[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47090-47091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20114]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-50,823]


Alcoa Composition Foils, Pevely, MO; Notice of Negative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application of May 23, 2003, petitioners requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative 
determination regarding eligibility for workers and former workers of 
the subject firm to apply for

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Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA). The denial notice was signed on 
April 28, 2003 and published in the Federal Register on May 9, 2003 (68 
FR 25060).
    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 TAA petition, filed on behalf of workers at Alcoa Composition 
Foils, Pevely, Missouri, engaged in the production of lead and tin foil 
for the medical, dental and x-ray industries, was denied because the 
``contributed importantly'' group eligibility requirement of section 
222(3) of the Trade Act of 1974 was not met. The ``contributed 
importantly'' test is generally demonstrated through a survey of the 
workers' firm's customers. The Department conducted a survey of the 
subject firm's major customers regarding their purchases of competitive 
products in 2001, 2002, and January through March 2003. The respondents 
reported no increased imports. The subject firm did not increase its 
reliance on imports of lead and tin foil during the relevant period, 
nor did they shift production to a foreign source.
    The petitioner alleges that the subject firm was sold to a foreign 
company which is currently supplying the subject firm customers with 
products like or directly competitive with those produced at the 
subject firm.
    As established in the initial investigation, neither the company 
nor its customers reported importing like or directly competitive 
products during the relevant period of the investigation. Should the 
petitioners wish the Department to investigate a more recent period, 
they would be advised to file a new petition.

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 25th day of July, 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-20114 Filed 8-6-03; 8:45 am]
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