[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 59886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29223]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-33,491]


Coats American Rossville Plant, Rossville, Georgia; Notice of 
Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application of September 27, 1997, a petitioner requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative 
determination regarding worker eligibility to apply for trade 
adjustment assistance, applicable to workers of the subject firm. The 
denial notice was signed on September 9, 1997 and will soon be 
published in the Federal Register.
    Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c) reconsideration may be granted under 
the following circumstances:
    (1) If it appears on the basis of facts not previously considered 
that the determination complained of was erroneous;
    (2) if it appears that the determination complained of was based on 
a mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered; or
    (3) if in the opinion of the Certifying Officer, a 
misinterpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of 
the decision.
    The request for reconsideration claims that equipment was shipped 
to Mexico to be used to produce like and directly competitive sewing 
threads which has affected the employment at Coats American in 
Rossville, Georgia.
    In order for the Department to issue a worker group certification, 
all of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the Trade 
Act must be met. Review of the investigation findings show that 
criterion (3) was not met. Imports of sewing threads did not contribute 
to the decline in sales, production, and employment at the Rossville, 
Georgia facility. Coats American did move production of sewing threads 
to Mexico, but the sewing threads being produced in Mexico are not 
being imported into the United States.

Conclusion

    After review of the application and investigative findings, I 
conclude that there has been no error or misinterpretation of the law 
or of the facts which would justify reconsideration of the Department 
of Labor's prior decision. Accordingly, the application is denied.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of October 1997.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-29223 Filed 11-4-97; 8:45 am]
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