[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 72 (Thursday, April 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 17691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8696]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-64,360]


Meadwestvaco Corporation, Consumer and Office Products Division, 
Enfield, CT; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application 
for Reconsideration

    By application dated April 1, 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 
February 5, 2009. The Notice of Determination was published in the 
Federal Register on March 3, 2009 (74 FR 9283).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the finding that imports of envelopes did not contribute 
importantly to worker separations at the subject firm and no shift in 
production to a foreign country occurred.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner provided 
additional information regarding a shift in production of envelopes to 
Mexico and alleged that the customers might have increased imports of 
envelopes in the relevant period.
    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 7th day of April 2009.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9-8696 Filed 4-15-09; 8:45 am]
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