[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 136 (Monday, July 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40547-40548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11222]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-59,078]


Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., FFP Division, Including On-Site 
Leased Workers of Express Personnel, High Point, NC; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By application dated May 11, 2006, a worker requested 
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative 
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment 
Assistance, applicable to workers of the subject firm. The Notice of 
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration was 
issued on May 16, 2006, and was published in the Federal Register on 
May 25, 2006 (71 FR 30200). Workers produce wood adhesives and 
ancillary products.
    In the request for reconsideration, the worker alleges that the 
subject firm supplied wood adhesive to customers affected by increased 
imports of wood furniture.
    During the reconsideration investigation, the Department contacted 
the subject firm and was informed that the adhesive produced by the 
subject workers is a component of wood furniture.
    Based on this new information, the Department conducted an 
investigation to determine whether the subject workers are eligible to 
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) as workers of a 
secondarily-affected company (supplier to a firm that employed workers 
who received a certification and such supply is related to the article 
that was the basis for such certification). As part of this 
investigation, the Department reviewed comprehensive information from 
the subject firm regarding 2004 and 2005 sales figures of wood 
adhesives.
    A careful analysis of this information and a careful search of the 
TAA database revealed that a significant number of the sixteen major 
declining customers who were TAA certified during the relevant period 
had ceased production. Therefore, the Department determines that the 
loss of the business by those customers contributed importantly to the 
workers' separations at the subject firm.
    In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 
2813), as amended, the Department 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 the case at 
hand 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.

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Conclusion

    After careful review of the information obtained in the 
reconsideration investigation, I determine that workers of the subject 
firm 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 Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., FFP Division, 
High Point, North Carolina, including leased workers of Express 
Personnel working on site, who became totally or partially separated 
from employment on or after March 22, 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 6th day of July 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E6-11222 Filed 7-14-06; 8:45 am]
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