[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 128 (Thursday, July 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36733-36734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12912]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-61,234]


Penn Mould Industries, Inc., Washington, PA; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter dated June 11, 2007 the United Steelworkers of America, 
District 10 requested administrative reconsideration regarding the

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Department's Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for 
Worker Adjustment Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject 
firm.
    Workers of the subject firm were certified eligible to apply for 
trade adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-56,570, which 
expired on April 28, 2007. The initial investigation resulted in a 
negative determination signed on May 2, 2007 was based on the finding 
that the subject company did not separate or threaten to separate a 
significant number of workers since the expiration of the previous 
certification. The denial notice was published in the Federal Register 
on May 17, 2007 (72 FR 27855).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied 
additional information regarding employment at the subject.
    Upon further contact with the subject firm's company official, it 
was revealed that the subject firm separated a significant number of 
workers during June 2007 and there is a threat of future separations. 
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm is in the process 
of shifting production of molding equipment for glass containers to 
Colombia, a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference Act 
during the relevant period. The shift contributed importantly to the 
layoffs at the subject firm.
    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 investigation, I 
determine that there was a shift in production from the workers' firm 
or subdivision to Colombia of articles that are like or directly 
competitive with those produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In 
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
certification:

    ``All workers of Penn Mould Industries, Inc., Washington, 
Pennsylvania who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after April 29, 2007 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 22nd day of June 2007.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E7-12912 Filed 7-3-07; 8:45 am]
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