[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 113-114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32285]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-52,847]


Medsource Technologies, Newton, MA; Notice of Negative 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On December 2, 2002, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The

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notice will soon be published in the Federal Register.
    The Department initially denied TAA to workers of MedSource 
Technologies, Newton, Massachusetts because there was neither an 
absolute decline in subject firm sales or production nor a shift of 
production to a qualified country. The investigation revealed neither 
sales or production declines nor shifts of production during the 
relevant time period.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner alleges that 
production shifted from the subject facility to Mexico. The petitioner 
provided documents to support this allegation. A careful review of the 
documents revealed that MedSource did plan corporation-wide shifts of 
production from several domestic facilities to the Mexico facility in 
October 2003. However, according to a company official, the shift of 
production from the subject facility to Mexico did not begin until 
December 2003, after the relevant time period.

Conclusion

    After reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of negative 
determination of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance 
for workers and former workers of MedSource Technologies, Newton, 
Massachusetts.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of December 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-32285 Filed 12-31-03; 8:45 am]
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