Berlin, N.H., Firm Gains Federal Trade Adjustment Assistance
Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
A Notice by the
Publication Date:
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Entry Type: Notice
Document Citation: 80 FR 74137
Page: 74137 -74140 (4 pages)
Document Number: 2015-30174
Shorter URL: https://federalregister.gov/a/2015-30174
In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273) the
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. Under section 222(a)(2)(A), the following must be satisfied:
(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have decreased absolutely; and
(3) One of the following must be satisfied:
(A) Imports of articles or services like or directly competitive with articles produced or services supplied by such firm have increased;
(B) Imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles into which one or more component parts produced by such firm are directly incorporated, have increased;
(C) Imports of articles directly incorporating one or more component parts produced outside
(D) Imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced directly using services supplied by such firm, have increased; and
(4) The increase in imports contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or production of such firm; or
II. Section 222(a)(2)(B) all of the following must be satisfied:
(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2) One of the following must be satisfied:
(A) There has been a shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the production of articles or supply of services like or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm;
(B) There has been an acquisition from a foreign country by the workers' firm of articles/services that are like or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; and
(3) The shift/acquisition contributed importantly to the workers' separation or threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected secondary 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) A significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2) The workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility under section 222(a) of the Act, and such supply or production is related to the article or service that was the basis for such certification; and
(3) either--
(A) The workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) A loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers' separation or threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected workers in firms identified by the
(1) The workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the
(A) An affirmative determination of serious injury or threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) An affirmative determination of market disruption or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) An affirmative final determination of material injury or threat thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));
(2) The petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning on the date on which--
(A) A summary of the report submitted to the President by the
(B) Notice of an affirmative determination described in subparagraph (1) is published in the
(3) The workers have become totally or partially separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) The 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) Notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1- year period preceding the 1-year period described in paragraph (2).
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.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of section 222(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W No. ..... Subject firm ..... Location ..... Impact date
85,842 .....
85,852 .....
85,981 .....
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services) of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W No. ..... Subject firm ..... Location ..... Impact date
85,019 ..... Salience
85,137 ..... LexisNexis,
85,137A ..... LexisNexis,
85,137B ..... LexisNexis,
85,137C ..... LexisNexis,
85,137D ..... LexisNexis,
85,137E ..... LexisNexis,
85,137F ..... LexisNexis,
85,137G ..... LexisNexis,
85,137H ..... LexisNexis,
85,137I ..... LexisNexis,
85,339 .....
85,871 .....
85,943 .....
85,960 ..... Advanced Lab Concepts, Roundrock 092012 LLC,
85,960A .....
85,960B ..... Laboratory Solutions of America, Roundrock 092012 LLC,
85,990 ..... Maxim Integrated,
86,016 .....
86,040 .....
86,043 .....
86,046 .....
86,066 .....
86,091 .....
86,121 .....
90,004 .....
90,009 ..... Bechtel Business Services, A Business Unit Within Bechtel .....
90,013 .....
90,024 .....
90,027 .....
90,030 .....
90,042 ..... SECO/
90,047 .....
90,058 .....
90,058A .....
90,061 ..... Sentry Safe--
90,061A ..... Sentry Safe--
90,062 .....
90,071 .....
90,080 .....
90,162 .....
90,214 .....
91,001 .....
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of section 222(b) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible to apply for TAA) of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W No. ..... Subject firm ..... Location ..... Impact date
85,799 .....
Determinations Terminating Investigations of Petitions for Worker Adjustment Assistance
After notice of the petitions was published in the
The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn.
TA-W No. ..... Subject firm ..... Location ..... Impact date
85,964 .....
85,993 ..... IPSCO Tubulars (KY) Inc. .....
86,017 .....
86,067 .....
The following determinations terminating investigations were issued in cases where these petitions were not filed in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 90.11. Every petition filed by workers must be signed by at least three individuals of the petitioning worker group. Petitioners separated more than one year prior to the date of the petition cannot be covered under a certification of a petition under section 223(b), and therefore, may not be part of a petitioning worker group. For one or more of these reasons, these petitions were deemed invalid.
TA-W No. ..... Subject firm ..... Location ..... Impact date
86,092 ..... National Electronic Warranty/
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.
TA-W No. ..... Subject firm ..... Location ..... Impact date
90,017 .....
90,192 .....
90,225 .....
The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the petitions are the subject of ongoing investigations under petitions filed earlier covering the same petitioners.
TA-W No. ..... Subject firm ..... Location ..... Impact date
90,121 .....
I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of
Signed at
Certifying Officer,
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