[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 45 (Monday, March 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10756-10757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-469]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment And Training Administration

[TA-W-53,709]


Alfmeier Corporation Seating Comfort Systems, a Subsidiary of 
Alfmeier Prazision, Dandridge, Tennessee; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter postmarked January 6, 2004, 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 December 12, 2003, based on the finding that imports of 
lumbar seating prototypes did not contribute importantly to worker 
separations at the subject firm. The denial notice was published in the 
Federal Register on January 16, 2004 (69 FR 2622).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied 
additional information to supplement that which was gathered during the 
initial investigation.
    Upon further review and contact with the company official, it was 
revealed that the company shifted its production of lumbar seating 
prototypes to Germany with the intent to import lumbar seating 
prototypes back into the United States. The investigation further 
revealed that employment declined at the subject firm.
    In accordance with section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the results 
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply 
for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
    In order for the Department to issue a certification of eligibility 
to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements of Section 246 of 
the Trade Act must be met. The Department has determined in this case 
that the requirements of section 246 have been met.

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    At least three workers at the firm are age 50 or over and 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 likely increase in imports of articles 
like or directly competitive with those produced at Alfmeier 
Corporation, Seating Comfort Systems, a subsidiary of Alfmeier 
Prazision, Dandridge, Tennessee, 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 Alfmeier Corporation, Seating Comfort Systems, a 
subsidiary of Alfmeier Prazision, Dandridge, Tennessee, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after November 
19, 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, and are eligible to apply for alternative trade 
adjustment assistance under section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 19th day of February, 2004.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E4-469 Filed 3-5-04; 8:45 am]
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