014. 85,761, Bright Source Energy, Oakland, California. January 13, 2014. 85,767, Gerresheimer Glass, Millville, New Jersey. January 18, 2014. 85,773, Johnson Controls, Inc., Holland, Michigan. January 20, 2014. Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance In the following cases, it has been determined that the requirements of 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) have not been met for the reasons specified. None. Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 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. Because the workers of the firm are not eligible to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA. The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A.) and (a)(2)(B)(II.A.) (employment decline) have not been met. 85,694, Tyco Fire Protection Products, Westminster, Massachusetts. The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased [[Page 14166]] imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in production to a foreign country) have not been met. 85,752, Lear Corporation, Southfield, Michigan. 85,762, Advanced Ion Beam Technology, Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts. The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974. 85,700, Sport Mart Inc., Charleston, West Virginia. 85,741, Maersk Agency USA, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina. 85,766, Dallas Airmotive, Inc., Neosho, Missouri. 85,769, Rural Metro Ambulance, Salem, Oregon. 85,808, Jones Apparel US LLC., Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. 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. 85,784, Power Products, LLC., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. 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. 85,678, SST Truck Company, LLC., Garland, Texas. I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of February 9, 2015 through February 20, 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 9th day of March 2014. Michael W. 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production to a foreign country) have SPACE ADMINISTRATION technology.nasa.gov.
not been met.
Sumara M. Thompson-King,
85,752, Lear Corporation, Southfield, [Notice: 15–010] General Counsel.
Michigan. [FR Doc. 2015–06231 Filed 3–17–15; 8:45 am]
85,762, Advanced Ion Beam Notice of Intent to Grant a Partially
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Technology, Inc., Danvers,
Massachusetts. AGENCY: National Aeronautics and
The workers’ firm does not produce Space Administration. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
an article as required for certification ACTION: Notice of intent to grant a SPACE ADMINISTRATION
under Section 222 of the Trade Act of partially exclusive license. [Notice (15–016)]
1974.
85,700, Sport Mart Inc., Charleston, SUMMARY: This notice is issued in NASA Advisory Council; Ad Hoc Task
West Virginia. accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 Force on STEM Education; Meeting
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives
85,741, Maersk Agency USA, Inc., notice of its intent to grant a partially AGENCY: National Aeronautics and
Charlotte, North Carolina. exclusive license in the United States to Space Administration.
85,766, Dallas Airmotive, Inc., practice the invention described and ACTION: Notice of meeting.
Neosho, Missouri. claimed in U.S. Patent Application
Serial No. 13/987,251 entitled Fluid SUMMARY: In accordance with the
85,769, Rural Metro Ambulance, Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public
Salem, Oregon. Harmonic Absorber and U.S. Patent No.
8,939,178 entitled Variable-Aperture Law 92–463, as amended, the National
85,808, Jones Apparel US LLC., Aeronautics and Space Administration
Reciprocating Reed Valve to Thornton
Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. announces a meeting of the Ad Hoc
Tomasetti, Inc., having its principal
Determinations Terminating place of business in New York, NY. The Task Force on Science, Technology,
Investigations of Petitions for Worker patent rights in these inventions have Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) of
Adjustment Assistance been assigned to the United States of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC).
America as represented by the This Task Force reports to the NAC.
After notice of the petitions was Administrator of the National DATES: Friday, April 3, 2015, 9:00 a.m.
published in the Federal Register and Aeronautics and Space Administration. to 3:00 p.m., Local Time.
on the Department’s Web site, as The prospective partially exclusive ADDRESSES: NASA Headquarters, Room
required by Section 221 of the Act (19 license will comply with the terms and 4U25 (Education Conference Room), 300
U.S.C. 2271), the Department initiated conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR E Street SW., Washington, DC 20546.
investigations of these petitions. 404.7. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
The following determinations DATES: The prospective partially Beverly Girten, Executive Secretary for
terminating investigations were issued exclusive license may be granted unless, the Ad Hoc Task Force on STEM
because the petitioner has requested within fifteen (15) days from the date of Education, NASA Headquarters,
that the petition be withdrawn. this published notice, NASA receives Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358–0212,
85,784, Power Products, LLC., written objections including evidence or beverly.e.girten@nasa.gov.
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. and argument that establish that the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
The following determinations grant of the license would not be meeting will be open to the public up
terminating investigations were issued consistent with the requirements of 35 to the seating capacity of the room. This
because the petitioning groups of U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. meeting is also available telephonically
workers are covered by active Competing applications completed and and by WebEx. You must use a touch
certifications. Consequently, further received by NASA within fifteen (15) tone phone to participate in this
investigation in these cases would serve days of the date of this published notice meeting. Any interested person may dial
no purpose since the petitioning group will also be treated as objections to the the toll free access number 844–467–
of workers cannot be covered by more grant of the contemplated exclusive 6272 or toll access number 720–259–
than one certification at a time. license. 6462, and then the numeric participant
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85,678, SST Truck Company, LLC.,
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Garland, Texas.
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of February 9, 2015 through February 20, case sensitive.) Note: If dialing in,
2015. These determinations are available on
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taa_search_form.cfm under the searchable prospective license may be submitted to agenda for the meeting will include the
listing of determinations or by calling the Mr. James J. McGroary, Chief Patent following:
Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance toll Counsel/LS01, Marshall Space Flight —Introduction of Task Force Members
free at 888–365–6822. —Task Force Terms of Reference
Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, (256)
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Signed at Washington, DC this 9th day of 544–0013.
March 2014.
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