[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43758-43759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18823]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-50,114]


Cadmus Mack (CPS), East Stroudsburg, PA; Notice of Negative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application postmarked February 12, 2003, the Graphic 
Communications International Union (GCIU), Local 350C, requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative 
determination regarding eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment 
Assistance (TAA), applicable to workers and former workers of the 
subject firm. The denial notice was signed on January 17, 2003, and 
published in the Federal Register on February 6, 2003 (68 FR 6211).
    Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c) reconsideration may be granted under 
the following circumstances:
    (1) If it appears on the basis of facts not previously considered 
that the determination complained of was erroneous;
    (2) if it appears that the determination complained of was based on 
a mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered; or
    (3) if in the opinion of the Certifying Officer, a 
misinterpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of 
the decision.
    The petition for the workers of Cadmus Mack (CPS), East 
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania was denied because the ``contributed 
importantly'' group eligibility requirement of section 222 of the Trade 
Act of 1974, was not met. Imports did not contribute importantly to the 
layoffs at the subject plant nor was there a shift in production to a 
foreign source.
    The union asserts that the loss in business at the subject firm was 
directly attributable to competition with a Canadian competitor and its 
``dominance in the marketplace'' is responsible for declines at the 
subject firm. Specifically, the union states that this Canadian firm 
has been the ``largest commercial printer in the U.S. and Canada for 
four years in a row.''

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    The original investigation established that layoffs and the closing 
of the East Stroudsberg facility were directly attributable to a 
transfer of production to a domestic affiliate. Further, sales and 
production declined minimally prior to the domestic shift.
    In addition, a review of aggregate U.S. import data of newspapers, 
journals and periodicals for January through October 2002 declined in 
volume over the corresponding period of 2001.

Conclusion

    After review of the application and investigative findings, I 
conclude that there has been no error or misinterpretation of the law 
or of the facts which would justify reconsideration of the Department 
of Labor's prior decision. Accordingly, the application is denied.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of July, 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-18823 Filed 7-23-03; 8:45 am]
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