[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 41 (Friday, February 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11150-11151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3795]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-62,276]


F.L. Smithe Machine Company Duncansville, PA; Notice of 
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By applications dated January 16, 2008 and January 19, 2008, the 
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and a 
company official, respectively, requested administrative 
reconsideration of the Department of Labor's Notice of Negative 
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment 
Assistance, applicable to workers and former workers of the subject 
firm. The denial notice was signed on December 28, 2007 and published 
in the Federal Register on January 16, 2008 (73 FR 2944).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the finding that imports of envelope making machines, printing 
presses and related parts did not contribute importantly to worker 
separations at the subject firms and no shift of production to a 
foreign source occurred.
    In the request for reconsideration, both petitioners indicated that 
not enough information was supplied pertaining to printing press 
machines manufactured at the subject plant.
    The Department has carefully reviewed the requests for 
reconsideration and the existing record and determined that the 
Department will conduct further investigation to determine if the 
workers meet the eligibility requirements of the Trade Act of 1974.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the applications, I conclude that the claim 
is of sufficient weight to justify

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reconsideration of the Department of Labor's prior decision. The 
application is, therefore, granted.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 21st day of February, 2008.
 Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-3795 Filed 2-28-08; 8:45 am]
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