[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 10300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5045]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-64,505]


SB Acquisition, LLC, DBA Saunders Brothers, Including On-Site 
Leased Workers From Manpower Fryeburg, ME; Notice of Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated January 29, 2009, the petitioner 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 
January 2, 2009. The Notice of Determination was published in the 
Federal Register on January 26, 2009 (74 FR 4464).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the finding that sales and production at the subject firm 
increased during the period of January through November 2008, when 
compared to the same period in 2007.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner provided 
additional information indicating that sales and production at the 
subject facility declined during the relevant period and that the 
subject firm imported products like or directly competitive with the 
products manufactured at the subject firm.
    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 February 2009.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E9-5045 Filed 3-9-09; 8:45 am]
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