[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 40740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-3737]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-56,867]


Manual Transmissions of Muncie, LLC, Muncie, IN; Notice of 
Revised Determination on Reconsideration of Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance

    By letter dated June 15, 2005, International Union, United 
Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, 
Region 3 and Local 499 requested administrative reconsideration 
regarding Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) applicable to 
workers of the subject firm. The negative determination was signed on 
May 13, 2005, and was published in the Federal Register on June 13, 
2005 (70 FR 34155).
    The workers of Manual Transmissions of Muncie, LLC, Muncie, Indiana 
were certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) 
on May 13, 2005.
    The initial ATAA investigation determined that the skills of the 
subject worker group are easily transferable to other positions in the 
local area.
    In the request for reconsideration, the union representative 
provided new information confirming that the skills of the workers at 
the subject firm are not easily transferable in the local commuting 
area.
    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 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 Manual Transmissions of Muncie, LLC, Muncie, 
Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after March 21, 2004 through May 13, 2007, are eligible to 
apply for trade 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 1st day of July, 2005.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E5-3737 Filed 7-13-05; 8:45 am]
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