[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 148 (Thursday, August 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 46613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18489]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-82,598]


Amphenol Backplane Systems, Nashua, New Hampshire; Notice of 
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated June 24, 2013, 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 Amphenol Backplane Systems, 
Nashua, New Hampshire (subject firm). The negative determination was 
issued on June 14, 2013 and the Department's Notice of determination 
was published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2013 (78 FR 39774). 
Workers at the subject firm were engaged in activities related to the 
production of electrical connectors and backplane assemblies.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the Department's findings that sales and production at the 
subject firm increased during that period; that there was no shift in 
production to a foreign country or acquisition of production from a 
foreign country; that imports by the subject firm have decreased; that 
Amphenol Backplane Systems, Nashua, New Hampshire, 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); and that the workers' firm has 
not been publicly identified by name by the International Trade 
Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation 
resulting in an affirmative finding of serious injury, market 
disruption, or material injury, or threat thereof.
    The request for reconsideration alleges a shift in production/
services to a foreign country, that the subject firm increased imports, 
that the subject firm experienced a loss of business with a TAA-
certified firm, that the subject firm has factories in Mexico and 
China.
    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 22nd day of July 2013.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2013-18489 Filed 7-31-13; 8:45 am]
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