[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 18266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9145]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-41,208 and TA-W-41, 208A]


Valeo Climate Control, USA-2 Division, Automotive Air 
Conditioning Condenser Line, Grand Prairie, TX; Valeo Climate Control, 
USA-2 Division, Aluminum Tubing Line, Grand Prairie, TX; Notice of 
Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter postmarked October 30, 2002, the company 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 September 27, 2002, based on the finding that imports of air 
conditioning condensers and aluminum tubing did not contribute 
importantly to worker separations at the Grand Prairie plant. The 
denial notice was published in the Federal Register on October 22, 2002 
(67 FR 64922).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the company 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 began importing a significant 
portion of competitive condensers in the relevant period. Further, as 
established in the original investigation, a significant portion of 
tubing produced at the subject firm was integrated into the production 
of condensers.

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 Valeo Climate Control, USA-
2 Division, Automotive Air Conditioning Condenser Line, and the 
Aluminum Tubing Line, Grand Prairie, Texas, 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 Valeo Climate Control, USA-2 Division, Automotive 
Air Conditioning Condenser Line (TA-W-41,208), and the Aluminum 
Tubing Line (TA-W-41,208A), Grand Prairie, Texas, who became totally 
or partially separated from employment on or after March 1, 2001 
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 2nd day of April 2003.
Edward A. Tomchick
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-9145 Filed 4-14-03; 8:45 am]
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