[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 185 (Friday, September 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 57385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24422]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-34,013]


Alcatel Telecommunications Cable Roanoke, Virginia; Notice of 
Negative Determination on Remand

    On July 27, 2000, the United States Court of International Trade 
remanded this matter to the Secretary of Labor for further 
investigation in Former Employees of Alcatel Telecommunications Cable 
v. Secretary of Labor, No. 98-03-00540 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2000).
    The Department's initial negative determination of eligibility to 
apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) for the workers and former 
workers of Alcatel Telecommunications Cable located in Roanoke, 
Virginia was issued on December 9, 1997 and published in the Federal 
Register on January 6, 1998, see 63 Fed. Reg. 577 (1998). The denial 
was based on the finding that criteria (3) of the group eligibility 
requirements of Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 19 
U.S.C. 2231(a)(1)(A)(iii) and (B), were not met: i.e., imports did not 
contribute importantly to the worker separations, and the company 
transferred production to another domestic location.
    On remand, the court ordered the Department to undertake a full and 
complete investigation into the eligibility of former workers at 
Alcatel Telecommunications cable, Roanoke, Virginia to apply for trade 
adjustment assistance (TAA).
    A complete investigation was undertaken, and the results of that 
investigation revealed that increased imports of singlemode optical 
fiber did not contribute importantly to the worker separations. 
Information provided by the company revealed that the company imports 
of singlemode optical fiber in 1998 were less than 2% of the 1997 
production levels at the Roanoke facility. Further, a survey of 
Alcatel's customers who were purchasing singlemode optical fiber for 
the U.S. market revealed that those customers did not increase their 
reliance on purchases of imported singlemode optical fiber.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the results of the remand 
investigation, I affirm the original notice of negative determination 
of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance for workers and 
former workers of Alcatel Telecommunications Cable, Roanoke, Virginia.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 11th day of September 2000.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Program Manager, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-24422 Filed 9-21-00; 8:45 am]
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