[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 248 (Monday, December 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 74976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31863]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-52,022, TA-W-52,022A, and TA-W-52,022B]


Nortel Networks Corporation, Optical Global Technical Assistance 
Center, Research Triangle Park, NC; Nortel Networks Corporation, 
Optical Global Technical Assistance Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Nortel 
Networks Corporation, Optical Global Technical Assistance Center, 
Centennial, CO; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    By application of August 15, 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 July 22, 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 August 14, 2003 (68 FR 48645).
    In a review of the initial investigation, it was revealed that the 
work performed by the worker group did perform testing and product 
modification, and that subject firm workers produced an article as part 
of the finishing work performed on fiber optic backbone 
telecommunication networks. It was further revealed that employment 
declines occurred at all three facilities and that the company is now 
relying on a Canadian facility to serve the same customer base as that 
which is served by the three domestic facilities where the petitioners 
are employed.

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 Nortel Networks 
Corporation, Optical Global Technical Assistance Center (GTAC), 
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (TA-W-52,022); Nortel Networks 
Corporation, Optical Global Technical Assistance Center, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania (TA-W-52,022A); and Nortel Networks Corporation, Optical 
Global Technical Assistance Center, Centennial, Colorado (TA-W-
52,022B), 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 Nortel Networks Corporation, Optical Global 
Technical Assistance Center (GTAC), Research Triangle Park, North 
Carolina (TA-W-52,022); Nortel Networks Corporation, Optical Global 
Technical Assistance Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (TA-W-
52,022A); and Nortel Networks Corporation, Optical Global Technical 
Assistance Center, Centennial, Colorado (TA-W-52,022B), who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after May 26, 
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 15th day of December 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-31863 Filed 12-24-03; 8:45 am]
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