[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 70972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30063]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-40, 687 & NAFTA-05749]


Goodyear Dunlop Tires, N.A. Ltd, Huntsville, AL; Notice of 
Revised Determination on Remand

    The United States Court of International Trade (USCIT) granted the 
Secretary of Labor's motion for voluntary remand for further 
investigation of the negative determinations in United Steel Workers of 
America, Local 915L, District 9, AFL-CIO v. Elaine L. Chao, U.S. 
Secretary of Labor (Court No. 02-00457).
    The Department's initial denial of the Trade Adjustment Assistance 
(TAA) petition for employees of Goodyear Dunlop, N.A. LTD, Huntsville 
(TA-W-40, 687), was issued on May 3, 2002 and published in the Federal 
Register on May 17, 2002 (67 FR 35140). The denial was based on the 
fact that criterion (3) of the Group Eligibility Requirements of 
Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, was not met. 
Increased imports did not contribute importantly to worker separations 
at the subject firm.
    The Department's initial denial of the NAFTA-Transitional 
Adjustment Assistance (NAFTA) petition for employees of Goodyear 
Dunlop, N.A. LTD, Huntsville, Alabama (NAFTA-05749) was issued on May 
3, 2002 and published in the Federal Register on May 17, 2002 (67 FR 
35142). The denial was based on the fact that criteria (3) and (4) of 
the Group Eligibility Requirements of Section 250 of the Trade Act of 
1974 were not met. Imports from Canada or Mexico did not contribute 
importantly to worker separations nor was there a shift in production 
from the subject firm to Canada or Mexico during the relevant period.
    On remand, the Department requested additional information from the 
company. Based on the data supplied by the company the Department made 
a decision to survey the major declining customers of the subject firm 
regarding their purchases of passenger and light truck radial tires 
during 1999, 2000 and 2001. The survey revealed that a major declining 
customer increased their imports (primarily from Mexico and/or Canada) 
of passenger and light truck radial tires, while decreasing their 
purchases of passenger and light truck radial tires from the subject 
firm during the relevant period

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on remand, I 
conclude that there were increased imports (primarily from Canada or 
Mexico) of articles like or directly competitive with those produced by 
the subject firm that contributed importantly to the worker separations 
and sales or production declines at the subject facility. In accordance 
with the provisions of the Trade Act, I make the following 
certification:

    All workers of Goodyear Dunlop, N.A. LTD, Huntsville, Alabama 
(TA-W-40, 687) who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after November 28, 2000, through two years from the 
issuance of this revised determination, are eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974; 
and
    All workers of Goodyear Dunlop, N.A. LTD, Huntsville, Alabama 
(NAFTA-05749) who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after December 11, 2000, through two years from the 
issuance of this revised determination, are eligible to apply for 
NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 5th day of November 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-30063 Filed 11-26-02; 8:45 am]
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