[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 40341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14796]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-40, 216]


Paul Flagg Leather Company, Sheboygan, WI; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By application of May 1, 2002, the company requested administrative 
reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative Determination 
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, 
applicable to the workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination, 
based on the finding that imports of tanned cowhides (leather) did not 
contribute importantly to worker separations at the subject plant. The 
denial notice was signed on April 12, 2002 and published in the Federal 
Register on May 2, 2002 (67 FR 22114).
    The company requested reconsideration based on various factors 
relevant and not relevant to meeting the eligibility requirement under 
TAA. However, further review of the Department of Labor's survey 
conducted during the initial investigation shows that a major customer 
increased their imports of tanned cowhides, while decreasing their 
purchases from the subject firm during the relevant period.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on 
reconsideration, it is concluded that increased imports of tanned 
cowhides, contributed importantly to the decline in production and to 
the total or partial separation of workers at Paul Flagg Leather 
Company, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. In accordance with the provisions of the 
Act, I make the following revised determination:

    ``All workers of Paul Flagg Leather Company, Sheboygan, 
Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after October 3, 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 31st day of May, 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-14796 Filed 6-11-02; 8:45 am]
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