[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6584-6585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2885]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-80,511]


Specialty Bar Products Company,a Subsidiary of Doncasters, Inc., 
Blairsville, PA; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding 
Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated January 12, 2012, three 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 Specialty Bar Products 
Company, a subsidiary of Doncasters, Inc., Blairsville, Pennsylvania 
(subject firm). The determination was issued on December 16, 2011. The 
Department's Notice of determination was published in the Federal 
Register on December 29, 2011 (76 FR 81989). The workers were engaged 
in activities related to the production of pins, bushings, and gun 
blanks.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the findings that the subject firm did not shift the 
production of pins, bushings, gun blanks (or like or directly 
competitive articles) to a foreign country or acquire the production of 
such articles from a foreign country. The investigation also revealed 
that neither

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the firm nor their customers imported articles like or directly 
competitive with those produced by the subject firm.
    The investigation also revealed that with respect to Section 
222(b)(2) of the Act, the subject firm is neither a Supplier nor 
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).
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied new 
information regarding additional customer information. 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 petitioning worker group at 
the subject firm 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 25th day of January, 2012.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2012-2885 Filed 2-7-12; 8:45 am]
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