[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33199-33200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13822]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-51,080]


H & L Tool Company, Erie, Pennsylvania; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter dated April 17, 2003, a company official 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 March 31, 2003, based on the finding that workers of 
Burelbach Industries, Inc., Rickreal, Oregon did not meet the 
``upstream supplier'' group eligibility requirement of section 222(b) 
of the Trade Act of 1974. The denial notice was published in the 
Federal Register on April 11, 2003 (68 FR 17830).
    On review of the request for reconsideration and further review and 
analysis of the investigation it has become apparent that the major 
declining customer of the subject firm increased their reliance on 
imports of like or directly competitive injection molds during the 
relevant period. The imports accounted for a meaningful

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portion of the subject plant's lost sales and production.

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 H & L Tool Company, Erie, 
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 H & L Tool Company, Erie, Pennsylvania, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
March 5, 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 22nd day of May 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-13822 Filed 6-2-03; 8:45 am]
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