[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57457-57458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28487]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[NAFTA-1132]


Dale Electronics, Inc., Bradford Electronics, Bradford, 
Pennsylvania; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    On August 14, 1996, the Department issued a Negative Determination 
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment 
Assistance, applicable to all workers of Dale Electronics, Bradford 
Electronics located in Bradford, Pennsylvania. The notice was published 
in the Federal Register on September 13, 1996 (61 FR 48505).
    By letter of September 27, 1996, the petitioners requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's findings. The 
petitioners presented new evidence that was not considered in the 
original determination. Additional new evidence was subsequently 
transmitted to the Department by officials of Dale Electronics in 
Bradford.
    The workers at Dale Electronics produce electronic components. The 
initial NAFTA-TAA petition for workers at Dale Electronics was denied 
because criteria (3) and (4) of the Group Eligibility Requirements of 
Section 250 the Trade Act of 1974, as amended were not met. There was 
no shift in production of electronic components from Bradford 
Electronics to Mexico or Canada, nor did the subject firm import 
electronic components. Layoffs at the Bradford plant were attributable 
to the transfer of production to other domestic plants.
    New findings on reconsideration show that the company does import 
electronic components. Other new findings on reconsideration reveal 
that the company is shifting production of electronic components to 
Mexico.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports from Mexico and 
Canada of articles like or directly competitive with electronic 
components contributed importantly to the declines in sales or 
production and to the total or partial separation of workers at Dale 
Electronics, Bradford Electronics, Bradford, Pennsylvania. In 
accordance with the provisions of the

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Act, I make the following revised determination:

    All workers of Dale Electronics, Inc., Bradford Electronics, 
Bradford, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated 
from employment on or after June 5, 1995, are eligible to apply for 
NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of the Trade of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 28th day of October 1996.
Russell T. Kile,
Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of Trade 
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 96-28487 Filed 11-5-96; 8:45 am]
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