[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50982-50983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17476]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-61,541]


South Indiana Lumber Company, Inc., Liberty, KY; Notice of 
Negative Determination on Reconsideration

    On August 3, 2007, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The notice was published in the 
Federal Register on August 14, 2007 (72 FR 45450).
    The petition for the workers of South Indiana Lumber Company, Inc., 
Liberty, Kentucky engaged in production of furniture blanks, stair 
balusters, and handle blanks was denied because the ``contributed 
importantly'' group eligibility requirement of Section 222 of the Trade 
Act of 1974, as amended, was not met. The subject firm did not import 
furniture blanks, stair balusters, and handle blanks nor did it shift 
production to a foreign country during the relevant period. The 
``contributed importantly'' test is generally demonstrated through a 
survey of the workers' firm's customers. The survey revealed no imports 
of furniture blanks, stair balusters, and handle blanks during the 
relevant period.
    The petitioners filed a request for reconsideration and requested 
that workers of South Indiana Lumber Company, Inc., Liberty, Kentucky 
be considered eligible for TAA as a secondary affected company. The 
petitioner provided the names of two TAA certified companies to which 
the subject firm allegedly supplied products during the relevant time 
period.
    A company official was contacted to verify whether the subject firm 
supplied furniture blanks, stair balusters, and handle blanks to the 
companies provided by the petitioner. The company official stated that 
South Indiana Lumber Company, Inc., Liberty, Kentucky did not sell to 
these TAA certified facilities and that these specific facilities were 
not customers of the

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subject firm during the relevant time period. The Department conducted 
a further investigation and determined that none of the direct 
customers of the subject firm were certified eligible for TAA during 
the relevant time period.
    Furthermore, the Department requested an additional list of 
customers from the subject firm and conducted a new customer survey 
regarding their purchases of furniture blanks, stair balusters, and 
handle blanks in 2005, 2006 and January through May of 2007 over the 
corresponding 2006 period. This survey revealed no imports of furniture 
blanks, stair balusters, and handle blanks during the relevant time 
period.

Conclusion

    After reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of negative 
determination of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance 
for workers and former workers of South Indiana Lumber Company, Inc., 
Liberty, Kentucky.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 29th day of August, 2007.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E7-17476 Filed 9-4-07; 8:45 am]
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