[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 23328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10741]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-41,451]


Powerex, Inc., Youngwood, Pennsylvania; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By application of December 5, 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 November 4, 2002, based on the finding that imports of 
rectifiers and thyristors did not contribute importantly to worker 
separations at the subject firm plant. The denial notice was published 
in the Federal Register on November 22, 2002 (67 FR 70460).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied 
additional information to supplement that which was gathered during the 
initial investigation. Upon further review and contact with two major 
declining customers, it was revealed that these customers either 
increased their imports absolutely or increased their reliance on 
imports of like or directly competitive products in the relevant 
period.

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 Powerex, Youngwood, 
Pennsylvania, 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 Powerex, Youngwood, Pennsylvania, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after March 8, 
2002 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 17th day of April, 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-10741 Filed 4-30-03; 8:45 am]
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