[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64301-64302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18354]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-59,520]


LeeMAH Electronics, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter dated August 23, 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 July 20, 2006 was based on the finding that there were no 
increased imports of printed circuit boards and cable assemblies and 
there was no shift of production to a foreign source during the 
relevant period. The workers were separately identifiable by product. 
The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on August 4, 
2006 (71 FR 44320).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied 
additional information regarding company imports of like or directly 
competitive products with those produced at the subject firm.
    The review of the case revealed that workers of the subject firm 
produce printed circuit boards at a plant on Folsom Street and cable 
assemblies at a plant on Pacific Avenue and that workers are separately 
identifiable by product line and location.
    Upon further contact with the subject firm's company official, it 
was revealed that the subject firm decreased domestic production of 
printed circuit boards, while increasing its reliance on imports of 
printed circuit boards from 2004 to 2005 and from January through May 
of 2006 when compared with the same period in 2005.
    The investigation also revealed that workers of LeeMAH Electronics, 
Inc., San Francisco, California, may be eligible for TAA on the basis 
of a secondary upstream supplier impact. The Department conducted an 
investigation of subject firm workers on the basis of secondary impact. 
It was revealed that LeeMAH Electronics, Inc., San Francisco, 
California supplied cable assemblies for production of test, 
measurement and radio equipment, and at least 20 percent of its 
production or sales is supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were 
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
    In accordance with Section 246 of 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 additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with circuit boards produced at LeeMAH 
Electronics, Inc., San Francisco, California, contributed importantly 
to the declines in sales or production and to the total or partial 
separation of workers at the subject firm. Also, after careful review 
of the facts obtained in the investigation, I determine that

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workers of Electronics, Inc., San Francisco, California engaged the 
production of cable assemblies 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 LeeMAH Electronics, Inc., San Francisco, 
California, who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after June 2, 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 25th day of October 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-18354 Filed 10-31-06; 8:45 am]
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