DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker 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 by (TA–W) number issued during the period of
February 11, 2013 through February 19, 2013.
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 the United States that are like or directly competitive with imports of articles incorporating one or more component parts produced by such firm have increased;
(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 workers in public agencies 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 public agency have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2) The public agency has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly competitive with services which are supplied by such agency; and
(3) The acquisition of services contributed importantly to such 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(c) 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 International Trade Commission and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(f) of the Act must be met.
(1) The workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting in—
(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 International Trade Commission under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is published in the
Federal Register
under section 202(f)(3); or
(B) Notice of an affirmative determination described in subparagraph (1) is published in the
Federal Register
; and
(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
82,035
Georgia Pacific LLC, dba Duluth Hardboard Plant, Specialty Mfg. Division, Koch Industries
Duluth, MN
October 2, 2011.
82,165
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Wyoming, MI
November 19, 2011.
82,165A
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Montgomery, AL
November 19, 2011.
82,165AA
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Rochester, NH
November 19, 2011.
82,165B
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Anchorage, AK
November 19, 2011.
82,165BB
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Somerset, NJ
November 19, 2011.
82,165C
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Payson, AZ
November 19, 2011.
82,165CC
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Black River, NY
November 19, 2011.
82,165D
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Paragould, AR
November 19, 2011.
82,165DD
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Wilmington, NC
November 19, 2011.
82,165E
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Auburn, CA
November 19, 2011.
82,165EE
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Bismarck, ND
November 19, 2011.
82,165F
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc., Professional Drivers of Georgia, Inc dba Prodrivers
Ft. Morgan, CO
November 19, 2011.
82,165FF
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Geneva, OH
November 19, 2011.
82,165G
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Montville, CT
November 19, 2011.
82,165GG
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Seminole, OK
November 19, 2011.
82,165H
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Cheswold, DE
November 19, 2011.
82,165HH
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
La Grande, OR
November 19, 2011.
82,165I
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Madison, FL
November 19, 2011.
82,165II
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc. Randstad Professional US LP (Accounts International)
Berwick, PA
November 19, 2011.
82,165J
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Waycross, GA
November 19, 2011.
82,165JJ
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Warwick, RI
November 19, 2011.
82,165K
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Bellevue, ID
November 19, 2011.
82,165KK
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Rock Hill, SC
November 19, 2011.
82,165L
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc., Stivers Temporary Personnel
Oswego, IL
November 19, 2011.
82,165LL
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Sioux Falls, SD
November 19, 2011.
82,165M
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Rushville, IN
November 19, 2011.
82,165MM
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc., Stinson Industrial Maintenance
Knoxville, TN
November 19, 2011.
82,165N
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Waterloo, IA
November 19, 2011.
82,165NN
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc., Insource Group and Accenture LLP
Houston, TX
November 19, 2011.
82,165O
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc., Anytime Labor KC Metro, LLC, Arnold Group
Salina, KS
November 19, 2011.
82,165OO
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Tremonton, UT
November 19, 2011.
82,165P
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc., Professional Drivers of Georgia, Inc. dba Prodrivers
Danville, KY
November 19, 2011.
82,165PP
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Brattleboro, VT
November 19, 2011.
82,165Q
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Hammond, LA
November 19, 2011.
82,165QQ
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Rustburg, VA
November 19, 2011.
82,165R
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Portland, ME
November 19, 2011.
82,165RR
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Moses Lake, WA
November 19, 2011.
82,165S
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Rockville, MD
November 19, 2011.
82,165SS
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Wheeling, WV
November 19, 2011.
82,165T
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Fitchburg, MA
November 19, 2011.
82,165TT
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Oshkosh, WI
November 19, 2011.
82,165U
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Mankato, MN
November 19, 2011.
82,165UU
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Rock Springs, WY
November 19, 2011.
82,165V
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Moselle, MS
November 19, 2011.
82,165W
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc., Great Plains Technical Services, Ridgway's LLC, etc
Caruthersville, MO
November 19, 2011.
82,165X
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc., Bookkeeping by Design
Livingston, MT
November 19, 2011.
82,165Y
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc., Bookkeeping by Design
Omaha, NE
November 19, 2011.
82,165Z
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Elko, NV
November 19, 2011.
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
82,166
Technicolor, Inc., Creative Services Division, Apple One, Select Staffing
Glendale, CA
November 20, 2011.
82,237
State Street Corporation, Information Technology Group, 607 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
November 16, 2011.
82,237A
State Street Corporation, Information Technology Group, 100 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA
November 16, 2011.
82,237B
State Street Corporation, Information Technology Group, 100 Summer Street
Boston, MA
November 16, 2011.
82,237C
State Street Corporation, Information Technology Group, 200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA
November 16, 2011.
82,237D
State Street Corporation, Information Technology Group, 2 Avenue De LaFayette
Boston, MA
November 16, 2011.
82,237E
State Street Corporation, Information Technology Group, 800 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
November 16, 2011.
82,237F
State Street Corporation, Information Technology Group, One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA
November 16, 2011.
82,237G
State Street Corporation, Information Technology Group, 8 Centennial Drive
Grafton, MA
November 16, 2011.
82,237H
State Street Corporation, Information Technology Group, 1776 Heritage Drive
North Quincy, MA
November 16, 2011.
82,237I
State Street Corporation, Information Technology Group, 200 Newport Avenue
Quincy, MA
November 16, 2011.
82,237J
State Street Corporation, Information Technology Group, 1200 Crown Colony Drive
Quincy, MA
November 16, 2011.
82,242
Burroughs Inc., Pinnacle Staffing and Snelling
Plymouth, MI
January 20, 2013.
82,326
YP Western Directory LLC, Publishing Operations Group, YP Subsidiary Holdings LLC, Zero Chaos
San Francisco, CA
January 8, 2012.
82,356
Stowe Woodward, LLC, d/b/a Mount Hope, Ajilon Professional Staffing
Charlotte, NC
January 18, 2012.
82,391
Bacova Guild, Ltd., Ronile Inc., inc., Manpower
Covington, VA
January 30, 2012.
82,392
ABB Inc., PPHV Division
Mount Pleasant, PA
July 3, 2012.
82,392A
Leased Workers from HEG Company and Beeline, ABB Inc., PPHV Division
Mount Pleasant, PA
January 30, 2012.
82,393
Royal Appliance Mfg. Co., RMP Personnel, Inc
El Paso, TX
January 29, 2012.
82,395
A.E. Petsche Company, Randstad and Synergy Services Corporation
Arlington, TX
January 29, 2012.
82,403
City Shirt Company, Elbeco Incorporated
Frackville, PA
January 31, 2012.
82,404
NGN—New Generation Network, Inc., NGN—New Generation Network GMBH
Portland, ME
January 31, 2012.
82,412
Buth-Na-Bodhaige, Inc., d/b/a/The Body Shop, Aerotek
Wake Forest, NC
January 17, 2012.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(c) (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
82,319
Art Print Company, OneSource Staffing Solutions
Taylor, PA
January 4, 2012.
Negative Determinations for Worker 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.
The investigation revealed that the criterion under paragraph (a)(1), or (b)(1), or (c)(1)(employment decline or threat of separation) of section 222 has not been met.
TA–W No.
Subject firm
Location
Impact date
82,318
San Francisco Shopping Centre Associates, LP, Kiosk Leasing Department
San Francisco, CA
The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and (a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services to a foreign country) of section 222 have not been met.
TA–W No.
Subject firm
Location
Impact date
81,668
Vertis Inc., Insert Advertising Division, Ethan Allen Staffing and Manpower Incorporated
Saugerties, NY
82,296
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, U.S. Field Sales throughout the US reporting to Hillsboro, Oregon
Hillsboro, OR
82,311
SFI Holding, LLC, Personnel Services Unlimited, Inc
Forest City, NC
82,335
Wellpoint, Inc., Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Individual Sales—Captive Agents
Worthington, OH
82,347
Performance Motorsports, Inc., A subsidiary of Dover Corporation
Huntington Beach, CA
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.
TA–W No.
Subject firm
Location
Impact date
82,193
Green Innovation and Technology, Inc
South Holland, IL
82,362
Hewlett-Packard Company
Corvallis, OR
82,450
HP Software
Palo Alto, CA
82,451
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services
Palo Alto, CA
82,452
HP Global Functions
Palo Alto, CA
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
82,167
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Seattle, WA
82,181
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Salem, OR
82,207
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Operating Throughout the State of Nevada, NV
82,208
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Boise, ID
82,222
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Bostess Brands, Inc
Operating Throughout the State Maine, ME
82,226
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
La Grande, OR
82,228
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Operating Throughout the State of Connecticut, CT
82,233
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Cheswick, PA
82,234
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc., Los Angeles—Hostess Plant
Los Angeles, CA
82,248
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Lafayette, IN
82,255
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Northwood, OH
82,256
Verizon Business Networks Services, Inc., Senior Coordinator-Oder Management, Voice Over Internet Protocol
San Antonio, TX
82,265
State Street Corporation, Information Technology Group
Boston, MA
82,265A
State Street Corporation, Information Technology Group
Quincy, MA
82,267
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc., Tulsa -Wonder/Hostess Plant
Tulsa, OK
82,278
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Operating Throughout the State of Illinois, IL
82,298
Interstate Brands Corporation, Hostess Brands, Inc
Redding, CA
82,314
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands
Defiance, OH
82,327
State Street Corporation, Information Technology Group
North Quincy, MA
82,329
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Operating Throughout the State of New York, NY
82,341
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
West Virginia, WV
82,366
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands
Mansfield, OH
82,372
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Wichita, KS
82,397
Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC), Hostess Brands, Inc
Erie, PA
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
82,358
YP Holdings LLC
San Francisco, CA
I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of
February 11, 2013 through February 19, 2013
. These determinations are available on the Department's Web site
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.
Dated: February 19, 2013.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.