[Federal Register: April 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 78)]
[Notices]               
[Page 21250]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-56,586]

 
Lawson-Hemphill Sales, Inc., Spartanburg, SC; Notice of 
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application of April 2, 2005, a petitioner requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department of Labor's Notice of 
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker 
Adjustment Assistance, applicable to workers of the subject firm. The 
determination was signed on March 3, 2005 and the Department's Notice 
of determination was published in the Federal Register on April 1, 2005 
(70 FR 16847). Workers were engaged in the distribution of textile 
testing instruments.
    A company official filed the petition on January 24, 2005 as a 
secondarily-affected company. The petition was denied on the basis that 
the subject firm neither separated nor threatened to separate a 
significant number or proportion of workers at the subject facility 
during the relevant period.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner alleged, and 
provided documentation that supports the allegation, that the subject 
facility is affiliated with Lawson-Hemphill, Inc., Central Falls, Rhode 
Island, and infers that worker separations at the subject facility are 
related to sales and/or production declines at Lawson-Hemphill, Inc., 
Central Falls, Rhode Island.
    During the initial investigation, the Department determined that 
the subject facility was unaffiliated with Lawson-Hemphill, Inc., 
Central Falls, Rhode Island, and thus did not inquire into whether 
sales and/or production declined at that facility.
    The Department carefully reviewed the petitioner's request for 
reconsideration and has determined that the Department will conduct 
further investigation based on new information provided by the 
petitioner.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the application, I conclude that the claim 
is of sufficient weight to justify reconsideration of the Department of 
Labor's prior decision. The application is, therefore, granted.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of April 2005.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E5-1930 Filed 4-22-05; 8:45 am]

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