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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[TA-W-28,329]

 

Optek Technology, Inc., El Paso, TX; Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    Pursuant to a court remand in Former Employees of Optek Technology, 
Inc. v. Secretary of Labor (USCIT 93-03-00170), the Department is 
revising its initial denial of eligibility to workers of Optek 
Technology, Inc., in El Paso, Texas.
    The Department requested a voluntary remand from the U.S. Court of 
International Trade in order to obtain additional information on the 
activities of the Optek Technology workers at El Paso, Texas.
    Investigation findings show that on February 26, 1993, when the 
Department's denial was issued for the subject workers there were no 
manufacturing facilities of Optek which had workers certified eligible 
for trade adjustment assistance. However, shortly after the El Paso 
workers' denial, the workers at Optek's production facility at Mineral 
Wells, Texas were certified for TAA under petition, TA-W-28,687.

        
        
Production facility at Mineral Wells, Texas, which ceased operations on 
January 14, 1994.

    The findings show a reduced demand for El Paso services by Mineral 
Wells which resulted in reduced activities and worker separations in 
mid-1992 at El Paso.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, it is concluded that increased imports of articles 
like or directly competitive with the electronic components produced at 
Optek Technology's Mineral Wells facility contributed importantly to 
the decline in sales and to the total or partial separation of workers 
at Optek Technology, Inc., in El Paso, Texas.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, I make 
the following revised determination:

    All workers of Optek Technology, Inc., El Paso, Texas who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after January 
1, 1992 and before January 14, 1994 are eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 31st day of January 1994.
Stephen A. Wandner,
Deputy Director, Office of Legislation & Actuarial Service, 
Unemployment Insurance Service.
[FR Doc. 94-3108 Filed 2-9-94; 8:45 am]
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