[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 3734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-270]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-55,255]


Pinnacle Steel Processing, Inc., Including Leased Workers of 
Atwork Personnel Services, Inc. and Staffing Solutions, Jefferson City, 
TN; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter dated October 11, 2004, a company official requested 
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative 
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment 
Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA), 
applicable to the workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on August 12, 2004, based on the finding that the petitioning 
group of workers does not qualify as secondarily affected workers as 
suppliers to a firm or subdivision primarily affected by increased 
imports or a shift in production abroad, nor did imports of slit steel 
coil contribute importantly to worker separations at the subject firm. 
The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on September 8, 
2004 (69 FR 54321).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the company official 
supplied additional major customers to supplement those that were 
surveyed during the initial investigation. Upon further review and 
survey, it was revealed that a major customer of the subject firm 
increased their purchases of imported slit steel coil significantly, 
while decreasing their purchases of domestically produced slit steel 
coil during the relevant period.
    In addition, 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.
    A significant number of 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 increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with those produced at Pinnacle Steel Processing, 
Inc., Jefferson City, 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 Pinnacle Steel Processing, Inc., Jefferson City, 
Tennessee including leased workers of AtWork Personnel Services, 
Inc., and Staffing Solutions, working at Pinnacle Steel Processing, 
Inc., Jefferson City, Tennessee, who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after July 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 14th day of January, 2005.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E5-270 Filed 1-25-05; 8:45 am]
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