[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 148 (Thursday, August 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46613-46614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18491]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-82,442]


Deluxe Laboratories, Inc., a Division of Deluxe Entertainment 
Services Group, Inc., Hollywood, California; Notice of Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated June 20, 2013, a state workforce official 
requested administrative reconsideration of the negative determination 
regarding workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance 
(TAA) applicable to workers and former workers of Deluxe Laboratories, 
Inc., a division of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Inc., 
Hollywood, California (subject firm). The negative determination was 
issued on May 2, 2013 and the Notice of Determination was published in 
the Federal Register on May 24, 2013 (78 FR 31593-31596). Workers at 
the subject firm were engaged in activities related to the production 
of release and trailer prints.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the Department's findings that with respect to Section 
222(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Act, imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with release and trailer prints have not increased from 
2011 to 2012 or from 2012 to 2013 by the workers' firm or customers of 
the workers' firm.
    With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(B) of the Act, the investigation 
revealed that the workers' firm did not shift the production of 
articles like or directly competitive with release and trailer prints 
to a foreign country or acquire like or directly competitive articles 
from a foreign country during 2011, 2012, or 2013. Rather, the 
investigation confirmed that the worker separations are attributable to 
decreased demand for movies and trailers that are printed on 35mm film.
    With respect to Section 222(b)(2) of the Act, the investigation 
revealed that Deluxe Laboratories, Inc. 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).
    Finally, the group eligibility requirements under Section 222(e) of 
the Act, have not been satisfied because 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

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serious injury, market disruption, or material injury, or threat 
thereof.
    The request for reconsideration alleges that other products such as 
trailer celluloid prints in the form of digital drives, and other 
storage media used for digital projections, are like and directly 
competitive with the products produced by the workers of the subject 
firm. The request for reconsideration alleges that the workers' firm 
shifted production to a foreign country and acquired products from a 
foreign country that are like and directly competitive with release and 
trailer prints, including the aforementioned products. The request for 
reconsideration also alleges that the subject firm ``is a supplier and 
a downstream producer to Cinetech and also Technicolor, TA-W-82,166, 
whom received TAA certification.''
    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 23rd day of July, 2013.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2013-18491 Filed 7-31-13; 8:45 am]
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