[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 43764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18820]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-50,915]


TechBooks, York, PA; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    By application of May 7, 2003, a petitioner 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 the petitioning 
workers did not produce an article within the meaning of section 222(3) 
of the Act. The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on 
April 11, 2003 (68 FR 17831).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied 
additional information to supplement that which was gathered during the 
initial investigation. Upon further review, including an examination of 
the materials provided by the petitioner, it was established that the 
petitioning workers did produce a product.
    In addition, it was revealed that the company shifted pre-press 
produced by the subject firm workers to a foreign source, and shipped 
the product back to the United States during 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 TechBooks, York, 
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 TechBooks, York, Pennsylvania, who became totally 
or partially separated from employment on or after February 11, 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 11th day of July, 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-18820 Filed 7-23-03; 8:45 am]
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