80 FR 8695 - 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 32 (February 18, 2015)
Employment and Training Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 32 (February 18, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 8695-8696] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-03280] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 January 19, 2015 through January 30, 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 [[Page 8696]] 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. 85,664, Kraft Foods Group Global, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts. November 20, 2013. 85,691, Covidien LP, North Haven, Connecticut. December 3, 2013. 85,698, General Motors, Lansing, Michigan. December 5, 2013. 85,710, Hugo Boss Cleveland, Inc., Brooklyn, Ohio. December 10, 2013. 85,711, General Electric, Dekalb, Illinois. December 10, 2013. 85,715, Vermont Circuits, Inc., Brattleboro, Vermont. December 11, 2013. 85,728, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, Texas. January 11, 2014. 85,736, Kolektor TKI Inc., Fountain Inn., South Carolina. December 7, 2013. 85,738, XRS Corporation, Burnsville, Minnesota. December 18, 2013. 85,740, Amerida Premium Hardwoods, Greenville, Michigan. December 18, 2013. 85,742, General Motors Lake Orion Assembly, Lake Orion, Michigan. December 19, 2013. 85,748, Littelfuse Inc., Lake Mills, Wisconsin. December 29, 2013. 85,750, Maracom Corporation, Willmar, Minnesota. December 30, 2013. 85,754, Hypertronics Corporation, Hudson, Massachusetts. December 16, 2013. 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.C.) (increased imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in production to a foreign country) have not been met. 85,589, Original Chili Bowl, Tulsa, Oklahoma. The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974. 85,702, JP Morgan Chase and Company, Lowell, Massachusetts. 85,747, JP Morgan Chase and Company, Akron, Ohio. 85,749, St. Thomas Medical Group, Nashville, 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. 85,755, Linatex Corporation of America, St. Croix Falls. 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. 85,768, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, St Louis, Missouri. I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of January 19, 2015 through January 30, 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 5th day of February 2015. Michael W. Jaffe, Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. 2015-03280 Filed 2-17-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-FN-P
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The amended notice applicable to At the request of the State of Texas, A. A significant number or proportion
TA–W–82,884 is hereby issued as the Department reviewed the of the workers in such workers’ firm, or
follows: certification applicable to the subject an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
All workers of Central Credit Services, firm. have become totally or partially
LLC, formerly known as Integrity Solutions During the review, the Department separated, or are threatened to become
Services, Inc., Decorah, Iowa, who became confirmed that Foxconn Assembly LLC totally or partially separated;
totally or partially separated from who has operated under the name Q-Hub B. the sales or production, or both, of
became totally or partially separated from Corporation and paid workers in the such firm or subdivision have decreased
employment on or after July 3, 2012, through group under this name. absolutely; and
August 14, 2015, and all workers in the group The amended notice applicable to C. increased imports of articles like or
threatened with total or partial separation directly competitive with articles
from employment on date of certification
TA–W–85,547 is hereby issued as
follows: produced by such firm or subdivision
through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for
have contributed importantly to such
All workers of Foxconn Assembly LLC/
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Foxconn Hon Hai Logistics LLC, a subsidiary
workers’ separation or threat of
Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., LTD, separation and to the decline in sales or
including workers whose unemployment production of such firm or subdivision;
Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of
February, 2015. insurance (UI) wages are reported under or
Foxconn Hon Hai Logistics Texas, LLC, EMS II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the
Michael W. Jaffe, Assembly LLC and Q-Hub Corporation, and following must be satisfied:
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment including on-site leased workers from A. A significant number or proportion
Assistance. Spiretek International, Inc. and Effex of the workers in such workers’ firm, or
[FR Doc. 2015–03276 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] Management Solutions, LLC, Houston, Texas, an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P who became totally or partially separated have become totally or partially
from employment on or after September 22,
separated, or are threatened to become
2013 through October 10, 2016, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or totally or partially separated;
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR B. there has been a shift in production
partial separation from employment on the
date of certification through October 10, by such workers’ firm or subdivision to
Employment and Training a foreign country of articles like or
2016, are eligible to apply for adjustment
Administration directly competitive with articles which
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
[TA–W–85,547] Trade Act of 1974, as amended. are produced by such firm or
Signed in Washington, DC this 2nd day of subdivision; and
Foxconn Assembly LLC/Foxconn Hon February, 2015. C. One of the following must be
Hai Logistics LLC; A Subsidiary of Hon Michael W. Jaffe, satisfied:
Hai Precision Industry Co., LTD 1. The country to which the workers’
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Including Workers Whose Assistance. firm has shifted production of the
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Wages articles is a party to a free trade
[FR Doc. 2015–03279 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am]
Are Reported Under Foxconn Hon Hai agreement with the United States;
BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P
Logistics Texas, LLC, EMS Assembly 2. the country to which the workers’
LLC and Q-Hub Corporation and firm has shifted production of the
Including On-Site Leased Workers articles to a beneficiary country under
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
From Spiretek International, Inc., Effex the Andean Trade Preference Act,
Management Solutions, LLC Houston, Employment and Training African Growth and Opportunity Act, or
Texas; Amended Certification Administration the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Act; or
Worker Adjustment Assistance Notice of Determinations Regarding 3. there has been or is likely to be an
Eligibility To Apply for Worker increase in imports of articles that are
In accordance with Section 223 of the Adjustment Assistance and Alternative like or directly competitive with articles
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (‘‘Act’’), Trade Adjustment Assistance which are or were produced by such
19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor firm or subdivision.
issued a Certification of Eligibility to In accordance with Section 223 of the Also, in order for an affirmative
Apply for Worker Adjustment Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 determination to be made for
Assistance on October 10, 2014, U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor secondarily affected workers of a firm
applicable to workers and former herein presents summaries of and a certification issued regarding
workers of Foxconn Assembly LLC/ determinations regarding eligibility to eligibility to apply for worker
Foxconn Hon Hai Logistics LLC, a apply for trade adjustment assistance for adjustment assistance, each of the group
subsidiary of Hon Hai Precision workers (TA–W) number and alternative eligibility requirements of Section
Industry Co., LTD, including workers trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) by 222(b) of the Act must be met.
whose unemployment insurance (UI) (TA–W) number issued during the (1) Significant number or proportion
wages are reported under Foxconn Hon period of January 19, 2015 through of the workers in the workers’ firm or
Hai Logistics Texas, LLC and EMS January 30, 2015. an appropriate subdivision of the firm
Assembly LLC, and including on-site In order for an affirmative have become totally or partially
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leased workers from Spiretek determination to be made for workers of separated, or are threatened to become
International, Inc. and Effex a primary firm and a certification issued totally or partially separated;
Management Solutions, LLC, Houston, regarding eligibility to apply for worker (2) the workers’ firm (or subdivision)
Texas. The Department’s Notice of adjustment assistance, each of the group is a supplier or downstream producer to
Determination was published in the eligibility requirements of Section a firm (or subdivision) that employed a
Federal Register on October 29, 2014 222(a) of the Act must be met. group of workers who received a
(79 FR 64413). The firm is engaged in I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following certification of eligibility to apply for
production of printed circuit boards. must be satisfied: trade adjustment assistance benefits and
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such supply or production is related to 85,715, Vermont Circuits, Inc., U.S.C. 2271), the Department initiated
the article that was the basis for such Brattleboro, Vermont. December 11, investigations of these petitions.
certification; and 2013. The following determinations
(3) either— 85,728, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., terminating investigations were issued
(A) the workers’ firm is a supplier and Austin, Texas. January 11, 2014. because the petitioner has requested
the component parts it supplied for the 85,736, Kolektor TKI Inc., Fountain Inn., that the petition be withdrawn.
firm (or subdivision) described in South Carolina. December 7, 2013. 85,755, Linatex Corporation of America,
paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 85,738, XRS Corporation, Burnsville, St. Croix Falls.
percent of the production or sales of the Minnesota. December 18, 2013. The following determinations
workers’ firm; or 85,740, Amerida Premium Hardwoods, terminating investigations were issued
(B) a loss or business by the workers’ Greenville, Michigan. December 18, because the petitioning groups of
firm with the firm (or subdivision) 2013. workers are covered by active
described in paragraph (2) contributed 85,742, General Motors Lake Orion certifications. Consequently, further
importantly to the workers’ separation Assembly, Lake Orion, Michigan. investigation in these cases would serve
or threat of separation. December 19, 2013. no purpose since the petitioning group
In order for the Division of Trade 85,748, Littelfuse Inc., Lake Mills, of workers cannot be covered by more
Adjustment Assistance to issue a Wisconsin. December 29, 2013. than one certification at a time.
certification of eligibility to apply for 85,750, Maracom Corporation, Willmar,
Minnesota. December 30, 2013. 85,768, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals,
Alternative Trade Adjustment
85,754, Hypertronics Corporation, St Louis, Missouri.
Assistance (ATAA) for older workers,
the group eligibility requirements of Hudson, Massachusetts. December I hereby certify that the
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act 16, 2013. aforementioned determinations were
must be met. issued during the period of January 19,
Negative Determinations for Alternative 2015 through January 30, 2015. These
1. Whether a significant number of Trade Adjustment Assistance
workers in the workers’ firm are 50 determinations are available on the
years of age or older. In the following cases, it has been Department’s Web site www.tradeact/
2. Whether the workers in the determined that the requirements of taa/taa_search_form.cfm under the
workers’ firm possess skills that are not 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) have not been met for searchable listing of determinations or
easily transferable. the reasons specified. by calling the Office of Trade
3. The competitive conditions within None. Adjustment Assistance toll free at 888–
the workers’ industry (i.e., conditions 365–6822.
Negative Determinations For Worker
within the industry are adverse). Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of
Trade Adjustment Assistance February 2015.
Affirmative Determinations for Worker Michael W. Jaffe,
Adjustment Assistance In the following cases, the
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
The following certifications have been investigation revealed that the eligibility Assistance.
issued. The date following the company criteria for worker adjustment assistance
[FR Doc. 2015–03280 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am]
name and location of each have not been met for the reasons
BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P
determination references the impact specified.
date for all workers of such Because the workers of the firm are
determination. not eligible to apply for TAA, the DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
None. workers cannot be certified eligible for
ATAA. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Affirmative Determinations for Worker The investigation revealed that
Adjustment Assistance And Alternative criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased Proposed collection, comment request
Trade Adjustment Assistance imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in
production to a foreign country) have ACTION: Notice.
The following certifications have been
issued. The date following the company not been met.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
name and location of each 85,589, Original Chili Bowl, Tulsa, part of its continuing effort to reduce
determination references the impact Oklahoma. paperwork and respondent burden,
date for all workers of such The workers’ firm does not produce conducts a pre-clearance consultation
determination. an article as required for certification program to provide the general public
The following certifications have been under Section 222 of the Trade Act of and Federal agencies with an
issued. The requirements of Section 1974. opportunity to comment on proposed
222(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and 85,702, JP Morgan Chase and Company, and/or continuing collections of
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act Lowell, Massachusetts. information in accordance with the
have been met. 85,747, JP Morgan Chase and Company, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
85,664, Kraft Foods Group Global, Inc., Akron, Ohio. (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
Woburn, Massachusetts. November 85,749, St. Thomas Medical Group, program helps to ensure that requested
20, 2013. Nashville, Tennessee. data can be provided in the desired
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85,691, Covidien LP, North Haven, format, reporting burden (time and
Connecticut. December 3, 2013. Determinations Terminating financial resources) is minimized,
85,698, General Motors, Lansing, Investigations of Petitions for Worker collection instruments are clearly
Michigan. December 5, 2013. Adjustment Assistance understood, and the impact of collection
85,710, Hugo Boss Cleveland, Inc., After notice of the petitions was requirements on respondents can be
Brooklyn, Ohio. December 10, 2013. published in the Federal Register and properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
85,711, General Electric, Dekalb, on the Department’s Web site, as Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
Illinois. December 10, 2013. required by Section 221 of the Act (19 concerning the proposed new collection
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