[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 77 (Monday, April 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 20140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7618]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-60,788]


Hearth and Home Technologies, Division of HNI Industries, Mt. 
Pleasant, IA; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration of 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    By letter dated April 2, 2007, a state official requested 
administrative reconsideration regarding Alternative Trade Adjustment 
Assistance (ATAA) applicable to workers of the subject firm. The 
negative determination was signed on March 16, 2007, and was published 
in the Federal Register on March 30, 2007 (72 FR 15168).
    The workers of Hearth and Home Technologies, division of HNI 
Industries, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa were certified eligible to apply for 
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) on March 16, 2007.
    The initial ATAA investigation determined that the skills of the 
subject worker group are easily transferable to other positions in the 
local area.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner provided 
sufficient information confirming that the skills of the workers at the 
subject firm are not easily transferable in the local commuting area.
    Additional investigation has determined that the workers possess 
skills that are not easily transferable. A significant number or 
proportion of the worker group are age fifty years or over. Competitive 
conditions within the industry are adverse.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that the requirements of Section 246 of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, have been met for workers at the subject 
firm.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
certification:

    All workers of Hearth and Home Technologies, division of HNI 
Industries, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after January 16, 2006 through March 
16, 2009, are eligible to apply for trade 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 13th day of April, 2007.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E7-7618 Filed 4-20-07; 8:45 am]
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