[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58713-58714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25716]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-50,852]


Micro Instrument Co., Escondido, CA; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter postmarked June 17, 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 May

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12, 2003, based on the finding that imports of electronic testing 
equipment did not contribute importantly to worker separations at the 
subject plant and no shift of production to a foreign source occurred. 
The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2003 
(68 FR 33197).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the company official 
supplied additional major declining customers to supplement those that 
were survey during the initial investigation. Upon further review and 
contact with these customers of the subject firm, it was revealed that 
they increased their import purchases of semiconductor testing 
equipment during the relevant period. The imports accounted for a 
meaningful portion of the subject plant's lost sales and production.

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 Micro Instrument Company, 
Escondido, California, 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 Micro Instrument Company, Escondido, California, 
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or 
after January 31, 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 29th day of September, 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-25716 Filed 10-9-03; 8:45 am]
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