[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 58172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28983]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-38,550]


Pottstown Precision Casting, Inc./Harvard Industries, Inc. 
formerly/known/as Doehler Jarvis Stowe, PA; Notice of Negative 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On August 15, 2001, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The notice was published in the 
Federal Register on August 29, 2001 (66 FR 45698).
    The Department initially denied TAA to workers of Pottstown 
Precision Casting, Inc./Harvard Industries, Inc., formerly known as 
Doehler Jarvis, Stowe, Pennsylvania because the ``contributed 
importantly'' group eligibility requirement of section 222(3) of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, was not met. The workers at the subject 
firm were engaged in employment related to the production of automotive 
components.
    The petition asserted that selected customers of the subject plant 
imported various automotive component parts, contributing importantly 
to the worker separations.
    On reconsideration, the Department surveyed all selected customers 
(as supplied by the petitioner) of the subject firm regarding their 
purchases of products (as depicted by the petitioners application) like 
and directly competitive to what the subject plant produced during the 
relevant period. The Department contacted all customers as selected by 
the petitioner, all customers responded. The survey revealed that 
imports were negligible during the relevant period. The survey also 
revealed that the closure of the plant forced customers to seek other 
manufacturers of products like and directly competitive with what the 
subject plant produced.
    The survey further indicated that customers of the subject firm 
purchased subject plant components, further processed the product and 
then exported some parts to foreign sources. The foreign sources 
integrated the parts into finished products.
    The petitioner further asserted that the subject plant was under an 
existing TAA certification (TA-W-38,550) that expired on March 5, 2001. 
The customer of that certification was contacted and reported that only 
a negligible portion of the components (stators) were imported during 
the relevant period of the current investigation.

Conclusion

    After reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of negative 
determination of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance 
and NAFTA-TAA for workers and former workers of Pottstown Precision 
Casting, Inc./Harvard Industries, Inc., formerly known as Doehler 
Jarvis, Stowe, Pennsylvania.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of October, 2001.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 01-28983 Filed 11-19-01; 8:45 am]
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