[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 144 (Thursday, July 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38578-38579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: X95-10727]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[NAFTA--00422]


General Electric Co., Rome, Georgia; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reopening

    On July 5, 1995, the Department, at the request of the petitioners, 
reopened its investigation for workers producing medium transformers at 
the subject facility. The initial investigation resulted in a negative 
determination. The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 
25, 1995 (60 FR 27794).
    The Department had issued a negative determination in the subject 
case because criteria (3) and (4) of the group eligibility requirements 
in paragraph (a)(1) of Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended, were not met. Imports of medium transformers from Mexico or 
Canada did not contribute importantly to worker separations at the 
General Electric Company, Rome, Georgia facility, and there was no 
shift in production to Mexico or Canada.
    The petitioners had alleged a shift in production by the subject 
firm to Mexico. An intent to outsource some production had been 
announced, but a final decision had not yet been made. New findings on 
reopening show that on June 12, 1995, General Electric Company ratified 
an agreement to shift some production of transformers to Mexico.
    Other findings show that sales, production and employment decreased 


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during the relevant time periods of the investigation.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on reopening, 
it is concluded that increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with medium transformers produced by the subject firm 
contributed importantly to the decline in production and to the total 
or partial separation of workers at the subject firm. In accordance 
with the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, I make the following 
revised determination:
    ``All workers of General Electric Company, Rome, Georgia who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after March 30, 
1994 are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA Section 250 of the Trade Act 
of 1974.''

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 13th day of July 1995.
Victor J. Trunzo,
Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services Office of Trade 
Adjustment Assistance.