[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 209 (Friday, October 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 66795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27383]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-72,729]


International Paper, Pineville Mill, Industrial Packaging Group, 
Pineville, LA; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding 
Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated November 2, 2009, the company official from 
the subject firm 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 August 20, 
2010 and the Notice of Determination was published in the Federal 
Register on September 3, 2010 (75 FR 54187).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the findings that neither the subject firm nor any of its 
customers imported articles like or directly competitive with uncoated 
freesheet containerboard produced by the subject firm nor did the 
subject firm shift production to a foreign country or acquire from 
another country articles like or directly competitive with the uncoated 
freesheet containerboard produced at the subject firm. The initial 
investigation also revealed that the subject firm did not produce a 
component part that was used by a firm that employed a worker group 
that is currently eligible to apply for TAA and that directly 
incorporated the containerboard in the production of the article that 
was the basis for the TAA certification.
    In request for reconsideration, the subject firm provided new 
information in regard to the product produced by the subject firm.
    The Department of Labor 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 15th day of October 2010.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010-27383 Filed 10-28-10; 8:45 am]
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