[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 66496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29544]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-50,204]


Kokusai Semiconductor Equipment Corporation, Billerica Facility, 
Billerica, MA; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    By application of April 8, 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 11, 2003, based on the finding that imports of vertical 
diffusion furnaces (200mm and 300mm wafers) 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 March 26, 2003 (68 FR 14706).
    Upon further review of the initial investigation, in the 
reconsideration process, it was revealed that subject firm customer(s) 
increased their import purchases of semiconductor testing equipment 
during the relevant period. It was further revealed that U.S. aggregate 
imports of electric furnaces and ovens for diffusion, oxidation or 
annealing of semiconductor wafers increased significantly 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 Kokusai Semiconductor 
Equipment Corporation, Billerica Facility, Billerica, Massachusetts, 
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 Kokusai Semiconductor Equipment Corporation, 
Billerica Facility, Billerica, Massachusetts, who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after November 16, 2001 
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 27th day of October, 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-29544 Filed 11-25-03; 8:45 am]
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