[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66495-66496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29548]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-52,284]


Fisher Pierce, Weymouth, MA; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    By application of August 26, 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 July 31, 2003, based on the finding that imports of outdoor 
lighting controls and printed circuit boards (PCBs)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 August 18, 2003 (68 FR 49523).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the company official 
supplied additional information not made available in the initial 
investigation. A review of this additional information revealed that 
the company shifted a significant portion of its production to Mexico, 
which is party to a free trade agreement with the United States.

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 Fisher Pierce, Weymouth, 
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 Fisher Pierce, Weymouth, Massachusetts, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or

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after July 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 20th day of November, 2003.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-29548 Filed 11-25-03; 8:45 am]
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