[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 199 (Monday, October 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60759-60760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17117]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-59,820]


Airfoil Technologies International--Ohio; A Subsidiary Of Airfoil 
Technologies International, LLC; Mentor, OH; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter dated August 25, 2006, the United Steel Workers, Local 1-
826 (the Union), 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 determination for Airfoil Technologies International--Ohio, A 
Subsidiary of Airfoil Technologies International, LLC, Mentor, Ohio was 
issued on August 7, 2006. The Notice of determination was published in 
the Federal Register on August 28, 2006 (71 FR 50947). The denial was 
issued based on the Department's finding that the subject workers do 
not produce an article as required by the Trade Act of 1974. Workers 
are engaged in the remanufacturing of jet engine components as a 
service to commercial airlines, original equipment manufacturers and 
the military.
    In the request for reconsideration, the Union alleges that the 
subject workers are engaged in the production of an article and that 
production shifted from the subject facility to an affiliated facility 
in Singapore.
    During the reconsideration investigation, the subject company 
provided new information that the subject workers do not service jet 
engine components only; rather, the subject workers repair and 
remanufacture fan blades. The new information also revealed that a 
meaningful portion of the fan blades are produced for sale rather than 
repair. Workers who repair fan blades are not separately identifiable 
from workers who remanufacture fan blades.
    The subject company also confirmed that the subject facility began 
closure procedures in 2006 and that fan blade production is shifting to 
an affiliated

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facility in Singapore (the production shift will be completed in early 
2007).
    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 reconsideration 
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from the 
workers firm or subdivision to Singapore of articles that are like or 
directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm or 
appropriate subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, 
I make the following certification:

    All workers of Airfoil Technologies International--Ohio, A 
Subsidiary of Airfoil Technologies International, LLC, Mentor, Ohio 
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or 
after July 21, 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 also eligible to apply for alternative 
trade adjustment assistance under section 246 of the Trade Act of 
1974.


    Signed in Washington, DC, this 10th day of October 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E6-17117 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am]
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