[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 78 (Monday, April 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21041-21042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6093]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-58,663]


Classic Print Products, Inc., Burlington, NC; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter dated March 15, 2006, a company official requested 
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative 
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment 
Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject firm. On April 12, 
2006, a Notice of Dismissal of Application for Reconsideration was 
issued, stating that the application did not contain new information 
supporting a conclusion that the determination was erroneous and did 
not provide a justification for reconsideration of the determination 
that was based on either mistaken facts or a misinterpretation of facts 
or of the law.
    The petition, filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm 
producing sublimated printed paper, asserted that production of 
sublimated printed paper had shifted abroad. The denial, issued on 
March 1, 2006, was based on the findings that neither the subject firm 
nor surveyed customers imported sublimation printed paper during the 
relevant period and that the subject firm did not shift production 
abroad during the investigation period. The Department's Notice of 
determination was published in the Federal Register on March 24, 2006 
(70 FR 14954).
    Upon receipt of new information by the company official regarding 
the article produced at the subject firm, the Department conducted an 
investigation to determine whether the subject worker group is eligible 
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as provided by the Trade Act 
of 1974, as amended.
    The new information indicated that the subject firm used sublimated 
printed paper as a medium to transfer ink graphics onto substrates. The 
substrates were then incorporated into the customer's final products 
(water boards and snow boards).
    The investigation revealed that the subject firm supplied component 
parts (substrates) and a loss of business with a manufacturer of water 
boards and snow boards whose workers were certified eligible to apply 
for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the separation or 
threat of separation of workers at Classic Print Products, Inc., 
Burlington, North Carolina.

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    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 information obtained in the 
reconsideration investigation, I determine that workers of Classic 
Print Products, Inc., Burlington, North Carolina qualify as adversely 
affected secondary workers under section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, 
as amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the 
following certification:

    All workers of Classic Print Products, Inc., Burlington, North 
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after January 17, 2005 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 17th day of April 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E6-6093 Filed 4-21-06; 8:45 am]
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