[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 8372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2616]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-62,507]


Chester Bednar Rental Realty, Washington, PA; Notice of Negative 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On January 8, 2008, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The Department's Notice of 
determination was published in the Federal Register on January 16, 2008 
(73 FR 2941).
    The initial negative determination regarding eligibility to apply 
for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Alternative Trade Adjustment 
Assistance (ATAA) applicable to workers and former workers of the 
subject firm was based on the Department's findings that the subject 
firm did not separate or threaten to separate from employment a 
significant number or proportion of workers as required by Section 222 
of the Trade Act of 1974.
    The request for reconsideration implied that the subject firm had 
separated more than three employees from employment.
    During the reconsideration investigation, the Department requested 
that the company official provide documentation that the subject firm 
had separated or threaten to separate from employment a significant 
number or proportion of workers.
    Based on the company official's response, the Department affirms 
that the subject firm did not separate or threaten to separate from 
employment a significant number or proportion of workers.
    The Department finds that Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 was 
not satisfied and that the group eligibility criteria for TAA 
certification were not met.
    In order for the Department to issue a certification of eligibility 
to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA), the 
subject worker group must be certified eligible to apply for Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (TAA). Since the subject workers are denied 
eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible 
for ATAA.

Conclusion

    After careful reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of 
negative determination of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment 
assistance for workers and former workers of Chester Bednar Rental 
Realty, Washington, Pennsylvania.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 6th day of February 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E8-2616 Filed 2-12-08; 8:45 am]
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