[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17836-17837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8908]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[NAFTA-7641]


Nutramax Oral Care, Florence, MA; Notice of Revised Determination 
on Reconsideration

    By application of February 7, 2003, a petitioner requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's denial regarding 
eligibility to apply for North American Free Trade Agreement-
Transitional Adjustment Assistance (NAFTA-TAA), applicable to workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The denial notice was issued on 
January 13, 2003 and published in the Federal Register on February 6, 
2003 (67 FR 6212).
    Workers were engaged in employment related to the production of 
dental floss and toothbrushes. The workers were denied NAFTA-TAA on the 
basis that there was no shift in production to Mexico or Canada, nor 
did imports from Canada or Mexico contribute importantly to workers' 
separations.
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioners 
supplied additional information to supplement that which was gathered 
during the initial investigation. Upon further review and contact with 
the company, it was revealed that the company shifted a portion of 
production to Canada, contributing to layoffs at the subject firm.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I 
conclude that there was a shift in production from the workers' firm to 
Canada of articles that are like or directly competitive with those 
produced by the subject firm:

    All workers of Nutramax Oral Care, Florence, Massachusetts, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
September 25, 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.


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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 18th day of March, 2003.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-8908 Filed 4-10-03; 8:45 am]
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