[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 2633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-647]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-63,897]


IAC Canton, Inc., a Subsidiary of International Automotive 
Components Group North America, Inc., Canton, OH; Notice of Negative 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On November 6, 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 November 13, 2008 (73 FR 67207).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the finding that imports of rubber sheets, dash insulators, 
and rubber floor mats did not contribute importantly to worker 
separations at the subject firm and no shift of production to a foreign 
source occurred.
    The petitioner alleged that the subject firm has been moving the 
dash insulator equipment to Canada and requested that an investigation 
of a shift in production to Canada be undertaken.
    The Department of Labor contacted a company official to verify this 
information. The company official stated that no production of rubber 
sheets, dash insulators, and rubber floor mats and no equipment have 
been moved from the subject facility to Canada. The company official 
also provided a statement that the production was shifted from the 
subject facility to Springfield, Tennessee.
    The petitioner further alleges that production at the subject firm 
has been negatively impacted by increase in sales of imported vehicles. 
The petitioner concludes that because rubber sheets, dash insulators, 
and rubber floor mats are used to manufacture vehicles and sales and 
production of rubber sheets, dash insulators, and rubber floor mats at 
the subject firm have been negatively impacted by increasing presence 
of foreign imports of vehicles on the market, workers of the subject 
firm should be eligible for TAA.
    In order to establish import impact, the Department must consider 
imports that are like or directly competitive with those produced at 
the subject firm. The Department conducted a survey of the subject 
firm's major declining customer regarding its purchases of rubber 
sheets, dash insulators, and rubber floor mats. The survey revealed 
that the declining customer did not import rubber sheets, dash 
insulators, and rubber floor mats in 2006, 2007 and during January 
through July 2008.
    Imports of vehicles cannot be considered like or directly 
competitive with rubber sheets, dash insulators, and rubber floor mats 
produced by IAC Canton, Inc., Canton, Ohio, and imports of vehicles are 
not relevant in this investigation.
    Whether the subject firm's customers were import impacted is 
relevant to a determination of whether subject firm workers are 
eligible for TAA based on the subject firm being a secondary upstream 
supplier of a trade certified primary firm. For certification on the 
basis of the workers' firm being a secondary upstream supplier, the 
subject firm must produce component parts of an article that was the 
basis for a TAA certification of customer(s) during the relevant 
period.
    The Department conducted a further investigation and determined 
that none of the customers of the subject firm was certified eligible 
for TAA during the relevant period.

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 IAC Canton, Inc., a subsidiary of 
International Automotive Components Group, North America, Inc., Canton, 
Ohio.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of January 2009.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9-647 Filed 1-14-09; 8:45 am]
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