[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 140 (Monday, July 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 47864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18414]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-39,987]


GSI Lumonics Corp., Maple Grove, MN; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter of January 9, 2002, an employee 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 
issued on December 17, 2001, based on the finding that imports did not 
contribute importantly to the layoffs at the subject plant. The denial 
notice was published in the Federal Register on January 11, 2002 (67 FR 
1509).
    The request for reconsideration is based on the allegation that 
specific products produced at the subject plant were shifted to Canada 
and England, and a meaningful portion of those products were imported 
back to the United States.
    The Department on further review of the investigation and further 
contact with the company received new information revealing that shifts 
in plant production (SVS & Silver Cutting Head) to foreign sources 
occurred during the relevant period. A meaningful portion of that 
production shifted to foreign sources was imported back to the United 
States during the relevant period.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with those produced at GSI Lumonics, Inc., Maple 
Grove, Minnesota contributed importantly to the declines in sales or 
production and to the total or partial separation of workers at the 
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the 
following certification:

    All workers of GSI Lumonics, Inc., Maple Grove, Minnesota who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
August 21, 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 14th day of June, 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-18414 Filed 7-19-02; 8:45 am]
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