Micro Instrument Co., Escondido, CA; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration [10/10/2003]
Volume 68, Number 197, Page 58713-58714
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-50,852]
Micro Instrument Co., Escondido, CA; Notice of Revised
Determination on Reconsideration
By letter postmarked June 17, 2003, a company official 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 May
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12, 2003, based on the finding that imports of electronic testing
equipment did not contribute importantly to worker separations at the
subject plant and no shift of production to a foreign source occurred.
The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2003
(68 FR 33197).
To support the request for reconsideration, the company official
supplied additional major declining customers to supplement those that
were survey during the initial investigation. Upon further review and
contact with these customers of the subject firm, it was revealed that
they increased their import purchases of semiconductor testing
equipment during the relevant period. The imports accounted for a
meaningful portion of the subject plant's lost sales and production.
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 Micro Instrument Company,
Escondido, California, 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 Micro Instrument Company, Escondido, California,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 31, 2002 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 29th day of September, 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-25716 Filed 10-9-03; 8:45 am]
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