[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19210-19211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5519]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-58,485]


Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, a Subsidiary of K2, Inc., 
Licking, MO; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    On February 2, 2006, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination

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Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers and former 
workers of Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, A Subsidiary of K2, Inc., 
Licking, Missouri. The Department's Notice was published in the Federal 
Register on February 10, 2006 (71 FR 7076).
    The initial negative determination was based on the findings that 
the subject worker group does not produce an article within the meaning 
of Section 222(a)(2) of the Trade Act and do not support a domestic 
production facility that is import-impacted. Workers produced graphic 
art design for apparel manufactured at affiliated facilities in Costa 
Rica and Washington, Missouri. Workers were separated when the subject 
facility closed in 2005.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner alleged that art 
design production shifted to Costa Rica in 2005.
    During the reconsideration investigation, the Department contacted 
a company official who stated that art design shifted to Costa Rica in 
2005.
    The investigation also revealed that all criteria have been met in 
regard to Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). 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 art design production to 
Costa Rica 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 Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, A Subsidiary of 
K2, Inc., Licking, Missouri, who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after December 5, 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 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 March 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E6-5519 Filed 4-12-06; 8:45 am]
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