[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 63021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25072]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-63,719]


3M Precision Optics, Inc., Cincinnati, OH; Notice of Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated September 18, 2008, the petitioners requested 
administrative reconsideration of the negative determination regarding 
workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) applicable to workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The determination was issued on 
September 3, 2008. The Notice of Determination was published in the 
Federal Register on September 18, 2008 (73 FR 54174).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the finding that imports of optical systems for projection 
televisions and projectors 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 petitioners provided 
additional information pertaining to the customers of the subject firm 
and alleged that imports of projection televisions and projectors 
increased.
    The Department has carefully reviewed the request for 
reconsideration and the existing record and has 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 application, I conclude that the claim 
is of sufficient weight to justify reconsideration of the U.S. 
Department of Labor's prior decision. The application is, therefore, 
granted.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of October 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-25072 Filed 10-21-08; 8:45 am]
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