[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3603-3604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1523]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-52,751]


Cliffs Mining Services Company, Ishpeming, Michigan; Notice of 
Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    On November 21, 2003, the Department issued an affirmative 
determination regarding application on reconsideration applicable to 
workers and former workers of the subject firm. The notice will soon be 
published in the Federal Register.
    The initial determination stated that the subject worker group did 
not engage in production but provided engineering design, testing, 
management and technical support services for affiliates of the 
company. The initial investigation did not determine whether the 
workers were eligible to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment 
Assistance since the workers were not found eligible to apply for Trade 
Adjustment Assistance.
    On review of new information provided by the petitioner and the 
company official, it has been determined that subject company sales, 
production and employment declined during the relevant time periods, 
that the subject worker group was engaged in the production of iron 
pellets, that a majority of the workers' responsibilities involved 
testing and product quality control, and that a significant portion of 
their functions were dedicated to support an existing Trade-certified 
company (TA-W-40,489).
    A review of the submitted documents revealed that least five 
percent of the workforce at the subject from is at least 50 years of 
age and that the workers possess skills that are not easily 
transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.

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 the subject form 
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 Cliffs Mining Services Company, Ishpeming, 
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after August 19, 2002, through two years from the date of this

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certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, are also eligible to apply for 
alternative trade adjustment assistance under section 246 of the 
Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 22nd day of December, 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 04-1523 Filed 1-23-04; 8:45 am]
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