[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 36857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15479]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-51,419]


Vaisala, Inc., A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Vaisal OYJ, Columbus 
Operations, Plain City, OH; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    By application of May 2, 2003, a worker 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 April 18, 2003 based on the finding that imports of automated 
weather observation systems (AWOS) did not contribute importantly to 
worker separations at the subject plant. The denial notice was 
published in the Federal Register on May 7, 2003 (68 FR 24503).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the worker 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, subsequent to the closure of the plant, 
the company shifted production to one of their foreign facilities and 
began importing components of the AWOS system that were like or 
directly competitive with components produced at the subject facility 
in the relevant period. It was also determined that the production of 
these components at the subject facility comprised a significant 
portion of overall production.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I 
determine that there was a shift in production from the workers' firm 
or subdivision to a foreign source of articles that are like or 
directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm or 
subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an increase in 
imports of like or directly competitive articles. In accordance with 
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:

    All workers of Vaisala, Inc., A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of 
Vaisal OYJ, Columbus Operations, Plain City, Ohio, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after March 27, 
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 3rd day of June 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-15479 Filed 6-18-03; 8:45 am]
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