ETA Federal Register Notice

SGL Carbon Group, Morganton, North Carolina; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration [03/20/2002]

Volume 67, Number 54, Page 13016

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-39,574]

 
SGL Carbon Group, Morganton, North Carolina; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter of November 5, 2001, the International Chemical Workers 
Union, AFL-CIO, Local 427, requested administrative reconsideration 
regarding the Department's Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility 
to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, applicable to the workers of 
the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on September 21, 2001, based on the finding that imports of 
graphite electrodes and specialty graphite products did not contribute 
importantly to worker separations at the subject plant. The denial 
notice was published in the Federal Register on October 11, 2001 (66 FR 
51973).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the International 
Chemical Workers Union, AFL-CIO, Local 427 provided additional 
information indicating that a sister plant (SGL Carbon Corporation, 
Carbon and Graphite Unit, Niagara Falls, New York) was certified for 
TAA. The applicant further stated that the subject plant produced the 
same products, shared the same customers and conducted interplant 
shipments with the sister facility.
    A review of the allegation and information provided by the company 
shows that a meaningful portion of subject plant production was in 
direct support of the SGL Carbon Corporation, Carbon and Graphite Unit, 
Niagara Falls, New York plant. That facility was certified TA-W-39,053) 
on August 31, 2001.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with those produced at SGL Carbon Group, 
Morganton, North Carolina, contributed importantly to the decline in 
sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers 
at the subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I 
make the following certification:

    All workers of SGL Carbon Group, Morganton, North Carolina, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
March 29, 2000 through two years from the date of this 
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Dated: Signed in Washington, DC this 28th day of February 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-6669 Filed 3-19-02; 8:45 am]
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