[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 65517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26901]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-72,949]


Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Corporate Headquarters/Hard 
Drive Development Division, Lake Forest, CA; Notice of Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated September 14, 2010, workers requested 
administrative reconsideration of the negative determination regarding 
workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) 
applicable to workers and former workers of the subject firm. The 
Department's Notice of negative determination was issued on August 5, 
2010 and published in the Federal Register on August 23, 2010 (75 FR 
51849). The workers are engaged in activity related to the supply of 
engineering services.
    The negative determination was based on the findings that the 
subject firm did not increase imports services supplied by the worker's 
firm and that there has not been a shift to a foreign country in the 
supply of services by the subject firm. The investigation also revealed 
that the subject firm does not supply a service that was directly used 
in the production of an article by a firm that employed a worker group 
eligible to apply for TAA.
    The request for reconsideration alleges that increased imports of 
articles (disk drives) that were produced directly using the services 
supplied by the subject workers (engineering) contributed importantly 
to separations 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, as 
amended.

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 October 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010-26901 Filed 10-22-10; 8:45 am]
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