[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 2632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-648]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-63,981]


Prime Tanning Company, Incorporated, Berwick, ME; Notice of 
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated December 19, 2008, the Department of Labor 
(Department) received a request for administrative reconsideration of 
the Department's Notice of 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 
November 25, 2008. The Department's Notice of determination was 
published in the Federal Register on December 10, 2008 (73 FR 75138). 
Workers at the subject firm produce whole- and half-side leather sides, 
and are not separately identifiable by product line.
    The negative determination was based on the Department's findings 
that the subject firm did not shift production to a foreign country and 
that neither the subject firm nor its major declining customers 
increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with those 
produced by the subject firm.
    In the request for reconsideration, a company official alleged that 
``many shoe manufacturers, including those in our backyard, transferred 
their purchasing of tanned leather to those facilities in Asia'' and 
that ``the leather industry in the United States has all but 
disappeared.''
    A careful review of previously-submitted material shows that, 
during the relevant period, the subject firm may have supplied 
component parts for articles produced by a firm with a currently TAA 
certified worker group.
    The Department has carefully reviewed the request for 
reconsideration, 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 2nd day of January 2009.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9-648 Filed 1-14-09; 8:45 am]
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