[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 1558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-119]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-58,298]


Messier Services, Inc.; a Subsidiary of Safran Group; Sterling, 
VA; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    On November 30, 2005, the Department of Labor issued a Notice of 
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration 
applicable to the subject firm. The Notice will soon be published in 
the Federal Register.
    During the initial investigation, the Department found that workers 
are engaged in the repair and overhaul of landing gear and hydraulics 
components and the predominant cause of worker separations is the shift 
of landing gear and hydraulics repair services to an affiliated 
facility in Mexico.
    During the reconsideration investigation, it was found that 
bushings were manufactured at the Sterling, Virginia, facility during 
the relevant period. The investigation also revealed that the subject 
company is shifting half of the Sterling, Virginia, production to 
Europe and will shift the remaining half to Mexico in 2006. The 
investigation also revealed that the subject company will send the 
finished product from Europe and Mexico to its customers in the United 
States.
    The investigation also revealed that all criteria have been met in 
regard to alternative trade adjustment assistance. A significant number 
or proportion of the worker group are age fifty years or over and 
workers 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 a shift of production to Europe and 
Mexico followed by increased imports of bushings contributed 
importantly to worker separations at the subject firm.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
certification:

    All workers of Messier Services, Inc., A Subsidiary of the 
Safran Group, Sterling, Virginia, who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after October 31, 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 27th day of December 2005.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E6-119 Filed 1-9-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-30-P