[Federal Register: January 16, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 11)]
[Notices]               
[Page 2620-2621]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-52,538]

 
Custom Tool and Design, Inc., Erie, PA; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On November 21, 2003, the Department issued a Notice of Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration,

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applicable to workers of the subject firm. The notice was published in 
the Federal Register on December 19, 2003 (68 FR 70837-70838).
    On September 23, 2003, the initial petition investigation for 
workers of Custom Tool and Design, Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania resulted in 
a negative decision because criteria I.B. and II.B. of the worker group 
eligibility requirements of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, were not 
met. Sales and production of plastic injection molds increased in 
January through July 2003 when compared to the same time period of the 
previous year.
    Officials of Custom Tool and Design, Inc. provided new information 
to the Department showing that sales and production of plastic 
injection molds declined in January through August 2003 over the 
corresponding period of 2002.
    Subsequently, the Department conducted a survey of major customers 
of the subject firm regarding their purchases of plastic injection 
molds during 2001, 2002 and January through August 2003. Results of 
this survey revealed that major declining customer(s) of Custom Tool 
and Design, Inc. increased import purchases of plastic injection molds, 
while reducing purchases from the subject firm.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on 
reconsideration, it is concluded that increased imports of plastic 
injection molds like or directly competitive with those produced by 
Custom Tool and Design, Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania, contributed 
importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the total or 
partial separation of workers of that firm.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, I make 
the following revised determination:

    All workers of Custom Tool and Design, Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania, 
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or 
after July 23, 2002, through two years from the date of 
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.


    Signed in Washington, DC, this 6th day of January, 2004.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 04-997 Filed 1-15-04; 8:45 am]

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