[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 101 (Thursday, May 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30200-30201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8057]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-59,119]


Nanston, Inc. Dental Lab, Norcross, GA; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter dated May 3, 2006 a petitioner 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 
signed on April 21, 2006 was based on the finding that imports of 
dentures, crowns and orthodontics work did not contribute importantly 
to worker separations at the subject plant and no shift of production 
to a foreign source occurred. The denial notice was published in the 
Federal Register on May 10, 2006 (71 FR 27291).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied 
additional information regarding the outsourcing of production of 
dentures, crowns and orthodontics by the subject firm and imports of 
like or directly competitive products with those produced at the 
subject firm.
    A further contact with the company official revealed that the 
subject firm ceased production of dentures, crowns and orthodontics in 
order to outsource it to a domestic company which manufactures 
dentures, crowns and orthodontics abroad.
    A survey of the outsourced company revealed that a high portion of 
the products supplied to the subject firm are manufactured abroad and 
those imports of dentures, crowns and orthodontics have increased 
significantly during the relevant time period. The investigation 
revealed that outsourcing of the production abroad and increased 
imports of dentures, crowns and orthodontics contributed importantly to 
the declines in production and employment 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

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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 Nanston, Inc., Dental Lab, 
Norcross, Georgia, 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 Nanston, Inc., Dental Lab, Norcross, Georgia who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
March 6, 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 16th day of May 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E6-8057 Filed 5-24-06; 8:45 am]
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