DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,417

NTN-BOWER CORPORATION
HAMILTON, ALABAMA

Notice of Negative Determination on Remand

The United States Court of International Trade (USCIT)
granted the Secretary of Labor's motion for a voluntary remand
for further investigation in Former Employees of NTN-Bower Corp.
v. United States Secretary of Labor, No. 02-00315.
The Department's initial negative determination of
eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) for
the workers and former workers of NTN-Bower Corporation, located
in Hamilton, Alabama was issued on March 27, 2002 and published
in the Federal Register on April 5, 2002 (67 FR 16441). The
denial was based the fact that workers of the subject firm did
not meet criterion (3) as indicated in the initial investigation.
The company did not import tapered roller bearings nor did
customers import tapered roller bearings during 2000 or 2001.
On voluntary remand, the Department conducted a further
survey of a major customer regarding their purchases of tapered
roller bearings (TRB) during 1999, 2000 and 2001. The response
from the major customer was not acquired during the initial
survey.



The results of the survey show that the major customer did
not import tapered roller bearings during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful consideration of the results of the remand
investigation, I affirm the original notice of negative
determination of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment
assistance for workers and former workers of NTN-Bower
Corporation, Hamilton, Alabama.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 3rd day of October 2002.

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick

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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance