[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 40744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-3736]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-55,448]


Sheaffer Manufacturing Company, LLC, Fort Madison, IA; Revised 
Determination on Reopening Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    On June 21, 2005, the Department on its own motion reopened the 
investigation regarding Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) 
applicable to workers of the subject firm. The negative determination 
was signed on September 23, 2004, and was published in the Federal 
Register on October 26, 2004 (69 FR 62461).
    The workers of Sheaffer Manufacturing Company, LLC, Fort Madison, 
Iowa were certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance 
(TAA) on September 23, 2004.
    The initial ATAA investigation determined that the skills of the 
subject worker group are easily transferable to other positions in the 
local area.
    New information provided by the company contains new facts of a 
substantive nature bearing on the determination.
    Upon further contact with a company official, it was confirmed that 
the information provided by the company was incorrectly reported during 
the initial investigation. During the initial investigation it was 
reported that the skills of the workers at the subject firm are easily 
transferable. It has been determined by new information provided by the 
company that the skills of the workers at the subject firm are not 
easily transferable in the local commuting area.
    Upon further investigation it has been determined that 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 the requirements of Section 246 of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, have been met for workers at the subject 
firm.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
certification:

    ``All workers of Sheaffer Manufacturing Company, LLC, Fort 
Madison, Iowa, who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after August 9, 2003 through September 23, 2006, 
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 22nd day of June, 2005.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E5-3736 Filed 7-13-05; 8:45 am]
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