[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 59556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24117]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[NAFTA--5663]


Exide Technologies, Transportation Global Business Unit, 
Shreveport, LA; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    On August 12, 2002, the Department issued a Notice of Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for NAFTA-TAA 
applicable to workers and former workers of the subject firm. The 
notice was published in the Federal Register on August 20, 2002 (67 FR 
53975).
    The initial NAFTA-TAA petition investigation for workers at Exide 
Technologies, Transportation Business Unit, Shreveport, Louisiana was 
denied based on the finding that the subject firm did not shift to 
Canada or Mexico its production of lead-acid batteries for cars and 
trucks nor did it import like or directly competitive products from 
Canada or Mexico during the relevant period. The investigation further 
revealed that customers of the subject firm did not increase their 
imports of lead-acid batteries from Canada and/or Mexico during the 
relevant period.
    The petitioner supplied a list of additional customers they 
believed should be surveyed. On further review, the Department 
conducted a survey of these customers to determine if imports 
contributed importantly to the declines in employment at the subject 
plant.
    On reconsideration, the Department conducted a survey of the 
additional major customers of the subject plant regarding their 
purchases of lead-acid batteries during the relevant period. The survey 
revealed that a major customer increased their imports of lead-acid 
batteries from Mexico, while decreasing their purchases from the 
subject plant during the relevant period.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports from Mexico of 
articles like or directly competitive with lead-acid batteries 
contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and to 
the total or partial separation of workers of Exide Technologies, 
Transportation Business Unit, Shreveport, Louisiana. In accordance with 
the provisions of the Act, I make the following revised determination:

    All workers of Exide Technologies, Transportation Business Unit, 
Shreveport, Louisiana who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after December 18, 2000, through two years from the 
date of this issuance, are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under 
Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 10th day of September 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-24117 Filed 9-20-02; 8:45 am]
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