[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19097]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-54,709]


Summitville Tiles, Inc., Minerva, OH; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On July 21, 2004, the Department of Labor issued an affirmation 
determination regarding the request for reconsideration of eligibility 
for workers and former workers of Summitville Tiles, Inc., Minerva, 
Ohio, to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Alternative 
Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). The Department's determination 
notice was published in the Federal Register on August 4, 2004 (69 FR 
47183). The initial petition denial was based on the finding that the 
subject firm did not separate or threaten to separate a significant 
number or proportion of workers during the relevant time period.
    During the reconsideration investigation, the Department reviewed 
the Business Confidential Data Request which revealed that sales and 
production of ceramic tiles at the subject facility decreased during 
the relevant time periods.
    A review of newly submitted information revealed that employment 
levels at the subject company declined during the relevant time period 
and that the subject company did not import any like or directly 
competitive products during the relevant time period. A customer survey 
was not conducted due to the number of subject company's customers.
    Aggregate data shows a significant increase of ceramic tile imports 
during January-May 2004 from January-May 2003 levels.
    Additional investigation has determined that the workers possess 
skills that are not easily transferable. A significant number or 
proportion of the worker group are age fifty years or over. 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 firm 
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 Summitville Tiles, Inc., Minerva, Ohio, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
April 13, 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 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 10th day of August, 2004.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 04-19097 Filed 8-19-04; 8:45 am]
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