[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 15139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6446]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-38,071]


Moltech Power Systems, Gainsville, FL; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter of January 30, 2001, the company requested administrative 
reconsideration of the Department's denial of eligibility to apply for 
trade adjustment assistance applicable to workers and former workers of 
the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on December 11, 2000, and published in the Federal Register on 
January 11, 2001 (66 FR 2450). The investigation findings showed that 
sales or production did not decrease during the relevant time period.
    New information provided by the company include actual sales, 
production and import data for fiscal year 2000 (ending September 
2000). In the initial petition investigation, data provided by Moltech 
Power Systems were estimates for fiscal year 2000. The actual data show 
declines in sales and employment from FY 1999 to FY 2000. Company 
imports increased in the same time period, both absolutely and as a 
percentage of company sales.
    Workers of the subject firm were covered under a previous 
certification, TA-W-34,695, which expired August 28, 2000.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with rechargeable batteries contributed 
importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the total or 
partial separation of workers of Moltech Power Systems, Gainsville, 
Florida. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the 
following certification:

    All workers of Moltech Power Systems, Gainsville, Florida, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
August 29, 2000, through two years from the date of this 
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.


    Signed in Washington, DC this 28th day of February, 2001.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 01-6446 Filed 3-14-01; 8:45 am]
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