[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 65516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26903]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-73,156]


American Spring Wire Corporation, Kankakee, IL; Notice of 
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated August 24, 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 
determination was issued on July 30, 2010 and the Notice of 
Determination was published in the Federal Register on August 13, 2010 
(75 FR 49532). The workers produce metal stampings.
    The negative determination was based on the findings that there was 
no increase in imports of metal stampings (or like or directly 
competitive articles) by the subject firm or its customers, and no 
shift to/acquisition from a foreign country by the workers' firm of 
article like or directly competitive with the metal stampings produced 
by the subject workers. The investigation also revealed that the 
workers did not produce a component part that was used by a firm that 
employed workers eligible to apply for TAA and used the component parts 
in the production of the article that was the basis for the 
certification.
    The request for reconsideration alleges that the subject firm 
supplied component parts to firms in the automotive industry and 
asserts that increased imports of finished articles that contain 
foreign-made component parts like or directly competitive with the 
metal stampings produced by the subject firm contributed importantly to 
separations at the Kankakee, Illinois facility.
    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. 2010-26903 Filed 10-22-10; 8:45 am]
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