[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 29982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7938]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-58,629]


Consolidated Container Company Beverage and Industrial Container 
Division, Leetsdale, PA; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    By application of March 13, 2006, the United Electrical, Radio & 
Machine Workers of America, Local 690 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.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on February 15, 2006, was based on the finding that imports of 
polycarbonate bottles did not contribute importantly to worker 
separations at the subject plant and that there was no shift to a 
foreign country. The denial notice was published in the Federal 
Register on March 10, 2006 (71 FR 12396).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied 
additional information to supplement that which was gathered during the 
initial investigation. Upon further review of the information and a 
contact with the company official, it was revealed that the subject 
firm shifted two production lines of the polycarbonate bottles to 
Canada during the relevant period and that this shift contributed to 
the layoffs at the subject firm.
    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 facts obtained in the investigation, I 
determine that there was a shift in production from the workers' firm 
or subdivision to Canada of articles that are like or directly 
competitive with those produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In 
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
certification:

    All workers of Consolidated Container Company, Beverage & 
Industrial Container Division, Leetsdale, Pennsylvania who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after January 
11, 2005 through two years from the date of 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 12th day of May 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E6-7938 Filed 5-23-06; 8:45 am]
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