[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18738]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-55,004]


Solutia, Inc. Performance Products Division, Anniston, AL; Notice 
of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter dated July 28, 2004 a company official 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 
signed on June 21, 2004 was based on the finding that imports of 
paranitrophenol did not contribute importantly to worker separations at 
the subject plant and no shift of production to a foreign source 
occurred. The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on 
August 3, 2004 (69 FR 46574).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the company official 
supplied additional information. Upon further review and contact with 
the subject firm's major customer, it was revealed that the customer 
significantly increased its import purchases of paranitrophenol while 
decreasing its purchases from the subject firm during the relevant 
period. The imports accounted for a meaningful portion of the subject 
plant's lost sales and production.
    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 Solutia, Inc., 
Performance Products Division, Anniston, Alabama, 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 Solutia, Inc., Performance Products Division, 
Anniston, Alabama, who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after May 28, 2003 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.''

    Signed in Washington, DC this 5th day of August 2004.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 04-18738 Filed 8-16-04; 8:45 am]
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