Fort Dearborn Company, Coldwater, MI; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration [03/18/2003]
Volume 68, Number 52, Page 12933
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-40,824]
Fort Dearborn Company, Coldwater, MI; Notice of Revised
Determination on Reconsideration
By letter dated July 11, 2002, an employee on behalf of petitioners
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 June 11, 2002, based on the finding that imports of paper
labels used in the food and beverage industry did not contribute
importantly to worker separations at the Coldwater plant. The denial
notice was published in the Federal Register on June 24, 2002 (67 FR
42583).
During the period that the Department was reviewing allegations
made in the request for reconsideration, a petition on behalf of the
same subject firm workers for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance
was certified on the basis of increased customer imports (NAFTA-6425)
for the same worker group and the same time period as that which was
established in the trade adjustment assistance petition. Therefore,
workers of Fort Dearborn Company, Coldwater, Michigan meet criterion
(3) of section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
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 Fort Dearborn Company,
Coldwater, Michigan, contributed importantly to the declines 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 Fort Dearborn Company, Coldwater, Michigan, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 8, 2001, 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.''
Signed in Washington, DC, this 19th day of February, 2003.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-6403 Filed 3-17-03; 8:45 am]
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