[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 40339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14799]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-41,086]


Abbott Laboratories, Laurinburg, NC; 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 medical equipment (IV units, 
surgical kits, trays etc.) did not contribute importantly to worker 
separations at the subject plant. The denial notice was signed on April 
11, 2002 and published in the Federal Register on April 24, 2002 (67 FR 
20166).
    The company requested reconsideration based on a misunderstanding 
of the ``Business Confidential Data Request Form'' they supplied the 
Department of Labor. The company failed to supply quantities and timing 
of products that are being imported back to the United States.
    A review of import data supplied by the company on administrative 
reconsideration shows that the company began importing medical 
equipment ``like or directly competitive'' with products produced at 
the subject plant during the relevant period.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on 
reconsideration, it is concluded that increased imports of medical 
equipment, contributed importantly to the decline in production and to 
the total or partial separation of workers at Abbott Laboratories, 
Laurinburg, North Carolina. In accordance with the provisions of the 
Act, I make the following revised determination:

    ``All workers of Abbott Laboratories, Laurinburg, North 
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after February 18, 2001 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. 02-14799 Filed 6-11-02; 8:45 am]
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