[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 16066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6116]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-62,655]


Warp Processing Co., Inc., Exeter, PA; Notice of Negative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated March 14, 2008, several workers requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative 
determination regarding the eligibility for workers and former workers 
of Warp Processing Co., Inc., Exeter, Pennsylvania (the subject firm) 
to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). The negative determination was issued on 
February 19, 2008. The Department's Notice of negative determination 
was published in the Federal Register on March 7, 2008 (73 FR 12466). 
The subject workers are engaged in the activity of warping (placing 
onto beams) synthetic fibers made of nylon and polyester for the 
textile industry.
    The TAA/ATAA petition was denied based on the Department's findings 
that the subject firm did not import warped synthetic fibers or shift 
production to a foreign country, and that the subject firm did not 
supply a component part to a manufacturing company with an existing 
primary TAA certification.
    The workers stated in the request for reconsideration that the 
subject firm supplies ``customers with warped synthetic fibers and then 
our customers weave it into fabric and material and produce the 
finished product'' and ``is secondarily affected.'' The workers further 
stated that ``we know that the other countries are not importing them 
on beams but they are importing fabric and other finished product.'' 
The workers also alleged that Brawer Brothers is not the subject firm's 
only customer and that the subject firm's largest customer is Highland 
Industries.
    Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c), administrative 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 mis-
interpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of the 
decision.
    After careful review of the request for reconsideration, the 
support documentation, and previously submitted materials, the 
Department determines that there is no new information that supports a 
finding that section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 was satisfied and 
that no mistake or misinterpretation of the facts or of the law with 
regards to the subject workers' eligibility to apply for TAA.
    The initial investigation revealed that, during the relevant 
period, the subject firm did not conduct business with Highland 
Industries and that the subject firm's only customer was Brawer 
Brothers. In addition to investigating whether the subject firm 
increased its imports of warped synthetic fabric, the Department had 
conducted a survey of not only Brawer Brothers but also its customers 
regarding their imports of articles like or directly competitive with 
the warped synthetic fabric produced by the subject workers. The 
surveys revealed no increased imports.
    The three TAA-certified companies referenced in the request for 
reconsideration are Native Textiles, Inc. (TA-W-58,587 and TA-W-
58,587A; certification expired February 15, 2008); Cortina Fabrics (TA-
W-52,973; certification expired November 3, 2005); and Guilford Mills, 
Inc. (TA-W-39,921; certification expired May 15, 2004). Because the 
certifications for Cortina Fabrics and Guilford Mills, Inc. expired 
prior to the relevant period, facts which were the basis for the 
certification applicable to workers covered by that petition cannot be 
a basis for certification for workers covered by this petition.
    Although the TAA certification for Native Textiles did not expire 
prior to the relevant period, it is irrelevant because the subject firm 
did not conduct business with that company during the relevant period 
and because warped synthetic fiber is not a component part of the warp 
knit synthetic tricot fabric produced by Native Textiles.

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 at Washington, DC, this 18th day of March 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E8-6116 Filed 3-25-08; 8:45 am]
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