[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 59 (Monday, March 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16226-16227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7481]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[NAFTA-3415]


AMP, Inc., a Tyco International Ltd. Company, Fiber Optic 
Division, Middletown, Pennsylvania; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    By letter of February 10, 2000, petitioners requested 
reconsideration of the Department's negative determination applicable 
to workers and former workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on December 28, 1999, based on the finding that criterion (1) of 
the worker group eligibility requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of 
section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, was not met. Net 
employment at the Larue facility increased in 1999 compared to 1998. 
The notice of negative determination was published in the Federal 
Register on January 14, 2000 (65 FR 2433).
    The petitioners presented information showing that the articles 
subject of the petition investigation were produced in Middletown, not 
Larue, Pennsylvania. On reconsideration the company provided employment 
data for the Middletown, Pennsylvania plant of the

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subject firm. Employment declined from 1998 to 1999 and in the first 
two months of 2000. The initial investigation confirmed that there was 
a shift in production of fiber optic connectors from Middletown to 
Mexico. The workers at the plant are not separately identifiable by 
product line.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that there was a shift in production from 
the workers' firm to Mexico of articles that are like or directly 
competitive with those produced by the subject firm. In accordance with 
the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, I make the following revised 
determination:

    All workers of AMP, Incorporated, A Tyco International LTD. 
Company, Fiber Optic Division, Middletown, Pennsylvania, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after August 
30, 1998, are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of 
the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 20th day of March 2000.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-7481 Filed 3-24-00; 8:45 am]
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