[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 80 (Thursday, April 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20871-20872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7965]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-60,753]


CERF Brothers Bag Co., Inc.; Design and Product Development 
Department; Earth City, MO; Determination Regarding Eligibility To 
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment 
Assistance

    On March 16, 2007, 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 March 22, 2007 (72 FR 13526-
13527).
    The previous investigation initiated on January 12, 2007, resulted 
in a negative determination issued on February 16, 2007, was based on 
the finding that the worker group was engaged in distribution of 
products manufactured abroad and workers did not produce an article 
within the meaning of Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974. The denial 
notice was published in the Federal Register on February 27, 2007 (72 
FR 8795).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied 
additional information regarding a specific department within the 
subject firm and production performed by workers of this department. 
The petitioner stated that workers of Design and Product Development 
Department of the subject firm manufactured samples for marketing 
purposes.
    Upon further contact with the subject firm's company official, it 
was revealed that workers employed at the CERF Brothers Bag Co., Inc., 
Design and Product Development Department, Earth City, Missouri 
manufactured prototypes and samples (carry bags, daypacks, and cargo 
bags) and these workers were separately identifiable from other workers 
at the subject firm.
    Having conducted a further investigation on reconsideration, it was 
revealed that the subject firm ceased production of prototypes and 
samples (carry bags, daypacks, and cargo bags) manufactured by the 
Design and Product Development Department, while increasing its 
reliance on imported prototypes and samples from 2005 to 2006.
    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.
    The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the 
Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
    1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers' firm are 
50 years of age or older.
    2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are 
not easily transferable.
    3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry (i.e., 
conditions within the industry are adverse).
    The ATAA investigation revealed that a significant number of 
workers in the workers' at CERF Brothers Bag Co, Inc., Design and 
Development Department, Earth City, Missouri are not 50 years of age or 
older during the relevant time period and thus criterion (1) has not 
been met.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I 
determine that increases of imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with prototypes and samples (carry bags, daypacks, and 
cargo bags), produced by CERF Brothers Bag Co., Inc., Design and 
Product Development Department, Earth City, Missouri, 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:

    Workers of CERF Brothers Bag Co., Inc., Design and Product 
Development Department, Earth City, Missouri, engaged in employment 
related to the production of prototypes and samples of carry bags, 
daypacks, and cargo bags, who became totally or partially separated 
from employment on or after January 10, 2006, through two years from 
the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    I also determine that workers of CERF Brothers Bag Co., Inc., Earth 
City, Missouri, excluding the Design and Product Development 
Department, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance 
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
    I further determine that workers of CERF Brothers Bag Co., Inc., 
Earth City, Missouri are denied eligibility to apply for alternative 
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.


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    Signed in Washington, DC, this 20th day of April 2007.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E7-7965 Filed 4-25-07; 8:45 am]
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