Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 08/29/2000
Filed Date: 09/11/2000
Most Recent Update: 12/11/2000
Determination Date: 12/11/2000
Expiration Date: 02/28/2008
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-38,071
MOLTECH POWER SYSTEMS
GAINSVILLE, FLORIDA
Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration
By letter of January 30, 2001, the company requested
administrative reconsideration of the Department's denial of
eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance applicable
to workers and former workers of the subject firm.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative
determination issued on December 11, 2000, and published in the
Federal Register on January 11, 2001 (66 FR 2450). The
investigation findings showed that sales or production did not
decrease during the relevant time period.
New information provided by the company include actual
sales, production and import data for fiscal year 2000 (ending
September 2000). In the initial petition investigation, data
provided by Moltech Power Systems were estimates for fiscal year
2000. The actual data show declines in sales and employment from
FY 1999 to FY 2000. Company imports increased in the same time
period, both absolutely and as a percentage of company sales.
Workers of the subject firm were covered under a previous
certification, TA-W-34,695, which expired August 28, 2000.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with rechargeable batteries
contributed importantly to the declines in sales or production
and to the total or partial separation of workers of Moltech
Power Systems, Gainsville, Florida. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Moltech Power Systems, Gainsville, Florida,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after August 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 28th day of February, 2001.
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-38,071
MOLTECH POWER SYSTEMS
GAINSVILLE, FLORIDA
Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration
By letter of January 30, 2001, the company requested
administrative reconsideration of the Department's denial of
eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance applicable
to workers and former workers of the subject firm.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative
determination issued on December 11, 2000, and published in the
Federal Register on January 11, 2001 (66 FR 2450). The
investigation findings showed that sales or production did not
decrease during the relevant time period.
New information provided by the company include actual
sales, production and import data for fiscal year 2000 (ending
September 2000). In the initial petition investigation, data
provided by Moltech Power Systems were estimates for fiscal year
2000. The actual data show declines in sales and employment from
FY 1999 to FY 2000. Company imports increased in the same time
period, both absolutely and as a percentage of company sales.
Workers of the subject firm were covered under a previous
certification, TA-W-34,695, which expired August 28, 2000.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with rechargeable batteries
contributed importantly to the declines in sales or production
and to the total or partial separation of workers of Moltech
Power Systems, Gainsville, Florida. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Moltech Power Systems, Gainsville, Florida,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after August 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 28th day of February, 2001.
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance