[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 61749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25718]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-75,043]


SpectraWatt, Inc. Including On-Site Leased Workers From Kelly 
Services Hopewell Junction, NY; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    On June 6, 2011, the Department of Labor issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration applicable to 
workers and former workers of SpectraWatt, Inc., Hopewell Junction, New 
York (subject firm). Workers at the subject firm were engaged in 
employment related to the production of solar cells for their 
application in solar panels. The worker group includes on-site leased 
workers from Kelly Services.
    During the reconsideration investigation, the Department carefully 
reviewed previously submitted material and analyzed aggregate industry 
data and industry trends, including U.S. aggregate imports of like or 
directly competitive articles and finished articles containing 
components like or directly competitive to those produced by the 
subject firm.
    The analysis revealed that, during the period of investigation, 
imports of articles like or directly competitive with solar cells 
produced by the subject firm have increased, and that the increased 
imports of solar cells (or like or directly competitive articles) 
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and sales/
production declines at the subject firm.
    The analysis also revealed that, over the relevant time period, 
solar modules installed in the U.S. included a lower percentage of U.S. 
produced solar cells and that the decline contributed importantly to 
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at the 
subject firm.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained during the 
reconsideration investigation, I determine that workers of SpectraWatt, 
Inc., Hopewell Junction, New York, meet the worker group certification 
criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. Sec.  2272(a). In 
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2273, I make the 
following certification:

    All workers of SpectraWatt, Inc., including on-site leased 
workers from Kelly Services, Hopewell Junction, New York, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after December 
22, 2009, through two years from the date of this revised 
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with total or 
partial separation from employment on date of certification through 
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, as amended.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 28th day of September 2011.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011-25718 Filed 10-4-11; 8:45 am]
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