[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 56330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24701]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-51,405]


Itronix Corporation, Spokane, WA; Notice of Revised Determination 
on Reconsideration

    By application of July 11, 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 June 9, 2003, based on the finding that the petitioning 
workers of this firm do not produce an article within the meaning of 
Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974. The denial notice was published 
in the Federal Register on June 19, 2003 (68 FR 36846).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the company 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 the company filed the original petition 
on behalf of the entire facility, and not only the product development 
group that was investigated initially for TAA eligibility.
    As a result of this clarification, it was established that the 
petitioning worker group was engaged in activities related to the 
production of rugged laptops and handheld devices. Consequently, 
information obtained in the initial investigation indicating 
employment, sales and production declines in the relevant period could 
be used to verify TAA eligibility criteria. Finally, it was established 
that these declines could be attributed to a shift in production of 
initial assembly of rugged laptops and handheld devices to a foreign 
facility, and that this production was imported back to the subject 
facility for further processing.

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 Itronix Corporation, 
Spokane, Washington, 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 Itronix Corporation, Spokane, Washington, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
April 3, 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 August 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-24701 Filed 9-29-03; 8:45 am]
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