[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 169 (Thursday, September 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 52129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4775]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-57,145]


Columbia Lighting, Hubbell Lighting, Inc. Division, Spokane, WA; 
Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter of July 14, 2005, an International Brotherhood Electrical 
Workers, Local Union No. 73 requested administrative reconsideration 
regarding the Department of Labor's Notice of 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 20, 2005 was based on the finding that there were no 
company imports of fluorescent lighting fixtures and no shift of 
production to a foreign source during the relevant period. The denial 
notice was published in the Federal Register on July 20, 2005 (70 FR 
41792).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied 
additional information regarding the subject firm's foreign facilities 
which manufacture like or directly competitive products with those 
produced at the subject firm. Upon further contact with the subject 
firm's company official, it was revealed that the subject firm 
significantly increased its import purchases of fluorescent lighting 
fixtures from January through April of 2005 when compared with the same 
period in 2004.
    In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the results 
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply 
for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
    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 Columbia Lighting, Hubbell 
Lighting, Inc. Division, Spokane, Washington, 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 Columbia Lighting, Hubbell Lighting, Inc. 
Division, Spokane, Washington who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after May 9, 2004 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 eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment 
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.


    Signed in Washington, DC, this 19th day of August, 2005.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E5-4775 Filed 8-31-05; 8:45 am]
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