[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 49 (Friday, March 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 11883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5610]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-53,323]


Franklin Electric Company, Inc., Motor Components Division, 
Jonesboro, IN; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    By application of December 24, 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 November 18, 2003, based on the finding that imports of lead 
wire did not contribute importantly to worker separations at the 
subject plant and that a shift in production of motors from the subject 
facility to Mexico has not affected employment of workers at the 
subject firm. The denial notice was published in the Federal Register 
on December 29, 2003 (68 FR 74978).
    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 a company 
official, it was revealed that the workers at the subject facility are 
engaged in the production of electric motors and electric wires and 
they are not separately identifiable by the product line. It was also 
revealed that the subject firm shifted its production of electric 
motors to Mexico during the relevant period and is currently 
implementing a shift in production of electric wires to Mexico. There 
was a significant decline in employment during the period under 
investigation.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I 
determine that there was a shift in production from the workers' firm 
or subdivision to Mexico 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:

    All workers of Franklin Electric Company, Inc., Motor Components 
Division, Jonesboro, Indiana who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after October 16, 2002 through two 
years from the date of certification are eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 25th day of February 2004.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 04-5610 Filed 3-11-04; 8:45 am]
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