[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2627-2628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-996]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-53,654]


Fresenius Kabi Clayton L.P., Clayton, NC; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration Regarding Eligibility To Apply for 
Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment 
Assistance

    By electronic mail dated December 18, 2003, the State of North 
Carolina requested administrative reconsideration regarding Alternative 
Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). The request was made because the 
Department certified the workers of the

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subject firm regarding only eligibility to apply for worker adjustment 
assistance. The certification was signed on December 9, 2003. The 
notice will soon be published in the Federal Register.
    The Department issued the limited certification because it did not 
investigate if workers met the eligibility requirement of Alternative 
Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA), since a copy of the request for 
determination of eligibility to apply for the ATAA program for Older 
Workers was not attached to the petition.
    Because the State provided documentation that a request for ATAA 
consideration was properly submitted, an investigation was conducted to 
determine if workers are eligible to apply for ATAA.
    The investigation revealed that a significant number of workers at 
the firm are age 50 or over and possess skills that are not easily 
transferable and that competitive conditions within the industry are 
adverse.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that there was a shift of production from 
the workers' firm or subdivision to Sweden of articles like or directly 
competitive with those produced by the subject firm and that the 
subject firm will increase imports following the shift abroad. In 
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
certification:

    All workers of at Fresenius Kabi Clayton L.P., Clayton, North 
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after November 25, 2002 through December 9, 2005, are eligible 
to apply for adjustment assistance under section 223 of the Trade 
Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade 
adjustment assistance under section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 6th day of January, 2004.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 04-996 Filed 1-15-04; 8:45 am]
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