[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70614-70615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24021]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-61,976]


Intel Corporation, Mobile Wireless Networking Manufacturing/
Operations Division, Hillsboro, OR; Notice of Negative Determination 
Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated October 23, 2007, the petitioner requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative 
determination regarding eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment 
Assistance (TAA), applicable to workers and former workers of the 
subject firm. The denial notice was signed on September 24, 2007 and 
published in the Federal Register on October 12, 2007 (72 FR 58131).
    Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c) reconsideration may be granted under 
the following circumstances:
    (1) If it appears on the basis of facts not previously considered 
that the determination complained of was erroneous;
    (2) if it appears that the determination complained of was based on 
a mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered; or
    (3) if in the opinion of the Certifying Officer, a 
misinterpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of 
the decision.
    The petition for the workers of Intel Corporation, Mobile Wireless 
Networking Manufacturing/Operations Division, Hillsboro, Oregon engaged 
in production of wireless cards for notebook computers was denied 
because the ``contributed importantly'' group eligibility requirement 
of Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, was not met. The 
investigation revealed that worker separations at the subject firm are 
attributed to worldwide restructuring of the company to increase 
efficiencies. The investigation also revealed that production of 
wireless cards for notebook computers was shifted from the subject firm 
to Taiwan, which is not a party to a Free Trade Agreement with the 
United States or a beneficiary country. The subject firm did not import 
wireless cards for notebook computers and is not planning to import 
these products in the future.
    The petitioner alleges that ``activities were not restructured 
across the company'', but were rather outsourced to suppliers in Asia. 
The petitioner also alleges that production from the subject firm was 
shifted to China, not Taiwan.
    The initial investigation did reveal that production was shifted 
from Intel Corporation, Mobile Wireless Networking Manufacturing/
Operations Division, Hillsboro, Oregon to Taiwan and further to China. 
Neither Taiwan nor China are countries that are a party to Free Trade 
Agreements with the United States or beneficiary countries. Thus a 
shift in production to either China or Taiwan does not qualify workers 
of the subject firm eligible for TAA.
    The subject firm reported no imports of wireless cards for notebook

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computers and there are no plans to import wireless cards for notebook 
computers from China or Taiwan.

Conclusion

    After review of the application and investigative findings, I 
conclude that there has been no error or misinterpretation of the law 
or of the facts which would justify reconsideration of the Department 
of Labor's prior decision. Accordingly, the application is denied.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 5th day of December, 2007.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E7-24021 Filed 12-11-07; 8:45 am]
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