[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 32740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12973]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-63,093]


Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, Including On-Site Leased Workers 
From Industrial Outsourcing, Wichita Falls, TX; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration of Alternative Trade Adjustment 
Assistance

    By letter dated May 2, 2008, a company official of Saint-Gobain 
Vetrotex America requested administrative reconsideration regarding 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) applicable to workers of 
the subject firm. The negative determination was signed on April 25, 
2008. The notice of affirmative determination for ATAA was erroneously 
published in the Federal Register on May 13, 2008 (73 FR 27560).
    The workers of Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, Wichita Falls, Texas 
were certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) 
on April 25, 2008. The decision was amended to include on-site leased 
workers from Industrial Outsourcing on May 21, 2008. The amended 
version of the determination was published in the Federal Register on 
May 29, 2008 (73 FR 30976).
    The initial ATAA investigation determined that workers in the 
workers' firm possess skills that are easily transferrable.
    In the request for reconsideration, the company official stated 
that the information provided by the subject firm in the initial 
investigation was inaccurate and that skills of the workers employed at 
the subject firm are not easily transferrable to other businesses 
within the local commuting area. The company official provided 
sufficient information confirming this statement.
    Additional investigation has determined that the workers possess 
skills that are not easily transferable and that the conditions within 
the industry are adverse. A significant number or proportion of the 
worker group is age fifty years or over.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that the requirements of Section 246 of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, have been met for workers at the subject 
firm.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
revised determination:

    All workers of Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, including on-site 
leased workers from Industrial Outsourcing, Wichita Falls, Texas, 
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or 
after March 19, 2007 through April 25, 2010, are eligible to apply 
for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the 
Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 2nd day of June, 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-12973 Filed 6-9-08; 8:45 am]
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