[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32284]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-51,066]


Komag, Inc., Materials Technology Division (KMT), Including 
Leased Workers of Manpower, Santa Rosa, CA; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By application of May 28, 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 April 21, 2003, based on the finding that imports of hard 
drive disks 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 July 18, 
2002 (67 FR 47399).
    In the reconsideration review, it was revealed that the Department 
erred in its determination description of subject firm production as 
``hard drive disks'', when in fact the petitioning group produced 
substrates used in hard drive disks.
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner provided 
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 subject firm produced a type of 
substrate prototype that constituted a significant portion of subject 
firm production, and that this production was shifted to Malaysia. The 
investigation further revealed that this production is currently being 
imported to the United States.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I determine that there was a shift in production from 
the workers' firm or subdivision to Malaysia of articles that are like 
or directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm or 
subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an increase in 
imports of like or directly competitive articles.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
certification:
    ``Workers of Komag Inc., Materials Technology Division, Santa Rosa, 
California, engaged in employment related to the production of 
substrate prototypes, and leased workers of Manpower producing 
substrate prototypes at Komag Inc., Materials Technology Division, 
Santa Rosa, California, who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after January 14, 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 24th day of November 2003.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-32284 Filed 12-31-03; 8:45 am]
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