[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71455-71456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29428]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-73,145]


The Jewelry Stream, Los Angeles, CA; Notice of Affirmation 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated October 1, 2010, a California state workforce 
official requested administrative reconsideration of the Department of 
Labor's termination of investigation applicable to workers and former 
workers of M&L Manufacturing, Inc. and The Jewelry Stream, Los Angeles, 
California. The termination notice was signed on August 20, 2010, and 
was published in the Federal Register on September 3, 2010 (75 FR 
54187).
    The termination of investigation was based on information obtained 
during the initial investigation that the firm identified in the Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) petition--M&L Manufacturing, Inc. and The 
Jewelry Stream, Los Angeles, California--is not one firm but are 
separate, unaffiliated companies. Therefore, the Department determined 
that the petition is invalid.
    In the request for reconsideration, the state workforce official 
stated that the individual on whose behalf the TTA petition was filed 
believed that the aforementioned companies are one firm. In support of 
the request for reconsideration, the state workforce official supplied 
new and additional information provided by the individual who sought 
assistance from the state

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workforce official (``I started to work for M&L Manufacturing, Inc. on 
August of 1990, but for some reason and without notification I started 
to receive my checks in 2005 under the name of The Jewelry Stream * * * 
I was under the impression that I had worked for the same company from 
1990 to 2008.''
    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 
petitioning workers (the newly clarified worker group, The Jewelry 
Stream, Los Angeles, California) 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 10th day of November, 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010-29428 Filed 11-22-10; 8:45 am]
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