[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 193 (Friday, October 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 57684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23302]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-63,640]


3M Touch Systems, a Subsidiary of 3M Electro & Communication 
Division, Milwaukee, WI; Notice of Negative Determination on 
Reconsideration

    On August 1, 2008, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The notice was published in the 
Federal Register on August 12, 2008 (73 FR 46920).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the finding that imports of touch screens for mobile phones 
did not contribute importantly to worker separations at the subject 
firm and no shift of production to a foreign source occurred.
    In the request for reconsideration the company official provided an 
additional list of customers who purchased touch screens from the 
subject firm.
    On reconsideration the Department of Labor surveyed these customers 
regarding their purchases of touch screens (including like or directly 
competitive products) during 2006, 2007, and January through June 2008 
over the corresponding 2007 period. The survey revealed no imports of 
touch screens during the relevant period.
    The petitioner also stated that workers of the subject firm were 
previously certified eligible for TAA. The petitioner further states 
that if the subject firm ``did not attempt to re-position the business 
and instead, close entirely in 2007, all the employees would have been 
eligible for TAA.'' The petitioner seems to allege that because workers 
of the subject firm were previously certified eligible for TAA, the 
workers of the subject firm should be granted another TAA 
certification.
    When assessing eligibility for TAA, the Department exclusively 
considers import impact during the relevant time period (from one year 
prior to the date of the petition). Therefore, events occurring before 
2007 are outside of the relevant period and are not relevant in this 
investigation.

Conclusion

    After reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of negative 
determination of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance 
for workers and former workers of 3M Touch Systems, a subsidiary of 3M, 
Electro & Communications Division, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of September, 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-23302 Filed 10-2-08; 8:45 am]
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