[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 6651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2737]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-64,321]


Olympic Panel Products, Shelton, WA; Notice of Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application received via facsimile on January 21, 2009, the 
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, 
Woodworkers District Lodge 1, 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 December 12, 2008. The 
Notice of Determination was published in the Federal Register on 
December 30, 2008 (73 FR 79915).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the finding that imports of overlay plywood 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 petitioner provided 
additional information regarding the customers of the subject firm and 
alleged that the customers might have increased imports or reliance on 
imports of overlay plywood.
    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 23rd day of January 2009.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9-2737 Filed 2-9-09; 8:45 am]
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