[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53974-53975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21094]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[NAFTA-5952 and TA-W-40,976]


Abitibi Consolidated, Donohue Industries, Inc., Lufkin Division, 
Lufkin, TX; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter dated June 21, 2002, the company, requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's denial of North 
American Free Trade Agreement-Transitional Adjustment Assistance 
(NAFTA-TAA) and Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), applicable to 
workers of Abitibi Consolidated, Donohue Industries, Inc., Lufkin 
Division, Lufkin, Texas. The denial notice applicable to NAFTA-05952 
was signed on May 20, 2002 and the denial notice for TA-W-40,976 was 
signed on May 23, 2002. The notices were published in the Federal 
Register on June 11, 2002, for NAFTA-5952 (67 FR 40005) and for TA-W-
40,976 (67 FR 40004).
    The workers of Abitibi Consolidated, Donohue Industries, Inc., 
Lufkin Division, Lufkin, Texas engaged in activities related to the 
production of newsprint and specialty paper were denied NAFTA-TAA 
because criteria (3) and (4) of the group eligibility requirements of 
paragraph (a)(1) of section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 
were not met. The subject firm did not import newsprint and specialty 
paper from Canada or Mexico during the relevant period. There was no 
shift in the production of newsprint and specialty paper from the 
subject firm to Canada or Mexico during the relevant period.
    The workers of Abitibi Consolidated, Donohue Industries, Inc., 
Lufkin Division, Lufkin, Texas were denied TAA because criterion (3) of 
the group eligibility requirements of section 222 of the Trade Act of 
1974, as amended, was not met. Imports did not contribute importantly 
to the worker separations during the relevant period.
    The petitioner states that they responded to the Department's 
questions on a subsidiary perspective only, rather than on a company-
wide basis. Thus they did not indicate the parent company, a Canadian 
based newsprint manufacturer, imported newsprint products to the United 
States.
    The Department contacted the company requesting further information 
concerning the allegation. The company provided additional information 
showing the company increased their reliance on imported Canadian 
newsprint paper from their parent company located in Canada. The 
imports from Canada replaced a meaningful portion of the subject 
plant's production as subject plant production was phased out during 
the relevant period.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on 
reconsideration, it is

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concluded that increased imports of newsprint paper, including imports 
from Canada, contributed importantly to the decline in production and 
to the total or partial separation of workers at Abitibi Consolidated, 
Donohue Industries, Inc., Lufkin Division, Lufkin, Texas. In accordance 
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following revised 
determination:

    All workers at Abitibi Consolidated, Donohue Industries, Inc., 
Lufkin Division, Lufkin, Texas (NAFTA-5952), who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after February 24, 2001, 
through two years from the date of certification, are eligible to 
apply for NAFTA-TAA under section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974;'' 
and
    ``All workers at Abitibi Consolidated, Donohue Industries, Inc., 
Lufkin Division, Lufkin, Texas (TA-W-40,976), who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after January 20, 2001, 
through two years from the date of certification, are eligible to 
apply for adjustment assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act 
of 1974.''

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of August, 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-21094 Filed 8-19-02; 8:45 am]
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