[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 52345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14592]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-59,436]


Jacquard, LLC, Burlington House Division, Cliffside, NC; Notice 
of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    On July 20, 2006, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application on Reconsideration applicable to 
workers and former workers of the subject firm. The notice was 
published in the Federal Register on July 31, 2006 (71 FR 43214).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
signed on June 13, 2006 based on the finding that the subject firm did 
not separate or threaten to separate a significant number or proportion 
of workers as required by Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974. 
Significant number or proportion of the workers in a firm or 
appropriate subdivision thereof, means that at least three workers with 
a workforce of fewer than 50 workers or 5 percent of the workers with a 
workforce of 50 or more. The denial notice was published in the Federal 
Register on July 14, 2006 (71 FR 40158).
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner provided 
additional information regarding the subject firm's employment numbers 
and requested an investigation relating to the fact that a significant 
number or proportion of workers at the subject firm are threatened to 
become separated from employment.
    A review of the additional information determined that the workers 
of the subject firm may be eligible for Trade Adjustment Assistance on 
the basis of an employment decline that took place during the period 
relevant to the investigation and threats of further separations in the 
coming months; furthermore, sales and production decreased during the 
relevant period.
    The Department conducted a survey of subject firm's major declining 
customers, which revealed customers increased their reliance on 
jacquard fabric during the relevant period. Additionally, the 
customers' declines in subject firm purchases coincided with the 
subject firm's sales decline.
    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.
    The investigation further revealed that the workers of the subject 
firm were certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance 
as adversely affected secondary workers as suppliers of jacquard fabric 
to a trade certified customer, under petition number TA-W-54,813, which 
expired on May 21, 2006.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I 
determine that increases of imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with jacquard fabric produced at Jacquard, LLC, Burlington 
House Division, Cliffside, North Carolina contributed importantly to 
the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales 
or production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the 
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:

    All workers of Jacquard, LLC, Burlington House Division, 
Cliffside, North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated 
from employment on or after May 22, 2006 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 at Washington, DC, this 29th day of August 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E6-14592 Filed 9-1-06; 8:45 am]
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