[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53912-53913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21622]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-81,565]


The Travelers Indemnity Company, Personal Insurance Remittance 
Center, Hartford, CT; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding 
Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated August 9, 2012, 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 The Travelers

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Indemnity Company, Personal Insurance Remittance Center, Hartford, 
Connecticut (Travelers-PIRC). The determination was issued on June 27, 
2012 and the Notice of Determination was published in the Federal 
Register on July 18, 2012 (77 FR 42337). The subject workers are 
engaged in activities related to the supply of remittance payment 
processing services related to premium payments.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the findings that Travelers-PIRC did not shift the supply of 
remittance payment processing services (or like or directly competitive 
services) to a foreign country, or acquire the supply of such services 
from a foreign country. Rather, the services formerly supplied by 
Travelers-PIRC are being performed by a third-party vendor in Texas 
which also provides a new service that is supplied on a limited, 
intermittent basis by a resource in India.
    The initial investigation also revealed that Travelers-PIRC did not 
increase its reliance on imports of like or directly competitive 
services.
    In the request for reconsideration, the workers allege that the 
``limited, intermittent * * * resource in India'' is ``an entire unit 
in India, literally processing an integral and essential part of the 
daily work flow, each and every day, and on a regularly scheduled 
basis. Without this unit, the processing of the vendor would fail in 
its ability to process an important part of the daily work load.'' The 
request included non-proprietary support material.
    The Department has carefully reviewed the request for 
reconsideration and the existing record, and will conduct further 
investigation to determine if the 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 20th day of August, 2012.
 Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2012-21622 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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