[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 185 (Friday, September 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59166-59167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24479]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-80,089]


Parkdale America, LLC, a Division of Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant 
22, Galax, VA; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding 
Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated June 22, 2011, a petitioner requested 
administrative reconsideration of the negative determination regarding 
workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment

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Assistance (TAA) applicable to workers and former workers of Parkdale 
America, LLC, a division of Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant 22, 
Galax, Virginia (subject firm). The determination was issued on June 8, 
2011. The Department's Notice of Determination was published in the 
Federal Register on June 24, 2011 (76 FR 37155). Workers are engaged in 
activities related to the production of yarn.
    The negative determination was based on the Department's findings 
that the subject firm did not shift production of yarn to a foreign 
country; the subject firm did not import yarn during the relevant 
period; and increased U.S. aggregate imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with yarn produced at the subject firm did not 
contribute importantly to the subject workers' separation because the 
imports coincide with increases in sales and production at the subject 
firm.
    Further, the investigation revealed that the subject firm is not a 
Supplier or Downstream Producer to a firm that employed a group of 
workers who received a certification of eligibility under Section 
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272(a).
    The determination stated that the workers' separations were 
attributable to a change of product line.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner stated that 
``Parkdale 22 Galax plants only customer is in China, the 
company lowered the production, which eliminated our jobs because the 
customer lowered the orders * * *.''
    The Department has carefully reviewed the petitioner's request for 
reconsideration and the existing record, and has determined that the 
Department will conduct further investigation to determine if the 
petitioning 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 15th day of September, 2011.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011-24479 Filed 9-22-11; 8:45 am]
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