[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 160 (Monday, August 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46515-46516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16283]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-60,086]


Ford Motor Company Product Development and Engineering Center, 
Dearborn, MI; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    On May 24, 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 May 30, 2007 (72 FR 30030).
    The previous investigation initiated on September 14, 2006, 
resulted in a negative determination issued on March 15, 2007, was 
based on the finding that the subject worker group did not directly 
support production at the subject firm. The denial notice was published 
in the Federal Register on March 30, 2007 (72 FR 15168).
    In the request for reconsideration the petitioners allege that the 
petitioning group of workers was in direct support of manufacturing and 
assembly of Ford automobiles at various Ford Motor Company 
manufacturing facilities.
    A company official was contacted to verify whether workers at the 
subject facility were supporting production at Ford Motor Company 
manufacturing facilities. The company official stated that workers of 
the subject facilities were in direct support of production at Ford 
Motor Company Atlanta Assembly Plant, Hapeville, Georgia (TA-W-59017), 
Ford Motor Company Norfolk Assembly Plant, Norfolk, Virginia (TA-W-
60,367), Ford Motor Company Twin Cities Assembly Plant, St. Paul, 
Minnesota (TA-W-60,435), and Ford Motor Company St. Louis Assembly 
Plant, Hazelwood, Missouri, (TA-W-60,478) during the relevant period. 
All of the above mentioned production facilities were certified 
eligible for adjustment assistance during April through December 2006.
    The investigation further revealed that employment at the subject 
firm declined during the relevant period.
    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 increases of imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with articles produced by Ford Motor Company contributed 
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers at the 
subject firm 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:

    All workers of Ford Motor Company, Product Development and 
Engineering Center, Dearborn, Michigan, who became totally or 
partially separated from

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employment on or after September 14, 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 at Washington, DC, this 8th day of August 2007.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E7-16283 Filed 8-17-07; 8:45 am]
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